Begin a regular tooth care regimen even before your child’s first tooth appears! You can start by wiping your baby’s gums and erupting teeth having a wet cloth or gauze after meals. For as long as possible, stay with using baby toothbrush. A baby toothbrush protects tender gums, massages them and it is easygoing bristles seem encouraging.
Fluoride is generally present in most public
drinking water systems. If you’re unsure about your community’s water and its
fluoride content, or learn that it has an unacceptable degree of fluoride in
it, there are fluoride supplements your dentist can prescribe. Your child may
not have enough fluoride just by using fluoride toothpaste.
Brushing should be taken seriously, but it doesn’t
need to be serious. Encourage kids to make big, circular brush strokes like
train wheels and create as numerous “mouth bubbles” as they can; or pretend
they have to clean their “big dinosaur teeth.” When brushing is playful,
there’s less pressure.
