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Annotation: This pamphlet for parents describes care and safety for children age one year until entry into school. Topics include growth and development, building personality, discipline, prevention of disease and defects, prevention of accidents, proper nutrition, and daily child care. Additional topics include play and playthings, and care of the sick child. An index concludes the pamphlet.

Keywords: Child health, Child safety, Developmental stages, Disease prevention, Hygiene, Injury prevention, Nutrition

Annotation: This timeline provides information on oral health and oral health care throughout life. Topics include developmental events, interaction with dentists, and oral hygiene.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Consumer education materials, Dental hygiene, Developmental stages, Infants, Oral health, Oral health care

Annotation: This activity book provides information about keeping children’s teeth healthy. It includes information about brushing, flossing, avoiding sugary foods and drinks, eating fruits and vegetables daily, and visiting the dentist. Activities for children, such as coloring pages, dot-to-dots, and a song, are also included.

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Keywords: Coloring books, Dental hygiene, Educational materials, Nutrition, Oral health

Annotation: These videos provide information about oral health for children and adolescents in pre-kindergarten to grade 2, grades 3–5, grades 6–8, and grades 9–12. The videos discuss the importance of oral health, how to keep the teeth and mouth healthy, the importance of toothbrushing and flossing, and the importance of eating healthy foods and drinking water and avoiding foods and drinks high in sugar. They also explain what tooth decay and gum disease are and discuss the importance of visiting the dentist and what happens during dental visits.

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Keywords: , Adolescents, Gingivitis, Oral health, Oral health care, Oral hygiene, Prevention, Videotapes, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about oral-health-related behaviors among students in middle and high school in North Dakota and offers suggestions for how they can maintain or improve their oral health. Suggestions are divided into things to do and things not to do. Examples of things to do include wearing a mouth guard while playing sports, brushing and flossing teeth daily, and visiting the dentist regularly. Examples of things not to do include regularly drinking sugary beverages, getting lip or tongue piercings, and smoking or chewing tobacco.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Chewing tobacco, Health care utilization, High school students, Middle schools, Mouth guards, North Dakota, Nutrition, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Smoking, State information

Annotation: This series of three animated videos provides information on how to brush teeth and floss properly. It also provides information about foods and drinks that are more and less likely to cause tooth decay and discusses the importance of drinking water.

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• How To Floss

Keywords: Dental caries, Drinking water, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Videos

Annotation: This training provides information to help kindergarten through grade 2 teachers incorporate oral health education into their curricula, with the goal of empowering students to maintain good oral hygiene, educating them on the importance of oral hygiene and preventive oral health care, and helping build healthy habits and understand the link between oral health and overall well-being. The training comprises three sections (tabs): teacher materials, lessons, and videos. Teacher materials include handouts and a 30-minute training video. The lessons and videos sections include materials to use with students.

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Keywords: Videos, Curricula, Dental caries, Health care utilization, Oral health, Oral health education, Oral hygiene, Prevention, School age children, School health, Training

Annotation: This toolkit for school oral health professionals offers resources to help improve children’s oral health. It includes materials about incorporating oral health into daily activities with students, resources to display, and content for newsletters or e-mails sent home to parents and other caregivers. Also included is information about finding oral health care for students, how to incorporate oral health in school activities, and where to source free toothbrushes and toothpaste. A selection of oral-health-related books for children is included.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Resources, School health, School health services

Annotation: This report discusses the Medical Oral Expanded Care (MORE Care) Ohio pilot program, which aims to integrate oral health care into pediatric primary care settings and establish referral networks between medical practices and oral health practices in the state. The report provides background information on contributors to tooth decay and on More Care. It discusses program design and impact and presents a path toward improving integration to ultimately increase access to oral health care for children in Ohio. zzz

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Keywords: Access to health care, Dental caries, Dental hygiene, National programs, Ohio, Oral health, Primary care, Rural population, Service integration, State programs

Annotation: This handout provides information related to toothbrushing in educational settings. It discusses safe use and handling of toothbrushes, for example, disinfecting the classroom table, washing hands, and wearing gloves. It also discusses safe cleaning and storage of toothbrushes, for example, not covering toothbrushes and how to store toothbrushes in a toothbrush holder.

