If possible, return to the examination room with your child. Ask if you can hold your child's hand. This will also give you the opportunity to ask questions about your teeth and see what the dentist will do so that you can also be satisfied with the staff. Showing you as a parent, feeling comfortable about the environment, and showing that nothing terrible is a good first step. Discuss what happens when your child is in the exam area. Tell the child that he may sit in a chair for a while while the dentist is checking his teeth. If the child needs any dental filling or other dental work, you need to let the child know that he won't get up until the work is done, but the staff will make him feel as comfortable as possible.
Talk to your child about many things that happened to the dentist. Find a website so that you can better show your child's X-rays, how to clean your teeth and how the dentist counts teeth in your teeth. A pediatric dentist will often let your child know what was first introduced before the oral introduction of any tools. Tell your child how important it is to visit a dentist on a regular basis because dentists can see cavities and use fluoride to clean their mouths, which is not easy to do at home.
And for many children, rewards are always appreciated and can be good motivators, so after they first accept appointments for teeth, they can be given positive reinforcements, perhaps rewarding some rewards that you think fit.
