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Keeping Your Child's Teeth Healthy
When should I schedule my child's first trip to the dentist? Should my 3-year-old be flossing? How do I know if my ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Toothbrushing Is Important
Good oral hygiene is important and recommended for children of all ages and from the time their first teeth erupt. ...
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Can Too Much Juice Discolor Teeth?
My son isn't a big candy eater, but he does drink lots of juice throughout the day. His front teeth are starting to ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Good Nutrition and Healthy Smiles
Good nutrition is not only necessary for general health, it also plays a key role in the development and protection of ...
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Toothbrush Care is Important
Toothbrushing with a fluoride toothpaste is important for good oral hygiene, plaque removal, keeping the mouth clean ...
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Tooth and Mouth Care
Tooth decay and gum disease are the two major oral health problems. They are the most common and least treated of ...
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Tooth Decay in Young Children
Dental caries (cavities or holes in teeth caused by decay) is the most common chronic childhood disease and occurs five ...
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Oral Health for Children with Disabilities and Special Needs
Children with disabilities and special needs are at greater risk for health problems, require extra help and rely on ...
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Sugar: How Much Is Healthy For Your Child?
Sugars and starches are carbohydrates, a source of energy for the body that provides 50 to 60 percent of calories ...
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Bruxism (Teeth Grinding or Clenching)
When you look in on your sleeping child, you want to hear the sounds of sweet dreams: easy breathing and perhaps an ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Fluoride and Water
Keeping kids' teeth healthy requires more than just daily brushing. During a routine well-child exam, you may be ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Dental Health
For children, the most common chronic infectious disease is dental caries—tooth decay. Among 6-year-olds, at ...
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Not So Healthy Drinks for Kids: 7 Beverages to Avoid
It's not uncommon to see kids guzzling down sports beverages, but these so-called healthy drinks for kids have some ...
Source: Education.com
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Teething Troubles: Sorting Fact from Fiction
You're up in the middle of the night—again. Junior is running a low fever, irritable, with diarrhea. He can't ...
Source: Education.com
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What's Wrong With Sugary Snacks, Anyway?
Sugary snacks taste so good-but they aren't so good for your teeth or your body. The candies, cakes, cookies, and other ...
Source: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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Brush Up on Healthy Teeth : A Quiz for Parents About Simple Steps for Kids’ Smiles
Learn more about keeping your child’s teeth healthy with this true or false quiz.1. ____ All children older than ...
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How Do Sugars Attack Your Teeth?
Invisible germs called bacteria live in your mouth all the time. Some of these bacteria form a sticky material called ...
Source: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Bad Breath: An Embarrassing Problem
Bad breath, also called halitosis or malodor, is breath that has an unpleasant or offensive smell. It can be an...
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Infant Formula and Fluoride
Research has shown that fluoride reduces dental caries (tooth decay) by making the tooth structure stronger and...
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How Do I Care for My Baby's Teeth?
My 5-month-old daughter is teething, but she hasn't gotten her first tooth yet. How should I care for her teeth when...
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Tooth Decay in Children
Dental caries (tooth decay) is one of the most common diseases of childhood. It is an infectious disease, caused by...
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