When your baby starts to teeth, brushing daily is crucial to prevent cavities and tooth decay. This can, however, be a struggle since your child probably doesn’t like it at all. These apps can help your toddler to like brushing.
As soon as teeth start to erupt in your baby’s mouth they become exposed to bacteria that can cause cavities. It is important to prevent cavities and tooth decay from happening since it can cause serious problems and discomfort with your child.
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Getting your toddler to like brushing can, however, be quite a struggle, since he/she is likely not too keen on getting some weird thing stuck in their mouths. Unless of course, your toddler thinks of this him/herself. In that case, it is OK to stick whatever in their mouths… Weird creatures.
Nevertheless, it is essential to make brushing part of your daily routine. Making brushing fun can help quite a bit. These 8 apps help to get your toddler to like brushing.
Disney Magic Timer App
Price: Free
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With this app your child can brush with his or her favorite character. Different characters can be unlocked after successful 2miunte of brushing such as Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Yoda, Iron Man, and 19 more characters.
After each brushing session, your child collects a new sticker from the character that is stored in the character’s album.
You do have to get a Crest or Oral-B Pro-Health Stage product, which needs to be scanned to start.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkRROOqnK0
Aquafresh Brush Time
Price: Free
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The Aquafresh brush time app helps your child to brush. Brush together with the funny Aquafresh toothpaste character, which dances and brushes on some happy music.
Every 30 seconds your child will be instructed to change sides, making sure all sides are covered. After brushing your child will earn stars.
Toothsavers Brushing Game
Price: Free
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The Toothsavers brushing game has a nice storyline, in which your child has to save a town from the spell that was cast on the inhabitant’s teeth by a witch.
By brushing you can unlock new toothsaver characters, great for stimulating your child to brush!
Brusheez
Price: Free
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With the Brusheez app you can choose and update your own character. You can have some simple interactions with the character by tapping it.
You can recreate the teeth of your child, so your child can really identify with the character. By starting the timer a toothbrush shows your child where to brush, which is a really nice feature of this app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N03_LCmbJyI
Chomper Chums
Price: Free
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With the Chomper Chums app you can choose from three animal characters to start brushing.
Your child can learn how to brush, floss and rinse with nice videos. Each time your child brushes he/she can earn points for treats for the animal friends. Fun times!
Brush Teeth With Momo
Price: Free
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In the Brush teeth with Momo app you can feed, dress, and brush the teeth of Momo. Momo is a friendly and fluffy character that your kids will definitely like.
Choose the toothbrush and toothpaste you want to brush Momo’s teeth with and Momo will show your child which areas of the teeth to brush and how long. A great app to make brushing fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o77NFIPyWTw
Brush with Jackson
Price: Free
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Jackson is a lovable yellow rabbit that brushes his teeth together with your child’s.
Click the brush and the magic starts. Not really instructive to your child on how to brush his/her teeth, but fun and stimulating nevertheless.
Brush DJ app
Price: Free
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The Brush DJ app makes brushing fun. It plays your child’s favorite song for two minutes with the colors you like.
You can also watch videos on how to brush your teeth, set an alarm to remind you to brush twice a day and to go to your dental appointment.