Tooth Injuries (See: Teeth - When A Tooth Is Knocked Out)
Keep holding the tooth in place with fingers or press aluminium foil over the replaced tooth and teeth near it. Or get the child to bite down on a soft cloth pad (gauze or a clean handkerchief) to hold the tooth in position. This also helps stop ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Susan Schade
Illus. in full color. Poor Walter has not only lost a tooth, he's also managed to lose his lost tooth. His chances of getting his quarter look slim, and the apprentice tooth fairy assigned to pick up the tooth is in ... [... more]
Random House |
Dummies
Serious and rapid tooth decay can result if dummies are dipped in sugary substances such as honey, jam, condensed milk, malt or vitamin C syrups. Sucking your child's dummy can also increase the risk of tooth decay by transferring bacteria from ... [... more]
Better Health |
Teeth Development In Children
The term 'eruption' refers to the tooth breaking through the gum line. In babies, tooth eruption is also called teething. The timing of tooth eruption differs from one child to the next. For example, one child may cut their first tooth when only ... [... more]
Better Health |
Teeth And Drug Use
Methamphetamine - also called speed, ice or meth. This drug causes severe tooth decay in a very short time. Dental professionals have coined the term 'meth mouth' to describe the extensive damage typically caused by this drug. Methamphetamine is ... [... more]
Better Health |
Dental Care - Preventing Infant Tooth Decay
Seventy-five per cent of Victorians have access to fluoride in their water. If your drinking water is not fluoridated, seek professional dental advice about the use of fluoride toothpaste for children. A dental professional may advise more ... [... more]
Better Health |
Tooth Loss In Children
From the age of about six years, baby teeth start to become 'wobbly' and fall out to make way for adult teeth. It is perfectly normal for a child to lose their first tooth up to a year or two earlier or later than six years of age. Girls ... [... more]
Better Health |
Teeth - Dental Care For Children
Babies who breastfeed continuously or frequently at night after they have cut some teeth can also have sugars staying in their mouth for a long time and may develop tooth decay. Detach your baby from the nipple when the feed is finished. When ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Knocked Out Tooth
So, your face has come into contact with... a ball..., a bat...., the ground..., the car seat..., some bit of your friend, and you now have a gap in your smile! A tooth has been knocked out. If it's a baby tooth, that's not a big deal, but if ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Mark Leyner
Mark Leyner is the author of My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist; Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog; I Smell Esther Williams; Et Tu Babe; and The Tetherballs of Bougainville. He has written scripts for a variety of films and ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Jon Buller
Jon Buller has illustrated 26 books for children including Snug House, Bug House and No Tooth, No Quarter, both of which he co-wrote with his wife, Susan Schade. ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Geoffrey Hayes
Geoffrey Hayes's many popular books for children include the My First I Can Read Book Thump and Plunk, Bear by Himself, The Patrick Bear Books, and many beginning reader adventure; about Uncle Tooth and Otto. He ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
