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Show your young students an 8 minute video about tooth-healthy snacks for school. This is an edited segment of the 1st grade presentation by our hygienist, Dianne Powers, that focuses on snacks. Many thanks to Karen Robinson and the students in her Londonderry High School TV Production and Radio Broadcasting class! 

Healthy Snacks  (8 min)

Oral health is an important part of overall health, and so Children’s Dental Network offers teachers in participating schools the opportunity to have a dental hygienist deliver an oral health presentation to their students. These presentations are available for students in kindergarten through grade 5, and may be offered at various times during the school year. February is National Children's Dental Health Month. That is a wonderful time for teachers to utilize our oral health videos listed below. Thank you to the Salem High School technology department for making these videos possible.

Oral Health Practices for K & Grade 1  (16 min)

Oral Health Practices for Grades 2 & 3  (20 min)

Oral Health Practices for Grades 4 & 5  (20 min)

Our hygienists collaborate with school nurses, secretaries and principals to notify teachers when dates and times are available for their school.

Topics that we cover include the following:

PreK and Kindergarten  Introduction to good dental care: visiting the dentist, brushing technique, flossing and fluoride

Grade 1 Choosing healthy snacks for teeth, proper brushing habits, flossing, fluoride and a unique movie about sealants

Grade 2 and Grade 3 Focused on prevention: review of toothbrushing and flossing techniques, introduction to ADA-approved dental products, importance of daily fluoride exposure, appropriate snacks to maintain good oral and overall health and lastly, a hands-on brushing activity. An interactive true or false game to review optimal dental health; a true test to see how much they have absorbed from previous years!

Grade 4 and Grade 5 A modern Power Point to introduce how oral health is part of overall health. We include information on the effects of sugary beverages and their acid content on teeth and gums. Basic home care is reviewed and students are encouraged to put their best efforts into the responsibility of personal hygiene and healthy habits. Gingivitis is discussed, how cavities develop and how ADA approved products containing fluoride can help keep teeth stronger. A Ted-Ed video wraps up sharing a basic history on what causes cavities and how they have been treated through the years. 

A double-sided handout is available for each grade. You can download handouts here.

Pre-K and Kindergarten Toothbrush Chart Toothbrush Count Activity

Grade 1 Choose Healthy Snacks Parent Letter

Grade 2 Brushing Chart Prevent Dental Problems

Grade 3 Test Yourself and Your Family How to Floss

Grade 4 Grade 5

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23 Classroom Activities for Dental Health Month

• Christopher Olson
• February 2, 2022
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“Brush-a, brush-a brush-a”… anytime I pick up a toothbrush I act like the sleepover scene in the movie “Grease”.   This is of course before I start a refrain of “Look at me I’m Sandra Dee” in the mirror.   Alright, now that I am finished embarrassing myself let’s get back to the topic at hand… Classroom Activities for Dental Health Month.

February has numerous celebrations, holidays, and recognition sprinkled throughout. When the word February is mentioned with celebrations, most tend to think about Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, and even Groundhog Day.  However, February also happens to be Dental Health Awareness Month.  For all of your February holiday-themed activities, head over to ETTC Premium. You can find activities for all of the holidays this month and the entire year. 

1. FREE Toothbrushes

I wanted to start off this awesome list with something tangible for you and your students!  Colgate has a great program for Primary Educators that offers free classroom kits! The Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures ®  classroom kit is full of easy-to-use classroom materials, plus Colgate ® toothpaste, and toothbrush samples for 24 head start, kindergarteners, or first-grade students.  Sign up today to receive your free kits!

2.  Losing Teeth Writing Prompt

Another thing that you should know about me is that I find teeth extremely gross.  Wiggly teeth make me queasy and teeth that fall out are just ugh!  So what do my students do best?  Immediately run into the room opening their mouths and saying “Mr. Olson, look at my wiggly tooth” as they continue to move it back and forth!  So, I do what we do as educators and make a big deal about it.  What better way to allow students to tell you their loose tooth stories than to write about them!?

3. ‘Egg-Ceptional Smiles’

Ready to show how your students can have an ‘egg-ceptional’ smile?  I’m sorry, an exceptional smile?  Grab these items and let your students explore in this hands-on brushing and flossing activity.

• Egg cartons
• White paint
• Yarn (for floss)

This activity teaches them about plaque hiding places and the importance of brushing well! Start by “brushing the teeth” using the white paint, toothbrush, and egg carton.

Once the paint is dry, it’s time to floss! Work with your students to place “plaque” (play-dough) in between each egg carton crack. Then use the yarn (floss) to remove the dough from each tooth.

4. Healthy Teeth Fluency Passage

Help your students practice oral fluency and accuracy while learning the best ways to take care of their teeth. Grab a version of this passage that works for your students. There are 4 different levels of passages ( Practically First ,  First Grade ,  Second Grade , and  Third Grade ).

