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Oral Care for Kids - A Dental Timetable for Children
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Baby's first teeth (the front four) usually appear sometime between the age of six months and one year.
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Children should first go to the dentist sometime between the eruption of their first tooth and their first birthday.
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By the time your child is three years old, he or she should have a complete set of 20 primary (or baby) teeth.
Around age three your child should be learning to brush using a simple brushing technique— such as a small circular brushing motion. However, you should brush for them afterwards to ensure their teeth and gums are properly cleaned.
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Baby teeth will be replaced by permanent teeth from around the age of six until age 12 or 13. At this time, your child will have 28 of their 32 permanent teeth. The last teeth to appear are the wisdom teeth, which erupt around age 16.
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Brushing should be supervised until age eight.
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Floss your child's teeth until he or she is able to do a good job themselves— around age 10.
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Provided as an educational service by Oral B Laboratories. www.OralB.com
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