Category Archives: Baby Teeth

A Resource You’ll Love: Brush Up on Oral Health Features Archive of Useful Tip Sheets You Can Use Right Now in Your Job!

A Resource You’ll Love: Brush Up on Oral Health Features Archive of Useful Tip Sheets You Can Use Right Now in Your Job!

Head Start Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center’s monthly tip sheet, Brush Up on Oral Health, has a fresh look and a new archive. Think of it as an online storage bin of everything you want to know about a young child’s oral health! Now, past issues are listed by topic, making it simple to…

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Learn Your ABCs: All Baby Teeth Count!

Learn Your ABCs: All Baby Teeth Count!

1+1 = 2 You + Oral Health Know-how = Healthy Kids! Ready to go back to school on the subject of tooth decay in young children? Learn your oral health ABCs! A: All teeth count...even baby’s teeth. B: Brush those baby teeth, starting with the first little tooth. C: Check-ups matter...schedule baby’s first dental visit…

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Brush Baby’s Teeth…WHEN?

Brush Baby’s Teeth…WHEN?

When to Start Brushing Baby’s Teeth Just as important as baby’s first words, first step, and first solid night’s sleep, is the first little tooth. Baby those baby teeth! You can’t start too soon. Experts recommend brushing baby’s teeth as soon as the first little tooth begins to appear through the gum. Brush that first…

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Tooth Talk Expert Lists Benefits of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF)

Tooth Talk Expert Lists Benefits of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF)

When are black baby teeth in children a good thing? After a silver diamine fluoride treatment. SDF is a safe and effective way to stop tooth decay and protect teeth, says Dr. Tim Wright of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry. In use in Brazil and Japan since the 1970s, a 2015 addition to the…

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