How to Brush a Difficult Child's Teeth - Part II

[@mbbeautea6986]

You know I really appreciate this…. As doctors, dental professionals, dentists, etc. it’s great business for you for people probably not to be consistent with brushing their children’s teeth so giving people tips on how to do. This shows that you’re not in it for the profits.

[@art.adventures]

Thanks for this! Makes me feel normal about how difficult it is to brush my kid's teeth 🤦🏽‍♀️😆

[@Lunalovecraft1984]

This is hilarious I thought I was the only one who had to sit on her kid to get his teeth brushed 😂

[@sarahslager8545]

This was extremely helpful. I have tried so many different techniques to make teeth brushing fun. Recently my twins flat out refuse me brushing at all. I have been pinning down and brushing like this. It’s difficult and upsetting for the parent too! Gotta get it done!

[@niduberi]

I’m a dental hygienist and this helped for my 13mo girl! I pin her down and she screams for the entire 20s that I’m brushing but then she grabs the toothbrush and happily starts “brushing” herself :)

[@niduberi]

What I actually do is have her lying down on the floor, her head in my crotch and her arms held down under my thighs, so I’m brushing her from behind her head. It works.

[@Lisa_V]

Omg my daughter does the same thing!!😩😩😂 she would rather brush her own teeth.

[@b-5764]

Great advice.. almost seemed like an MMA ground-work video though :D

[@mbbeautea6986]

My son has autism, he used to let me brush his teeth all the time & now, he just fights every step of the way. His Dad & I tried this today & it worked great! Thank you & im grateful to have his Dad here to help. Props to the single parent trying to form good habits

[@Peachyx0]

Definitely helped, thank you. I have had a load of people telling me im traumatising my 11mo son because I brush his teeth lol. He has 8 teeth, not brushing them just is not an option!

[@monicacastaneda5509]

Tried this tonight on my almost 3 year old because she still fights me about it and it worked really well, got the job done 🙂

[@sboo4441]

My Grandaughter who is three is fascinated with this video and asks to watch it every time she comes over 😁 she has lovely teeth 👵🏻😜

[@vikingofengland]

Love it. All other videos are all touchy feely. This is brutal but effective! Will be trying this on my 2 year old who HATES teeth brushing.

[@DrumThruDriveIn]

Thanks for this guys. I actually did the one on one version a few months back when my daughter continuously refused to brush at night, and afterward I felt so bad that I had cried (in a separate room downstairs) and went back up to hug her and apologize. Seeing this makes me realize it wasnt that bad of a thing to do as a parent.

[@nicolesnaturalpath8010]

💕💕same

[@DrumThruDriveIn]

@@nicolesnaturalpath8010 it was a hard thing to do!

[@rishisood5685]

Only a parent can feel😢

[@Mel-uq8rj]

That was so helpful, my 1 year old will not let me brush his teeth.. he literally presses his lips together and will not budge. Will definitely be trying this tonight 👍

[@Kashish4Eijaz]

Did it work?

[@FABCASTLE]

My daughter is 7!!!!! And boy, what a fight every. single. night. 😭😭😭 I'm afraid these technics are not for her any longer... But still, thanks, hope you're doing good guys!! 👏🏽👍🏽

[@emercoughlan4708]

I had established the Routine of brushing morning & night but my son would have the tooth brush him self so I struggled to get the brush off him to allow me to get into the back teeth as i parent alone I found this so helpful & just tried it and worked :) Thanks

[@mantleatrest]

Wow thanks so much. Definitely using these techniques for my toddler😊

[@a.george8982]

Thanks a lot for this!

[@Chrisgalin]

You guys are great! Thank you!

[@cleancrew63]

Thank you for this!

[@surayaabdul5216]

Very useful video.

[@leongiblin2828]

How do you stop the head from thrashing side to side ;)

[@erickmejia6398]

Whats the best toothpaste for my 13 month old?

[@bayleepenner8836]

Exactly what i was looking for. Lol thank you

[@shelbywilliams1603]

This video made me feel so much better. My daughter is 1 yrs old. I’m a first time mom. I have to pin her down and get on top of her just like he was illustrating in the video. Of course I’m careful not to hurt her. But I feel so bad like I’m a horrible parent because she is screaming! But I also don’t want her to have rotting teeth. I have tried to make things fun, but she just won’t have it. I guess I’m not terrible like I thought. Hopefully she will warm up to brushing her teeth so I don’t have to do this. I hate making her cry 😢

[@HannahEstherRuth]

What should you do when you’re holding them down with your legs, they’re allowing you to brush the bottom teeth yet they will not allow you to brush the top teeth? Like she won’t allow me to lift her lip up to get to the top teeth, and then she keeps pushing the toothbrush out with her tongue, what do I do because her top teeth are pretty bad

[@bronwynsmith2661]

Any tips on getting my daughter to stop sticking her tongue over her bottom teeth when brushing them? I've tried pinning her down but my issue isn't her physically fighting me but rather pushing the brush out the way with her tongue. She is 2 and its becoming a fight every day now.

