You want your eye in your head to have teeth like pearls. Dearly, because tooth fairys come for them. That terrible dental trolls would not have a chance, and the child visits only good fairies, it is worth taking care of the toddler's mouth from the very beginning. It must be cleaned before the first teeth appear! Below we present practical tips on how to make a child's teeth healthy and beautiful.
Hygiene from the first days of life
Teeth buds are formed in utero and their adequate mineralization is affected by mother's diet. Already in the fourth week of pregnancy, the process of creating a primary dental strip begins, and at the 20th week of fetal life, teeth buds are formed. After the birth of the child from the first days, in the evening, wash the gums and the tongue of the baby with a gauze soaked in warm boiled water. You can add this element to your daily bathing ritual. Gently massage the gum and remove the raid after milk. Special cotton Jack N'Jill wipes Soaked in xylitol and water that will facilitate hygiene. If you clean your baby's mouth every day, you will perfectly take care of his hygiene. From the beginning, Dzidziuś will get used to cleaning the mouth. There is a chance that healthy and good habits will stay with him for years and pay off in old age.
From the first days of life, you can also use special brushes for young children, such as Sonic toothbrush for children Sönik BBLüv brand. The gently vibrating brush massages the gums, promoting their blood supply and cleansing of their mouths.
For a brush you can buy replaceable infants for babies - Exchangeable Sonic brush tips Sönik 0-18 months and Replaceable brush tips 18-36 monthsSo one brush will serve about two and a half years.
Genches and brushes in one that can be used from the third month of life also come to the rescue. Baby Banana: Children's brush shark It tames your baby with brushing your teeth, and you can easily clean it. The silicone material massages the gums well and it is not difficult to keep it clean.
How to take care of your first teeth when expanding your diet?
When the toddler is six months old, it's time for the first permanent food and gradual diet expansion. For babies from the sixth month of life we recommend special silicone brushes Jack N 'Jill on the finger indicating the guardian. Later, as the child grows, replace them with slightly larger brushes. The brand divided the brushes into stages, so you can easily find the next: Stage 2 and Stage 3, i.e. Silicone brush for gum massage and washing the first teeth Silicone Toothbrush Stage 3.
If you are looking for a more environmentally friendly brush, they are fully biodegradable.
We recommend for such babies as six -month -old babies bristle with bristles from the spergularia echinosperma plant, That is Muchotrzew Vistula. A comfortable handle was made of corn fibers.
Later, bamboo humles brush will work, which you probably know from the adult version.
What toothpaste to use for children?
Firstly…
Use toothpaste adapted to the child's age. The specificity should also be pleasant to use and with a mild taste. It's best to find certified (e.g. made of organic, organic herb extracts, e.g. mint and chamomile). It is worth choosing pastes without artificial flavors, dyes and other unnecessary additions. It is also good to pay attention to vegan pastes to take care of animals at the same time.
Secondly…
The paste should contain bactericides. The most popular are xylitol and fluorine. Fluorine also mineralizes teeth. In children's pastes, a small but safe and important amount of this element is used. Tiny children who cannot spit out the paste must be used to the fact that the remains of the paste are removed. Wipe the toddler's gums with a moistened cotton swab or gauze and collect the remains of the paste.
Thirdly…
A small amount of paste, according to the information on the packaging and appropriate brushing. In tiny children, it is simply a massage in circular movements. Later, introduce more difficult but more effective sweeping movements.
Toothpaste that we recommend:
- prebiotic paste Caring for good bacteria in the Haan's mouth. Aesthetic packaging will serve for a long time because you will complement it contribution 150 ml
- Natural paste For teeth jack n 'jill without artificial dyes in a dozen or so flavors for encouragement or in a tasteless version
- Organic toothpaste Without fluoride with the xylitol of Azeta Bio, vegan, ma BIO ECO COSMEI AIAB and QUALITA VEGAN CERTIFICATES
How to care for hygiene teat?
Also remember to take care of the pacifier hygiene. It should not be sweet, i.e. do not immerse it at anything before serving it to your child. Caries is an infectious disease, so adults can infect a baby. And the teat should be often disinfected. If you do not want to boil it or scald, you can use a special disinfection device. Mark Bblüv produces UV sterilizer for teats üvi. This is a small battery gadget that will even fit into a purse. Disinfection without chemistry is important not to unnecessarily expose the baby to contact with other substances.
Caries in milk teeth runs very quickly, so you have to be accurate and attentive. If the child was teething early, there is a greater risk of developing caries, so in such cases proper hygiene is particularly important. Of course, there are other causes of predisposition to caries and poor tooth mineralization. However, we are in favor of minimizing risk factors and proper teaching of a child hygiene from the very beginning.
Try not to give your child sweetened foods and fluids as long as possible (we advise you to sleep a child mainly with water). Some doctors (e.g. William Sears) recommend that the child is completely avoided to the age of three. In this way, you don't give nutrients to causing humus and fungi causing thrush. In addition, the child has a chance to get to know other flavors first. Juices and a large amount of sour fluids are also not very often indicated. The child should not get a bottle with milk or nothing sweet at night. After evening hygiene treatments in larger children, it's good to give anything to eat anymore. We are not talking about babies that should be breastfeeding on demand, i.e. whenever they are hungry or feel like it.
Teething - what to do?
Milk teeth eruption does not have to be painful and this is a normal physiological state. It should run without complications. However, when your toddler from a quiet turns into a tired, tearful child who cannot fall asleep, it may mean the beginning of painful teething. The first dairy appears around six months of age, so then the first signals may appear. As always, it is worth staying with the baby in constant contact, hug him, stroke and ensure a sense of security. If there is ear pain, diarrhea or other ailments, it is time to arrange a visit or medical consultation.
