All about teeth - Brushes, pastes, brushing tips and tricks!

toothbrush can be introduced once the teeth r out. i started using the toothbrush or my baby when he was 15 months old. i use colgate smiles.

hi

i use the colgate brand which has the strawberry flavour......

lov
sowmi

Hi,
you can get some cartoon character's tooth brush and paste....
my kids started like this.

Regards.

Originally Posted by Sumathy

Hi,

You can start the habit of brushing as soon as most of the teeth have come out. The only thing is that you have to ensure that the kid does not swallow the paste. If you think he will do that, you can start with the special kids' toothpaste - which do not contain flouride and hence is ok to swallow this. Slowly you can teach him to not swallow and the switch to regular paste. There are good soft bristle kids' brushes also available. The kids' paste will be available in big kids' store - pigeon is a good brand.

Cheers,

Sumathy

hi friends..
my kid is 2 yrs 2 mnths..i use 2 brush her teeth without paste coz she wont spit when we tell her to do so..so i'm afraid tht she'll swallow..and since she eats lots of chocolates and sweet things i'm afraid about her teeth..lready i found one small brown spot in her tooth..what should i do??

Hi!,
Brushing should be started as soon as ur child has his first tooth. After brushing you can clean the mouth of the baby with a soft cotton napkin, as the child would not know how to spit it out and there are always chances of swallowing the paste..Any childrens tooth paste with out flouride would be fine.
Arshi.

hi everybody,

My 16 months old daughter refused to brush her teeth. But, her Dr. insists on brushing two times a day.

pl. help me

Hi krithin
do try brushing with her fav cartoon brushes with her fav colour n these days there r lots of them to choose.n do start off with a non flouride toothpaste with milk enzymes in it n these tooth pastes r sweet n babies get tempted everytime to brush.
raji

Hi Krithin,

Try to get the Training paste so that you don't have to worry even when she eats up a little. If you don't get it, just try with kids tooth paste applying very little on brush. My kid is 3 now and he still enjoys eating it.
When you emphasize on brushing 2 times a day, slowly they get used to that habit.
I give dinner, fruits and milk and make him brush. I put him on bed at 9 and he would play for another 1.5 hours some days and then demand more milk and will cry when I say brush!!!

Its all part of the game. Make it playful. Giggle, make faces, play with her, she will brush without fussing.

Happy Parenting!!!

dera krithin

welcome to the club.....well its a tuff ask especially brushing at night...but as said by sss.mm if u make ti a habit then its gonna be a easy sail thru.....try paste whioch has a strawberry flavour or sum other flavour which ur child likes...u also brush along with her so tht she knws tht she has company....when my daughter sees me brushing she also eagerly brushes...

so all the best

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sowmi

hi
Try to get many flavors in the kids paste.. brush her with each flavor a day.. she really enjoys diferent flavors and colors..
Even i used to give new fruit flavours when my kid started brushing...
Try this.....