Public Health England recommends the following tips and advice for parents and carers of young children for good oral health:

  • Reduce amount and frequency of sugary foods and drinks given to young children

  • Don't add sugar to weaning foods or drinks

  • Aim to introduce drinking from a free-flow cup from six months old and stop feeding from a bottle at 12 months

  • Start brushing children's teeth as soon as the first tooth appears and supervise brushing until age seven or eight. Brush kids' teeth twice daily, including just before bed, using fluoride toothpaste

  • From age three, use a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste; for younger children a smear

  • Use only sugar-free medicines.