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Annotation: These guidelines for dental hygienists provide information on returning to work during the COVI -19 pandemic. Topics include COVID-19 testing before opening a dental office, work environment, patient preparation, special considerations for providing dental hygiene care, personal protective equipment (PPE), donning and doffing PPE, and disinfection. For each section, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance is included. A COVID-19 patient screening questionnaire and a dental hygienist readiness to return to work questionnaire are also included.

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Keywords: COVID-19, Dental hygiene, Disease transmission, Infectious diseases, Oral health, Protocols, Safety, Virus diseases

Annotation: This fact sheet for consumers provides information about caring for young children’s mouths and teeth at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, when they may not be brushing at school owing to safety concerns. The fact sheet includes information about the importance of brushing at home; the importance of baby teeth; and things parents can do to keep children healthy, such as giving milk and water between meals only and visiting the dentist twice a year. The fact sheet is written in English and in Spanish.

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Keywords: Virus diseases, COVID-19, Consumer education materials, Dental hygiene, Disease transmission, Infectious diseases, Oral health, Safety, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This toolkit provides information about collaborative dental hygiene practice, dental therapy, and medical-dental integration. Each topic includes links to relevant subtopics and includes tutorials, videos, templates, and other tools. A resource library is included, with links to educational resources. A video with information about the toolkit as a whole is also included.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Dental hygiene, Educational materials, Oral health, Service integration

Annotation: This handout provides information for parents about promoting good oral health at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. It discusses the importance of serving healthy foods and drinks and promoting good oral hygiene habits to keep children’s mouths healthy during the pandemic and always. It also includes tips for eating healthy foods and drinks and practicing healthy oral hygiene habits. The handout is available in Chinese, English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Asian language materials, COVID-19, Consumer education materials, Dental hygiene, Disease transmission, Infectious diseases, Nutrition, Oral health, Spanish language materials, Virus diseases

Annotation: This guide presents activity-based oral health lessons and resources for kindergarten and first grade classroom teachers. The lessons are designed to be integrated into curricula. Each lesson includes a summary, a learning goal, guidelines for how to prepare the lesson, and ideas for how students can share what they learned with their family. Resources such as a video, storybook, and wall chart are included.

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Keywords: Curricula, Dental caries, Learning activities, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Prevention, School-age children

Annotation: This animated video for children depicts a girl who joins a team of superheros with a mission to fight against tooth decay. The video presents tooth decay as a villain who promotes consuming sugary foods and drinks, while the superheros try to conquer him. It explains how tooth decay develops and discusses how eating sugary foods creates plaque, which in turn can lead to decay. It talks about how often teeth should be brushed and flossed, how much fluoridated toothpaste to use, and the importance of avoiding sugary foods and drinks.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Dental caries, Fluoride, Nutrition, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Prevention, School-age children, Videos

Annotation: These forms are intended for use in implementing a school-based oral hygiene program to provide preventive oral health services (screenings, cleanings, fluoride varnish applications, dental sealant application, and education) for children from families with low incomes in Nevada. Contents include a consent form, a data-collection form, a parent letter, and a privacy notice.

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Keywords: Dental sealants, Fluoride varnish, Forms, Low income groups, Nevada, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Prevention, School health programs, State programs

Annotation: This toolkit, intended primarily for dental, dental hygiene, and dental residency programs, was designed to help prepare future oral health professionals to become strong advocates for oral health in their communities. Topics include setting advocacy goals, knowing one’s audiences, choosing allies and building coalitions, developing effective messages, finding and presenting data, identifying modes and messengers, framing messages, establishing a media presence, meeting with decision-makers, mobilizing supporters, and managing an advocacy campaign. Tools and worksheets are included.

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Keywords: Advocacy, Campaigns, Community health, Data, Dental hygiene, Dental schools, Oral health

Annotation: This video focuses on the importance of brushing toddlers’ teeth. It shows a health professional demonstrating to a mother techniques for brushing toddlers’ teeth. Different positions for brushing are demonstrated, and guidance for how often to brush and how much fluoridated toothpaste to use are discussed. What to do if a child cries during brushing is also addressed.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Dental hygiene, Fluoride, Oral health, Videotapes, Young children

Annotation: This video for pregnant women focuses on maintaining good oral health before, during, and after pregnancy. Topics include the importance of pregnant women understanding the value of maintaining their oral health, changes during pregnancy that can affect a women’s oral health, how a woman’s oral health can affect the oral health of her unborn child, and the safety and importance of getting oral health care during pregnancy. Tips on how to prepare for dental visits during pregnancy, as well as information about nutrition during pregnancy and what to do for women who experience nausea, are also provided. A brochure reinforcing the information in the video is available. The video is available in English and in Spanish; the brochure is written in English and in Spanish. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Brochures, Consumer education materials, Dental caries, Dental hygiene, Infant health, Nutrition, Oral health, Spanish language materials, Videotapes, Young children

