Help your children brush their teeth until they are 7 years old! What is the correct way to brush your teeth?

Recently, a mother left a message saying: Her child is 5 years old and brushes his teeth every day. However, when he went to the dentist, he found cavities and said he needed fillings. My mother didn’t understand: No, brushing your teeth every day will cause tooth decay? Not long ago, we were in \”5 Steps to Prevent Caries!\” \”The Dentist Gives You the Best Baby Tooth Care Plan\” mentioned that to prevent dental caries, you can go to the dental clinic and have the dentist complete fluoride application, pit and fissure sealing, etc. Today we will talk about brushing your teeth correctly and maintaining oral hygiene is one of the ways to prevent dental caries. Q: At what age should children start brushing their teeth independently? Regarding the age at which parents should allow their children to brush their teeth independently, we heard these different voices: \”My child can brush his own teeth at the age of 2!\” \”My child is now 5 years old, and he needs me to supervise him before he is willing to brush his own teeth.\” \” In fact, children should wait until they can write before brushing their teeth by themselves, right?”… ☞ Let’s look at a set of data first: Two researchers once conducted an experiment in which they studied three groups of different age groups: 5 years old, 11 years old and 18-22 years old. People, checked the effect of plaque removal after brushing teeth, the results are: ● 5-year-old children can only remove 25%; ● 11-year-old children can only remove 50%; ● 18-22 years old can remove 67%. It can be seen that the effect of brushing teeth for 5-year-old children is very limited, but as they grow older, the effect of brushing teeth will become better and better. This is because as they grow, children have better flexibility and hand-eye coordination. sex. ☞ Let’s listen to the official recommendations again: ► American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Parents should monitor and assist their child while brushing until he or she is around 7 or 8 years old. When your child can write his or her name well, he or she also has the ability to brush well. (Parents should supervise and help their child brush his or her teeth until he or she is 7/8 years old. When he or she can write his or her own name, he or she will be able to brush well) ► American Dental Association (ADA): By age six or seven, children should be able to brush their own teeth twice a day but often require supervision until about age 10 or 11, to make sure they are doing athorough job. (At age 6 or 7, kids should brush their teeth twice a day, but supervision usually needs to be done until age 10 or 11 to make sure they get a thorough clean.) To summarize, according to the authority, kids brush their teeth independently. It is recommended that at least until the child is 7 years old, different children will not develop properly.At the same time, a doctor can determine whether you have the ability to brush your teeth independently. Q: If you help a child brush his teeth until he is 7 years old, won’t the child become a “giant baby”? Regarding the suggestion that children should only brush their teeth by themselves when they are 7 years old, some people have expressed their opinion: \”There is no need to arrange brushing for children until they are 7 years old. This will affect the child\’s self-care ability.\” The help (or assistance) mentioned here should be based on the child\’s situation. , if the older child\’s teeth are healthy after professional examination and the child brushes his own teeth well, then parents only need to check their oral hygiene every day. But if your child has already started to have tooth decay, be sure to take the matter of helping your child brush his teeth seriously! Q: How should babies of different ages brush their teeth? ◆ From 0 to 6 months old, you can use sterilized gauze or finger brush dipped in warm water to gently wipe the gums, buccal mucosa and tongue surface of your baby in the morning and evening. ◆ 6 months to 3 years old After the first tooth appears, children should start using toothbrushes and fluoride toothpaste (except in high fluoride areas). The amount of toothpaste used is the size of a grain of rice. Twice in the morning and evening, parents help brush teeth. ◆ 3-8 years old Between 2 years old and 2 and a half years old, all the baby teeth will come in. At this time, you can teach your children to brush their teeth, choose a suitable toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste (except in high fluoride areas), and use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste. At this stage, parental supervision and help are still needed. 1. Brush 3 times a day, focusing on the time before going to bed at night. If you don’t have time or opportunity to brush your baby’s teeth at noon, it is recommended to rinse your baby’s mouth with water to clean the mouth, strengthen teeth, and prevent dental disease. 2. Brush the inner and outer surfaces of 3 tooth surfaces each time, as well as the horizontal chewing surface. Pay special attention to cleaning the back molars (lingual side) and upper molars (buccal side), as these are the areas most likely to be missed when brushing your baby\’s teeth. 3. Brush for 3 minutes each time. Each time you brush your teeth, you must brush your teeth seriously and carefully for 3 minutes. Each surface should be brushed 15 to 20 times, so as to remove the food residue and plaque trapped in the teeth. Massaged the gums. Q: What are the criteria for purchasing children’s toothbrushes? Nowadays, there are many children\’s toothbrushes on the market, such as \”bacteria-inhibiting type\”, \”tooth-cleaning and gum-protecting type\”, \”teeth-adhering type\”, etc., which really leaves parents confused. Parents should refer to the following three standards to choose toothbrushes for their children: Product ingredients are limited. In addition to the previous five types of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury, the new national standard adds three types of antimony, barium, and selenium. When mothers choose toothbrushes for their babies, they must follow this restriction and carefully check the ingredients of the product. The new national standard points out that the bristles of flat-bristled toothbrushes should be softer. The passing rate of the top outline of the single filament of flat-bristled toothbrushes has been increased to greater than or equal to 70% on the basis of the original level of greater than or equal to 50%. This means that the bristles of children\’s toothbrushes must be softer. Mothers should also pay special attention to the softness of the bristles when buying toothbrushes for their babies. In line with children\’s physiological characteristics, the length of the toothbrush\’s bristle surface should be ≤29mm, the width of the bristle surface should be ≤11mm, the thickness of the brush head should be ≤6mm, the diameter of the monofilament should be ≤0.8mm, and the total length of the toothbrush should be 110mm to 180mm. The size is more suitable for the baby\’s mouth!