At what age should your child start brushing his teeth?

Updated on parenting 2024-06-23
50 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    Generally, children should brush their teeth when baby teeth come in, but this process is done with the help of parents, scrubbing with a cotton swab dipped in light salt water. When you are about three years old, you should encourage your baby to brush his or her own teeth, and generally four to five years old can brush his teeth alone. Hope it helps.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    As soon as the child's teeth erupt, you can clean the teeth, wrap gauze around your fingers and dip them in water to scrub the surface of the teeth, and the formal brushing is after the age of 2, because at that time the child will cooperate with some, and parents should help clean it before the age of 2.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    In fact, as early as the infant should begin to pay attention to the baby's oral hygiene, when the baby is about 6 months old after the first tooth, parents can start to use gauze around the index finger, wet and reach into the mouth to gently wipe all sides of the newly erupted teeth, in addition to keeping the teeth clean and preventing tooth decay, but also let the child gradually adapt to the feeling of regular teeth cleaning every day, and lay the foundation for developing good brushing habits in the future.

    Parents can gradually teach them to brush their teeth, so that children are familiar with the correct posture and movements, the specific methods are: adults behind the children, the children back against the adults, so that the children's head is slightly tilted back, so that the adults can look directly at each action of the children, with one hand to support the children's chin, the other hand to help the children brush their teeth. At the beginning, children are not skilled enough, so they are not required to brush cleanly, and mastering the technique is the key.

    After a while, parents gradually let go, and the toddler brushes his teeth independently and begins to guide them to brush clean.

    However, due to the different developmental progress of each child, the tooth eruption time will be sequential, and the process of improving the hands-on ability is not the same, so there is no unified standard for when to let them start brushing their teeth.

    Generally speaking, one and a half to two years old is a good time to become proficient, which involves the development of the baby's hand muscles, coordination (whether you can hold a toothbrush) and basic cognitive ability (understand the simple instructions of the parents); However, dentists and early childhood education experts believe that as long as the baby is curious about your brushing behavior, and then imitates the behavior, you can prepare a small toothbrush for children for him, so that the baby can try to "play" on his own. Early childhood education experts remind parents that the focus at this time is not whether they can be brushed clean, but to let the baby develop the "habit" of brushing teeth. If your baby insists on coming on his own, remember to check his brush thoroughly and take the opportunity to teach him the correct way to brush his teeth.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    My son started brushing his teeth when he was 2 and a half years old. It is brushed with cool boiled water and boiling water (warm). Because children are relatively small, they are prone to swallowing water to their stomachs while brushing their teeth. So be sure to use boiled water.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Babies start teething around 6 to 8 months, and some babies even have their first teeth 4 months after birth. If your baby doesn't have teeth until 10 months later, it's something abnormal and you should consult a doctor in time. When your baby has 20 teeth at about 2 and a half years old, you can teach him to try brushing his teeth.

    When brushing, use a child's soft-bristled toothbrush or fine-haired cloth to avoid damage to the gums, and do not use toothpaste when brushing, because some substances in toothpaste are not good for the baby.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    I think it's time to teach your baby to brush his or her teeth after his or her teeth are full.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    At what age is it best for children to start brushing their teeth? Star Awareness Project

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    At what age can my baby start brushing his teeth? In fact, it is necessary to pay attention to the cleanliness of the oral cavity before the eruption of baby teeth.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    After teething, you can let him rinse his mouth, when he is too young, try to drink some water after drinking milk at night, generally from the age of two can let him practice brushing his own teeth, you can use toothpaste first.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    With a dozen teeth, it's time to brush.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    When your baby is two years old, it's time to brush his teeth.

    Pro tip. When the first tooth erupts, parents need to clean the tooth. Generally, the first one will sprout when the baby is 6 months old.

    You can use some small cotton swabs dipped in some warm water to clean your teeth. When the baby is more than a year old, you can use a small toothbrush dipped in some warm water to clean the teeth. When your baby is two years old, you should start to clean your teeth on your own, and studies have shown that children who start brushing their teeth at the age of two have fewer rotten teeth than those who start brushing their teeth at the age of three.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-01

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  13. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    At what age should children start brushing their teeth? At present, the time of brushing children's teeth should be emphasized early. About six months after birth, baby teeth begin to erupt, and once the baby teeth erupt, parents should often wipe the child's teeth with wet gauze.

    When the first primary molars erupt (about one and a half years old), parents can brush their children's teeth, and a small amount of fluoride toothpaste can be used. At this time, it is best for parents to brush their children's teeth with a special small toothbrush that can be put on their fingers, so that it is easy to induce children's attention and easy to operate, so that brushing can be carried out smoothly. Around the age of two to three, parents should gradually develop their children's ability to brush their own teeth, and at the same time, they must be constantly supervised.

