Toothy Tips

Twice a day, before bed and on one other occasion. We recommend using the ‘6 B’s’ to remember: Brush Before Breakfast & Brush Before Bed.

Hear us out. The acid our pesky mouth bacteria makes damages your teeth, but they will recover, back to their full strength about an hour later. Most of us don’t have time to wait an hour in the morning, so brushing your teeth before breakfast ensures a squeaky clean mouth!

As soon as they erupt. However, adding xylitol gum wipes on to your subscription helps your baby get used to the feel of you touching their gums from birth. Gently encouraging you to begin their routine from an early age.

There are a couple of options for this one, but explore all the options and see which works best for your kids. You can try: In front of them, From behind or Lay them on the floor.

This is a really common concern from parents. It is important that you have the right strength toothpaste. HINT - make sure your child’s age is on the side of the tube. Using a small pea amount, smush the toothpaste into the brush bristles so they can’t eat it. Brushing for them first until it starts to foam, then let them take over. Always encourage spitting (even if they spit air!).

Usually children get the hang of this around the age of three, each child is different. Try the tips from the above point first, however if you’re worried about this please speak to your dentist who may suggest a different strength toothpaste until they get the hang of this.

When their first tooth appears, or when they turn one; whichever is sooner.

This is very common. Trying a toothpaste NOT containing an ingredient called SLS (sodium laurel sulphate) in it usually solves this problem. Most children have sensitive mouths and this ingredient can cause burning (which children commonly interpret as strong mint, or bad taste) The toothpaste we supply doesn’t have SLS in it.

There is no current evidence that electric toothbrushes are better for children compared with manual toothbrushes. Anecdotally, we have found that electric brushes come with lots of issues for children. For example; not remembering to be put them on charge. We have found that the sensation electric toothbrushes gives on wobbly teeth isn’t very nice. This can lead to the electric toothbrush being used as a manual brush. We currently send manual toothbrushes in our boxes, but we are constantly reviewing the evidence.