Offer plenty of encouragement - 'well done, your teeth are nice and clean now'. Let children act out brushing teddy's teeth too, this will help to reinforce what they're doing and why. Repeat ...

Pupils at The Oaks Infant School in Sittingbourne clean their teeth at school after every lunch break Children in some of the most deprived parts of Kent are being given supervised teeth brushing ...

Some friends started the braces process much earlier (orthos call it phase one), some even in Kindergarten ... critical to keep teeth (and the areas in between) sparkling clean.” ...