    Generally after the age of six, trained children can master the correct brushing method, but what is lacking is perseverance and perseverance, so parents still need to provide necessary supervision. In short, brushing your teeth should be done as early as possible, and it is more important to brush your teeth in a way and consistently. As for the correct way to brush teeth, due to the special nature of children, it is decided to teach children the correct method that is easier to master, and make it easy for them to master and stick to it.

    The following is a brief introduction to the "vertical brushing method": the so-called "vertical brush" refers to the use of a toothbrush along the gap between the teeth, the upper teeth from the top to the bottom, the lower teeth from the bottom to the top, and the bite can be brushed back and forth. Be aware that the inside of the teeth should also be brushed, and when brushing the inside of the front teeth, the toothbrush can be brushed upright.

    In addition, while assisting and supervising children's tooth brushing, parents should take their children to the hospital for regular check-ups, so that problems can be detected in time.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    It is better to start from the age of 4. Too early is not necessarily better, although it is now recommended to start brushing your teeth at the age of 2.

    It's too early, and it is easy for small children to injure their gums if they don't operate properly.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Brushing your teeth early can hurt your gums and make it more troublesome.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    It's okay to be a few months old, buy a little children's toothpaste, and ask an adult to help brush it!

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Yes, in fact, two years old is fine.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    You ask? At what age should the child start brushing her teeth, early for fear of hurting her oral gums, and late for fear of bad teeth.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    This question is already answered in knowing. See references below.

    My children have been brushed since they were young, but they were brushed with salt water.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    You should brush your teeth as soon as you have the ability to brush your own teeth.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-23

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  22. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    At what age can my baby start brushing his teeth? In fact, it is necessary to pay attention to the cleanliness of the oral cavity before the eruption of baby teeth.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    At what age is it best for children to start brushing their teeth? Star Awareness Project

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    At what age does my baby need toothpaste to start brushing his teeth? Damage to permanent teeth is the result of this practice.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    Children can brush his teeth if they are interested, and adults can also bring that soft paper cover to brush him, and some children in the special mother and baby store should pay attention to his dental hygiene, otherwise it is easy to grow worm teeth and tooth decay, and the sweetness of milk powder is too high, if you don't rinse your mouth, it is easy to turn black, and when you grow up, your teeth are very troublesome.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    After the age of two, when your baby's upper and lower teeth have all erupted, you can use a small soft toothbrush to brush up and down along the gaps between the teeth. At this time, the mother should deliberately start to train the baby to brush his teeth, so that the baby can develop a good habit of actively brushing his teeth after three meals and before going to bed, and rinsing his mouth at any time after eating snacks.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    Oral care of teeth should be started after teething, and generally speaking, good brushing habits should be developed after the age of 3, and the method of brushing teeth here is also very important.

  28. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    It seems that you can brush your teeth when you have teeth, and there is a kind of toothbrush for babies to clean your gums, and you can use a soft-bristled children's toothbrush when you grow up.

  29. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    My baby started brushing his teeth before he was almost 2 years old, and you can start brushing your teeth now and rinse your mouth after eating.

  30. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    As soon as the baby's teeth erupt, parents should clean the teeth for the child, generally the baby's baby teeth begin to erupt from about six months, once parents find that the child's teeth break through the gums, they must start cleaning the teeth for the child, you can use the silicone finger toothbrush, parents clean their hands, put the toothbrush on the fingers, dip in water to help the child gently clean the erupted baby teeth. After the tooth erupts, there will be plaque attached to the tooth surface, we use a finger toothbrush to help the child clean the tooth every morning and evening, so as to prevent tooth decay from a young age. In addition, cleaning your child's teeth early can make your baby adapt to parents cleaning his teeth, and it is also conducive to using a children's toothbrush to brush his teeth later.

    Therefore, it is recommended to start brushing your child's teeth as soon as the baby has teeth.

  31. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    You can start brushing, develop a good habit and brush your teeth every day, which can prevent tooth decay.

  32. Anonymous users2024-01-12

    It's good, we started to imitate adults when we had 20 teeth when we were almost two weeks old, and it was very difficult to get used to it. It's been 4 weeks now and my teeth are fine. Buy a children's toothbrush, toothpaste, slowly let him imitate, and it's OK.

  33. Anonymous users2024-01-11

    Children start brushing their teeth at the age of 4.

