Many family or general dentist will start providing dental services for children at around age five or six depending on the child. Many family dental office are not set up to handle younger age children.  You may want to consider taking your child to a dentist that specializes in treating young kids.

Pediatric dentist are trained to handle the wide range of issues which are associated with kid’s dental health. Their office tends to be more kid friendly and just like a general or family dentist a pediatric dentist’s primary goals is preventive care and maintenance. Preventive dental care services and maintenance is necessary in order to avoid potential larger dental problems from occurring.