Annotation: This tip sheet for parents and other caregivers provides information about how to care for primary teeth in infants and children ages 6 months and older. It discusses when to start brushing an infant’s teeth, how to teach a child to brush their teeth, how to brush a child’s teeth and how often to brush, and how often a toothbrush should be replaced. The tip sheet is written in simple language and is available in English and in Spanish.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Dental hygiene, Infant health, Low literacy materials, Oral health, Spanish language materials, Young children

Annotation: This flyer for parents provides information about how dental sealants can protect teeth from decay. Topics include what sealants are, which teeth should be sealed, how sealants are applied, whether decay can occur underneath sealants, how long sealants last, how sealants feel, and how Connecticut residents can get sealants. Other tips for preventing tooth decay are included. The document is available in Chinese, Creole, English, French, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

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Keywords: , Connecticut, Consumer education materials, Dental decay, Dental hygiene, Dental sealants, Health promotion, Non English language materials, Oral health, Prevention, Spanish language materials, State initiatives

Annotation: This kit is designed to help parents meet the challenges of parenting and support the healthy development of their infant or young child. Contents include resources about child development, health and safety, quality child care, and school readiness. Information about the importance of oral health in young children, preventing and treating tooth decay, oral hygiene during pregnancy and infancy, and finding a dentist is included.

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Keywords: Arizona, Child care, Child development, Child health, Child safety, Childbirth, Consumer education materials, Dental caries, Health care utilization, Infant health, Infants, Oral health care, Oral hygiene, Parenting, Pregnancy, Preventive health services, State initiatives, Toddlers, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about students' oral hygiene practices and consumption of sugar-containing beverages. It discusses third-grade students' access to toothbrushes, toothbrushing and flossing practices, and consumption of sugar-containing beverages, as well as whether they have visited a dentist; middle school students’ toothbrushing practices and consumption of sugar-containing beverages; and high school students’ consumption of soda.

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Keywords: Adolescents, American Indians, Children, Dental caries, Health behavior, Low income groups, Minority groups, North Dakota, Nutrition, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Prevalence, Rural population, Social factors, State surveys, Statistical data, Sugar

Annotation: These videos feature young children talking about oral health. Topics include when children brush their teeth, how they brush, what happens when they go to the dentist, and how fluoride helps prevent cavities.

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Keywords: Dental caries, Disease prevention, Fluorides, Health behavior, Oral health, Oral health care, Oral hygiene, Toothbrushing, Young children

Annotation: This flip book for health professionals to share with parents covers the basics of good oral health in infants and young children. Each page is double-sided and designed as a teaching tool. The patient-facing pages feature simple text (in English and in Spanish) and pictures and illustrations to educate families. On the back of the intended to complement the materials that home visitors use with families and can be incorporated into topics that home visitors address with families. Topics include the importance of primary teeth, brushing and flossing, eating healthy foods, drinking water, and visiting the dentist. Setting and reaching oral health goals and addressing oral health problems or emergencies are also discussed.

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Keywords: Dental caries, Disease prevention, Family centered care, Health education, Health promotion, Infants, Nutrition, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Patient education materials, Preventive health services, Spanish language materials, Young children

Annotation: This brochure for pregnant women focuses on the importance and safety of oral health care during pregnancy. It also includes information about the age 1 dental visit for children and how to find a dentist. The brochure is printed in English on one side and in Spanish on the other.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Dental caries, Disease prevention, Health promotion, Infant health, Infants, Oral health, Oral health care, Oral hygiene, Parent education, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Preventive health visits, Spanish language materials, Women's health

Annotation: This page about Oral Health Month provides oral care tips for children and everyone, and information on how to brush and floss.

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Keywords: Maternal health, Child health, Consumer awareness campaign materials, Dental hygiene, Health care utilization, Oral health, Oral health care, Preventive health services

Annotation: This video provides information about what pregnant women or women considering becoming pregnant need to know about oral health during pregnancy. The video explains the potential ramifications of oral infections and periodontal disease during pregnancy. It also discusses factors, such as oral hygiene and feeding practices, that can affect the bacteria in an infant’s or child’s mouth and thus the infant’s or child’s oral health. Also discussed are oral conditions that disproportionately affect pregnant women and the importance and safety of receiving oral health care during pregnancy. The video is available in English and Spanish. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Dental Caries, Dental hygiene, Infant health, Oral health, Oral health care, Periodontal diseases, Pregnant women, Spanish language materials, Videotapes

Annotation: This video provides information for parents about how to keep their infant’s mouth healthy. It discusses the importance of eating healthy foods and practicing good oral hygiene before and during pregnancy and the relationship between infant feeding practices and oral health and overall health. The video also explains why it is important to avoid putting an infant to bed with a bottle and why beverages with natural or added sugar should never be put in a bottle. The proper way to clean an infant’s gums and teeth is demonstrated, and the importance of the age 1 dental visit is discussed. The video is available in English and in Spanish.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Dental Caries, Dental hygiene, Infant health, Nutrition, Oral health, Spanish language materials, Videotapes