5. Brush the Tartar Away

Young students?  Laminate pictures of a cut-out tooth.  Draw some “plaque” on it with an expo marker.  Using a real toothbrush, allow students to brush away the tartar and plaque for a clean and healthy tooth. 

Make this activity academic by having the “plaque” be a letter or number.  The student must brush the plaque according to the sound you made or identify the number stated.  

6. Race to Lose a Tooth: A Math Counting Game

A great math game using two pieces of pink paper, marshmallows, and dice.  Rolling the dice to lose the teeth, is the perfect subtraction math game. Feel free to adapt this game by making your own classroom rules (for example: if you roll a 1 or 6 you must add teeth back) or use two dice to play with more marshmallow spaces.

7. Healthy Foods Sort

Print off two large clip art tooth images or have your students draw and cut a large tooth on a piece of paper. Label each tooth.  One labeled “Healthy Foods” and the other “Not So Healthy Foods”.  Provide students with various magazines, newspapers, and online clipart opportunities.  Allow students to search and find different pictures of foods.  Next, students need to work together to determine which food fits each category.

Or, if magazines are hard to come by, I have a healthy foods sort all ready to go for you.

8. Tooth ‘Eggsperiment’

Did you like the experiment in Number 4?  Then you are going to LOVE this rendition!  Similar steps, however this time you are using items that students may actually drink and use like orange soda and kool-aid!  Allow students to record their observations with the included observational form!

9. Snack Time!

Looking for a fun Dental Health snack that students can make themselves?  How about their own grinning apples?   All the students need are:

• two slices of an apple
• peanut butter
• marshmallows

Students can spread the peanut butter (gums) onto the two apple slices (lips).  Place the marshmallows (teeth) in between the two apple slices to create their very own mouth model.  Upgrade your snack with pretzel stick toothbrushes.

10. Brushing Your Teeth Sequencing Puzzle

Here is a hands-on activity direct from my sequencing centers.  Allow students to arrange the pieces of the puzzle from what happens first, next, then, etc. until you end with the last piece of the puzzle.

11. Why Do We Brush Our Teeth?

SciShow for Kids is always my ‘go-to’ Youtube channel!  Check out this informative, yet short and engaging video to let your students know the importance of brushing their teeth!

12.  I Can Take Care of My Teeth Mini-Book

“I Can Take Care of My Teeth” from my No Prep Monthly Mini-Books are just perfect for whole group or small group activities!  The writing prompt gives your students the opportunity to make a connection and respond to the story.  The writing prompt will encourage speaking and listening skills by allowing students to share their writing within their small groups.

13. Tooth Money

Besides loose teeth, children also love talking about the “Tooth Fairy” and what the Fairy left for them.  Cut out some teeth and glue or print off images of various coins on them that the Tooth Fairy left behind.  Have students count them up and document them.  Laminate and have students write their answers in an expo marker on the tooth itself for independent/small group practice. 

14.  Growing Plaque Science Experiment

Just like Virginia is for Teachers  states: “This has to be one of the grossest science experiments ever… but that’s exactly why you have to try it in your classroom!” By using yeast students will see how plaque will grow and how gross it may look when sugar is added to the mixture.  This is the perfect lesson to show how sugar in our mouths creates plaque too.

15. Lego Flossing

Here is an activity similar to number 3 on this list.  However, it involves one of the students’ favorite items… legos !  Take a lego block and place some playdough on top sticking it between the knobs.  Provide your student with a piece of real dental floss and have them floss the dough out.  This is a great fine motor activity for all.

16. 5 Senses Writing

Science lesson AND writing!?!  I mean what could be a better combination?  Oh yeah, just a sprinkle of health with the importance of toothpaste and dental health!  This writing mat is a component of the Second Grade Literacy Centers for the month of October.  Or if you are looking for yearlong Math, ELA, Writing centers, activities, and more check out the bundle option as well!

Bring a tube or multiple tubes of toothpaste into your classroom and let students explore.  Using their sight allows your students to describe all aspects of the toothpaste. They can unscrew the cap and smell it, and even squirt a tiny bit on their fingers and let them taste it.

17.  Teeth Brushing Chart

I had a coworker print off monthly charts for the month of February.  Each day she would give the student a sticker to place on their chart that was displayed in the hallway. If they brushed their teeth before coming to school in the morning they received a sticker.  She would give them another sticker if they brushed their teeth last night before going to bed.  Super cute… and surprising how honest kids are. 

18.  Toothpaste Slime

I don’t know why I am so obsessed with slime! I don’t even like touching it, but I just think it is so cool and the students do too!  Slime is such a popular, engaging, and easy science lesson/experiment so let’s tie it into Dental Health Month too!  The special thing with THIS recipe?!?  Still Playing School ‘s recipe looks like ACTUAL TOOTHPASTE!  I even have these little tooth holders that I bought in bulk several years back and don’t know what else to do with them besides waiting for a tooth to fall.  Here is my answer!

