Teaching Your Kids To Take Care of Their Teeth.

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It is incredibly important to keep your teeth clean. Research is now showing that poor oral care may be directly linked with strokes and heart health. This news is scary when you realize that there is more to risk than just a cavity or a root canal. This is why it is so important to teach your children about proper and healthy habits in regards to their teeth.

Length of time for brushing their teeth is one of the first things you can teach them. Two minutes is what dentists are recommending. This can seem like an eternity for a child left to their own to make sure they do it long enough. Getting an egg timer is a good start to getting them brushing a little longer. There are also two minute timers which easily stick to your bathroom mirror.

My kids are also horrible about brushing their teeth with regular toothbrushes. The other thing was that they were not doing a good job removing the plaque from their teeth. It was a good time to get a mechanical toothbrush to help in this. We were right, not only did the kids teeth look better but they also were super excited to use the electronic toothbrushes.

Another trick we used was to get each kid their own toothpaste. You can find all kinds of flavors like strawberries that is fluoride free for young kids or a bubble gum fluoride tooth paste for older.

This same trick can be used for mouthwash. It seems like the stranger the flavor and color, the more they love it. Once your children get a little older, it is very important to teach them how to get between their teeth with dental floss or water pick. Kids sometimes seem to like using a water pick because they can play with the water as well.

Getting into a good routine with your child and monitoring them is ultimately the best way to promote good hygiene until they are old enough to understand.