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How do I help my children to look after their teeth and prevent cavities?
Teach your child the proper oral hygiene methods in health is an investment that will provide benefits for life. The first is to give a good example to your own teeth you care the child receives the message that oral health is important. All that makes taking care of teeth fun, like brushing your teeth with their children or letting them choose their own toothbrush, encourages proper oral care.

To help your children protect their teeth and gums and reduce the risk of developing cavities, teach them to follow these simple steps:

Brush your teeth at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste approved by the Mexican Dental Association, which will remove plaque (a sticky film that adheres to the teeth and is the leading cause of tooth decay).
Use dental floss daily to remove plaque from between teeth and below the gums, preventing it harden into tartar, because once formed, can only be removed with professional cleaning.

Use mouthwash before or after brushing teeth
Choose a balanced diet by avoiding starches and sugars. When you eat these foods, try it with food and not between meals. The extra saliva produced during a meal helps rinse food from the mouth. Use dental products that contain fluoride, including toothpaste. Make sure your child gets fluoride salt added if you live in areas that do not contain large amounts of natural fluoride in drinking water. (more…)

For brushing teeth to effectively discharge its mandate, it must become a daily routine to get up after each meal and again before bedtime. Consistency is crucial, because plaque is formed continuously, and only removing it again and again may prevent their harmful effect.

But as important as respect this rule is to undertake a proper technique: if the brushing is wrong, does not fulfill its purpose and, worse, can be harmful, damaging the teeth and irritate the gums. It is important that parents know what is the correct technique for brushing teeth before you teach your children, because if the procedure is not learned well from the beginning, then it is difficult to correct.

Better yet, can request the cooperation of the dentist, who with the help of special models, can make it easier and effective understanding of the art and also, if necessary, you can monitor how the child performs. It is worthwhile to stress these aspects because studies conducted in this regard reveal a large percentage of children who do not brush their teeth often enough and that even among those who do, many do not know how to brush properly. If brushing is considered as what it is, a technique, and learn to do well, be certain to protect the teeth.