Meanwhile, home -to -teeth are also less problematic ways that can be used immediately. If swaying and massaging do not help, a special vegan can be used teething gel with marigold and chamomile extract. There are also other gels relieved of a disinfectant and astringent gum.
Dzidziuś may feel stress in connection with this teething process, so it can be restless, exciting, tearful. It can put your fingers into your mouth more often than usual. Wash the gums with a chamomile infusion and massage them. Remember that during teeth, baby can have an elevated temperature, red or swollen gums. If these symptoms did not go through, it is worth consulting with a pediatrician.
If we care well about baby's oral hygiene, we reduce the risk of gingivitis and swelling.
A teether can also bring relief. With the help of this toy you will also easily apply a gel or a bit of chamomile infusion while massaging the gums. Safe silicone and easy to wash (even in a dishwasher) are, for example, dental teethers MonkeyyMatchstick Monkey. Crafty crocty crocodile dental teether It has special soft massage and antibacterial coating. Cozy and consolation are fancy with a cotton cloth, like Tikiri: Natural rubber teetter from Doudou Comforter. If you have a sense of humor and you value a good design, you will definitely like these rubber vegetables and fruits of the brand Oli and Carol, e.g. carrot. For a traditionalist, these Moluk brands will be better: pastel teethers niga naked legs. The most important thing is, of course, the implementation of safe materials and construction facilitates keeping clean. You can cool the teether gently if it is better to work.
When to go with your child for the first visit to the dentist?
The first visit to a dentist or dental should take place when the child is about 18 months old. It will be the so -called adaptation visit. The first visits to the dental office serve to tame a child with a room, doctor and instruments. This is very important from the perspective of further prevention of healthy teeth and mouth and shaping good habits in babies. The dentist or dentist will also check if everything is okay, or sometimes caries or gum problems develop. You may need to use fluoride supplementation.
Before going to the office, prepare a child, telling him who he will meet there that he will have to open his mouth and show the teeth. Don't say anything negative not to cause fear. It is also worth taking toys, coloring pages or blocks to the waiting room so that the child does not get bored and not tired before the medics meeting. We recommend large toys, without a large number of elements. You can take the outlet with large blocks, a soft compression ball B. Toys: Żabka Jax Squeak 'N' Glow ball, a water coloring book for the youngest djeco Hidden on the road Or a favorite cuddly toy. A lot of small and handy cuddles offer brands Maidal and Jellycat. They are so tiny that they will fit into the pocket and encourage even unnoticed.
Maybe even earlier, e.g. in a doctor and thus tame the kids with being examined? We recommend a set of toys with medicine in the background, e.g. B.Tays: Small Doctor Care Kit set. Toyys brand set Dentist It tames with visits and teach the anatomical details of the jaw, jaw and teeth. The brush is great for showing the right method of washing the teeth and Training sweeping and rolling movements.
How to care for the teeth of older children?
The teeth should be brushed twice a day. In the morning after waking up and evening before going to bed. A few -year -old child can do it alone, but it's worth checking them. Check if it swallows the paste and do not rinse his lips after washing. The paste should not be flushed and this principle should also apply to adults. It is worth looking at whether children brush well, and to make it easier to buy them an electric brush. Brushing should last about two minutes.
A five- and six-year-old child should already return special control to oral hygiene, because his first molars, i.e. permanent teeth, come out.
There are a lot of different brushes to choose from, with different hardness of bristles from different materials. However, if you do not give your child or an electric brush to get a biodegradable brush with a bamboo brush with a bamboo with natural bristles, or at least bamboo with nylon bristles. We recommend biodegradable brushes, e.g. brands Humble Brush. These brushes are made of bamboo wood, and the children's versions have colorful nylon bristles - yellow, pink and blue. Variants with bristles with different hardness are available.
After two months, the bristles are bending and it should be replaced. As a parent, remember about regular brush reviews, pastes and calendar of follow -up visits. It is also worth buying rinsing liquid for larger kids, at least six or seven years old. The younger may not be able to spit it out. The liquid should not contain alcohol.
You can give him a beautiful mouse, which is at the same time Tooth Fairy And he also has a younger sister - Mouse Fairy Teeth Fairy Little Sister. The set includes a small metal tooth box. Maybe in this way you can organize a preventive visit to a dentist faster, because there will be something to boast about. We also have slightly larger sets for fans of the beautiful boxes Metal Heart Bambi and Metal Heart Pig brands Maidal. They will also accommodate other children's treasures.
Children under the age of eleven and twelve should be taught and accustomed to brushing their teeth with sweeping movements, from gums towards the crown of teeth. Young teenagers can also be taught and encouraged to use dental threads.
To sum up, during an adaptive visit, and then on periodic controls at Pedodonta, i.e. a specialist in pediatric dentistry, it is worth developing good relationships. Good associations and relationships with dentists are almost as important as good hygiene. Then developing good habits and consistency and some fun. From time to time MIt is a good idea to polish your teeth in the office so that they shine nicely, and the bacteria are harder. Consult with a dental hygienist or a doctor or not sealing or not painting your teeth in children.
Et Voilà! Healthy and shiny teeth literally at your fingertips. In search of good tooth washing products - from birth to a day - fall into the department -> Cosmetics for children.
When writing this text, we used advice on the Practical Medicine portal.
