Dental Health

A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby
(National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

"As soon as a baby’s grin shows its first sign of tiny teeth, it’s time to start taking care of them. This site has basic information about protecting babies’ teeth, with tips about cleaning teeth and feeding kids healthy food. Also available in Spanish."

https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/Topics/ToothDecay/AHealthyMouthforYour
Baby.htm

Child Dental Health
(MEDLINEplus)

Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include News, General/Overview, Diagnosis/Symptoms, Nutrition, Pictures/Diagrams, Prevention/Screening, Research, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Treatment, Law and Policy, Children, Teenagers, and more.

https://medlineplus.gov/childdentalhealth.html

Children's Oral Health
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))

Provides information and links on how you can take care of your child’s teeth.

https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/basics/childrens-oral-health/index.html

Dental and Oral Disease
(Hands on Health-SC)

This article provides a general overview of dental and oral health in a question and answer format. Children's dental health is specifically covered in How can I lower my children's risk of dental and oral disease? Many links to other Internet resources about dental health are included.

http://www.handsonhealth-sc.org/page.php?id=1067

Last Modified: Friday February 10, 2017 10:43 AM