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19/12/2024

All About that First Dental Visit

Wondering why the parents in your program may be resisting taking their child to the dentist? The reasons for not scheduling this check-up are what you would think. First, it can be a hassle for busy families. Plus, there can be a lot of fear–most of it the parent’s! Dental care is the most prevalent unmet health need of children in the United States. Tooth decay can hurt. It can prevent a child from being able to eat, sleep, play, talk, learn, smile, feel confident, and hit important developmental milestones. You can help! Here are good tips you can share with the parents in your program to make baby’s first visit to the dentist easier.

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26/11/2024

Top 3 Things You Can Do Right Now to Protect Children’s Healthy Smiles

Tooth decay is the most common chronic childhood disease. It can hurt...and may affect a child’s ability to talk, eat, learn, play, sleep, smile, feel confident, and hit important developmental milestones. Fortunately, tooth decay in children is also preventable. Stopping tooth decay is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

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24/10/2024

Tooth Decay in Young Children Is Downright Scary:
These Tips on Handling Halloween Sweet Treats Can Help

What’s more terrifying than zombies? Tooth decay. Why? Because it hurts little kids! The most common chronic childhood disease (yes, even more common than asthma!), tooth decay affects a child’s ability to eat, speak, learn, smile, sleep, play ... even watch TV. Tooth pain is scary!

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18/09/2024

New Report Doesn’t Change Facts about Fluoride in Tap Water

Did you know one of the easiest and best ways to protect your smile from tooth decay is by drinking tap water? That’s right! If you live in an area where your community water system adjusts the water to contain the right amount of fluoride, your teeth are protected against tooth decay by community water fluoridation

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22/08/2024

The Right Time to Brush in the Childcare Classroom

Good job! Your childcare center is participating in a toothbrushing program and doing its part to prevent painful tooth decay and improve children’s ability to eat, talk, learn, grow, sleep, play, and have good self-esteem. But is the question, when is the best time of day for toothbrushing, keeping you up at night?

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18/07/2024

ASK THE EXPERT: How can I tell what’s a healthy drink for children?

During the summer, it’s important to keep little ones well-hydrated. It’s equally important to make sure the liquids young children are drinking are good for their teeth health. Tooth decay is painful and can affect a child’s ability to eat, grow, sleep, play, learn, hit important developmental milestones, and smile, affecting self-esteem and confidence. This article about hidden sugars in drinks is as relevant today as it was when it first appeared a few years ago. Enjoy!

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20/06/2024

Celebrate National Oral Health Month with 8 Tips for Improving Children’s Teeth Health

The month of June always gives families something to smile about. (Hello, summer vacation!) It’s also National Oral Health Month, the perfect opportunity to focus on dental health and well-being–especially for young children. Good oral health for kids is as easy as, well, catching a firefly!

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28/05/2024

The Importance of Drinking Water

With the epidemic of childhood obesity now affecting even very young children (the US Centers for Disease Control [CDC] says one in five children ages two to nineteen are obese), parents are taking a hard look at the calories their children consume–especially calories from drinks. Government regulation is requiring child care facilities do the same. Pair this latest statistic on childhood obesity with the need to keep little ones properly hydrated during the summer heat and the benefits of healthy beverages are clear ... especially for children too young to tell adults how thirsty they are.

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25/04/2024

Healthy Snacks for Healthy Teeth

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.

“Snacks are really important for small children because they are a fairly substantial part of a toddler’s diet simply because most kids don’t just sit down to three regular meals a day. They eat more often, usually snacking throughout the day, so that makes it even more important to make sure snacks are healthy

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21/03/2024

6 Easy Ways to Overcome Group Toothbrushing Challenges: Children Ages Three to Six Years

Last month, Tooth Talk presented tips for overcoming toothbrushing challenges with infants and toddlers, including children with special healthcare needs. This month, we focus on group toothbrushing in the classroom with three-, four-, and five-year-olds.

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27/02/2024

4 Easy Ways to Overcome Infant/ToddlerToothbrushing Challenges
Brushing very young children’s teeth with safe and healthy fluoride toothpaste is an important daily activity that protects oral health and overall health. But, it can be a challenge for parents and child care staff to get little ones to cooperate...and it is even more challenging if a child has special health care needs.

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30/01/2024

So, Who Can You Trust For Accurate Information About Little One’s Oral Health?

The average person spends more than eight hours a day online, much of it on social media. Parents believe social media is a good source of information and an important part of their parenting tool box. But in a world of nearly 500 million live websites (of nearly two billion in existence), 600 million blogs, and 4.5 billion interactions, it can be hard to figure out what information is solid and what is not-so-reliable. Parents look to you for accurate information about their child’s good oral health. Make sure the information you are sharing is correct.

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21/12/2023

The Right Time to Brush Little Teeth

You’ve done everything right. You understand the importance of brushing little ones’ teeth. You’ve bought a child-size toothbrush and child-friendly fluoride toothpaste. But you may be wondering, when is the best time of day for brushing young children’s teeth?

When to brush children’s teeth is not important. However, experts agree: Parents should always brush their children’s teeth in the evening at bedtime. No rinsing needed, and no eating or drinking after.

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21/11/2023

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 for all you are and do for the children in your care–whether it’s brushing little teeth or modeling good health behaviors, providing an oral exam or applying fluoride varnish. We appreciate your commitment, wisdom, passion, and vision for the well-being of children.

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25/10/2023

KISS... Keep It Short and Sweet: 2 x 2 = Smile!

This month, we’re keeping it short and sweet (to match the recommended amount of Halloween candy kids are allowed to eat!). In honor of National Brush Day on November 1, we are celebrating math that works for kids: 2 x 2.

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29/09/2023

Want to Protect Children’s Teeth? This New Spanish Oral Health Tool Can Help!

Ready to help your Spanish-speaking families protect their children’s good oral health? The North Carolina Oral Health Section has created a new Spanish version of Your Child Can Keep That Healthy Smile, the oral health risk assessment tool designed especially for parents and caregivers.

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24/08/2023

It’s Back to School Time:
Parents, Brush Up on Your Toothbrushing Technique

Want to score an A+ on brushing children’s teeth? Head back to school with Tooth Talk! Our video Brushing Is Fun: How to Brush Young Children’s Teeth is a step-by-step guide to brushing little ones’ teeth every day with the right amount of safe and healthy fluoride toothpaste, starting with that first tooth.

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20/07/2023

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! And brushing young children’s teeth with fluoride toothpaste may save money on costly dental visits to repair problems. You can spend that cash on a fun getaway for everyone!

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