Dental care - preventing infant tooth decay
Babies and toddlers need care for their teeth and gums. Dental caries (tooth decay) can occur in babies. Breastfeeding can protect teeth. Bottle feeding should be monitored. Babies and toddlers should not drink juices or soft drinks. Babies and ... [... more]
Better Health |
Teeth - when a tooth is knocked out
When children or adults fall or have a blow to the face sometimes one of their teeth is knocked out. With quick action a permanent tooth that has been knocked out can often be saved. South Australian Dental Service Health Promotion Unit (08) 8222 ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Tooth loss in children
Even though baby teeth are designed to ultimately fall out, they are still important. Baby teeth allow the child to chew food, and they reserve the spaces in gum tissue for future adult teeth. Knocked-out teeth can be saved if they are properly ... [... more]
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What does a tooth look like?
Your first teeth are called deciduous teeth. They may also be called milk teeth, baby teeth or primary teeth. It is important to look after your first teeth and permanent teeth. Keeping your teeth, gums and mouth clean and healthy can prevent ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Knocked out tooth
So, your face has come into contact withâEUR¦ a ballâEUR¦, a batâEUR¦., the groundâEUR¦, the car seatâEUR¦, some bit of your friend, and you now have a gap in your smile! A tooth has been [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Blainville's Beaked Whale
Lateral view of right tooth of an adult male Blainville's Beaked Whale (Drawn from Fig. 14D Ridgeway & Harrison, 1989). These whales, also known as 'Dense-beaked Whales', are brownish or blue-grey dorsally, and paler ventrally, with dark eye ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale
Lateral view of right tooth of an adult male Gingko-toothed Beaked Whale(Drawn from Fig. 14F Ridgeway & Harrison, 1989). This species was described by Japanese scientists, Nishiwaki and Kamiya, in 1958 from an animal stranded on a beach near ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
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 television shows. His writing ... [... 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. Mr. Buller lives in Lyme, CT. [... 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 lives in San Francisco, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Alan Durant
On her first day of vacation, Holly finds a mermaid's purse on the beach. She wants to give it back, but has a few questions for the mermaid first. Imagine how... Holly's tooth has fallen out, but she's not sure she wants to give it to the Tooth ... [... more]
Random House |
Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth
What should Little Rabbit do with her loose tooth when it comes out in a dish of chocolate ice cream? Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth Wear it on a necklace? Draw stars around it and hang it on the wall? Try to buy some candy with it? Or leave it ... [... more]
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