Cleaning Your Teeth

We recommend that you:

Brush your teeth thoroughly for 2 minutes twice a day.  You can use a timer to make sure you do it for long enough!

Use a gentle circular motion. Don’t scrub!

Until at least the age of 7, you should brush your child’s teeth for them.

Use a small headed, medium bristled  toothbrush.

We recommend you ideally use an Oral B Electric Toothbrush or the Colgate 360 manual toothbrush.  Electric toothbrushes give a much better clean and have an inbuilt timer to help to make sure you clean for 2 minutes.

Don’t use a hard toothbrush as it can damage your gums!

Use a toothpaste with at least 1000ppm fluoride.

We recommend your whole family use Colgate Total Advanced Clean Toothpaste.  If your teeth are prone to staining, we recommend you use Oral B Proexpert Toothpaste.

Use a pea sized amount.

After brushing, spit the toothpaste out but don’t rinse your mouth.  This lets the fluoride in the toothpaste soak on to the teeth to help protect them.

If you have sensitive teeth, we advise that you use either Sensodyne Proenamel or Colgate Prorelief Toothpaste.

The Sensodyne Proenamel range also contains a mouthwash which can be used after mealtimes to help relieve sensitivity.