1 / 21

What is the Most Common Chronic Childhood Disease?

What is the Most Common Chronic Childhood Disease?. Asthma ?. Allergies?. Diabetes ?. CAVITIES !. Baby Teeth Are Important!. Prevent the Spread of Tooth Decay in Babies and Young Children. Children Need Their Baby Teeth to:. Chew and digest food Speak clearly

mrinal
Download Presentation

What is the Most Common Chronic Childhood Disease?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What is the Most Common Chronic Childhood Disease?

  2. Asthma? Allergies? Diabetes?

  3. CAVITIES !

  4. Baby Teeth Are Important! Prevent the Spread of Tooth Decay in Babies and Young Children

  5. Children Need Their Baby Teeth to: • Chew and digest food • Speak clearly • Smile and feel good about how they look • Save room for their permanent teeth • Last from 6 to 12 years

  6. White Spots: Early and Reversible Signs of Decay

  7. What Causes Tooth Decay in Babies and Young Children? • Sharing food and eating utensils • Sharing straws and cups • Cleaning off pacifier in your mouth

  8. ThenWhatHappens?

  9. Toothbrushing: Help your child brush

  10. Just a Tiny Dab of Fluoride Toothpaste(the size of a grain of rice)

  11. FLUORIDE Toothpaste

  12. NO FLUORIDE Read the Label!

  13. Only Milk or Water in Bottle • Wean from Bottle by One Year

  14. Drink and Cook with Tap Water • Tap Water Contains Fluoride • Most Bottled Water Does Not

  15. Eat Healthy Snacks • Fruit • Vegetables • Cheese

  16. Avoid Frequent Sugar Exposure

  17. First Dental Visit • When the 1st teeth come in • Or before age one

  18. Fluoride Varnish Protects Teeth From Decay • Easy and Fast • Tastes Good • Painless • Can help reverse white spots so they do not become cavities

  19. Take Good Care of Your Own Teeth, Too!

  20. REMEMBER:Baby Teeth Are Important!

  21. Adapted from: “Preventing Baby Bottle Tooth Decay” CA. Dept. of Health Services and “Preventing the Spread of Tooth Decay in Babies and Young Children” Alameda County Health Department Office of Dental Health (2003) by : Linda Giordano Cannon, RDH Alameda County Health Department Office of Dental Health (2009)

More Related