Brushing your baby’s teeth regularly is important to maintain oral hygiene. Read on to find helpful tips on how to brush your baby’s teeth.
Brushing Baby’s Teeth
Proper oral care and hygiene starts from the very first time your baby begins to drink milk and you clean his/her gums with a damp cotton cloth to remove milk residues from the gums. It is very important to induce these habits in your babies as they will become used to them over time. When teeth erupts into the mouth, you should start cleaning the baby’s teeth twice in a day, because bacteria occurs in mouth naturally and tend to convert sugars in food into acid, which can attack the tooth enamel. Brushing the teeth from an early age is important as the primary baby teeth are responsible for making spaces for permanent teeth to grow afterwards and even your baby needs primary teeth for speaking correctly, chewing and biting. Choosing a soft bristle small brush with a long head and a small head is as important as it is to confirm the quality of the brush because if your baby bites on it, he/she may swallow some bristles too! Read on to know how to brush your baby’s teeth properly.
How To Brush Baby’s Teeth
- Make him/her to open the mouth a bit wide, may be you have to act so to make him/her imitate you. Make him/her sit on a slab to help you fully reach all the portions of the mouth.
- Gently brush his/her teeth with a small headed toothbrush containing pea-sized less fluoride content paste as your babies may swallow it at times. In case he/she swallows the paste, make them drink a glass of water to dilute it, repeat it before he/she goes to bed at night.
- Remember to wash the mouth of your baby with lukewarm water and make him/her spit out the water 4 or 5 times.
Spotting & Preventing Dental Caries
- You can find a white spot on the front teeth, which is termed as lesion. It is a white chalky area close to the gum line. It develops as a result of bacterial action which produces acid affecting the enamel. One can induce good oral habits to prevent it and seek dentist’s opinion. Fluoride can solve the problem if it is diagnosed long before.
- A golden white cavity like structure can be found in the inner most teeth and it is very important to get it cured by a child dental specialist as soon as possible, because it may hamper the growth of permanent teeth and may infect other teeth as well.
- Bad breath can be another indication for tooth decays. In such a condition, sweetened liquid diet should be avoided for some time and proper brushing should be done regularly.