19. Apple Cavity Experiment

Have you ever had an apple with a bruise or a small hole in it?  What happened to the area surrounding the hole in the apple?  Exactly, it got discolored, soft, rotten around the area, and spreads.  Guess what?  That’s exactly what happens with a cavity!

The hard enamel surface of your teeth protects them, much like the skin of an apple protects the fruit inside. After poking the apple with a pencil or scissor point, allow it to sit for 24 hours before exploring and cutting into it.

20. Readers Theatre

Readers Theatre is probably THE favorite activity for me.  I love to see how creative my students get when I allow them to practice reading the script, create their own costumes, and create their own scenery.  Since February is the month of Dental Health Awareness, I have this great “Trip to the Dentist” play and comprehension questions to go alongside the play.

Not only are your students participating in the play, able to answer the comprehension questions, but the audience listening and watching can answer them as well!

21. Dental Health Educational Websites

• Activities and lesson plans for educators with resources and presentations.  This website offers a dental health curriculum, Smile Smarts!, for preschool through grade eight students offering flexible, modular lesson plans, support materials, hands-on classroom demonstrations, student activity sheets, and suggestions for future dental health activities.
• Ready to make your students’ and families’ Tooth Fairy experience more special?  Check out Delta Dental’s Tooth Fairy Resources!  Letters to and from the tooth fairy are included, activities, as well as certificates, are included on this cute and great website!
• The ADA website offers educators posters, resource guides, and tons of activities including coloring sheets and activity sheets.  My favorite part of this website?  That it offers all its materials in both English and Spanish!

22. Dental Health Read Alouds

No list from Christopher Olson wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t offer a read-aloud list!  My favorite activity, if you haven’t learned yet about me, is pairing a lesson and activity with a book!  Check out some of these texts to add to your classroom library!

Just Going To The Dentist by Mercer Mayer (aff)

Teeth Rex Brushes His Teeth by Dee Smith (aff)

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller (aff)

The Tooth Book by Edward Miller (aff)

What If You Had Animal Teeth? by Sandra Markle (aff)

Whose Teeth Are These? by Wayne Lynch (aff)

Brush Your Teeth Please! by Leslie Mcguire (aff)

Pete the Cat and The Lost Tooth by James Dean (aff)

Bear’s Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson (aff)

How to Catch The Tooth Fairy by Adam Wallace (aff)

23. Dental Health Listen and Color

There is always time to work on listening comprehension and following directions. You can practice these  skills while keeping with your theme. Read aloud each direction and have your students follow them in the image given. Or, if your students are able to read on their own, place this page in a center and have them read and follow the directions indepedently.

Whether you choose some texts or some science activities, this list of 23 Classroom Activities for Dental Health Month has a little bit of everything for you!  Hey, you can even take every activity off of this list and fill your entire month!  How amazing does that sound!?   

Anything I’m missing from this Dental Health Activity list?  Let me know in the comments below!  Even better let’s see some pictures of your students’ hard work on some of these awesome resources and activities!  Remember… “Brush-a, brush-a, brush-a”!  Smile wide this month!

Written By: Christopher Olson

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30 Fun Ways to Teach Kids About Oral Health

Poor oral health causes kids to miss up to 51 million hours of class time each year and can have a negative impact on their future success. Since February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and Gum Disease Awareness Month, there is no better time to teach kids about keeping their smiles healthy!

You don’t have to be a dental professional to teach kids about proper oral health. Whether you’re a teacher, a parent, or simply someone who wants to help kids in your community live healthier lives, we’ve compiled lots of engaging resources to make teaching easy and learning fun!

Educational resources from America’s ToothFairy:

• Can you educate at least 250 children each year? Click here to learn more about our ToothFairy 101® Community Education Kit and custom Resource Kits for eligible entities providing oral health education and outreach. ‍
• Visit our Resources Page for free downloadable materials to teach kids about the importance of a healthy mouth. (Scroll to the bottom for a selection of materials in languages other than English.) ‍ Other great resources:

Get additional activity sheets and more from the American Dental Association

The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss My First Visit to the Dentist by Eve Marleau The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist by Stan and Jan Berenstain Brush, Brush, Brush! by Alicia Padron Sugarbug Doug: All About Cavities, Plaque, and Teeth by Dr. Ben Magleby Check out this free Kindle book for young children that addresses fear of the dentist: A Visit to the Dentist Can be Fun , by Janaina Resende Ferreira de Faria (available in English , Spanish , Chinese , and Portuguese .

