The golden rule is never to do anything the child doesn’t freely allow you to do.
(This applies to children of all ages i.e. 1-99!)

Each child has a unique and finely tuned emotional make-up. With adults you may have more than one chance, but if you overstep the boundary with a child once, the trust is broken.

• The show-tell-do approach is followed.
• First of all we make friends by talking and joking
• We make sure our little patient knows why they are here (sometimes a prompt from Mom/Dad helps)
• At the first appointments it is usually a good idea just to check the teeth and identify problem areas
• At subsequent appointments necessary preventative and restorative work is performed, but first we

SHOW the youngster the equipment and materials to be used

TELL him/her exactly what we are going to do (this gets done throughout the session)

DO a little demonstration on their fingernail. When they feel/see/hear for themselves that it doesn’t hurt, their minds are put at ease and work can commence.