First Dental Appointment - When Should I Take My New Baby To My Dentist?
Channel: DrLongVo
Date: 20/01/2012

http://SmileCentre.com/category/2x4-early-prevention/

Charlie: I'm here with dentist Dr. Long Vo, we're talking about the 2x4 Early Prevention Dental Health Program and I have a feeling we're coming up to the second one because the question here is: When should I take my baby to the dentist for the first time?

Dr. Long: Now, two months old is the answer.

Charlie: Two months old.

Charlie: So we've already talked second trimester in an earlier question, now we're talking two months here after the child has been born.

Dr. Long: At that stage it's important because that's where we can take a quick look and see if anything is wrong in the mouth, such as the tongue being tied down and there's not much that we do really for the baby just a quick check up but the appointment is really for mommy. To get mommy back on track because during pregnancy your diet may change, you're not as strong and sometimes we don't brush and floss as often as we're supposed to and things can get forgotten. Now it's just an appointment to make sure that mommy is healthy as well and that's a good time for x-rays because mom hasn't had x-rays for over a year perhaps. If there are any small problems we can detect them early and fix them early before they get bigger because if mommy is healthy and strong she can take better care of baby.

Charlie: So at two months after the child is born we're going to have a quick look at the baby to make sure that there's no problem in here and we're also going to refresh things with mom and get her back into her brain also a check up for her to make sure that things are going okay.

Dr. Long: Yes.

Dr. Marc: Dr. Julie at two months after the birth of your child are things starting to settle down a little bit so that you can regain some sanity and some focus and can start thinking about getting your health back on track? Is that part of it?

Dr. Julie: Hopefully. It always varies during pregnancy, my first pregnancy it took me more than two months, my second pregnancy after the first day I needed to get out and get things back on track again. It definitely varies but usually by two months things have settled a bit. You get used to somewhat of a routine but what's important here is also that we provide mommy with the right information and what to do with baby's mouth.

Dr. Marc: Right because baby obviously has no teeth yet.

Dr. Julie: There are no teeth yet.

Dr. Marc: It would be easy to not think that there's anything at all to do with them.

Dr. Julie: Yes you want to start taking care of the teeth much longer after they come in but also a lot of mommy's don't know when to start looking at the baby's teeth. It's like prenatal classes you give prenatal classes before the mom...

Dr. Marc: Prenatal, yes exactly.

Dr. Julie: Prenatal...

Dr. Marc: This is pre-tooth classes.

Dr. Julie: This is pre-tooth...

Dr. Marc: Pre-dental?

Dr. Julie: Pre-dental classes.

Dr. Marc: Okay.

Dr. Julie: To give them the tools and information to take care of the baby's teeth when baby arrives.

Dr. Marc: Great.

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Dr. Long Vo and Dr. Julie Dao are the heart and soul of Smile Centre Dental in Burlington, Ontario. If you have questions about your child's dental health, call for an appointment today: 905.332.0330      


This video has one question and answer by Dr. Long Vo and Dr. Julie Dao when interviewed by Dr. Marc Kossmann and Charlie Seymour Jr of DentalTopDocLegends.com. Find more of the interview at http://SmileCentre.com/category/2x4-early-prevention/

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