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When can you brush your teeth alone?

👩‍🏫 During the first consultation, I always ask if the brushing is accompanied or not.
 


👉 Indeed, letting children brush their teeth on their own before the age of 8 increases the carious risk enormously.
 


🐣🐥 It's true, past kindergarten, we tell ourselves that children are "grown-ups", we want to give them more autonomy... Brushing your teeth is a small daily act, that can be a way to

empower!
 


🦷 Yes but... 6-7 years old is also the age when the first adult teeth arrive in the mouth and your child has not yet acquired the cognitive development necessary for effective brushing.
 


☣️ So we find ourselves in an explosive situation for new teeth.
 

☠️ The first permanent molars are the first teeth extracted in young adults, with long-term consequences on general health...
 


So why not compromise?
 

👉 We leave the children in autonomy on the morning brushing (if he or she asks for it! )
 

👉 We continue brushing accompanied by parents in the evening!
 

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