When Should I Bring My Baby For a Dentist Evaluation?

At What Age Should a Child Go To The Dentist For The First Time

Sometimes during a new patient exam, we wish that we had the opportunity to see the patient several years earlier. Maybe we could have intercepted a canine tooth before it grew in off course, or maybe we could have helped to alleviate a thumb-sucking habit before it caused structural changes to the jawbones.

For reasons such as these, it is important to remember that every child should have an evaluation with the orthodontist by age 8. Treatment won’t be recommended until later in development for a very high percentage of these children, but the children that do require early treatment will benefit greatly from interceptive orthodontics.

Your Norwalk orthodontist at Westwalk Orthodontics Group is the healthcare professional with the most training in dental and jaw bone development and can help you navigate if and when is the right time to intervene to effect positive change for your baby.

When To Take Your Child To The Dentist?

So, the next time you are wondering when is the right time to ask for an orthodontic consultation, remember that each child should have an evaluation with the orthodontist by age 8. Contact Westwalk Orthodontics Group to more about a baby’s first dental visit and when taking your child to the dentist for the first time.

Contact Westwalk Orthodontics Group For Your Baby’s First Dentist Appointment

Our Norwalk Westwalk Orthodontics Group office is located 10-15 min away from the maritime aquarium at Norwalk, Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Sheffield Island Ferry, Norwalk Historical Society Museum, and Mill Hill Park.