For caregivers: Your Child’s Teeth by Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss

For educators and public health advocates: Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

Check out this great video for young children from our friend, the Native American ToothFairy:

Other great videos:

Catch the Nasties (Colgate) What Causes Cavities? (Mel Rosenberg) What Causes Bad Breath? (Mel Rosenberg) Life Stages of Oral Health: Ages 13-19 Teen Teeth (Delta Dental of Arizona) Top 10 Dental Hygiene Tips: Oral Hygiene (Watch Mojo) 10 Ways to Brush Your Teeth (Life Hacks) Vaping Risks - What Vaping Can Do to Your Mouth (Dr. Joseph Nemeth, Periodontist) What Snus (Smokeless Tobacco) Can Do To Your Gums (Dr. Joseph Nemeth, Periodontist) Braces Care Routine (Teeth Talk Girl) Just for fun (Teeth Talk Girl) For Children with Special Needs: What Happens at the Dentist Office (Boston Children’s Hospital)

‍ Fun activities to encourage brushing:

• Conduct a science experiment simulating tooth enamel using hard boiled eggs. Check out this example from Pre-K Pages that is easy to adapt for older children too. ‍
• Make your own toothpaste: 4 tsp. Baking soda 1 tsp. Salt 1 tsp. Flavoring (such as peppermint extract) Mix and store in an airtight container. Extra fun: name your toothpaste and create a label for the container. ‍
• Create oral health posters to hang around school. Have students vote on the best poster and award a prize. ‍
• Carefully cut the bottom off of a plastic soda bottle. Paint it white to resemble a tooth. Make a runny paste with flour and water (add food coloring if you like) and splatter it on the tooth to resemble food and plaque. Let it harden. Have children attempt to brush the flour mixture away. Show how difficult it is once it has hardened versus before it has had a chance to sit on the “tooth”. Reinforce the importance of brushing for 2 minutes, 2 times each day. (Alternative: use a white egg carton instead of making a tooth.) Or check out this fun version with a plaster mold and hardened Play-Doh. 

Teach kids about the importance of flossing:

• Young children can practice their technique using Lego/Duplo blocks (shown right), egg cartons or ice cube trays. Stick Play-Doh between and around the base of “teeth” and give the children floss to remove it. Stress the importance of flossing not only to remove food from between the teeth but also to remove plaque below the gum line to prevent the buildup of tartar. ‍ Click here for more information about proper flossing technique. ‍
• Craft: Marshmallow Mouth This fun craft is more than a silly tooth-themed project. Use it to teach children proper flossing technique. Download the easy instructions here . ( Adapt this activity for younger kids .)

Teach kids about foods that are healthy for their teeth.

• Cut apart a white styrofoam egg carton to make little “teeth”. Give each child their own “tooth” and have them select a snack from a list of foods that include both tooth-friendly and unhealthy options. If they select a tooth-friendly food, use a highlighter or dry erase marker to color food spots on their tooth. If they select an unhealthy food, use a Sharpie or permanent black marker to color food spots on their tooth. Now give the child a toothbrush to brush away their food spots. Explain that the healthy foods are easy to brush away but the unhealthy foods are hard to brush away and can lead to cavities. ‍ (Refer to our 5 Core Lessons Packet for help with teaching about how unhealthy foods affect our teeth.) ‍
• Show how sugar helps plaque grow with a science experiment called “ Plaque Attack! ” It’s a great way to simulate how sugar feeds the oral bacteria that cause tooth decay and gum disease. Check out this article that explains how plaque affects our oral health and how to remove it.

Other great resources:

This Blog Post from Dental Associates of Florida includes lots of fun, interactive games about oral health. (Thank you to our young friend Stella for sharing this resource!)

We’d love to see your National Children’s Dental Health Month projects in action. Be sure to follow us on Facebook , Twitter or Instagram and tag us in your posts! ‍

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Dental Health for First Grade

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Did you know that February is Dental Health month?

It's the perfect time to teach your first grade students about how to take care of their teeth and what to expect when they go to the dentist. 

This is a very fun age to talk about dental health with because most students don't begin losing their first teeth until they are 6 years old, which is typically their Kindergarten or First Grade year! 

So of course, we have to throw in some fun creative writing about the tooth fairy! 

In this post, I outline all of the different types of activities that I use to teach my first grade students about dental health and going to the dentist! 

Learning Facts about Dental Health

As I mentioned earlier, first grade students SHOULD be familiar with how to take care of their teeth, because this is around the time they start losing them. 

However, you would be surprised how many first grade students have never even been to the dentist, much less know the proper routines and tools needed to take care of their teeth. 

So, I start this unit with some basic vocabulary: dentist, tooth, cavity, toothbrush, etc. 

You can see one of my favorite books to use during this dental health unit “ The Tooth Book ” over on the left.

I love this book because it has incredible diagrams and other nonfiction text features that really help students understand their teeth and the harm that can be caused by cavities. 

You can see more of my favorite books about dental health (along with affiliate links) at the bottom of this post. 

Facts about Dentist and Teeth for First Grade

There are SO many different things you can teach about dental health, but you have to keep in mind that your students are young and some have very limited knowledge about dental health. 

I love the activity on the right called “Going to the Dentist” because you can make it as basic or as advanced as you want to. 

