Ten Ways to Protect your Child's Teeth
- Supervise under eights with tooth brushing.
- If they want to do it themselves, let them, but still do a final brush for them when they’ve finished.
- Brush with fluoride toothpaste twice a day. Children under 6 years can use a 6+ children toothpaste, children over 6 years can use an adult-strength formula
- Don’t let them rinse with water after brushing
- Start flossing teeth once two teeth are touching
- Only give juice or fizzy drinks with meals or snacks. Stick to water at other times.
- Use a straw for fizzy drinks or juice
- Encourage your children to consume drinks quickly, rather than sipping them over a long period. Also limit grazing on food throughout the day – give teeth a rest!
- Limit sweet-eating to straight after meals, when the extra saliva created by chewing will help to protect the teeth
- Take your child to the dentist regularly
At Kidz Teeth our specialist paediatric dentists provide all aspects of dental care, including preventative care and children's oral health.
Our goals are:
- To help in the prevention of dental disease such as caries, and sports injuries.
- To provide high quality specialist dental care to infants, children and adolescents, and to empower patients to become confident in the dental environment.
- To provide information and education to caregivers and the community.
- To build a team approach which is fun and professional for all involved.
- To maintain continual education so as to remain on the 'edge cutting' of research, technology and clinical practice.