Best Solution for Infant and Toddler Health

Author: Wang Xinliang
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Teaching babies to brush their teeth deciduous teeth should be used for one year. Only with healthy deciduous teeth can children chew food well, help digest food, and absorb nutrients. If deciduous teeth are well protected and fall off on time, permanent teeth can erupt on schedule, and they can grow normally in the empty spaces in the gums, avoiding dental malocclusion and other dental deformities. Therefore, to protect your baby's teeth, good oral hygiene should be practiced from infancy. The most effective way to maintain oral cleanliness is brushing teeth. The correct brushing method can remove plaque, food debris, and food residue from the gums and tooth surfaces, prevent calculus buildup, and can also massage the teeth. Children should develop the habit of brushing their teeth from a young age. Especially brushing teeth before bed is very important for protecting children's teeth and preventing caries. When teaching children to brush their teeth, first let the child observe the adult's brushing motion and imitate the adult's way of brushing. When teaching children to brush their teeth, use the correct brushing method, i.e., vertical brushing. When brushing upper teeth, brush from top to bottom; when brushing lower teeth, brush from bottom to top. Brush both the inner and outer surfaces to ensure every tooth surface is brushed. When teaching children to brush their teeth, because children's self-discipline and persistence are relatively poor, one or two morning and evening brushings cannot form a habit, so it is necessary for parents to supervise and remind them to continuously strengthen the good habit of brushing teeth and gradually make it an automatic action. Through brushing teeth, maintain oral hygiene, promote blood circulation in the gingival tissue, and allow the teeth to grow more firmly and healthily. Brushing teeth in the evening should not be after dinner, preferably before bed, and do not eat candy or snacks after brushing. Vegetables, radishes, as well as fruits like apples and pears, which are rich in fiber, have a friction-cleaning effect on the tooth surfaces when chewed. Children who cannot brush their teeth should eat more of these foods, which is beneficial for oral cleanliness. The key point of teaching children to brush their teeth is: make brushing teeth a fun activity and let children develop the habit of brushing their teeth from a young age.