Fear Factor

It is often portrayed in movies how children tend to ‘fear’ dentists or dental procedures. And with that we may start thinking whether the fear in real life is actually ‘inspired’ by what kids see on television or on the movies. And this is where the suggestion to bring kids to a dentist in their early years to rub out this fear. Parents need not wait until something needs to be done. It can start from a simple check for the child to experience sitting on ‘the chair’. So the next time, kids won’t jump out of the same seat when the dentist starts to bring out his dental supplies for say, a routine cleaning. Our kids reacted differently to this. But now, both of them now find going to the dentist as just another trip to the dentist.