In a few decades, electric toothbrushes will be so common that children won't know how to brush their teeth "manually"

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My kids can't do a good job even with an electric toothbrush. My God! When do they learn to do it right?

We came up with a (quite stupid, but fun) "brushing teeth" song. It's to the tune of baby shark. It works out well and it takes almost exactly 2 minutes to sing. It also gets good coverage. My 4 year old daughter now demands it every time... 😬😅😬

Verses are:

  • Brush your teeth do do do do do...

  • Brush the top do do do do do...

  • Brush the bottom do do do do do...

  • Brush the left do do do do do...

  • Brush the right do do do do do...

  • Brush the back do do do do do...

  • Brush the front do do do do do...

  • Brush... Everywhere! do do do do do...

  • Now you're done! do do do do do...

Lol nice. Awesome you were able to figure something like that out and it worked well. Good job!

I didn't learn well into my 20s when my teeth started falling apart.. it was less about learning and more about lazy I think.

Also, I didn't know until like a year ago that you're supposed to floss BEFORE brushing. That was embarrassing.

I brush, floss, and brush again because I forgot to floss first. But I don't always floss. I don't think it's the end of the world unless you're having actual issues and need to adjust a bit to catch that variable.