Kids at the age of one year already need regular toothbrushing, irrespective of their quantity. Independently the one-year-old child does not manage to brush teeth yet therefore parents should be helped. Let the kid begin the procedure itself, and adults will finish it.
Instruction
1. Choose a toothbrush. To clean only the cut-through teeth conveniently special fingerstall which puts on on a finger to the adult and has elastic bristles from silicone. Getting an individual children's toothbrush, pay attention to the following characteristics: - the bristle – has to be soft, from synthetic materials. The contour has to be accurate, exactly cut and not go over the edges of a plastic head. - the arrangement of bristles – is more preferable to choose brushes with the bristles of different length located under different corners. - the head of a brush has to be roundish.
2. Pick up the correct toothpaste. Choose the hypoallergenic structures intended for children of one year.
3. Begin to brush teeth. At first you brush teeth to the child independently, show, to properly process an oral cavity. At first just moisten a toothbrush with water and move it on teeth.
4. Allow the kid most to use a toothbrush. If the child shows interest, then allow it to brush teeth independently. Direct the movements of his hand, showing as it is necessary to cope with a brush. Squeeze out paste on a brush independently as the child is not able to calculate amount of paste yet.
5. Teach the child to spit out paste. It is possible to swallow of many toothpastes for children, but to teach the child to spit out paste it is necessary. Show on own example as it is necessary to rinse a mouth and to spit out water. The child will learn not at once, but will gradually seize the necessary skills.
6. If the kid does not wish to use a brush. The one-year-old child can brush teeth a fingerstall. Adaptation is effective for removal of a raid, the parts of food which got stuck between teeth. You can use the piece of a gauze or bandage which is wrapped up around a finger and moistened in salty solution.