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Some teeth deposit cannot be removed by mere brushing along. These deposit weakens the gum and requires removal to improve the strength of the gum. Visit us at Ave Maria Dental Centre for your cleaning.

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🔴WHEN SHOULD YOU START BRUSHING YOUR BABY'S TEETH?

Start cleaning baby's teeth when they appear (6 months).

Cleaning baby's gums after feedings, helps fight bacterial growth and promotes good oral health, long before baby's first teeth start to appear.

Tooth brushing can begin as soon as baby's first tooth pokes through the gums.

🔵METHOD:
✅Use a finger brush to gently wipe clean the first teeth and the front of the tongue, after meals and at bedtime.

✅Use toothbrushe moistened with water and no more than a rice-grain size smear of fluoride-free toothpaste can also be used.

⭕What to do if your baby hates tooth-brushing time!

🔆Go easy on her
🔆Sing a song
🔆Show her how it's done
🔆Let her play or touch the toothbrush

✍Note:
Don't worry if your baby swallows some of the toothpaste (as she almost certainly will) in such a small quantity, it won't cause any damage to the teeth. Starting in the second year, you can teach your toddler to spit after brushing.

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20/01/2020

Mommies!

CARING FOR YOUR BABY'S TEETH DAILY

● As soon as the first tooth emerges, brush the teeth gently morning and night daily using just water and a small toothbrush.
●Good habits started early last a lifetime.
●The night time brush is the most important to establish as food left on teeth at night can cause tooth decay rapidly.
● First dental visit should be at around 1 year old.
● Once baby reaches two years, brush with a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste at least twice each day.
● If baby uses a bottle feeder, do not use it as a comforter and do not let baby sleep or nap with a bottle in the mouth.
● Never put sweet drinks including fruit juice into the bottle.
● Milk and water are the most tooth-friendly drinks.
●Give cooled boiled water or lukewarm water until baby is one year old.
● Start using a cup from 6 months old and wean your baby off bottle feeding by 12 months.
● Do not add sugar to baby's food and if your baby uses a dummy, never dip it in anything sweet.
● Read food labels carefully for sugar content which may also be called sucrose, glucose, fructose or maltose.
●'Low sugar' or 'No added sugar' on the label does not mean that the product is sugar-free.
● Remember that tooth decay is totally preventable.
●Babies are not born with a ' *sweet* ' tooth so avoid giving them one.

Note:
🔸️Keep your baby's toothbrush in a plastic water bottle for safe keeping.
🔸️Change your baby's toothbrush every three months.

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