Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
My son is 9 years old and we are having huge problems cleaning his teeth. They are becoming very yellow and covered in plaque, especially the front teeth. Every time he cleans his teeth he barely touches his front teeth with the toothbrush. If I try to help him he pulls his lip firmly into his teeth so I can't get the toothbrush down to his teeth. I am really concerned as these are his adult teeth and I do not want him to lose them.
Any advice really welcome.
Thanks in advance x
Thanks Peahen, I will look into it.
In answer to your question hubbub there is a no flavour toothpaste that might be worth a try. It's called oranurse. I know it's available on amazon but might also be able to find this elsewhere. Anything is worth a shot.
Can anyone suggest how to clean teeth without using toothpaste? My aspergers son hates the taste and 'wakey, wakey' sensation of toothpastes and the strong mint flavours makes him gag, although that could possibly the froth going too far back near his throat.
He had terrible milk teeth, always had to have fillings and teeth out, horrible for him at the time .Now his adult teeth seem to be much stronger, but are always caked in white plaque. His breath isn't too good either, but he doesn't think it is an issue.
I have tried getting him to try different flavours, like strawberry baby toothpastes, and even tried to get him to just use the brush and water, or eat an apple. He will chew minty chewing gum, but that doesn't clean. I don't want to nag, just help him.
Many thanks for your response - he has an appointment with the dentist on Thursday so I'm hoping she'll be a bit more proactive this time. When we went 4 months agao she didn't even clean them!! Fingers crossed!!
Thanks again :)
My 13 yr old daughter has teeth that are very crowded and should be having some removed (that is a story in itself!) so cleaning them was a nightmare. Because she had all of her adult teeth very early, she was referred to an orthodontist who didn't want to do any treatment until she'd got on top of brushing them (they were similar to what you describe in your son).
We ended up seeing the hygenist on and off for two years and that worked. Because she needed the constant repetition of being reminded how to do it, we would go every two weeks for a couple of months, then have a break for a few months then start going back again. It has worked, she cleans them well now and she built up a lovely relationship with the hygenist however we were lucky in that we lived very close to the dentist so it wasn't much of a chore. I'd recomend it though.