{"id":9267,"date":"2022-02-11T09:22:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T09:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T10:14:51","slug":"my-child-is-afraid-of-the-dentist-what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/my-child-is-afraid-of-the-dentist-what-can-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"My child is afraid of the dentist: what can I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visits to the dentist have always been surrounded by a certain negativity, and even outright fear, due to prejudices about how painful dental treatments can be or how uncomfortable or unpleasant the process of taking care of our oral health can be. Nowadays, however, things have changed for the better in everything that surrounds dental clinics.<\/p>\n

The problem why many children come to the clinic with a certain fear has to do with their parents. And the fact is that many adults have bad memories associated with visits to the dentist during their childhood, because dentists, like teachers or professors, are professionals who remain in our memories, for better or worse, and especially in these childhood ages when these experiences are magnified.<\/p>\n

However, as a paediatric dentist at V\u00e9lez y Lozano I can affirm that these experiences have no place in our clinic, where we always try to make the visit pleasant, calm and even fun so that they remember us fondly and turn the generational tortilla around.<\/p>\n

It is common and inevitable for children to feel a certain fear and rejection of everything new, especially those things that have to do with white coats, which is why it is in our hands as parents to teach them that a visit to the dentist is necessary, but it does not necessarily have to be a bad thing.<\/p>\n

I am Vanesa Rico<\/b>I am a paediatric dentist at V\u00e9lez y Lozano, and I would like to give you the advice I always give when it comes to introducing the little ones to this new adventure in the best possible way:<\/p>\n