Oral Health Fact Sheets

• Sedgwick County Health Dept. Dental Clinic
• Toothbrush Care: Cleaning, Storage and Replacement
• Tasty Treats for Teeth (Tooth Friendly Recipes)
• Tasty Treats for Teeth (Spanish)

• Promoting Awareness, Preventing Pain: Facts on Early Childhood Caries
• Oral Health and Your Baby
• Fluoride Facts
• Baby Bottle Tooth Decay - Keep your Baby's Smile Bright
• Good Food Facts - Keep Smiling!
• Dental First Aid
• Primary Tooth Eruption Table
  • Primary Tooth Eruption - Animated Demonstration
• Permanent Tooth Eruption Table
  • Permanent Tooth Eruption - Animated Demonstration
• How to Brush
• How to Floss
  • How to Brush/Floss - Animated Demonstration
• Periodontal Disease
  • Periodontal Disease - Animated Demonstration
• Root Canal Information
  • Root Canal Information - Animated Demonstration
• How to Be A Good Dental Patient
• Signs of Oral Cancer

"Preventing tooth decay and saving teeth with dental sealants". (2nd ed.). 2003. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center.

Oral Health and Learning: When Children's Oral Health Suffers, So Does Their Ability to Learn - This fact sheet describes the relationship between acute dental problems and learning in children. It discusses lost school time, restricted activity days, learning problems, impaired speech development, reduced self-esteem, and inability to concentrate. It describes programs for improving oral health, including those funded by Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grants to States.