Q: Teaching my 3-year-old how to brush her own teeth is difficult — and messy. What can I do to make this easier? A: It can take time, and, yes, it can be quite messy, but children eventually do ...

When I was a kid, a new toothpaste called Crest came out. It contained fluoride. Cavities markedly decreased by brushing with it. Now, most all toothpastes contain it. Has tooth brushing gone out of ...

Good oral hygiene has to start early. You need to teach your kids how to brush their teeth when teeth first begin to appear. You also need to reiterate healthy habits as they grow to keep teeth in ...

Q. Teaching my 3-year-old how to brush her own teeth is difficult - and messy. What can I do to make this easier? A. It can take time, and, yes, it can be quite messy, but children eventually do ...

Knowing how to teach your child to brush their teeth is an important part of building healthy habits from the start. After months of teething, it’s a joyful milestone when your baby’s first little ...

The Swishy, invented by University of Notre Dame senior Julia Cutajar, is a fun and smart way of helping teach your kids how to brush their teeth! The whale-shaped gadget has a holder on the top for a ...

The twice-a-day struggle is all too real for many parents. Getting kids to brush their teeth properly can be both a headache and an anxiety-inducing dilemma because it’s hard to know whether children ...

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PETALING JAYA: Parents have called for consistent teeth brushing and dental supervision programmes in schools to improve the oral health of young children, especially those from underprivileged ...

Ask the Pediatrician: How can parents teach kids to properly brush their teeth? (ATTENTION EDITORS: 1 photo accompanies this column. FILENAME: LIFE-HEALTH-PEDIATRICIAN-QA-DMT.jpg) Q: Teaching my ...