Introduce and familiarize the child a toothbrush can be started when the upper and lower teeth respectively numbered four or six. Trial period of about 2-3 weeks.

In front of a mirror, lap children with our backs to the position. That way the child will see for yourself how this tooth brushing activities.

Even the new kid has 4 teeth on the front top and bottom, brushing technique remains the same as brushing technique as adults, namely:
- Keep it slowly from the gum to the tooth surface (vertical).
- For the chewing surfaces, both top and bottom teeth, brushing technique is to pull the brush toward the outer mouth (horizontal).
- Brushing teeth should not be a two-way or back and forth. So, just enough direction. If this technique is done properly, the result could be a maximum of gum health even while awake.

Choose a special toothbrush for children. Or, if your child’s teeth is less than 4 use a sterile gauze soaked in water has boiled. With wrapped it around her index finger, “toothbrush” was proven to be effective because it can reach places where food remains difficult to clean. If the child is able to receive a toothbrush, continue the habit of cleaning his teeth with a toothbrush.

A similar cleaning should be done on the ceiling, walls of the mouth, tongue and gum’s surfaces.

For better recognition stage does not use toothpaste. Use only boiled warm water.

After walking a few weeks and the kids are not doing more rejection, no harm in introducing gradually a special toothpaste for children. There are a variety of flavors can be chosen.

Because children can not gargle, do not forget to provide a damp cloth or tissue. Of course this should not be done constantly because children still need to be taught how to rinse and remove it.

Often parents have to work hard and continuously so that the child does not shut his mouth every time you brush your teeth. But do not worry, there’s always a fun way to lead children to like this activity.

Use Examples
Parents can apply teeth cleaning habits for the whole family. How:
1. Starting from yourself.
2. Make brushing activity as one that needs to be done at least twice a day.
3. Encourage your child to see her father, mother, or sister brushing teeth.
4. While trying this habit, tell children about the benefits of brushing teeth.
5. Do not quickly give up when the baby looks could not catch what we deliver. Particularly since the early toddler is still difficult to understand. Explanation of tooth decay such as holes, there are germs or become swollen, the child is something that is abstract and difficult to understand. Use a simpler explanation.

If little things like this done with consistent, children will imitate what they exemplified. Moreover, if the sample is viewed children as something fun, fun, and not at all boring.

What exact form? Of course, parents themselves who know what can make the child interested. Brushing teeth need not be done formally in the bathroom. It could be done with a little dance, mirror, and singing with joy after the rinse.

Dental care and mouth from an early age is critical dental and mouth until the end of life. Some teeth and mouth disease can be experienced by children and infants when treatment is not done well, such as holes in the surface of the teeth, gums become inflamed, and the sprue.

Tooth decay generally occurs at an early age (children and infants) usually because of food / drink. Sweet foods such as brown and sticky like lunkhead if not immediately brushed / mouthwash will be left behind and causing tooth decay. Also drinks like tea, coffee, soft drinks, and cigarettes can cause a thin layer on the tooth called the stain so teeth become dull color, brown. Coarse layer stain is easily attached to the remains of food and bacteria, which eventually form a plaque, if not cleaned will harden and become tartar, and can spread to the roots of teeth. The result is easy bleeding tooth, wobbly teeth simple and easy to date.

How is the treatment? Consider the following steps:

Familiarize in tooth brushing. Caring your teeth can begin in infancy, this can be done by your child’s teeth cleaned by using cotton gauze or a rinse with warm water, then slowly digosokan on your baby’s gums. If the child is growing up, we as parents have to help introduce teeth brushing routine. Way that can be done by providing learning and brushed his teeth holding.

Eating noticed the child’s diet should also be kept in mind the old. Is the food consumed can damage the teeth or vice versa. Do not be too much to give children eat sweet foods like candy, chocolate, biscuits and foods that are sweet and easily attached digusi. Such foods usually reacts in the mouth and eventually forming acids that can damage tooth enamel. The effects, such as cavities, tooth loss before their time, interference with the size, shape and number of teeth. To prevent this, provide fiber foods, like vegetables and fruits, because these foods are self-cleansing (cleansing) which require mastication process repeatedly.

If it wants to give a brown foods, sweets, biscuits and other sweets should be at the right time, for example, after lunch. When you have finished the child was told to brush his teeth clean.

A good care of teeth includes a good oral hygiene with brushing teeth and flossing, using fluoride toothpastes, fed with low blood sugar and a healthy portion of milk (rich in calcium) and course, a periodic visit to the dentist.

Dental sealants, also known as sealants are thin plastic coatings that are placed on teeth to form a protective cover against cavities. The teeth of the children have small grooves that can not always be cleaned with a toothbrush, sealants cover these grooves and stay prevents food particles and germs.

It is a liquid that is applied to the tooth, the same which hardens quickly without causing discomfort or pain. The sealant protects the tooth up to 10 years, but it is always necessary to review to ensure that it is in good condition, otherwise apply more sealant.

Should apply only child has its permanent teeth, usually by 6 years of age, in some cases, dentists also apply the sealant in primary teeth with deep grooves. If the child has a small cavity and it has been applied to the sealer, there is no problem since the sealant will isolate it from germs and not be extended.