This is typically an activity that we do together, but the bottom of the page is a really great opportunity for sparking your students creativity! 

Also on the right, you can see an activity called “Tools for your Teeth”. I think this is such an important activity because it forces students to write about what they have learned about the different tools they need to properly take care of their teeth. 

Learning about the Dentist

Learning about the dentist for first grade students offers two great opportunities. 

First, students learn what a dentist does. This helps them not be so anxious when they do go visit the dentist to get their teeth cleaned and examined. 

Second, this provides an opportunity for students to start thinking about future job opportunities. They can put themselves in a dentist's shoes and write about what their job would be like if they were a dentist. 

Dental Health Interactive Journals

Once we have spent a few days learning about how to take care of our teeth, I assign my students an interactive journal. 

Interactive journals are a great activity to practice fine motor skills. It's also different and a little more fun than “just another worksheet”. 

The interactive journal you see on the right is my favorite because students have to compare and contrast good and bad habits for taking care of your teeth. 

You can differentiate this to meet the needs of all of your students by setting your expectations. You can have students simply draw and label, or for more of a challenge, you can have students write 2-3 sentences. 

The Tooth Fairy for First Grade

As I mentioned earlier, since this is around the time that first grade students start losing their teeth, I love to wrap up this dental health unit by writing about the tooth fairy. 

You can see one my favorite books for this writing assignment on the left called “ You Think It's easy Being the Tooth Fairy? “. 

We read this book together, then I have students write what it would be like to be the tooth fairy. 

Dental Health Activities for First Grade

All of the Dental Health activities mentioned in this post can be found in my No Prep Dental Health Science Unit here: 

Books about Dental Health

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The Tooth Fairy Experience is easy for teachers, school librarians, and school nurses to introduce to K-2 students. The lesson plans and storybook readings are fun and interactive. Best of all, it’s FREE!

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The Tooth Fairy is available to visit classrooms virtually – as well as for in-person learning. The 20-30 minute interactive presentations can be customized for each learning environment, including a storybook reading, fun teeth facts, proper brushing technique, tooth science experiment and sugar demonstration.

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Lesson Plan One: Caring for Your Smile

The Tooth Fairy took the time to create easy-to-use lesson plans that teachers and school nurses can implement in their classrooms to educate students about healthy smiles. The lesson plans are designed to be used with the “Caring for Your Smile” video to engage young students (K-2) in learning about dental health.

• Lesson plan includes:
• An introduction to the video
• Ideas to encourage class discussion
• Questions to reinforce learning concepts
• Additional facts about dental health not covered in the video

Lesson Plan Two: The Importance of Baby Teeth

The Tooth Fairy took the time to create easy-to-use lesson plans that teachers and school nurses can implement in their classrooms to educate students about healthy smiles. The lesson plans are designed to be used with the “The Importance of Baby Teeth” video to engage young students (K-2) in learning about dental health.

Lesson Plan Three: Feeding Your Smile

The Tooth Fairy took the time to create easy-to-use lesson plans that teachers and school nurses can implement in their classrooms to educate students about healthy smiles. The lesson plans are designed to be used with the “Feeding Your Smile” video to engage young students (K-2) in learning about dental health.

Caring for Your Smile Worksheets

The “Caring for Your Smile” worksheets are an engaging way for children to participate in learning about proper dental hygiene. Students can complete the worksheets right in the classroom — encouraging them to remember how to properly care for their teeth and gums when they’re at home.

• What foods promote good dental health
• How to prevent cavities through proper brushing and flossing
• Why teeth are important

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• Sep 13, 2021

26 Ways to Teach Kids About Oral Health

Teaching kids about dental health is so important and can be both educational and fun! To help you ensure your kids learn about dentistry while still having fun, we put together a list of videos, activities, coloring books, activities and educational curriculum examples.

Learn about the transition through infant, toddler, and childhood dental care with Delta Dental's video From Drool to School.

Join the Bright Smiles team of heroes from Colgate to learn about how to take care of their teeth and stop the villainous Duke of Decay in this heroic Training Sequence video!

This " How To Have A Bright Smile " video from Colgate shows Dr. Rabbit teaching all about brushing, flossing, and how cavities are formed in your mouth.

Make two minutes of brushing go a lot faster and feel a lot more fun with this My Bright Smile 2-minute song from Colgate.

The American Dental Association offers a bunch of fun-themed activity sheets and coloring pages about dental health and hygiene, some that are even themed for special holidays and times of the year.

Dudley & Friends Activity Book , featuring dental-themed word searches, mazes, and crossword puzzles is great for kids in 3rd grade and up.

The Dental Health Activity book for 3rd and 4th graders is full of dozens of dot marking, coloring, and cut-out activities. You can even get yours personalized!

The Dental Fun Book features the Tough Tooth Team and fun activities like coloring pages, word searches, sudoku, find the differences and more fun for kids between kindergarten and 4th grade.

