Speaking to others about your child's toothbrushing routine
Speaking with schools
Brushing at school is helpful, particularly if brushing in the morning is particularly challenging. It is best not to only rely on brushing within the school day and try to still brush last thing before bed. The following resources here have been developed to help your conversations with school. If your child’s school takes part in supervised toothbrushing but your child struggles to participate, it can be helpful to let the teacher know about your challenges.
Speaking with friends and family
Some parents have also told us that they may have partners, and wider families such as grandparents or friends be part of their child’s toothbrushing routine.
It could be useful to share this website with friends and family involved in looking after your children’s teeth. You could also print some of the pages you feel would be useful. Most pages on this website contain printable content.
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