(NC)-Establishing good oral care habits from a young age can help Canadians to keep their teeth healthy for a lifetime. For tweens especially – children between the ages of eight and twelve – it’s a particularly important age when they begin developing their own personalities, style and habits.
To help make brushing more fun for tweens, Crest and Oral-B have created a smartphone application to encourage them to look after their teeth. Called “Yuck Mouth”, this free app is designed to help tweens and their parents have fun learning about proper brushing, flossing and rinsing. The timed game first has users pick a smile image then decide which oral health tools should be used to fight off gross foodstuffs or odours that can cause a mouth to be yucky. This coincides with the launch of the new Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health FOR ME lineup of products designed specifically for tweens.
Octopus causing bad breath? Rinse it away with Crest Pro-Health FOR ME mouth rinse. Did broccoli stick in your teeth? Brush it away with Crest Pro-Health FOR ME anti-cavity toothpaste. For those without a smartphone, Yuck Mouth is also available as a free online game.
“Tweens have unique oral care needs, but can sometimes need a little help following the rules,” says Dr. Janet Tamo, consulting dentist to Crest and Oral-B. “If there’s a fun way to get tweens to listen and learn good oral care habits, like Crest and Oral-B’s Yuck Mouth app, I’m all for it.”
The Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health FOR ME line-up includes toothbrushes that are just the right size for older kids’ mouths, and toothpaste and rinse in flavours for tweens – all in unique packaging that’s cool enough for this age group.
The “Yuck Mouth” smartphone app is available through iTunes and Android Market. The online game can be found at www.crestprohealth.com.
