Electric toothbrush has good cleaning ability, it is also very convenient to use, some parents not only use electric toothbrushes to clean their teeth, but also want to use electric toothbrushes for children, but do not know whether children are suitable for using electric toothbrushes? Can it be used from what age? How to choose an electric toothbrush suitable for children?
In fact, there is no specific age limit for the use of electric toothbrushes, mainly combined with children's oral growth and development and children's ability to operate tools. Children who are too small have not yet grown well, the tool operation ability is not yet mature, and using an electric toothbrush will hurt the young tooth tissue. It is generally recommended that children start to use a special children's electric toothbrush after the age of 3, at this stage, the child's deciduous teeth have been fully developed, and gradually enter the stage of changing permanent teeth, and most of them have the ability to use tools, and can independently operate the electric toothbrush to brush their teeth. In addition, children over 3 years old can take the initiative to eat food, especially love to eat sweets such as candy, if you do not brush your teeth in time, or brush clean, it is easy to grow tooth decay. So an electric toothbrush is a great option.
Parents need to pay attention to the fact that although children over 3 years old can use electric toothbrushes, if they are used for the first time, parents need to accompany and guide the use of electric toothbrushes for children in the early stage, and after the children master, they can let the children independently complete the brushing process.
So how should children's electric toothbrushes be chosen? Here are 4 key points to share:
1. Appearance handle: To buy an electric toothbrush for children, first of all, combine the age characteristics of children. Children are more innocent and cute, have a very rich imagination, so in the appearance of the toothbrush as far as possible to choose a cartoon shape or pattern, can attract the child's attention, let the child fall in love with brushing teeth. In addition, the handle of the electric toothbrush should be selected according to the size of the child's palm, and the handle that is suitable for grasping and has a certain degree of anti-slip is selected.
2. Brush head safety: First of all, the size of the brush head, children's teeth are relatively small, to choose a small brush head of the electric toothbrush, you can flexibly rotate in the mouth, brush up cleaner. The second is the softness of the bristles, to choose bristles with high softness, bristles that feel harder will hurt the teeth. Finally, the top of the bristle grinding round, the higher the grinding rate, the better, the top of the bristle with insufficient grinding rounding is sharp, which is easy to damage the child's gums.
3. Vibration frequency: the stronger the vibration frequency of the electric toothbrush, the better the cleaning force, but the children's mouth is more sensitive, the frequency of the electric toothbrush used should not be too high, it is recommended to combine different age groups to choose a children's electric toothbrush with a frequency of 18,000 times / min ~ 36,000 times / minute. The appropriate vibration frequency will not hurt the teeth, but also achieve the effect of cleaning. In addition, electric toothbrushes that are too strong to vibrate are not easy for children to operate.
4. Waterproofness: Children are more active, so choose a waterproof electric toothbrush, one is to improve the safety of use, to prevent internal water leakage and other issues, and the other is to extend the service life of electric toothbrushes.
An electric toothbrush is an efficient oral cleaning tool that is also suitable for children. Like Philips, heyyou children's electric toothbrush, are very good choices. When parents choose electric toothbrushes for their children, they should choose electric toothbrushes designed for children of different ages according to the age characteristics of their children, and patiently teach children how to use electric toothbrushes, so that children can stay away from the harm of tooth decay, and at the same time help children develop good habits of brushing teeth.