Parental Role
Mount Rose Pediatric Dentistry has an “open door” policy with regard to parents accompanying their kids at their dental appointments. We feel that it is important for parents to take an active role in their children’s dental care and invite them to be present with their kids at all times. As all children are different, some kids respond more favorably to a new environment with their parents present while other children are more comfortable being alone. It is important that we find what works best for your children.
It is very common for young infants and young children to have some degree of anxiety during their first couple of dental appointments. Children will feed off of parent’s feelings and emotions and it is for this reason that we ask parents to always express of fun and positive attitude about their kids dental appointments. We ask parents to never use words that may evoke any sort of negative feeling about coming to the dentist. Words like:” shot”, “pinch”, “it will only hurt for a little”, or anything that may scare a child should never be used.