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Dr. Dante Paolino and Dr. Zachary Gelber, in blue medical scrubs, each holding a Build-a-Brush toothbrush.

UConn Dentist Develops Customizable Toothbrush to Encourage Kids to Brush Better, Longer

UConn Today – When his patients’ parents would tell Dr. Dante Paolino that they had trouble coaxing their children to brush their teeth, he was admittedly a bit judgmental.

Then he and his wife had their own children, and the pediatric dentist’s whole perspective changed.

“My kids employed some classic stalling tactics, like throwing themselves on the floor, pursing their lips or locking their mouth shut, running away, pushing the toothbrush out of their mouth with their tongue, or shaking their head back and forth while trying to brush,’’ Paolino says. “They tried literally anything they could do to avoid getting the job done.’’

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