When you finally decide to settle down in central Leeds and start a family of your own, you better be prepared for the wake-up call of a lifetime, for most of your time will be taken up with looking after your children as they grow up and ensuring that they are as healthy as possible and this is especially important when it comes to their teeth and you have to seize the day and ensure you take complete control. You may not know quite what you are doing at first, but through friends and a pediatrician, it will all fall into place easier than you thought. Get them through the teething years first, and ensure that you are giving them a healthy diet, so that when their second teeth are ready to erupt, you will be up to speed. By this time, you will have enlisted the services of a dentist to take the weight off your shoulders and help you nurse them through the ‘braces years’. Looking after your children’s teeth is never an exact science, but neither is it rocket science- more common sense. It is also good to reflect back on your own personal experiences when you were growing up and then feed them into how you care for your children. In the long run, teaching your children how to brush correctly with the right toothpaste and allow them to take control of their own mouths with you always in the background, will ensure that their teeth will grow healthy and strong, and help to avoid complications long into the future.