Once your toddler has a few teeth, you can start using toothpaste on the brush. Use only a tiny amount of fluoridated toothpaste (the size of a grain of rice) for each cleaning.

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Always have your child rinse and spit out toothpaste after brushing. Children naturally want to swallow toothpaste after brushing, but swallowing too much fluoride toothpaste can cause teeth to stain.

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You should brush your child’s teeth until he or she is ready to take on that responsibility, which usually happens by age six or seven.