Most children enjoy sugary food very much, but don’t like brushing their teeth, easily leading to dental problems like dental caries, black tooth and toothaches. How to practice a good dental care for children? Here are some suggestions from dentist in AKJ Dental Hospital.

Brushing teeth since born

When the baby was born, you can use a gauze-brush at first, and then change it into a silicone one. A year after his/her born, you can teach him/her to use a children toothbrush.

More importance should be attached to children’s brushing process. If children really aren’t fond of brushing tooth, you can try something else to attract their attention and help them finish the brushing procedure more easily. At the same time, parents are supposed to double check with the help of a flashlight. If there are something that is hard to remove by brushing, then a floss should be used so as to keep the dental cleanliness for the children.

Cultivate a good habit

Besides brushing teeth in the morning and before the bedtime, there are still some habits parents should help children to cultivate. For instance, rinse mouth with water after every meal, and brush teeth after having sweets. When children forget to do so, instead of getting angry, you can remind them in other way. You can tell them, “it is the ‘worms’ in your mouth that feel extremely happy if you don’t brush teeth. Why? Because they can dig a few cavities in you teeth and make them their home.” Children are so simple that they will go brushing teeth after your story of “tooth worms”. As time goes by, brushing teeth turns out to be a habit. Without reminding, they will go brushing after having food or sweets.

In addition, you can also play some interesting cartoons about brushing tooth when they are brushing. By doing that can brushing turn into a more enjoyable process for children.

Conduct fluoridization to protect tooth

What is fluoridization? Simply speaking, it refers to an effective method to protect teeth, putting a protective coat on the teeth which can improve the teeth capacity of fighting dental caries in a short term and thus avoid the formation of tooth cavities. The procedure of fluoridization is quite simple and can be done very quickly without any discomfort.

According to professional dentists, it’d better to conduct fluoridization for children when they are 3-6 months old, with an aim to prevent dental caries. However, it is just an auxiliary method to prevent dental caries, unable to eradicate it fundamentally.

Regular dental checkups

Not matter the quality of children’s deciduous teeth is good or bad, parents should help them overcome fears and take them to hospital for a dental checkup regularly, getting to know the growth and cleanliness of children’s teeth. When there are very tiny cavities on teeth, a regular checkup is very helpful to detect and fix that promptly. In other way, children will get familiar with the dentists and environment of dental hospital, which is an inevitable preparatory step for children as well.

Meanwhile, it’d better for dentists to cooperate with parents. When they are taking examination for children, they should teach children with knowledge of teeth protection and encourage them to foster a good habit.

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