Brushing with Dee Dee & Dudley is a dinosaur coloring book of familiar dinosaur characters brushing and flossing for kids from preschool through 2nd grade.

Dudley Visits the Dentist Coloring & Storybook is a combination reading book and coloring book about Dudley's first visit to the dentist for young readers!

The Dudley and Friends Play-Along Activity Book features a huge variety of connect the dots, mazes, word scrambles, crossword puzzles, quizzes, and much more for kids from kindergarten through 4th grade.

This Healthy Foods coloring page , Tooth Brushing coloring page , and Tooth Brushing Self Portrait coloring page from the Delta Dental Foundation are great for a kid who loves coloring and taking care of their own teeth!

Activities from the Delta Dental Foundation include a chance to write a letter to the tooth fairy , play this maze to help a toothbrush find its tooth , and play this maze to help the tangled floss find its way into the mouth !

Colgate has lots of fun activities for kids on their website, such as the Bright Smiles Crossword Puzzle , the Tooth Defender Maze Challenge , this Bright Smiles Word Matching Activity , and the Bright Smiles Word Search.

If you're looking for a fun scientific demonstration to do with your family or classroom, the American Dental Association offers some fun how-tos for demonstrations for healthy tooth habits that you can recreate at home or school.

To keep up with good habits at home, use this fun jungle-themed wall chart to track the two most important things a kid can do each day; brush twice, and read for twenty minutes!

This Acid Attack science experiment from the Delta Dental Foundation uses vinegar and chicken bones to learn about the damaging effects of acid on your teeth.

This Egg-citing Experiment from the Delta Dental Foundation teaches kids about how the food and drink they consume can stain and tarnish their tooth enamel.

This Fantastic Floss activity from the Delta Dental foundation teaches kids about how flossing is important, even when you brush your teeth thoroughly!

The Fabulous Fluoride activity from the Delta Dental Foundation demonstrates the protective nature of fluoride and its important role in strengthening and protecting our teeth.

The Think Before You Drink activity from the Delta Dental Foundation shows kids how sugary drinks can be detrimental to the health of their teeth.

Teachers can use the Smile Smarts Dental Health Curriculum from the American Dental Association, which teaches kids about what teeth do for our bodies, how to care for your teeth, what plaque is, and why it's important to regularly visit the dentist. The curriculum features modules for children as young as Pre-K and as old as 8th grade.

Elementary teachers can use these lesson plans from the Delta Dental Foundation for 1st grade , 2nd grade , 3rd grade , and 4th grade with resources, lesson plans, and hands-on experiments to do with your class.

4th and 5th-grade teachers can use this curriculum from the Indiana Dental Association that features lesson plans, presentations, and instructions for hands-on projects that teach students about the damaging effect that sugary drinks can have on their dental health.

Middle and high school teachers and use these Career Resources from the American Dental Association to teach students about the important role that dentists play in society and help guide students who have an interest in dentistry as a profession.

Colgate has created a comprehensive teacher guide for Pre-K and Head Start teachers on oral health lessons and resources.

If you have any additional questions about your child's oral hygiene, please feel free to contact us at Urbana Pediatric Dentistry. To learn more about Urbana Pediatric Dentistry visit our About Us page. For more tips and information feel free to Contact Us and follow us on social media on Instagram @urbanapediatricdentistry and Facebook @urbanapediatricdentistry .

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Lesson Plans on Dental Health for First Grade

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• Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 1 & 2
• Tags : Teaching grades pre k to 5

This dental health lesson plan for first grade will have your students begging to brush their teeth when they see firsthand how easily many of the liquids they drink can stain their teeth.

Small, plastic cups

Water, milk, grape juice and cola

Toothbrushes and toothpaste

Science journals (or blank paper), pencils and crayons

Prior Knowledge

Use this lesson as part of a dental health unit. Your students should know good dental habits like brushing and flossing and they should be familiar with the parts of a tooth like the enamel, gums and pulp.

Tell the class that you are going to do an experiment to show how certain drinks affect their teeth and why brushing is so important. Show the class the eggs and explain that the white shells of the eggs are similar to the enamel on their teeth. Show the students the four drinks that you will be using - water, milk, cola and grape juice. Pour some of each into a small cup and then place one egg in each cup.

Ask the students to predict which of the liquids are harmful to the teeth and to write their predictions in their science journals or onto a blank piece of paper if you don’t keep science journals. They can also predict what they think will happen to the eggs after being left in the liquids.

Next have the students draw the experiment in their journals under their predictions. They can draw the eggs in the cups and label each cup with the liquid it holds. Leave the eggs in the liquids for at least a few hours. You can also leave them overnight and finish the experiment the following day.

After a few hours remove the eggs from the liquids and show them to the class. Talk about about what happened and which eggs were stained. Ask if they have any ideas of how they can remove the stains from the eggs. What do they think will happen if they brush the eggs using toothpaste and toothbrushes?

