The best way to protect your child's teeth is to teach him good dental habits. Here are some tips to keep those pearly whites clean and strong:

1. After getting up, after meals (such as drinking breast milk or formula milk, beverages and fruit juices, cereals and purees, other non-staple food, etc.) and before going to sleep at night, you will need to help clean your baby's mouth.
   
   
2. Before your child turns 6 months old, you should use gauze to clean his mouth after meals (including the gums, mucous membrane, and the tongue). When your child is between 6 months and 1.5 years old (before the eruption of baby molars), you can use a silicone finger brush to clean his front teeth. After the eruption of baby molars, you should use a toothbrush to help clean his teeth.
   
   
3. When helping your child brush his teeth, make sure that your baby's head leans on something and choose a safe and bright place to do so, for example, sitting on a sofa, on the carpet or a bed and put your baby's head on an adult's lap. Your baby's gums are fragile, be gentle when brushing.
   
   
4. Fix the brushing method, time, and order. Let your child develop a schedule fixed manner for cleaning teeth. Also, you can make teeth brushing more interesting by adding games and music.
   
   

How to use a toothbrush

1. Choose a soft-bristled toothbrush and it should be replaced every 3 months to 6 months.
   
   
2. When brushing teeth, place the toothbrush bristles at about 45 degrees toward the gums. And at the same time, they should cover teeth and gums. When you brush the upper teeth, keep bristles up. And keep them down when brushing the lower teeth. Brush two teeth at a time and brush them back and forth for at least ten times. Clean every side of a tooth.
   
   
3. Brushing order for children: at first, brush the cheek side on the right-> the occlusal surface-> the tongue side, then brush the lip side of the upper and lower incisors->the tongue side, and finally brush the cheek side on the left->the occlusal surface -> the tongue side.

How to use dental floss

1. The main function of floss is to support the toothbrush to remove food debris and plaque between teeth. Therefore, when your child has more baby teeth, it is best to use dental floss at least once a day to clean his teeth.
   
   
2. When flossing, first pull out about 45 cm of dental floss (about an arm's length), wrap it around the second knuckle of the middle fingers of your hands. Pose a pistol gesture with both thumbs and index fingers straight up to hold the floss, leaving 1 cm of floss. Pull the floss into a C shape so that the floss is closely against the surface of teeth, and you can move it up and down.