  34. Anonymous users2024-01-10

    Don't pursue anything, but be prepared, high-quality children's toothbrushes, brushing time, cycle, when the food you eat is harmful to your teeth, you should brush it in time, and you don't usually need to brush it every day.

  35. Anonymous users2024-01-09

    It's OK now My brother is about the same age as your child and has started brushing, but it's best to choose a children's toothbrush with a soft bristle o( o

  36. Anonymous users2024-01-08

    At the beginning of the month, you can try to encourage and coax the baby to drink 1-2 sips of warm boiled water after eating, and then rinse your mouth with simple warm boiled water.

    2. To the growth of 4 front teeth can learn to brush teeth, first adults with clean gauze to wrap their index fingers in clean water to help the baby clean the mouth, and then gradually encourage the baby to use children's toothbrushes to learn by themselves, just at the beginning of the attention while he is happy, but also give a little encouragement praise or something, don't try too much to brush how clean, slowly get used to it. After the baby gets used to the basics, slowly teach him how to brush his teeth correctly.

  37. Anonymous users2024-01-07

    A lot of information on the Internet says that there are teeth on the brush such as 6 months, but I personally think that too young children do not know how to cooperate with you, your fingers can be bitten, so or the child knows a little bit and then brush, my treasure is a year old after I bought her baby toothpaste, it is already 2 paragraphs, suitable for 6-18 teeth, she is like a game, sometimes hold the brush, but the toothpaste must be baby, otherwise she is easy to eat the toothpaste, slowly I think that after the age of 2, the teeth are out of the whole more formal brush, Nowadays, children eat a lot of sweets and are prone to tooth decay. Baby teeth are not well protected, and permanent teeth are prone to bad protection.

  38. Anonymous users2024-01-06

    Generally speaking, when a child reaches the age of two and a half and has 20 baby teeth erupted, he can start teaching his child to brush his teeth; Around the age of 3, children should develop the habit of brushing their teeth in the morning and evening, and rinsing their mouths after meals. However, from the beginning of the first tooth, it is necessary to pay attention to tooth cleanliness (which can be wiped) and oral hygiene.

  39. Anonymous users2024-01-05

    When the baby has 2 teeth, you can start to brush with gauze, and it will be easier to do this when the baby is happy! In fact, brushing your teeth at the beginning is not to say how clean you can be, but just to be able to develop a good habit of brushing your baby's teeth in the future and protect your baby's teeth. Hope it helps you hehe.

  40. Anonymous users2024-01-04

    I don't think it depends on the age of the child, if the child can spit out mouthwash and toothpaste, you can teach him to brush his teeth, if he swallows the toothpaste all the time, some toothpaste contains fluoride and is not good for growth and development. You first train him to rinse his mouth with water, and then teach him to brush his teeth when he learns to rinse his mouth, and you can also use water to brush him at first.

  41. Anonymous users2024-01-03

    Children should learn to brush their teeth when they add complementary food, not with a toothbrush, children start to use a toothbrush to brush their teeth at the age of one and a half years, brushing for about three minutes each time, and develop a good habit of brushing their teeth.

  42. Anonymous users2024-01-02

    Generally speaking, it should start from nine months.

  43. Anonymous users2024-01-01

    The best time to get your baby to brush his teeth around the age of three is to get his baby to learn to brush his teeth.

  44. Anonymous users2023-12-31

    Wipe with gauze before the age of 2, especially when the baby is itchy when teething, it is very comfortable to wipe her with light salt water gauze. After the age of 2, you can use a special toothbrush for children and toothpaste.

  45. Anonymous users2023-12-30

    After starting to teeth, you have to pay attention to care, my son is 4 years old, at six months when the two front teeth were corroded, and now the skin has fallen off like a depression, yellow and yellow can not be remedied I regret that I don't have to brush my teeth when I am young, what kind of soft rubber stick to use, like a bite gum gently scraped off, or use edible toothpaste, my son now uses Pigeon's, it's okay, it's okay, I'm used to the smell. Let him do it himself or you can help him do it.

  46. Anonymous users2023-12-29

    Around the age of two, I see that many people are good, insisting on rinsing their mouths after eating and eating less sweets. Carbonated drinks.

  47. Anonymous users2023-12-28

    Personally, I think 3 years old. Before the age of 3, the child's gums have not grown well.

  48. Anonymous users2023-12-27

    Rinsing your mouth before the age of six is fine, and brushing your teeth after the age of six.

  49. Anonymous users2023-12-26

    I generally think it's appropriate to start brushing your teeth at the age of 3.

  50. Anonymous users2023-12-25

    At the age of five, children like to eat sugary things, and brushing their teeth is good for their teeth.

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