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…
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So, Who Can You Trust For Accurate Information About Little One’s Oral Health?
If you spend part of every day Googling a question, tuning into a YouTube video, or checking in with Facebook friends, you’re in good company. The average American spends more than eight hours a day online, a good bit of it on social media; 31% report they are online almost constantly. While two-thirds of parents…
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Tooth Talk’s 2023 Gratitude List!
It’s said, feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. So, this season, we’re telling it like it is: We are grateful for all the people working to ensure children have healthy teeth! From parents and child care providers to pediatric dentists and pediatrician offices, we thank you…
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Tooth Talk Reminder: Don’t Take a Vacay from Brushing!
You deserve a vacation...but your teeth don’t. Continuing to brush young children’s teeth with good-for-you fluoride toothpaste is as essential to a fun and healthy summer as sunscreen and water wings! These tips can help you keep the kids (and yourself!) in the groove: Don’t break the habit. It takes time to get young children…
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