Place a small amount of toothpaste on a toothbrush and let students take turns brushing the eggs. Discuss what happened.

In their journals, have them write and draw what happened to the eggs after soaking in the liquids and after being brushed. Then have them write about what they learned from the experiment.

Look at their journals. Did they draw and label the experiment correctly? Did their conclusions make sense? Hopefully they wrote that sugary drinks like grape juice and cola will stain their teeth and that brushing helps remove stains from teeth or something similar.

To show how acids from the sugars and starches in the foods we eat can weaken the tooth enamel, soak an egg in vinegar overnight and then observe how the shell gets soft .

Your first graders will love learning about taking care of their teeth with this fun lesson plan on dental health!

This post is part of the series: First Grade Dental Health Lesson Plans

These dental health lesson plans and activities are great for a first grade dental health unit. You’ll find fun ideas for teaching students about their teeth and ways to integrate dental health across the curriculum.

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• Activities for a First Grade Dental Health Unit
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Resources for lifelong dental health

Not sure how to choose a dentist? When should your child see a dentist? What can you expect at a visit?

Download printable resources and lesson plans to help children of all ages learn about oral health. 

From welcoming the tooth fairy to keeping your smile safe on the field or court, these activities offer dental health lessons kids can use year-round.

Brushing Calendar

Sports Safety

National Nutrition Month

Back to School

Tooth Fairy

Defeat Monster Mouth

Color and Count

Oral Health Made Easy

Sesame Street

From “floss-some” Valentines to scarily cute Halloween pumpkin carving stencils, we’ve got everything you need to bring good dental health habits into your holiday celebrations!

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In February, the ADA celebrates National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM) with resources to help parents, educators, community centers, dental professionals and dental societies engage kids in caring for their teeth. Explore colorful posters, flyers, postcards and tips for planning a successful event around this special awareness month.

Observed annually on March 20, the purpose of World Oral Health Day is “to empower people with the knowledge, tools and confidence to secure good oral health.” An initiative of FDI World Dental Federation, each World Oral Health Day launches a global campaign aimed at governments and policymakers, the healthcare community, schools and individuals to help reduce the burden of oral diseases and raise awareness of the importance of oral hygiene to overall well-being.

Smile Smarts! is a collection of four dental health curriculum plans for preschool through grade eight students offering flexible, modular lesson plans, support materials, hands-on classroom demonstrations, student activity sheets, and suggestions for future dental health activities.

Shining Smiles!

Shining Smiles! helps children ages 4 through 7 develop good dental health habits that can last a lifetime!

This program from the American Dental Association:

• Helps children ages 4 through 7 understand the importance of their teeth.
• Provides basic information, appropriate to their age and experience, about keeping teeth clean and healthy.
• Introduces the dentist as a friendly doctor who helps them take care of their teeth.

Start Teaching: Shining Smiles!

• Tiny Teeth Do Big Jobs (PDF)
• Keeping Teeth Bright and Healthy (PDF)
• A Visit to the Dentist (PDF)

A Lifetime of Healthy Smiles!

An engaging classroom lesson in good dental health habits for 2nd and 3rd grade students.

A Lifetime of Healthy Smiles! will help your students develop good dental hygiene habits that can last a lifetime! This program from the American Dental Association:

• Encourages students to think about and discuss the importance of their teeth.
• Provides information on good dental health appropriate to their age and experience.

Reinforces dentists' instructions on properly caring for teeth.

Start Teaching: A Lifetime of Healthy Smiles!

• Teeth Are Terrific (PDF)
• Plaque Attack (PDF)
• You Have Power (PDF)

Teeth to Treasure!

A lively classroom lesson for 4th through 6th grade students showing how taking good care of our teeth is something each of us can do.

Teeth to Treasure! reinforces good dental hygiene habits and focuses on special activities and conditions that require extra "tooth attention." This program from the American Dental Association:

• Helps instill in students a sense of competence and responsibility for keeping their teeth clean and healthy.
• Provides information on good dental health and tooth protection appropriate to their age and lifestyle.

Start Teaching: Teeth to Treasure!

• Protect Your Prized Possession (PDF)
• Extra Protection for Terrific Teeth (PDF)

Watch Your Mouth!

A dynamic and thought-provoking classroom lesson for 7th and 8th grade students.

Watch Your Mouth! shows how informed teens can make smart choices to protect their teeth and health. Watch Your Mouth! also reinforces good dental hygiene habits and focuses on special activities and conditions that require extra "tooth attention." This program from the American Dental Association:

Helps instill in students a sense of competence and responsibility for caring for their teeth and mouth.

Provides accurate and timely information on behaviors that can cause dental health problems, such as mouth piercing and tobacco use.

Associated Common Core ELA standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.B

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.6

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.4

Start Teaching: Watch Your Mouth!

