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In This
Issue:
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Athletes
Can End Every Game With A Smile If They Wear Mouth
Guards
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Free
Resources For Teachers
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Spanish
Language Dental Health Resources Available Through CDC
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Second-Hand
Smoke, Tooth Decay Linked
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From
Necessity To Trendy, The Lowly Toothbrush Comes Of Age
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Fast-Paced
Lifestyle Eroding Teens' Teeth
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CDC
Combats Tooth Decay In Schoolchildren In 2003
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How To
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As the weather heats up, kids head to
the athletic field. Whatever their sport, one of their
most important pieces of equipment is the mouth guard.
For more on when and why children need them, and what
type to consider, click
here.
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Looking for ideas to add something
new to your health-related lesson plans? For a list of
Web sites to get started, click
here. |
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) has developed several publications
aimed at Spanish-speaking children and their parents.
For more on the publications, including how to download
them, click
here. |
There have been a number of studies
about the effects of second-hand smoke on children. Now
there is another, this time linking second-hand smoke to
cavities. To read about this groundbreaking study, chick
here. |
The once lowly toothbrush has evolved
into a $3.4 billion industry in the United States. To
find out what the Academy of General Dentistry says
about it, click
here. |
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A nutrition bar and a soda may be all
that busy teens have time to eat these days. But
on-the-run dieting may be ruining their teeth and
overall health, according to a study published in the
January/February 2003 issue of General Dentistry,
the Academy of General Dentistry's clinical,
peer-reviewed journal. For more on this study, click
here. |
| The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken on oral health
issues, and one of its goals for 2003 is the prevention
of painful, costly and preventable oral-health problems,
such as cavities. To find out about its initiatives, click
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