[@artugert]

Good technique having someone hold his hands. My two-year-old son will always grab the brush. But what if you can’t get him to even open his mouth? My son will close his mouth tightly and if I do manage to get the brush in his mouth, he will bite down on it, so I can’t brush. If I can get his mouth open, he will cover his teeth with his tongue. Even if I use brute force and his mom is holding him down, it’s still not easy.

[@michellejaypasia8857]

What if the child always tries to close his/her mouth?

[@samanthapilcher2928]

My baby’s teeth came out eroded especially in the front the dentist did a floride treatment that turns them black but they are so eaten away I can see his gums in the center I’m contemplating on them pulled but I worry that he will have more trouble with eating and what about when he goes to school and basically has no teeth until he’s 7 I don’t want him to get bullied I was wondering if you had and extra suggestions

[@kakrajoe6807]

Thank you guys this is so helpful my 18 month old boy don’t want his teeth to brush. I can go by your method

[@Tina-xp6jp]

I have such a hard time brushing my 2 year old I have to do it all by myself I didn’t know this idea I will give it a try

[@fnafgirl937]

You get an A+

[@triel0beenbadd]

Thank you because my twins HATE IT 😩 I needed this video

[@VeronicaHernandez-ft1uf]

My 16 month old is fine when I’m doing her back teeth, it’s when I get to the front top and bottom she checks out! She uses her tongue to push toothbrush away from the bottom and on the top teeth she uses her top lip to cuff the top teeth . What can I do to get passed this?

[@skinnyminnie6102]

Currently experiencing this with my tear year old. She has a build up on her front teeth that irks me

[@zeldeanchaseherbst9903]

This is so funny!

[@ambergorritti5087]

Brushing my toddlers teeth is a nightmare:( he HATES it with a passion and SCREAMS CRIES SOOO LOUD:( I feel sooo bad and a bad mama for holding him down brushing his teeth, but if I don’t hold him down I wouldn’t be able to do it Bc he absolutely won’t let me. I also floss his teeth and he hates that worse than the brushing. So far his dental appointments have been good, I hope he won’t be traumatized by this the rest of his life Bc He is the most resistant, and my grandma makes me feel like a bad mom Bc of all the crying he does when he brushed his teeth and flossing:(

[@fiorellagift9277]

My 14 month child always turned his head if i brush liked that. So frustated😭

[@medley8628]

What do you do when they cover their bottom teeth with their tongue?

[@fnafgirl937]

Slayyy!!!!!!!!!

[@mbrown113d]

My son is 6 and it's still a daily fight!

[@Gabby2Fresh]

Wish me luck i’ll be trying this method with my 13 month old. She screams bloody murder every time I brush her teeth. She loves her tooth brush, but hates when I try to brush her teeth most of the time 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@xoliemafi7082]

My daughter did this.. she's now 6yrs and still frequently needs convincing.. my son is my new nightmare, he's ok on the teeth .. the tongue on the other hand🤯 ..I really really struggle with anger and calming myself after this daily drama

[@isabellaluemkemann2387]

My 18 months old son drinks still milk through out the night is that bad for his theeth. He will not take anything else.

[@normatillotson7909]

Bottle mouth is a very painful condition of dental caries caused by milk before bed and not brushing

[@a.doughtie6882]

@@normatillotson7909 lol no it's not. My son had milk before bed after brushing and sometimes didn't brush at all at night, rarely ever in the mornings. No bottle mouth. He was well nourished with minerals and vitamins like magnesium, d3, and k2, but he didn't eat sugar and bread. No decay. Bacteria cause infection and decay, but only in the presence of nutritional deficiencies. It's not the bottle or what's in it that's the problem. Its what's NOT in it that's the problem.

[@normatillotson7909]

My dental practice experience proved otherwise. The composite of milk is sugar; bacteria’s favorite food.

[@a.doughtie6882]

@@normatillotson7909 actually, the sugar in milk is lactose and the most common bacteria that cause dental decay don't feast on lactose sugar. They make acid from glucise, sucrose, and fructose, and the acid is what breaks down tooth enamel.

[@52344321000]

​@@a.doughtie6882 Lactose is a disaccharide, made with galactose and glucose. Bacteria can break them down to monosaccharides and feast.

[@jacobvealetzek5973]

This doesn’t work! My two year old let us brush his top teeth and molars but not the bottom front teeth! So we tried this and now he doesn’t even want to look at the toothbrush! Fights us twice as bad as before now!

[@olddoug8945]

Chickenshi^ -- show us with a kid!

[@dawndelacruz1202]

We've been doing this for 2 weeks for our 25 mos old son. He's still the same.. my husband and I wrestle with him everytime 🥵

[@rishisood5685]

Did he learn to do it himself eventually?

[@cobblecattt]

This still seems so barbaric. I wonder what other cultures with good teeth do..