7 Baby Tooth Care Tips

My son just cut his first tooth this week, so I'm egar to put some of this to the test. I hope we don't have problems with him not liking the brushing experience, but kids are unpredictable!! I know he wants to eat everything so that may play in our favor on cleaning his teeth now, when he's a toddar of course that's a different story.

This is frustrating because no article I've seen ever really addresses how to handle a toddler who resists like crazy. I know there is no one answer and different things works for different kids, but how can an article just say a firetruck shaped toothbrush worked for one little boy and leave it at that?? The only thing that works is torturing my daughter, pinning her arms and legs and squeezing her cheeks to get her mouth open a little.

i wished i had read this about 3yrs ago, my child now 3 has already had dental surgery. she was on a high dose of predisone, breast feed up to the age 2, drinking habits kool-aid & capri waters, once in a great while juice, but loves chocolate milk. i was told by the denist these factors caused the deteration of her teeth. i am scared to death now about how her permanant teeth are going to be.

I do the same thing with my son (2) that I did with my 5 year old daughter who has NEVER had a cavity. Our dentist recommended we do it with our daughter. I lay my son on his back and GENTLY hold his arms dowm with my legs. I am at the perfect angel to get inside of his mouth and brush his teeth really well. While in this position, its only obvious the child will cry giving us more of an opportunity to make sure we get ALL of their teeth cleaned. Afterwards, he's fine.

Im so worried about my sons teeth, the his top front 4 teeth are decaying! and Im not a bad mom, I never let him eat candy or drink sweet drinks, and I always brusheed his teeth since he was a baby. I broke down about this to his dentist and almost started crying. They told me it was from BREAST MILK! Because he is 2 and still nursing, and from the natural sugars in breast milk!

Dental hygienist and mom of 2 1/2 y/o who brushes and flosses twice a day. Let them do it first then you do it (most kids are ineffective before 5-6 y/o due to dexterity). Most people feel baby teeth "fall out" but the adult teeth are forming from a very young age and decay on baby teeth can impact the formation of adult teeth.

If you brush your teeth at the same time they tend to cooperate. Also, there is a toothbrush that lights up (something fly) my daughter loved this...we made it into a game and finally she stopped fighting and actually asked if it was time to brush.

My sons fights with me all the time when I try to brush his teeth. He's 15 months old and rather do it himself (which he just bits the brush). I dont know what to do with him. I'd hate for him to develop cavities like I have and go through the pain I suffered. So I have to force him down, while he screams and shake his head to brush his teeth! I know it sounds harsh, but what else can I do? Any suggestions?

In the mag it says that you can get My Dentist's tooth tissues $14 for 60 at Target. I found a site that sells them for $19.99 for 90 at littlenappies.com!