 Hello everybody Andrea here with Mr x I want to show you guys how to properly brush your child's teeth, you should always be helping them as well, so I tell parents, let your child do it, depending on the age. They might just chew their toothbrush that's normal if they're at that age, though, you will definitely have to do it for them. Or if they're at the age where they are starting to brush themselves that's fantastic but they're not going to be doing the best job, because they just can't get in there properly, so then you have to either do it first for them and then let them do it themselves. or let them do it themselves first and then you do it afterwards try to make brushing fun if they see you doing it. Having a good time they're going to want to do it to if they hear you say oh I don't want to brush they're not going to do it either, so what I want you guys to do, so this is a really big toothbrush they're going to have a smaller one. Kids typically have a toothbrush this size you don't want anything too big, but nothing too small either because then you can't really get in there properly electric toothbrushes sound like a great idea, but a lot of kids don't like that extra. vibrations, if you will, of an electric toothbrush so manual might be the way to go if they don't like their manual toothbrush then buy them an electric and maybe they will like that one better. Sorry, if you guys hear that noise my puppies are playing below me sorry. Okay, so the toothbrushing you want to go in a circular technique for all of the outside teeth and then on the inside it's a little bit different. So for the outside so can everybody see it you literally just want to go in circles okay in circles everywhere like 123123 or count to five whatever works you don't want to be doing this because that's not good enough you. You do have to go kind of this way, sometimes it's even easier to tell your child to close, so then you can actually do the top and bottom, at the same time. So every child is different, they might not want to close so then that's okay, you just have to make sure to do the top and bottom, but if they don't mind closing say close like this. Then you can do the top and bottom, at the same time, but notice my teeth notice how my top teeth overlap the bottom teeth. If your child's do that they don't typically, but if they do, then you will have to have them open because if. I try to brush my teeth that way, I would just be able to do the top teeth right. So then you might have to have the child open but make sure to get the insights to but it's really hard to brush in circles on the inside. So what I want you guys to do is to just do the best you can and just sort of brush everywhere okay. On the inside, does that make sense it's really hard to brush in circles on the inside, so you kind of have to go just brush everywhere. And you're not it's not going to be perfect that's why it's so important to brush twice a day, even three times a day if you're home so you're always able to get the plaque. The stain off because if you're not brushing the plaque and stain will not come off so once again do the circles for the outside. You could either have your child be open like this or closed and then do them both at the same time, but the insides you just have to go to town and go everywhere. You can brush in circles on the inside, but I find that's really, really difficult to do, so this is just easier if that makes sense. And for the flossing if your child's teeth are close together, that means it's time to floss. I love the floss picks which I thought I brought with me, but I did it i'm sorry, but I love the floss picks do a quick search online just type in floss picks you will see what they look like. They are amazing you will have to do it for your child at first because they won't know how. But then they could easily do it themselves, even while they're watching a movie or TV or something. What a lot of parents ask me is does my kid need toothpaste yes if your child is just brushing with water it's better than nothing. But they're not getting those protective coding ingredients of the toothpaste. On their teeth if they're not using toothpaste so toothpaste is the way to go, I have another video where I talk about the different types of toothpaste depending on the ages, because that does make a big difference, but the rule of thumb is if your child can't swallow yet. Make sure the toothpaste has xylitol in it natural toothpaste aren't always the way to go because they don't have enough protective coding in them to protect the teeth. You're cleaning away staying with a natural toothpaste but you're not doing anything else your teeth and their teeth and need some extra protective elements to help to protect against acids sugars. Anything if they're not using toothpaste it's not necessarily good because sugars acids anything are going to start to eat away at the teeth a lot quicker. Think of a good shampoo and conditioner if you're not using shampoo and conditioner you're not protecting your hair. Are you even washing your hair properly not really you really need that toothpaste to wash the teeth properly if that makes sense. If your child is able to spit I suggested toothpaste with sodium fluoride stannous fluoride stains the teeth stay away from stannous fluoride I like sodium fluoride there are certain toothpaste out there that have xylitol and sodium. fluoride in them, but they typically have to be prescribed by a dental professional but that's the best toothpaste because xylitol helps to protect against the bacteria, so the bacteria can't. Basically grow to cause a cavity with xylitol with the sodium fluoride that will actually help to protect against cavities and if there's a little cavity starting that will actually help to limit that cavity from getting bigger so you need both. xylitol and sodium fluoride any questions though just ask your dental hygienist and they can help you because it really does depend on the patient, so if you guys have questions, let me know I hope that helped we had fun showing you guys how to brush and I will see you guys in the next video.