Many parents think that babies are too young to need to brush their teeth, let alone “go to the dentist”, and that there is no painful tooth problem, so they should not need to do it. This is actually not true. The purpose of the first oral examination is to assess the chance of oral disease, plan the oral health care plan and decide the frequency of future visits, so the first oral examination should be very easy, through the simpler way of examination, to obtain the information of the baby’s oral and dental health, and provide parents with reference for home care. Establishing good oral health care habits Dental caries is usually caused by poor eating habits and oral cleaning habits. Therefore, by visiting the dentist before baby’s teething, parents can get the right idea and help their baby to establish good oral cleaning habits. Mom and dad also need to have good teeth A study pointed out that about 70% of the bacteria in the baby’s mouth are the same as the mother or caregiver. From this study, we can learn that the bacteria in the mother’s mouth that cause dental caries may be passed to the baby, so if the mother has dental caries, the baby’s chance of dental caries will be increased. If the mother, father or caregiver has caries, they should also treat the caries well. Prevention is better than cure If you receive professional treatment and care from dentist only after oral disease occurs, it is usually too late. Therefore, when your baby shows signs of teething, you can do the first oral condition assessment and ask your doctor about teething and oral cleaning.