Hola fellow Dad’s - Quick Question - At what age did you take your kid to their first dentist appointment and when did your kid start brushing teeth regularly?

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1.5 years old. Even then, We did not do a great job brushing his teeth. At his 2.5 year appointment, he had 6 cavities, had to be put under general anesthesia, cavities filled, and metal caps on all his back teeth.

Never f-ing around with teeth ever again!

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Thanks for your response, really helpful and eye opening

Similar to SM1 we started brushing my sons teeth when they first erupted, but I’ve heard of people brushing as soon as they start eating solids. We brush twice a day (once before nap and the other before bed). Haven’t gone to the dentist yet, but depending on where you live dental offices may offer free care under 3 (have dental insurance anyways, but it’s nice to know if in a pinch).

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Dentist appointment by the book is at 1 but our kid didn’t have any teeth yet so not until after he had teeth coming in.

Brushing as soon as they started coming in. 2x a day once in morning and again at night. It’s important to brush their teeth before first meal because something about helping protect their teeth from the acid in the food they’re going to eat and from the plaque build up that would have gotten ingested. Same reasons an adult would brush before breakfast.

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At 1 for the first dental appointment

Brushing depends on the kid. #1 and #2 were at 1. #3 is 15 months and haven’t done it yet. Thanks for the reminder. Bedtime is my ritual with the kids so I gotta push this.

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Son of a dentist here and father of 3 kids. As everyone has said, brush at least once a day as teeth erupt with a non-fluoride toothpaste. Once they have the motor function/attention span let them brush once a day with non-fluoride toothpaste and then you brush once with fluoride ensuring they spit to the best of their abilities.

Unless you have specific concerns, you can wait until your child can sit in a dental chair by themselves with their mouth open (3,4, 5) to see a dentist.

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Thank you!!

Started brushing as soon as there were teeth. The intensity and seriousness increased over time

graduated to an electric toothbrush by age 3

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We started brushing as soon as they erupted. The age we took them to the dentist varied - some part because of COVID, some because we had no issues with our oldest. Our oldest, now 10, we took starting at 2ish and yearly after that. My younger 3 we didn’t start until there were 4.

We brush their teeth at least once a day as part of the bedtime routine. As they got older we let them brush with supervision. As I’m writing this it strikes me that it could seem like a lot but in reality was just a part of the bedtime routine that the kids didn’t mind at all.

Anyway, with all of that we have had zero cavities (knock on wood).

We started brushing as soon as the first tooth appears. We did it daily and scheduled a dental appointment on his first birthday.

A friend who is a pediatric dentist told me this. If you bring them in early in life it makes it easier when they are older. Wait until they are 4 and it will be very difficult for them to let someone dig at their teeth, typically. Not to mention we brush our kids' teeth every day and still plaque builds up behind there lower incisors pretty quick.

Around 15 months. On the bright side, toddlers have their mouths wide open when they’re screaming so the dentist will get a good view! Our first visit had lots of yelling but second was so much better. Take books on the dentist (and doctor) out at the library to prep.

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