Tips to Keep Your Child’s Teeth Healthy

Handling Your Child’s Dental Needs

It is very challenging for parents to attend to their children’s dental needs and concerns. Parents must have convincing powers, sugarcoating abilities, and superb sales talk skills to convince them to visit the dentist for dental services. We were lucky to be given an opportunity by one of the best pediatric dentists in Chandler for an interview, and he gave us some steps on how to take care of our child’s dental needs in quick and easy steps:

Steps to Care for Your Child’s Teeth

Be an example.

 Always encourage your children to take care of their teeth and be an example. Bring your kids to the dentist with you when you’re having teeth cleaning and show them you’re having a good time. Positive reinforcement is key.  As early as he can brush his/her teeth alone, show them the right way of brushing and how often we should brush our teeth.

Right and Safe Toothbrush, Toothpaste and Water.

 We should also ask assistance from pediatric dentists for the right toothbrush, which should be elongated with a proper grip and fixed for his/her small hands and must be manual (avoid electric toothbrush, as it will make your child lazy towards brushing) to develop your child’s brushing habit. Cartoon character-designed toothbrushes are also advised to let him/her enjoy brushing.

There are a lot of toothpaste available in the market for children; provide children with toothpaste suited for them since adult toothpastes are too minty or too strong. Flavored toothpaste is advised for kids to enjoy brushing. Put the right amount (pea size only) of toothpaste and “make sure that the water that they will be using is safe”.

Moderation.

 We should moderate our children’s eating sweet foods like candies, lollipop, and junk foods, but not prohibit them. Let them live as normal kids. Make sure that they drink water and brush their teeth afterward and explain to them the effects and consequences of these foods to their teeth.

Dentists are Heroes.

 Explain to them how dentists save and take care of their teeth professionally and prevent tooth-related pains and further damage. Show them the importance of dental clinic visits for check-ups, cleaning, and tooth extraction.  The Pediatric dentist believes that the remedy for children with dentophobia or fear of dentists and dental procedures is for dentists themselves. Only dentists can help the kid overcome this phobia by alleviating the pain when he is already feeling uncomfortable with his/her teeth.

In case of knocked out tooth and other oral emergencies, go directly to your nearest emergency dentist in Chandler. In most cases, hospitals will refer you directly to a dentist to conduct the operation or surgery. While on your way, apply cold pressure and hold and rinse the tooth and mouth.

Eat Healthy Foods.

 We should not take away childhood from our children, let them play, do things on their own, or eat their desired foods, even candies and other sweet foods, but as mentioned above, we should moderate it and encourage them to eat foods rich in calcium like milk, cheese, fruits, and vegetables.

Hope the above-mentioned helps you in handling your kid’s dental needs. Introducing them to the dentist early on in life will help them avoid developing any kind of fear towards these amazing helpers. We have to have a brighter and whiter smile!

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Schedule a visit with a trusted pediatric dentist in Chandler to keep their smile bright and strong.