The children's dentistry

dječja stomatologijaThe children's dentistry – the work with children as dental patients requires co-operation with parents who should make certain preparations and talk to children at home before visiting the dentist's office. The children's dentistry studies all the occurrences and changes in the children's oral cavity and preventive children's dentistry ensures and examines the growth and development of teeth.

Children's confidence is not easy to gain

The children's dentistry requires dental professionals used to working with children. Children's confidence is not easy to gain, one should permanently make efforts and build a lasting relationship between the small patient and the dentist's office staff.

A good children's dentist knows how to handle the children , gaining constantly their trust he is both a psychologist and a children's animator. In the dentist's office children should not feel uncomfortable – this may be avoided in co-operation with the parents.

First time visit should be short

An unknown guy in a white overall surrounded by strange devices is not a child's image of a friendly person. Meeting the dentist for the first time should be short, a meeting of introduction. A great number of various devices with various connections and strange sounds heard in the dentist's office may scare the children. Before visiting the dentist, they must be prepared. If you used to scare the children with the "terrible dentist" and thus "motivate" them to brush their teeth more regularly, your task will be more difficult.

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