Dental Health

Chelcee Putters, Deon Stradford, Taylor Smith,

Christina Thaxton, Lindsey Smith

Need To Know

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxMrtK-kYnE

• Take part in National Children’s Dental Health Month

• Brush twice a day, floss daily, and make regular visits to a dentist

• Encourage our students’ parents to pack them healthy snacks and limit sugary drinks

What your students should know after teaching this lesson…..

THE STANDARDHPD3: Children understand healthy and safe living

practices

The Elements • HPD3 a: Participates in activities relates to health and personal care

routine

• HPD3 b: Participates in activities relates to nutrition

Nice to Know

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I3gA6kHDeE&feature=related

• Oral health can affect overall health.• Dental decay is the most common childhood

disease – five times more common than asthma!

• Dental disease is transmissible, often between caregivers and children

Nice to know continued…

• Dental decay with pain and infection can make it hard for children to learn. It accounts for thousands of hours of lost school time.

• It’s important to brush morning and night, and floss once a day.

• It’s important for parents to help kids brush their teeth until they are 8 years old.

The Essential Skills

• Students need to know…

-Which foods are healthy for their teeth and which foods will hurt them

-How often to brush and floss even if parents don’t remind them

-How to avoid cavities

References

• http://www.ada.org/5578.aspx• http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/topics/child.ht

m• http://dentistry.about.com/od/childrensdentis

try/a/kidsdental.htm• http://www.portlandmaine.gov/hhs/phschool

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