How a child's first few dental appointments go tends to decide how they feel about dentists for the next thirty years. That is most of the reason we do it the way we do.
Children are shown what is going to happen before it happens, sometimes on a laptop, so nothing in the appointment is a surprise. A parent stays in the room the whole time. Nothing is rushed, and if a child is not ready on a given day, we would rather bring them back than force it.
Clinically it covers routine check-ups, fluoride application, sealants on the deep grooves of new back teeth, cement fillings, and pulp treatment on milk teeth where decay has gone deep.
Milk teeth matter more than people assume. They hold the space for the permanent teeth coming in behind them, and losing one early can push the adult tooth out of position for years.
