Classroom dental health programs are an integral
component of the development of the whole child. Dental health education
programs that are part of the total health curriculum can have a
positive impact towards reducing dental disease, the most widespread
public health problem among California’s school age population
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Pre-school |
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5 Simple Tips to Keep Children’s
Teeth Healthy and Strong
Fact sheet for parents from the California Dental Hygienists’
Association |
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“Brush Up on Healthy Teeth”
Simple Steps for Kids Smiles. A tip sheet for parents, quiz
and poster to color. Also available in Spanish.
www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/factsheets/brushup.htm |
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“Denta-Claus? Santa Floss? The Tooth Fairy?:
Dental Books for Children”
An extensive guide to the books written for children about dental
health.
www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/about/exhibits/kids |
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“Let’s Talk Teeth”
A teacher’s resource for dental health education lesson
plans and craft projects for preschool through kindergarten.
www.AtoZTeacherStuff.com/Themes/teeth/index.shtml |
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Primary Grades |
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Tooth Facts for Kids
Dental health information for children from the American Dental
Hygienists’ Association. Includes tooth facts for kids
and interactive dental health games.
www.adha.org/kidstuff/index.html |
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Smile City
Dental health information for children from the Canadian Dental
Hygienist’s Association. Includes a special parent and
teacher page, games and activities in French and English.
www.smilecity.ca/ |
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Open Wide and Trek Inside
An oral health curriculum developed by the National Institutes
of Health and the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial
Research designed for grades 1-2
http://science-education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/ESDental?openForm&CS_21=false& |
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Dental Health Education Units for Kindergarten through
First Grade
Includes book and video lists, songs, poems, language, math
and art activites.
www.kinderhive.net/teeth.html |
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Dental Health Education Lesson Plans for Grades 1
through 5
A collection of lesson plans for dental health units from teacher
and commercial resources.
www.AtoZTeacherStuff.com/Themes/teeth/index.shtml |
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The Truth About Teeth
Dental and general health information written for children from
the Nemours Foundation Center for Children’s Health. Topics
include: tooth anatomy, oral hygiene, cavities, braces and bruxism.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/teeth_noSW.html |
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Snack Smart
An easy to read booklet on health snacking. Describes the decay
process and includes a poster with tips for health snacking.
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/EB5532D3-D259-40E1-ACFE-522DA23C2AB6/5016/SnackSmartforHealthyTeeth1.pdf
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Milk Matters
A coloring book for young children focusing on the importance
of calcium for healthy teeth.
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/book0115/coloringbook0115.pdf |
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Middle and High School |
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Adolescent
Oral Health
Fact sheet from the American Dental Hygienists's Association |
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National Institute of Health Office of Science Education
Curriculum supplements for middle and high school students
http://Science-education.nih.gov/ |
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Taking Care of Your Teeth
Information directed towards adolescents from the Nemours Foundation.
Includes general health subjects as well as dental health topics
including oral hygiene, decay, diet, and bad breath.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/take_care/teeth.html |
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Tobacco Cessation Materials for the Classroom |
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Spitting into the Wind
The Facts about Dip and Chew
A brochure highlighting the health risks associated with spit
tobacco use and addiction with advice for quitting
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/DiseasesAndConditions/SpitTobacco/SpittingIntoTheWind.htm |
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Spit Tobacco: A Guide for Quitting
A booklet written for young men who have decided to quit using
spit tobacco. The pamphlet contains a quit plan as well as information
on over the counter and prescription medications to help quit
the nicotine habit.
www.nidr.nih.gov/health/newsandhealth/spittobacco |
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Take a Close Look at What the Tobacco Industry Won’t
Show You
A poster showing the effects of oral cancer.
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/DiseasesAndConditions/SpitTobacco/TobaccoIndustryWontShowYou.htm |
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Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org |
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Tobacco Education Clearing House of California
www.tecc.org/public
Materials available include: Loose the Chew Cessation Packet,
Want to Quit Chewing? Brochure, Chewing Tobacco Trading Cards,
Friends Don’t Give Friends Cance, Lose the Chew Poster |
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Quitting Chew. A PDF fact sheet from California Smokers
Helpline
http://www.californiasmokershelpline.org/Information/pdf_files/Quitting_Chew.pdf |
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Oral Health America’s National Spit Tobacco
Education Program
www.nstep.org |
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Teaching Aids for Classroom Education
Program |
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Classroom education aids from the American Dental
Hygienists’ Association
www.adha.org/shopping/patient.htm |
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Interactive Tools and Illustrations
Interactive teaching aids and original illustrations from the
University of Pennsylvania Simple Steps to Better Dental Health
Website
www.simplestepsdental.com/SS/ihtSS/r.WSIHW000/st.31843/t.31843/pr.3.html |
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Zoo Animal Teaching Aids
Puppet animals with dental models and an oversized toothbrush.
Links to dental poems, plays and classroom activities.
www.teachingaid.com
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