Babies

• Use a damp washcloth and clean your baby’s gums by gently rubbing them.
• As teeth appear introduce a soft, child-size toothbrush.
• Do not use toothpaste.
• Visit a dentist when the first teeth appear or by 12 months.
• Parents should continue to brush
their child’s teeth, twice daily.
• Floss teeth that touch together.
• Use child-strength fluoride
toothpaste, unless your dentist
recommends otherwise.

Toddlers

• Brush with a soft child-size toothbrush.
• Use child-strength fluoride toothpaste from 18 months of age.
• Parents should brush and floss their child’s teeth.
• Brush twice daily.
• Floss teeth that touch together.

Children under 6 Yrs

• Parents should continue to brush their child’s teeth, twice daily.
• Floss teeth that touch together.
• Use child-strength fluoride toothpaste, unless your dentist recommends otherwise.

Children over 6 Yrs

• Assist your child with brushing and flossing their teeth twice daily until 8-9 years of age.
• Use adult-strength fluoride toothpaste.