Children's dentistry

Dental care is free of charge for children and young people until the end of the year they turn 19. With us, we follow the child's teeth from the first tooth to the teenage years — check-ups, fluoride treatment, sealing the chewing surfaces of the molars when needed, and help finding routines that last.

The first visit

The first visit is often mostly a hello: the child gets to sit in the chair, look at the mirror and the lamp, and count teeth together with us. We adapt the pace to the child — no treatment is done until the child is on board. Feel free to arrive a little early so there is time to settle in the waiting room.

How to book

Choose Check-up 0–19 years in the online booking, or call the clinic. Appointments for children are shown separately from adult check-ups, so look for that treatment in the list.

Register your child with us

When your child is about to turn three, you receive an offer to choose a dental clinic. To receive invitations to Tandvårdshuset, you need to register your child with us — contact your clinic by phone or e-mail and we will help you. A parent or guardian then visits the clinic and signs the form Transfer of dental care responsibility for children and young people (PDF, in Swedish); you are welcome to fill it in beforehand and bring it along. If you have recently moved to the area, or would like your child to switch from another dentist, you are also welcome to register your child regardless of age.

Registered children are then invited for free check-ups. At the age of three, the child comes for a first check-up, when we assess how often your child needs to visit: if the child has significant dental problems, you will come several times a year for preventive treatment; if everything looks good, every other year may be enough.

At home between visits

• Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste — a parent brushes or helps until the child is around ten.
• Leave two to three hours between meals and snacks, and keep sweets to a set time once a week.
• Water as the thirst-quencher. Sweet drinks, and a bottle with anything other than water at night, are a common cause of cavities in small children.

More about children's teeth, teething and toothbrushing step by step: Children's teeth — from the first tooth to the teenage years. Is your child anxious about the visit? Feel free to read our advice on dental anxiety — it applies to children just as much as adults.