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Healthy Mouth = Healthy Child
This document provides guidance on maintaining good oral health for children, emphasizing that parents should have clean mouths to prevent germ transmission. It outlines key practices for preventing cavities, including proper brushing techniques, regular dental visits, and dietary considerations. Additionally, it answers common questions about tooth care and the importance of modeling good habits for children.
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- 2. Welcome! The content onslides 3 – 16 was developed by the Nevada State Health Division Oral Health Program
- 3. What is aHealthy Mouth? • Clean • Good spacing • Pink healthy gums • No cavities
- 4. Germs in theMouth • Babies are not born with the germs that cause cavities • They get it from parents or caregivers • Children are less likely to have cavities if parents have healthy mouths
- 5. Sharing Germs Is yourmouth clean and healthy? If not, you are giving your germs to your child by: • Hand to mouth kissing • Kissing on the lips
- 6. Cavities are Contagious •Tasting/sharing food and drinks. Parents need a clean healthy mouth too!
- 7. How do CavitiesHappen? • Germs (plaque) grow on teeth • Germs + Sugar foods and drinks = Acid • Acid + Teeth = Cavity
- 8. Prevent Cavities • Eathealthy • Limit sugary foods and drinks • Clean teeth twice a day • Visit the dentist 2 times a year
- 9. What else canI do to prevent cavities? • By age 1, use a cup to drink • Before bed, drink ONLY water after teeth are clean • Children should eat or drink at meals and snack time – not all the time
- 10. Brushing • Start whenyou see the first tooth! • Clean the first tooth with a clean damp cloth or a small soft toothbrush • Once a day — every day! • Clean the gums, too!
- 11. Cleaning Teeth • Agrown up should brush a child’s teeth until the child can sign his first and last name (not print). • Important to brush before bed time!
- 12. Toothbrush Care • Rinsetoothbrush. • Use your own toothbrush, no sharing • Replace every 3 months • After illness get a new one or sterilize it
- 13. Toothpaste • Avoid toomuch toothpaste • Use a “pea” size amount • Use fluoride toothpaste after child is two years old or can spit
- 14. Lift the Lip •Look for white spots or brown spots on the top four teeth • Look on the back of teeth – inside the mouth • Check once a month!
- 15. Check your Child’sTeeth • Check for cavities everywhere—top and bottom! • See a dentist at least twice a year— more if needed.
- 16. Children Will CopyYou… • When you brush and check your child’s teeth, you are showing them good oral health is important. Be a good role model! HEALTHY TEETH FOR A HEALTHY HEAD START!!!
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- 18. Tooth Brushing • Usechild brushes with soft, round bristles • Start cleaning gums at an early age with gauze or a washcloth • By age 2 or 3 begin teaching your child how to brush • Gentle, short, back and forth motion • At age 3 can begin using fluoride toothpaste
- 19. Thumb Sucking • Normalhabit of many children • Can affect the position of the jaw and cause a malformed palate • If child continues until age 4, changes may remain permanent
- 20. Tooth Eruption • Twobottom front teeth are first to erupt • By age 3, most children have 20 baby teeth • Between ages of 5 – 6, first permanent teeth will begin to erupt • Tooth eruption may vary
- 22. Tooth Decay • Bacteriause sugar to manufacture acids that dissolve the teeth and cause infection (decay) in the tooth. • “Baby-Bottle” tooth decay • Children who go to bed with a bottle of milk • Teeth are constantly in contact with sugar
- 23. Tooth Loss • Whenyou should call your pediatric dentist? • When a baby tooth is knocked out • When a permanent tooth is knocked out • When a tooth is fractured or chipped
- 24. Sealants • Molars andPremolars are usually sealed • Should be applied as soon as permanent teeth come in
- 25. Fluoride • Helps strengthenteeth and prevents tooth decay
- 26. The Pediatric Dentist •“First visit by first birthday” • Your child should visit the dentist when his/her first tooth comes in • This will establish a ‘dental home’ for the child
- 27. Regular Visits • Twiceper year • This varies for each child
- 28. Emergency Care • Contactyour pediatric dentist immediately • This is why establishing a dental home is so important!
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