How You Can Help Your Child With Their Online Dental Appointment

Today, online appointments have become extremely popular as you can do them right from your home without having to worry about driving to an office, finding a parking spot, or leaving on time to make sure that you get to the appointment on time. Instead, thanks to current technology, we can “go to” our medical appointments straight from our living rooms. What people may not realize is that you can now even have a dental appointment online. 

At Village Family Dentistry we are here to help parents prepare their children for their upcoming virtual pediatric dental appointment. These appointments can be extremely beneficial for children who are young enough to just start getting teeth, to go over a plan to help curb any bad dental habits that your child may have, or to help get your child comfortable with the idea of going to the dentist.

If you are interested in utilizing this new format for dental appointments, it is important that parents be able to help their child through this process. Of course, the first step that you as a parent can do for them is set up the appointment. Find a time that works well for both you and your child, especially if they are old enough to be in school.

You can also help your child by setting them up properly with the correct technology for the appointment. This can include helping them log onto the appointment and showing them where to click to either begin or end the call, especially if you don’t plan on being on the call with them.

Going along with this, it is also important to sit down with your child to explain to them that although you actually aren’t going to the dentist’s office for this appointment, this should be treated as any other dental appointment.

Finally, it is important to make sure that your child feels comfortable for their upcoming appointment. Simple things like explaining why it is so important to go to the dentist, and going over some questions that a dentist may ask during the appointment can help ease some anxieties that the child may have for the upcoming appointment. This can also help the child feel prepared for their upcoming appointment.

If you are interested in learning more about our virtual dental appointments, please give our office a call today. Our team would be happy to provide more information regarding these types of appointments with you.