Oral health care for children from first tooth to age six
Pediatric dentist Rocky L Napier outlines at home care from eruption of the first tooth around six months to the eruption of permanent teeth around five years. Emphasizes parental supervision, regular dental visits every six months starting with the first tooth, limiting juice, promoting water, brushing and flossing routines, healthy snacks, and fluoride rinse starting after age five or six if the child can rinse and spit reliably.