Individual prevention for flawless teeth
Do you also want your child to have cool teeth? And for your child to grow up with a healthy mouth? The Gewoon Gaaf method for children aged 0-18 at your dentist or dental hygienist will help. Under the guidance of your oral care provider, you and your child can keep their teeth cool and their mouth healthy. Just Cool right? Will you join us?
Individual prevention
Gewoon Gaaf is a prevention method for every individual child aged 0 to 18 and their parents*). Your dentist or dental hygienist will give you and your child advice tailored to your child's teeth. He guides your child to have and keep clean teeth. At Gewoon Gaaf, the dentist or dental hygienist makes a risk assessment. How well do you and your child take care of your child's teeth? How is his oral hygiene? Are any teeth breaking through? Is your child teething? Does your son or daughter have (incipient) cavities in his teeth? Based on this risk assessment, the dentist will decide when he wants to see you and your child again in the oral clinic. Sometimes he will give the molars extra protection (sealing) or a fluoride treatment. But usually these treatments are not necessary. So the interpretation and implementation of the prevention method may differ within a family. After all, Gewoon Gaaf looks at each individual.
| Far fewer cavities The Gewoon Gaaf method can result in almost 70% fewer cavities lead. This is evident from recent scientific research, conducted in Den Bosch on a group of children aged 6-9 years. In 3 years, children received far fewer fluoride treatments (-88%), they were sealed much less (-66%) and the number of fillings per child decreased significantly (-62%). |
*) where it says child and parents, can also read client/ foster child and carers/coaches.
Caries (cavities) is a behavioural disease
Behavioural diseases, as the name suggests, can be prevented with healthy behaviour. But you have to do or not do something to do that. Every tooth can stay clean if you consume little sugar and brush your teeth carefully with fluoride toothpaste. Gewoon Gaaf guides you and your child in this.
Teeth brushing and after-brushing
A healthy mouth starts with careful brushing of the teeth in the right way with fluoride toothpaste. Gewoon Gaaf coaches you and your child in this. Usually, children want to brush their own teeth at a very young age. That is fine. Encourage that above all. But children don't brush equally well yet. That is why help is needed! Brushing teeth properly does not happen by itself; a child has to learn to do that. Children up to around 10 do not yet clean their teeth very well. Therefore, children up to that age should brush their teeth at least once a day, even if they use electric brushes. By brushing again, you also make it clear how important this daily care is. In this way, brushing teeth becomes a good habit. Even after the age of 10, it is still important to supervise and monitor brushing.
Colours
In the Simply Cool method, plaque - a barely visible white-yellow layer - is stained at every check-up. The oral care provider applies a liquid to the teeth that makes the plaque visible. So you can see exactly where plaque remains. Your child demonstrates how he brushes his teeth. And you show how to brush your son or daughter's teeth afterwards. The oral care professional shows you where the toothbrush doesn't reach properly and trains you how to brush better in those tricky areas. He will also point out any new molars that break through. During the check-up, your child's teeth are also professionally cleaned in the dental chair. So the teeth are completely cleaned and blown dry. Only then can you clearly see whether and if so where the teeth are affected. Cavities start as white spots. If you brush carefully, you can still repair them or make sure that such a starting cavity does not get bigger.
Reward: a clean set of teeth
Simply Cool believes in rewarding those who do well. Do your child's teeth appear to be clean? Does the dentist or dental hygienist see no incipient cavities? If so, your child probably won't need fluoride treatment as often or at all, and the dentist won't need to do much, if any, sealing. Moreover, your child can then stay away longer until the next visit to the oral care practice. The biggest reward, of course, is a flawless set of teeth!
First tooth? Brush!
Start brushing as soon as you see the first tip of the tooth. Brush teeth once a day with fluoride toddler toothpaste. The amount of fluoride in fluoride toddler toothpaste is adapted for use by small children. Fluoride is a natural substance that makes teeth less vulnerable to acid attacks by bacteria. Using the right amounts of fluoride thus helps prevent cavities in teeth. The amount of fluoride in fluoride toothpaste is age-appropriate. For children from 2 years of age, brush their teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. From 5 years, switch to fluoride adult toothpaste. Adult toothpaste contains more fluoride. You can also use toothpaste that says ‘child’ or ‘junior’. Then look at the age indicated on it (e.g. 5-12 years).
