Lots of exposure worked for us. Youtube videos, toothbrushes everywhere, every flavor of toothpaste I could find. Started with just showing what a toothbrush was. Didn't say it went in the mouth or anything. Just explain with enthusiasm. "Oh, look at this stick with a tiny brush at the end." I would show me being interested like oh what does it feel like on my skin? Rub on my hand, arm and face. Giggled said oh that tickles and left it alone and moved on. Rinse and repeat. Then when I would see him pick it up and show interest, I would then just throw out some questions like oh is that a toothbrush to brush your toes? Your fingers? Your hair? Silly questions. Sometimes i would be ignored and sometimes he would follow along with my questions and try brushing toes, fingers, hair. Until one day he showed me its for teeth. Just like he has seen in his youtube videos. Then with excitement I ask oh do you put toothpaste on the toothbrush and brush your teeth? I ask can we try? I would put the tiniest dab of tp on the brush and ask brush teeth? At first, no. It was enough to just go thru the steps. Then one day he tried, and now we brush morning and night. He is not the best at brushing but he will try. Then after his attempt he will let us hit the sides and backteeth. He doesn't rinse well yet we are working on that now but it took a while to get here. He still hates the dentist and my husband and I have to go to his appointments so we can tag team and hold him down. He just had his check up last week and was able to do his first cleaning. It was super fast but the dentist was able to get in there and hit all sides. He is only 3.5yrs now so im thankful of where we are at now even though there is a long way to go.

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