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<\/a>If you are a parent, it\u2019s likely that before your baby was born you were thinking about interviewing pediatricians. It\u2019s true that most soon-to-be-parents understand that having a trusted doctor in place is an important part of planning for baby. It\u2019s also true that a trusted dentist is vital to a child\u2019s health care from his or her earliest days.<\/p>\n
Some parents believe that their child won\u2019t need a dentist until he or she has a mouth full of permanent teeth. Not true. Dental care should actually start with their precious, toothless gums. And lifelong dental habits that protect teeth begin in a child\u2019s earliest years.<\/p>\n
A healthy mouth and teeth are just as crucial to a child\u2019s health as good nutrition and doctor visits. The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees, reporting that tooth decay is the most common chronic diseases found in children. Additionally, more than 40% of children in the U.S. have tooth decay by the time they\u2019re in kindergarten.<\/p>\n
At Taylor Street Dental, we know that encouraging dental health for children goes hand-in-hand with their general health and wellbeing. And as our patients know, early dental visits teach a child that oral health is important, visiting the dentist can be a fun experience, and that tooth decay is a mostly preventable disease.<\/p>\n
We offer children and their parents the best, most current advice, procedures and techniques when it comes to establishing good dental health, from infancy to adolescence. We have the expertise and training needed, and understand that children can\u2019t be examined as if they were little adults.<\/p>\n