When your teen is already active with friends, schoolwork and catching up on sleep, proper oral hygiene can go on the back burner. When running late for school, occasionally there simply isn't time for a full two minutes of toothbrushing. However as a parent, it depends on you to make sure that your teenager practices good pediatric dentist. By making dental hygiene part of a basic daily routine, you can help your teen sneak in routine cleaning and also flossing together with all the other strategies in his/her timetable.