#ConquerCavities with Crest Oral-B
February has been one of our favorite months for years. This year, it was even better being able to celebrate with Crest and Oral-B Together, We Can #ConquerCavities Campaign! Throughout February, dental professionals could nominate their favorite dental office for a chance to win 1,200 kids electric toothbrush systems as well as oral care education kits to help give back to underserved kids in their communities. These kids definitely deserve to have great oral and overall health, and this campaign will help so many children to achieve this at home. Did the office you nominate win? Check out the winners on dentalcare.com today and join us in congratulating and celebrating them!
Do you recommend electric toothbrushes to your pedo patients? Honestly, we don’t feel like we recommend them enough to kids. But, these tiniest patients could greatly benefit from using an electric toothbrush by decreasing dental biofilm and in turn, hopefully help #conquercavities. A few benefits for pediatric patients while using an electric toothbrush:
1. Children starting at 3 years old can benefit from using an electric toothbrush.
2. Most electric toothbrushes have a 2 minute timer, and research shows that having a built in timer extends how long your patient brushes for. Most people brush for 30 seconds, but adding the timer ups the time to around 1-2 minutes.
3. Children love the interactive nature of electric toothbrushes and how they can make brushing different and fun.
We’ve definitely added the electric toothbrush conversation to parents this month, and noticed how excited parents have been about it. We challenge you to start sharing the importance and benefits of using electric toothbrushes to your young patients and their parents, to help decrease biofilm in our littlest and more vulnerable patient population.
Thank you to Crest Oral-B for supporting us at Hygiene Edge and for supporting dental professionals to help this much needed pedo population.
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