CLEANING BABY'S TEETH.
Baby's teetli should not be cleaned until about six or eight teeth make their appearance. A small toothbrush is the best to use, and the teeth should be brushed up and down as well as from side to side. Warm water is all that will be necessary at first, and occasionally a little bicarbonate of soda dissol'ved in the tooth-glass may be used. Never neglect decay in trie first teetn on the pretext that they arc only temporary ; the second teeth are already 111 the gums and may become infected. Small brown spots can be removed by rubbing them with a piece of cottonwool dipped into a mild solution of bicarbonate of soda and water. Let the child see a dentist regularly. Modern dentists are mostly very gentle, and a child should never be taught to look on a visit to a dentist with dread. In tliis way any overcrowding of the teeth or early defects are prevented. Mouthrinsing is as necessary as tooth-biusli-ing. Let the children learn to force the water through the teeth in and out, as well as from side to side and round the gums.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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