Oral Hygiene for Children

Up to age 2:

Your child is not able to brush yet, so you should brush for your child twice a day.

Brush after eating breakfast and before bedtime.

Ages 3-4:

Your child should be starting to learn to brush properly.

Work with your child to make sure he or she brushes thoroughly. As their motor skills develop, children get better at brushing.

Age 5:

Child may begin to loose baby teeth.

Baby teeth save space for permanent teeth. Usually permanent teeth erupt about six years of age. If baby teeth fall out early, permanent teeth could come in crooked.

Age 6:

Six-year molars should erupt about this time.

Be sure that your child brushes these new permanent teeth, way in the back.

Continue to assist your child with brushing until eight or nine years of age.

• Front Surfaces of teeth can be tricky, Ask your child to growl like a tiger, showing their pearly whites.
• Ask your child to tilt their head back and open wide like a crocodile, to get behind front teeth.
• To get those hard to reach chewing surfaces, ask your little one to roar like a lion, opening their mouth as wide as possible.