Oral Health

• Tooth decay remains one of the most common diseases of childhood.
• Put only water in your baby’s bottle at bedtime or naptime.
• Take your child for an oral health assessment between ages 1-2, and every six months thereafter.
• Teach children early to brush their teeth.
• Use a small amount of toothpaste with fluoride. (size of a pea)

• Center for Disease Control - Brush Up on Healthy Teeth:
  www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/publications/factsheets/brushup.htm
• Center for Disease Control - Division of Oral Health:
  www.cdc.gov/OralHealth
• American Dental Association:
  www.ada.org
• Baby’s First Teeth:
  www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/patient/patient_11.pdf
• The American Academy of Periodontology - Protecting Children's Oral Health:
  www.perio.org/consumer/children.htm