Category Archives: Toothbrushing

Learn Your ABCs: All Baby Teeth Count!

Learn Your ABCs: All Baby Teeth Count!

1+1 = 2 You + Oral Health Know-how = Healthy Kids! Ready to go back to school on the subject of tooth decay in young children? Learn your oral health ABCs! A: All teeth count...even baby’s teeth. B: Brush those baby teeth, starting with the first little tooth. C: Check-ups matter...schedule baby’s first dental visit…

Read more

Brush Baby’s Teeth…WHEN?

Brush Baby’s Teeth…WHEN?

When to Start Brushing Baby’s Teeth Just as important as baby’s first words, first step, and first solid night’s sleep, is the first little tooth. Baby those baby teeth! You can’t start too soon. Experts recommend brushing baby’s teeth as soon as the first little tooth begins to appear through the gum. Brush that first…

Read more

Tooth Talk Expert Lists Benefits of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF)

Tooth Talk Expert Lists Benefits of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF)

When are black baby teeth in children a good thing? After a silver diamine fluoride treatment. SDF is a safe and effective way to stop tooth decay and protect teeth, says Dr. Tim Wright of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry. In use in Brazil and Japan since the 1970s, a 2015 addition to the…

Read more

Tooth Talk Reminder: Don’t Take a Vacay from Brushing!

Tooth Talk Reminder: Don’t Take a Vacay from Brushing!

You deserve a vacation...but your teeth don’t. Continuing to brush young children’s teeth with good-for-you fluoride toothpaste is as essential to a fun and healthy summer as sunscreen and water wings! These tips can help you keep the kids (and yourself!) in the groove: Don’t break the habit. It takes time to get young children…

Read more