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Tooth Talk Expert Helps You Share Healthy Snacks Ideas with Parents

Tooth Talk Expert Helps You Share Healthy Snacks Ideas with Parents
Healthy snacks benefit not only children’s teeth but also their overall health, building strong bones and muscles and boosting brain development, according to Alice S. Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Director for the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Professor, Department of Nutrition at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine.
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Tooth Talk Helps You Improve Communication with Parents

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t communicate them, you won’t get anywhere. The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. Motivational Interviewing, a different way to talk with parents that is collaborative, supportive, respectful and inspiring, helps you share brilliant ideas about kids and healthy teeth. Want to inspire behavior change in the parents in your program?
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Tooth Talk Answers Your Questions About the Dental Health Benefits of Water

Tooth Talk Answers Your Questions About the Dental Health Benefits of Water
According to Gary Rozier, DDS, Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, drinking water straight from the tap is important to a child’s overall good health. “A study published in the journal Pediatrics in September 2014 reported that the prevalence of obesity in 6-year-old children was twice as great among children who consumed sugar-sweetened beverages during infancy compared to those who didn’t (17.0% vs 8.6%).
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Tooth Talk Resource Spotlight: MouthHealthy.org

Tooth Talk Resource Spotlight: MouthHealthy.org
MouthHealthy.org is brought to you by the ADA, American Dental Association. This is a colorful, easy-to-follow website with oral health information for everyone, from pregnant moms to adults over age 60. The ‘Babies and Kids’ tab on the landing page will take you and parents to important information with helpful photos on brushing with the appropriate amount of fluoride toothpaste beginning with the first tooth. Other topics you’ll find interesting and beneficial in your discussions with parents include teething and the first dental visit.
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