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I've never heard of a pediatric dentist!!

Here in the UK, the NHS advice is to take them by the time they are two. We just take them to our own family dentist. I have an appointment in two weeks so I'm going to ask then if I need to bring her sooner.....

I took my son to a pediatric dentist at 1 and 2 and my own dentist at 3. My own dentist is not a clowny super youthful dude so I waited until my son could sit in the chair quietly without a meltdown and he did great. (My daughter is 19 months and hasn't seen anyone yet -- she didn't have any teeth at 12 months.) for me the choice was personality based although I should add that at the first appointment they just gave some fluoride, had a look and showed us how to brush. It was more for the parents!

We will take her to a pediatric dentist shortly after her 1st birthday.

I waited until my kids had all their teeth which was right before age 2 - so the 1st apt was at 2yrs old

I chose a Pediatric dentist because as much as I love my dentist her office is very doctor looking and she probably doesn't have the patience to deal with kids.

The pediatric office is bright and colorful and has TVs and fish and tons of prizes!!!!!

The staff is amazing!!! Both of my kids had horrible visits the 1st few times and the staff was soooo patient - I was getting irritated but they weren't!

My 3 yr old had chipped her tooth and I was concerned about tooth rot and they somehow managed to get x-rays of her tooth - for that alone I wanted to buy them all lunch Oh and no tooth rot - yay!

Pediatric. If I had a family dentist I trusted I'd probably take her to him/her.

Our kids go to a pediatric dentist .

My girls will go to my office I work in. My boss (the dentist) is a big kid and kids love him.

@shopaholic: You are brave for taking her now! There is no way R would have anything to do with it. It would be a huge epic meltdown and she wouldn't even open her mouth.

@shopaholic: R sticks her tongue out so I can't get to her bottom either. So furstrating. I hate having to pin her down to brush her teeth. Little stinker lets Daddy do it but not me. But he isn't home 4 nights for bedtime.

@shopaholic: a Pediatric dentist is specialized to deal with little toddlers and children. I would HIGHLY recommend them, especially if you have feisty toddler. Like mine. Who hates brushing her teeth unless you blob on the toothpaste that is sickly sweet. All her toothpastes are flouride free and her pediatrician didn't recommend it till she was older so I'm not sure about the coating of flouride. My LO is almost 2 and I haven't gone yet. Probably will around 2.5-3. I almost feel bad for the dentist.

My LO is 20 months and has his first appointment next week with our family dentist (not a pediatric dentistry) who treats all of us.

We have used pediatric dentists in the past, but don't any longer because our insurance doesn't provide coverage for children over 8 years old for them. When my oldest hit 8 we had to find a "regular" dentist and finally hit pay dirt with ours {after an exhausting search}.

While the bells and whistles of a pedo office were nice, I didn't like that we didn't see the same dentist every time since they were larger practices. For me the most important factor is that my LO develops a positive relationship with their dentist, and we have that now, so my youngest will see our family dentist right from the start.