We are all told how important it is to teach the children in our care how to brush their teeth. Most children do not have the manual dexterity to do a good job brushing their own teeth until they are about 8 years old. Other children may need help for longer. So parents and carers…
Lots of babies and small children suck their thumb, finger or soother. They find it comforting, and satisfying. Children will often stop sucking habits by themselves by 2 or 3 years old. Sometimes they need to be encouraged to stop, perhaps by allowing Santa or the tooth fairy to take the soother and leaving a…
It is tempting to think that baby teeth don’t matter – after all, they are going to be lost anyway, aren’t they? But they are just as important as adult teeth. They are necessary for eating, for helping with speech, and also for the development of the jaws and the adult teeth. Underneath each of…
The short answer is anytime…you can have orthodontics at any age as long as your gums are healthy. A specialist orthodontist will usually like to see a child for assessment just before their last baby teeth are lost. There is a wide range of normal for this, with some children losing all their baby teeth…
