How was your child's first dentist experience.

[Lee-Bee]

My dentist told us the first dentist visit is around age 4. It seemed odd to me so I checked with the pediatric health nurse that visits the playgroups. She said they strongly recommend the first visit around age 1. But that for some reason many parents tell her that their dentists have told them around age 4.

I believe the discrepancy is whether or not the dentist in question tends to see children or adults. If they specialize in children and families then they know the benefits of coming early. If they just mainly see adults they prefer the kids to be old enough to talk and listen!