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Keywords: Child care centers, Educational programs, Elementary schools, Infection control, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Safety, Young children

Annotation: This parent oral health survey form was sent to parents or caregivers of children who received care from the Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health, which was part of the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program. The form includes questions related to fluoride varnish, the respondent's knowledge about oral health care and oral hygiene for children, oral health care that the child has received, and background information about the respondent. zzz

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Keywords: Attitudes, Caregivers, Dental caries, Fluoride varnish, Health care utilization, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Parents, Prevention, Surveys

Annotation: This report summarizes findings from seven virtual focus groups that NORC at the University of Chicago conducted with parents and caregivers of children with special health care needs. The purpose of the focus groups was to better understand parents’ experiences with caring for their child’s oral health at home and with accessing oral health care for their child. The report presents findings, describes methods, and offers recommendations for the direction for future research.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children with special health care needs, Focus groups, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Research

Annotation: This annual report evaluates dental hygiene services delivered by dental hygienists with public health authorization (PHRDHs) in Nebraska. The report highlights the function, activities, and locations served by PHRDHs in the state. It also provides background information on Nebraska dental hygienists' ability to obtain public health authorization since 2007 and the services that public health authorization allows PHRDHs to provide. In addition, the report discusses differences in the number of services PHRDHs provided in 2023 compared with 2022.

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Keywords: Annual reports, Dental hygiene, Nebraska, Oral health, Public health, Service delivery, State legislation, State programs, Trends

Annotation: This handout describes four steps for toothbrushing at the table in a child care program. Steps include (1) gather supplies, (2) prepare and prevent the spread of germs, (3) brush teeth as a group activity, and (4) clean up and store toothbrushes.

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Keywords: Child care, Early childhood education, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Young children

Annotation: This handout is designed to help parents and other caregivers establish goals related to oral hygiene, oral health care, and feeding and eating practices to improve their child's oral health. The handout is available in English and in Spanish.

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• Spanish

Keywords: Families, Nutrition, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Parents, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This resource provides an overview of steps parents can take to prevent tooth decay in their children, including brushing with fluoride toothpaste, other ways to use fluoride and fluoride supplements, giving children healthy food and drinks, dental checkups, and sealants. A companion resource on adult tooth and gum care is also available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Dental caries, Dental hygiene, Disease prevention, Health promotion, Infant health, Oral health, Oral health care, Young children

Annotation: These public-awareness-campaign materials are designed for use during Children’s Dental Health Month (February) to encourage good oral health for children of all ages. Contents include activity sheets; a guide for parents; a poster for displaying in an office waiting room; a certificate to present to children; tools for classroom educators (customizable letter and teacher’s guide); and classroom resources, including lesson plans, demos and videos, and frequently asked questions.

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Keywords: Children, Consumer education materials, Curriculum development, Learning, Multimedia, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Prevention programs, Primary prevention, Program development, Program planning, Public awareness campaign materials, Teaching

Annotation: This brief provides information on oral hygiene home care practices in the United States. It presents the results of a survey of adults conducted to learn about oral hygiene habits, lifestyle choices, and socioeconomic factors that may affect oral health. The brief discusses brushing and flossing frequency; influences of food- and beverage-related behaviors and tobacco use on oral hygiene practices at home; and the influence of dental insurance type on brushing and flossing behaviors. Statistical information is presented according to age group, gender, and race and ethnicity.

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Keywords: Adult health, Age factors, Dental insurance, Ethnic factors, Gender, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Racial factors, Socioeconomic factors, Statistical data, Surveys, Tobacco use

Annotation: This report provides information from the Annual State of Oral Health Equity in America (SOHEA) survey conducted by the CareQuest Institute. Topics include dental visits—past and planned, oral health and oral problems, impacts of oral health problems, protective factors, oral hygiene practices, and barriers to care—disabilities and discrimination. For each topic, statistical information is presented in text and figures.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Disabilities, Oral health, Oral health equity, Oral hygiene, Surveys

Annotation: This video for pregnant women and parents describes steps to promote good oral health for their infant. Steps include taking care of the woman’s mouth during pregnancy, cleaning the infant’s gums daily, brushing the infant’s teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, taking the infant to the dentist when the first tooth erupts or by age 1, and avoiding giving the infant drinks with added sugar. In addition to English, the video is available in the following languages: Arabic, English, French, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, and Vietnamese.

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• All Languages

Keywords: Asian language materials, Consumer education materials, Infant health, Non English language materials, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Prevention, Spanish language materials, Videos