Mourn to leave the office, hiding behind Mom, do all sorts of tantrums and tantrums to prevent the dentist will examine, sick before the consultation, are examples of situations of fear of the dentist that occur in children.

If adults feel fear of the dentist, you could say children, they feel apart from fear also fear not being able to control it, making visiting the dentist an ordeal.

The fear of the dentist is due to the fact that most of the dental processes are invasive, in addition to carving the fear of the unknown because we do not know what the dentist is doing. This fear increases when the patient is nervous and on his first visit to the dentist he had a bad experience.

In the first session with the dentist will examine each of the child’s teeth and teeth, checking the color, tone, hardness, if you have spots, if you have cavities or some problem, In some cases you will need to take x-rays, do a good cleaning, a treatment, etc., depending on the diagnosis given by the dentist.

The biggest problem is when the child has to undergo long or traumatic dental procedures, such as tooth root treatments or extractions. By being afraid, the child may exhibit physiological changes such as tachycardia, sweating, agitated breathing or simply falling into uncontrollable crying.

The best way not to generate the fear of the dentist is prevention, for which it will be necessary to take the dentist to the child since the first teeth come out, this way he will become familiar with the environment of the practice and the dentist.

Maintain dental hygiene adequate, brushing teeth after every meal and especially at night before bed being necessary.