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In This
Issue:
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Redesigned
ADA Web Site Provides Oral Health Lesson Plans,
Presentations, Games and More
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Head Start
Dental Health Curriculum Available Online
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"Milk
Matters" Campaign Provides Free Educational
Resources
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Smithsonian,
NIDCR Produce Virtual Exhibit on Faces
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Is It
Wiser Not Having Wisdom Teeth?
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Delta
Dental's "Kid's Club" Adds Coloring Pages
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Lasers
Blaze New Trail in Dentistry
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AGD Poll
Shows Teens Neglect Their Mouths
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From Basic
Necessity to Trendy Accessory, the Lowly Toothbrush
Comes of Age
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The American Dental Association (ADA)
recently redesigned its Web site to include more
resources than ever for teachers and students, including
age appropriate presentations, games and animations,
online stories and science experiments. For more on what
is available, read
on.
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Head Start, which offers child
development programs for children from low-income
families, has developed a comprehensive curriculum to
teach young children about the importance of dental
health. The program is available online. To find out
what it includes and how to access it, read
more. |
"Milk Matters" is a
nationwide campaign sponsored by the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to educate
people about the importance of calcium for building
healthy bones and teeth. To find out how to obtain free
campaign materials, including fact sheets, posters and
coloring books, read
on. |
An online museum exhibition, called
"About Faces: The Postwar Boom in Craniofacial
Knowledge," provides a detailed look at the science
of our faces, including the oral cavity. To find out
more about the exhibit and how to view it, read
more. |
According to an article in the April
2003 Journal of the American Dental Association, people
might be better off if their wisdom teeth did not
develop. Here's
why. |
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The Kid's Club section of our Web
site recently added a downloadable coloring page, which
is updated each month. For more on our Kid's Club
features and how to access them, read
on. |
| From grocery store checkout
scanners to military weapon guidance systems, lasers are
a part of our everyday lives. Dentists are using lasers,
too, virtually eliminating the need for anesthesia and
without the noise that accompanies other dental
equipment. For more about how lasers are used in
dentistry, read
on. |
| Teeth whitening and straight
teeth are top concerns to teens, yet their poor oral
health care can prevent these desired results, according
to an online membership poll conducted by the Academy of
General Dentistry (AGD). For more on this survey, read
on. |
| Over the past two decades,
toothbrush manufacturers have poured millions of dollars
and thousands of man-hours into building a better
toothbrush. Along the way, they have built the U.S. oral
care market into a $3.4 billion industry, changed the
brushing habits of millions and turned the lowly
toothbrush into a trendy lifestyle accessory. For more
on the toothbrush, read on. |
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