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.
There’s a handy A-Z Topics Index where you and the parents in your program can look up topics of interest, from Anxiety to X-rays–including short videos. Want to test your knowledge? Type ‘quiz’ in the search box and rate your understanding of kids’ teeth health!
We appreciate that MouthHealthy also features helpful basic nutritional information, with a link to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website (formerly the American Dietetic Association). This site of the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals is packed with interesting ideas and information you can use at work. Check out the great section on nutrition for infants and toddlers by clicking here. Eye-opening articles we like include ‘Healthy Nutrition for Healthy Teeth’, ‘Picky Eating Phases’, and ‘Getting Started on Eating Right.’
MouthHealthy is just one of the excellent resources on Tooth Talk, the website about improving children’s dental health for early childhood educators and childcare providers. To see the MouthHealthy site, click here.
Check out links to other vital resources you can use in your job by clicking here.
How do you usually communicate with parents? Text? Email? Face to face? Express Your Opinion by clicking here.
