In This
Issue:
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Resources Available to Help
Schools Celebrate National Children's Dental Health
Month
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Delta Dental's Captain
Supertooth Visits Schools Throughout National
Children's Dental Health Month
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Health News Written by Experts
for Kids at KidsHealth Web Site
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Parents First Defense Against
Children's Poor Oral Health
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New Report Finds Improvements in
Oral Health of Americans
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Nationwide Survey Finds Parents
Understand Importance of Good Oral Health
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Cranberries Could Hold Key to
Preventing Cavities, Say Dental Researchers
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Some Medications May Promote
Tooth Decay
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Delta Dental Foundation Grants
$75,000 to Newark Public School
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February is National Children's
Dental Health Month, a time to focus kids' attention on
the importance of oral health to their overall health.
The American Dental Association offers free resources to
help teach children of all ages about taking care of
their teeth. To find out how to access these resources,
read
on.
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Free Captain Supertooth programs will
take place in more than 30 schools this month, National
Children's Dental Health Month. Captain Supertooth teaches
elementary school children about the benefits of good oral
hygiene. To find out how to place your school on the
waiting list, and receive a free Captain Supertooth video
(in either English or Spanish), read
more. |
KidsHealth (www.kidshealth.org) is a
popular health-related Web site written for children. The
site, created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for
Children's Health Media, features many articles about oral
health written for children and teens. For more
information,
read
on. |
Parents who educate their children
about the importance of healthy foods and encourage them
to brush their teeth regularly can help drastically reduce
their children's chances of developing oral health
problems. To find out what specifically parents can do to
foster good oral health habits in their children,
read
on. |
| The oral health status of
Americans has significantly improved during the past
decade, according to a report by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes
of Health (NIH). A greater percentage of children and
teens have never had tooth decay in their permanent teeth.
Still, the report also indicates that more effort is
needed to improve the oral health of low income Americans.
For more on the report's findings,
read
on. |
| Most parents take time to
teach their children about oral health, according to a
recent survey of 1,165 adults with children. More than 8
in 10 said that daily oral health care is at least as
important as daily exercise. For more survey findings,
read
on. |
Dental researchers at the University of Rochester Medical
Center recently discovered that cranberry juice holds
important clues for preventing cavities. The juice makes
it difficult for the bacteria that cause cavities to cling
to tooth surfaces. For more about cranberries and tooth
decay, read on. |
Many antihistamine syrups contain low pH levels and high
acidity, which can be a dangerous combination for a
child's teeth, according to a report by the Academy of
General Dentistry. The sugar in the medication combined
with the acids dissolve dental enamel, causing erosion.
For more on this report, read on. |
Over the next several years, Delta Dental of New Jersey's
philanthropic arm, the Delta Dental of New Jersey
Foundation, will grant Newark Public Schools $75,000.
Monies will be awarded to provide supplies and equipment
for the Allied Health Sciences Academy-Dental Pathway, a
program geared to equip students with
dental-industry-specific job skills at the new Central
High School. For more about this grant,
read on. |
