Does Your Child Hate Going to the Dentist?

February was National Children’s Dental Health Month, in which the American Dental Association raises awareness about the importance of children’s oral health. It is vital that children learn from an early age to develop good dental habits by brushing, flossing, and getting regular checkups. Mouths, gums, and teeth free of bad bacteria and structurally aligned help immune function and respiration among other things. It is necessary to educate families and young children about the importance of oral health, to not only set them up for a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums but also to help them overcome their unease of visiting the dentist.If you have children, you probably know it’s not always easy getting them to the dentist. A dental appointment likely triggers an innate stress response in your child, as it does for you, because it goes against their primal instinct of protecting their mouth – their one source of food and communication. However, as children are less emotionally developed, this stress response is often expressed as kicking and screaming in the dentist’s lobby.

NuCalm offers a solution to dental anxiety not only in adults but also in children ages 5 and up! This drug-free neurotechnology eliminates the stress response within minutes by kickstarting natural relaxation processes in the brain. It can bring your children into a blissfully unaware state to distract them from the dental checkup completely. This will help not only your dentist and you as a parent, but also your children, as they will create more positive memories of the dentist and benefit from the restorative properties of NuCalm too! Check out our website to learn more about how NuCalm works.