First dentist appointment
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At 3.5 a cleaning and full X-rays is very normal. What is strange to me is that you aren’t allowed to go with him. I still sit in with my 6.5 year olds for his cleanings and only step out when they x ray. I would look for a different dentist!
What do you mean you aren't allowed to go back with him? I've never heard that before. Can you bring him to your appointment with you? That's what I do with my daughter, so she can see them work on me before it's ever her turn to be in the chair.
I can still go in back with my kids and they are 3 and 4. Maybe they mean just during the X-rays…? He should have been going to the dentist though, from when he first started to get teeth.
My daughter is 2 and my dentist basically said don't bother scheduling her until she's 3 or 4 as long as we are carefully brushing at home. Our dentist is a father of 4 so I trust him. They also offered that at any time my daughter can come with me and they'll do as much of a cleaning as she will allow with me there making it exciting. I agree that the process you described seems overwhelming and I'd look further as well, at least for somewhere I can be close by because x-rays can be scary
We took my youngest when he was 2 (he already had a lot of teeth) and they had me come back with him to help keep him calm. I’ve never heard of not letting the parent back before.
I’m not sure about the age but that might just be what happened at that age. Because usually they start going when they get their first tooth and then every 6 months after that. So at this point normally he would have been going for a while. My son will be 3 in March and I can’t imagine him getting that but idk. I would maybe call around and ask. I think a good looking and maybe a little scraping of the teeth to get like plaque off and a tooth brushing could be good. But not a full cleaning or x rays . But you might just need to call around