How to brush teeth for a two-year-old baby

All organs of the body are developing during childhood, and the teeth of a two-year-old baby will gradually grow. At this time, adults should teach children how to brush their teeth and patiently let children like brushing their teeth. The method is very important, but because the baby is still young, it is not recommended to let the baby brush his teeth by himself at the age of two. Instead, adults should clean the baby's teeth. On the one hand, it is cleaner, and on the other hand, it is safer.

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Parents should brush children's teeth before they are six or seven years old. Because children's hand muscles are not fully developed before the age of six or seven, they may not be able to hold a toothbrush properly. At this time, he was unable to brush his teeth cleanly.

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The circular brushing method is to help children brush their teeth by drawing circles. This method makes it easy to control the strength, and children will feel comfortable and will not resist brushing their teeth.

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You can let the child stand in front of the parents facing the mirror, and the parents can help him from behind.

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Let the child stretch out his lower teeth and align the upper and lower front teeth. This way, when the child bites his teeth, the parents can see it clearly.

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Parents brush their children's teeth with a pressure that is drawn on the back of their hands without pain.

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Try to relax the child's chewing muscles, such as by letting the child smile, so that it will be easier for parents to brush from the side to the back.

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When brushing your teeth, you should be thorough. After brushing the outside, you should brush the inside.

The correct way to brush your teeth

(1) Vertical brushing: This method of brushing teeth is to place the toothbrush bristles at a 45-degree angle to the tooth surface, rotate the brush head, brush the upper teeth from top to bottom, and the lower teeth from bottom to top, brushing the upper and lower dentition back and forth.

① The order of brushing teeth is to brush the outside first, then the biting surface, and finally the inside.

② First left then right, first top then bottom, first outside then inside, brush clean inside and outside in this order.

③ Each part should be brushed 8 to 10 times, and it takes 3 minutes to clean the whole mouth.

Plaque is usually deep in the gaps between teeth, and it is best to use the vertical brushing method from bottom to top to clean it. Therefore, you must brush straight along the gaps between teeth, that is, brush the upper teeth from top to bottom, and rotate the brush on both sides. This way of brushing will not affect the gums and can clean up food residues.

(2) Massage the gums: People often have pouty lips when they get old. One of the reasons is gum atrophy. To delay or prevent gum atrophy, you can use a toothbrush to gently massage the gums to promote blood circulation in the tissues. You can also use your fingers to massage the outside of your lips or the tip of your tongue to massage the gums in the morning and evening to make the gums healthier.

(3) Keep the brush on for two minutes: After brushing inside and outside, top and bottom, between teeth and gums, keep the brush on for more than two minutes to give full play to the bactericidal and bacteriolytic effects of the medicine, and then rinse your mouth and brush it clean. When using medicated toothpaste, keep the brush on for more than two minutes.

(4) “3-3-3” system: start brushing teeth at the age of 3, brush 3 times a day, and brush for 3 minutes each time.