When it comes to your kids, you might feel like you are fighting a losing battle when it comes to their oral care at home\u2014especially brushing their teeth. As a parent, you want the best for your kids, and that includes taking care of their oral health.<\/p>\n
Here are some tips from your Elk Grove Village family dentist for getting your kids on board when it comes to taking care of their oral health.<\/p>\n
Mom and Dad, along with older siblings, should all brush their teeth together. If you make it fun and show a positive attitude, it will have positive connotations for your kids.<\/p>\n
Take your child along to the drugstore or discount store and let them take a look at the wide array of toothbrushes available. Chances are, their favorite character from television, movies, or books is available in toothbrush form.<\/p>\n
While you\u2019re at it, let them pick out a fun-flavored toothpaste as well.<\/p>\n
Children tend to do better when they are working toward some kind of reward\u2014even if it\u2019s just a gold star on a chart for every time they brush and floss. Find out what motivates your child and use it to instill good oral health habits.<\/p>\n
Part of taking care of your child\u2019s oral health is ensuring they visit the dentist shortly after their first teeth erupt. This also established a lifetime of good oral health habits because children who go to the dentist on a regular basis<\/a> tend to become adults who go to the dentist on a regular basis.<\/p>\n Call<\/a> your Elk Grove Village family dentist, Elk Grove Smile Center<\/a>. We look forward to seeing you and your children! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ever wondered how to get your child more involved in their mouth’s health? Check out some tips in our newest blog post so your little one can have a healthy smile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pediatric-dentistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}