As a parent, one of your greatest fears is that your child might get lost, or worse, be abducted. If such a situation were to occur, your prompt response with photographs and other concrete means for tracking your child and making identification is paramount. We are proud to offer Toothprints bite impressions as a way of safeguarding our young patients.

Like fingerprints, dental imprints are unique to every person, so bite impressions can serve as an accurate means of identification. Dental restorations and x-rays have historically been the primary basis for dental identification. With the increasing number of children that have no cavities because of our progress in fighting against tooth decay, Toothprints is more important than ever before.

An unrinsed Toothprints also captures saliva, which is a powerful component of scent. This scent is an effective tool in scent-dog tracking.

How it works

Toothprints is simple and easy to take. Once taken, you get to take the records home for immediate access.

Toothprints is a patented arch shaped plastic wafer. When your child bites into the softened wafer, it records individual tooth characteristics, tooth position within the arch and the upper to lower jaw relationship all important information for identification. You then write your child’s name on a zippered plastic bag provided and keep it at home in a safe place.

How often should you update toothprints?

We recommend an initial impression when your child is three years old, or after all of the primary teeth have come in. We would repeat the procedure again at age seven or eight (when the permanent front teeth and molars have come in), and again at age 12 or 13, when all permanent teeth have come in.

Making a Toothprints impression takes only a few minutes. It’s comfortable to the child and gives you peace of mind. We hope that you will never have to use them.