Dental care tips for children of all ages

With the gradual departure of summer, the high incidence of children’s dental disease, due to the summer ice cream, dessert-type food in large quantities, coupled with the daily oral care is not in place, resulting in this time of year, there will be a pile of children to see the dentist, not only to deal with very tricky, but also parents have to worry about their children, today we will focus on the correct care of children’s teeth at all ages, the Love your teeth every day and stay away from dental diseases. Nowadays, many mothers mistakenly think that newborn children do not need to brush their teeth because they do not have any teeth now. How should children brush their teeth in the future? With this question, we have searched for the following information for your reference. 0-6 months baby 0-6 months more baby “rinse mouth” in general, this stage of the baby are eating breast milk or milk powder and other liquid food, has not added supplementary food, as long as the baby each time after eating and then drink some warm water, it can play a role in rinsing mouth. If the mother has time, she can also use gauze dipped in warm boiled water or light salt boiled water to gently rub the baby’s gums and mouth to prevent oral inflammation. Finger toothbrush for babies aged 6 months-2 years Finger toothbrush for babies aged 6 months-2 years is a toothbrush worn directly on the hand, with abrasive material on the top part, which is placed on one finger when used, so that it can brush difficult and inconvenient places due to more flexible fingers. When using the toothbrush, prepare a bowl of warm water (you can also prepare special toothpaste), let the baby lying in the arms of adults, one hand holding the baby’s head, a hand on the finger toothbrush dipped in water to clean the baby’s mouth, brush head clean teeth, bump clean tongue, pay attention to clean the gaps between the teeth. Note that before using the finger toothbrush, disinfect the toothbrush, put it in boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes. 2-3 year old baby Baby starts to use toothbrush after 2 years old Baby’s milk teeth are usually all grown between 2 and 2.5 years old, so at 2 years old you can start to teach your baby to use toothbrush to brush their teeth. First of all, you should choose a toothbrush suitable for your baby’s age, and try to choose a toothbrush with soft bristles suitable for the size of your baby’s mouth, which will help to clean the mouth better. Secondly, you should teach your baby the correct way to brush teeth, don’t be anxious if your baby can’t learn for the time being, let your baby observe and imitate more, and then let him gradually start to brush by himself. Babies over 3 years old Babies learn to brush their own teeth after 3 years old After a period of training, some babies will be able to learn to brush their own teeth. Since many babies start kindergarten at the age of 3, it is also with necessary to learn the basic skill of brushing teeth. Parents should pay attention to correct the wrong way of brushing baby’s teeth, such as too much of the pull-saw horizontal brushing method, to teach the baby to place the bristles near the gum area, so that it is 45 ° tilt with the tooth surface, the upper teeth from the top down brush, the lower teeth from the bottom up brush, brush the outer side should also brush the inner side, the biting surface of the back teeth, and to ensure that each brush at least 3 minutes, each side brush 15 ~ 20 times. It seems that everyone’s previous ideas are not right, no matter how old children are responsible for their own oral cavity, do not care because the child does not have teeth, every child’s age stage is to carry out oral cleaning, as long as they use different methods, then now we should let the child more brushing, develop good oral hygiene habits, less sweets, less sugar, morning and evening each brush teeth, in order to avoid tooth failure. To avoid bad teeth ah. So how to choose a toothbrush for a baby after two years old? 1, the bristles should be soft, the brush head should be small, so that it is easier to reach all the baby’s teeth, including the innermost teeth. 2, the brush surface is flat, and the top of the bristles are round body-shaped, so as not to scratch the baby’s gums. 3, adult toothbrushes are not suitable for young children, because the brush head is too large for the baby to use comfortably, and the bristles may be too hard, which will wear the baby’s teeth and gums. 4, choose a toothbrush with a hard handle “so that you can maximize the exercise of muscle movement skills. 5. Place the toothbrush vertically and keep it dry. Make sure the bristles of each toothbrush do not touch each other to prevent bacteria from passing from one toothbrush to another. 6. Replace your toothbrush when it becomes worn out, such as when the bristles come apart. In any case, you should change your toothbrush at least every 3 months, and you should always change your toothbrush after you get sick, because the old toothbrush may have bacteria on it. Baby mothers teach their babies to brush their teeth tips 1, equipment family – armed to the teeth “The baby was very early to me and her father’s brushing behavior is very interesting, and often compared the little hand to a toothbrush, put into their own mouth, up and down the brush. Before I let her brush her own teeth, I took her to the mall and let her pick out her own brushing utensils. She picked out a Mickey Mouse toothbrush, a yellow water cup, and mushroom-shaped toothpaste, and she was overjoyed. Since then, brushing teeth has become one of the baby’s favorite games.” 2. Mutual helpers – some people are happy, some people are sad “My trick is to give my baby permission to brush his father’s teeth when he brushes his teeth, so that the baby is always clamoring to help his father brush his teeth. When I brush the baby’s teeth, his attention is on helping his dad brush his teeth, so he naturally gives in. The one who suffers is naturally his father, the baby’s little hands are not light and heavy, often make the father very difficult.” 3, demonstration family – you brush, I brush “After the baby learns to brush his teeth, often lazy, so at night before the baby goes to bed, I will brush teeth with him. The baby looked at me with a serious look, he also fussed to brush away. After the baby sleeps, I often eat something else, and I can only brush again before going to bed.” 4. Storytellers – Make up “Babies don’t like to brush their teeth and it’s a headache. One day, I happened to get a propaganda tape, which tells the story of a child who does not like to brush his teeth and becomes the king of tooth decay, many children do not like to play with him; later, with the help of the doctor, the king of tooth decay fixed his teeth and brushed his teeth every day to be healthy. I played it to my baby, and he was very interested and often asked to listen to it again. In this way, the baby brushing his teeth became an active thing.” 5. Competition family – compare who is the best “My baby also doesn’t like to brush his teeth, so in order to enhance his interest, we launched a tooth brushing competition for the whole family. Every morning and night before going to bed, the family of three compete to come to the bathroom to brush their teeth, than who brushes the most active, the most serious, the most thorough, the winner can get a small red flower. This is not, the baby has become the most active one brushing teeth.” 6, counter-example deterrent clan – more or less lose face “children to brush their teeth on the cheating, reasoning a bucket of talk, but it does not help. What to do? One day at dinner, my teeth accidentally pinched on the bone, lost a piece, the baby curiously asked: “Mom, what happened to you?” I said, “Mommy doesn’t pay attention to brushing her teeth, so they are broken, see, even the delicious bones can’t be chewed, from now on, we can only drink porridge.” From now on, the baby did not need to be reminded to brush his teeth, but would go on his own initiative, and from time to time said: ‘Mommy does not brush her teeth, her teeth are broken, and she cannot eat good things.’ Although I acted as a negative example, it was worth it to see my child brush his teeth seriously.”