First tooth? Off to the dentist!
The dentist or dental hygienist will give you advice on how to keep your child's teeth healthy.
To properly guide you and your child in having and keeping flawless teeth, it is important that you take your child to the oral care practice as soon as the first tooth breaks through. After all, if you want to benefit as much as possible from the Gewoon Gaaf method, start as soon as the first tooth appears. Take your child with you when you go for check-ups yourself, for example. The dentist or dental hygienist will explain how best to care for children's teeth. You will also learn early on the right feeding and brushing habits for your child. If your child comes to the oral care practice at an early age, he or she will have plenty of opportunity to get used to it and become familiar with the environment and staff. Your practitioner will tell you when your son or daughter should return to the practice
Healthy food, also healthy for your teeth?
Choose tap water instead of sweet drinks
Besides careful tooth brushing, it is equally important to pay attention to your child's diet. Whether your child will develop a cavity depends on how well his teeth are brushed and how often sweets or sweet drinks are consumed. With low sugar consumption and careful toothbrushing, any teeth can remain flawless. Make sure your child does not eat or drink more than 7 times a day. That is 3x a meal and a maximum of 4x a day a snack. Give your child savoury rather than sweet things. Try not to get your son or daughter used to sweets and do not add sugar to food and drinks.
| Choose tap water instead of sugary drinks. Light soft drinks may not cause cavities, but remember that these, as well as the sugary varieties, are still acidic can be. Acidic products can also cause damage to the teeth. |
Questions and answers about Just Cool
Take your child to the dentist when their first tooth comes through.
Why was the Just Cool method introduced?
Today's generation of young parents grew up with fluoride toothpaste. Between 1970 and 1990, great leaps forward were made in oral health. Yet there are still huge health gains to be made. Gewoon Gaaf wants to make oral care for children more effective. Gewoon Gaaf means a turnaround in oral care, in which prevention is more self-evident.
The dentist takes care of my child's healthy teeth, right?
Having and keeping healthy children's teeth is an interplay between your child, yourself and your oral care provider. Caring for children's teeth is primarily up to you and your son or daughter. Your oral care provider coaches you and your child.
You can't help it if you get a cavity, can you? It happens to you, right?
Not true! You can prevent cavities in your teeth. You have a lot of influence on the formation of cavities in your teeth. If you brush your teeth properly with fluoride toothpaste and consume little sugar, you can prevent cavities and keep your teeth unblemished.
My child has weak teeth, right?
Even then, the key to healthy teeth is a combination of meticulous tooth brushing and moderate sugar consumption. Children who (have) their teeth brushed properly, and eat and drink little sugar, simply keep their teeth unblemished.
Can an incipient hole still stop?
Yes, every cavity starts with a white spot. Fortunately, you can still stop incipient cavities and even partially repair them. But that takes time and attention.
Can I withhold fluoride treatment from my child?
Many parents think they are selling their children short if they do not get fluoride treatment in the oral care practice. The best fluoride treatment is brushing twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. This is also much more pleasant than fluoride treatment at the dentist's office. Omitting fluoride treatment at the dentist is a conscious and responsible choice by your oral care provider.
Is it responsible not to seal the molars?
Many parents see not sealing their child's molars (and their sibling's teeth are) as undertreatment. If the dentist or dental hygienist has no reason to seal your child's teeth, it is a conscious and responsible choice. Cavities can occur in both sealed and unsealed molars.
Just Cool, how so?
Nothing is more difficult than changing behaviour. Those who are taught the right behaviour early on will enjoy it for life. Therefore, as soon as the first tooth breaks through, take your child to the oral care practice and start brushing right away. Together with your oral care provider, you can keep your child's teeth looking cool. Isn't that Just Cool?
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