To impart the kid should begin love for hygienic procedures before eruption of the first tooth. It is necessary for the educational and pedagogical purpose. If the child is accustomed since childhood to regular oral cavity care, then at the right time it will pass to independent use of a toothbrush and paste.
Age of the child and feature of care for a mouth
From zero to some care for a mouth of the kid parents have to carry out years. The silicone cap with soft hillocks bristles which needs to be got in pharmacy will be suitable for this procedure. The cap is put on a forefinger of the adult and circular motions mass gums, teeth of the kid.
By the time of when the kid is one and a half years old, he will cut through about 12 milk teeth. There comes need to brush them. It has to have a soft bristle, a small head to reach the most distant sites of a mouth of the kid. Before the first use rinse a brush with warm water with soap use. At this stage the toothbrushing is made only by adults. For convenience get up behind the kid and raise his head so that you could reach a brush all surfaces of teeth. Use of toothpastes is not recommended since the kid is not capable to spit out it. You clean teeth with use of a brush and ordinary drinking water.
Aged from one and a half up to two years the kid with pleasure imitates adults. Take it in a bathtub more often when you carry out hygiene of an oral cavity. Toothpaste during this period is also not used as at the child the skill of rinsing of a mouth is not created yet. The eaten paste can lead to a fluorine surplus in a children's organism. It threatens with enamel formation violation. Involvement in hygienic procedures can take playful way: "Give, we will look at your teeth!", "As the crocodile opens a mouth?". By two-three years your kid is quite independent. He can already begin development of care for an oral cavity by own efforts. During this period the parents need to teach the child well and to correctly brush teeth, to rinse a mouth. For a start teach the kid to hold and spit out water, "to start up bubbles". It is important that toothbrushing became for the kid a constant component of a morning and evening dress.
Personal example of parents
The personal example of parents on mouth care will wake the interest of the child to look after the teeth. He will want to join daily family occupation. Get a personal toothbrush for the kid and take him during toothbrushing. He will repeat after you. Gradually accustom him to rinse a mouth. Let the kid gathers water and spits out it, without swallowing. When the child masters it, it is possible to begin to give paste. It is better if it has not sweet taste. Then the kid will not want to swallow it. The amount of paste on a toothbrush has to be small - about a small pea. At the very beginning of a few paste will remain nevertheless on teeth of the kid. But, there will pass a little time, and the child to learn to rinse a mouth in perfection. For this purpose continue to explain day by day as it is correct to clean teeth. It is possible to scare slightly. For example, tell that if you swallow paste, the stomach will hurt and it is necessary to go to give an injection to the doctor. In case the child refuses to brush teeth, is capricious - postpone the procedure. Continue to show unostentatiously how parents like to look after the teeth.
Choice of a toothbrush and toothpaste
When the child masters skills of rinsing of a mouth (as a rule, it is age two and a half - three years), buy safe children's paste for cleaning of children's teeth. For example, ROCKS baby, SPLAT baby or other. Pastes for children have neutral taste. Some contain the minimum quantity of flavoring fruit additives. To avoid the increased fluorine consumption, the maintenance of fluoric components in these pastes is specially reduced in comparison with pastes for teenagers and adults. If there is an opportunity, visit the stomatologist. He will help to choose toothpaste for your child proceeding from age, a condition of his teeth and gums. When choosing a toothbrush give preference of that which considers the structure of a brush and feature of capture by a children's hand.