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MAKING BRUSHING EASY AND FUN

3. Brush all sides of each tooth, don't forget the back ones

4. Brush with a toothpaste containing at least 1000ppm fluoride

1. Start to brush your baby's teeth as soon as their first tooth appears

2. Brush your baby's teeth last thing before bed time and one other time in the day

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5. Only use a smear of toothpaste

6. After brushing, wipe the leftover toothpaste from outside the mouth. Don't rinse.

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The HABIT Team

Dr Peter Day 

Dr Kara Gray-Burrows

Eleanor Forshaw

​School of Dentistry | paediatricresearchteam@leeds.ac.uk

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