Oral Health and You Presentation (PDF)

Crossword Puzzle (PDF)

Crossword Puzzle Answer Key (PDF)

Be Smart About Your Smile (PDF)

Going the Extra Smile (PDF)

Why are sugary drinks bad for teeth? And what’s the best way to make sure your teeth are clean? Teach kids how to better protect their teeth with these easy (and fun!) demonstrations.

An apple a d(ec)ay

Building egg-celent, healthy teeth

Peanut butter fingers

Use these resources for interactive discussions with children about their oral health.

Easy-to-do Activities

The following activities from the National Children's Dental Health Month Program Planning Guide contain easy-to-do activities that can be done at any time. National Children's Dental Health Month takes place every February and strives to help children get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.

Dental Health Speakers

Contact the local dental society in your area to inquire about having a dental health month speaker come to your classroom.

Print and Video Resources

The American Dental Association produces a wide variety of educational materials, including pamphlets, posters, teaching packets and audiovisuals which can be viewed and purchased through the ADA Store .

Drinks Destroy Teeth

Free app for fun, interactive lessons about the effect of acid and sugar in popular drinks on teeth. Features videos, 3D mouth, vocabulary and a short quiz. Free curriculum resources are available on DrinksDestroyTeeth.org , an educational outreach program of the Indiana Dental Association.

Healthy habits

Name some things that you do to keep your body healthy. There are daily health habits that everyone needs to practice, such as eating a proper diet, exercising, bathing, and sleeping. Caring for your mouth is as important as caring for the rest of your body. Cleaning teeth and gums removes a sticky film of plaque. Plaque contains harmful bacteria that can cause tooth decay.

My Plate explanation

Show the USDA 'Choose My Plate' chart to children. Explain/review the food groups and why each is important for healthy bodies and teeth. List the five main food groups on a chalkboard or easel (grain, fruit, vegetable, dairy and protein). Have children discuss some of their favorite foods and write them under the appropriate group. Bring enough healthy snacks to share with the children and ask them to identify its food group. Free reproducible MyPlate sheets for children are available from the United States Department of Agriculture .

Primary teeth

Have children raise their hand if they had a tooth that fell out. Ask one or two children to describe what it feels like without the tooth. Discuss baby teeth. Some teeth are supposed to come out. They are called the "baby" teeth or "primary" teeth. After a baby tooth comes out, another tooth will come in. This new tooth must last for many, many years. You must take extra special care by brushing each day. (See also: Eruption charts: Primary Teeth and Permanent Teeth )

Tooth Function

Ask children to make a list of what foods can be eaten without teeth and what foods must be chewed. Without teeth you couldn't chew crunchy foods like carrots, nuts, or apples. Have children pronounce the alphabet and tell which sounds are made by using the teeth, tongue, and lips. If you didn't have any teeth, it wouldn't be easy to say teeth, toys, or toothbrush.

Have you had students express an interest in science? Let them know that a career in dentistry opens up a world of professional opportunities. Here are some resources for you to share to get them started!

Why choose dentistry?

There are many reasons to choose dentistry as a career. Dentistry offers an opportunity to make a difference in your patients’ health and well-being. It's a career that allows you a chance to be your own boss and own a dental practice. New exciting scientific breakthroughs in gene therapy and biotechnology offer dentists an opportunity to preserve their patients’ smiles and self-esteem.

Have questions such as:

• What's unique about dentistry?
• What does a dentist do?
• How to prepare for a career in dentistry?
• What career options are available?

Download the Dentistry Fact Sheet  (PDF) and find answers.

Dentistry career options

Dentistry offers stimulating career options. In addition to private practice, excellent opportunities exist in teaching and research, careers with government agencies or in industry.

• Private Practice: Many dentists work either in solo private practice or in partnerships with other dentists. The majority of private practice dentists own their practices.
• Academic Dentistry: An academic dentistry career combines teaching, research, community service and patient care. Faculty members work in an intellectually stimulating and exciting academic environment. Career opportunities for academic dentists are excellent at this time. Additional information is available at the American Dental Education Association .
• Public Health Dentistry: This career focuses on community settings rather than private practice. Promoting dental health, developing health policy and preventing disease are the major roles of a public health dentist. Numerous opportunities exist in research and teaching within public health dentistry. The U.S. Public Health Service offers dentists an opportunity to provide dental care in unique cultural environments (e.g., an Indian Reservation, Coast Guard base, or Federal Prison).
• Research: Research careers offer opportunities to generate new knowledge and be on the cutting edge of scientific discoveries that ultimately impact patient care. Some of the latest research improving patient care includes lasers in surgery, implants to replace damaged bone and computerized X-rays. Many researchers are faculty at universities while others work in federal facilities, such as the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research , and the National Institutes of Health ; or in private industry. A career in research requires an advanced degree or additional training beyond the dental degree.
• International Health Care: Dentists provide services to populations abroad and work for such agencies as the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Many dentists volunteer to bring dentistry to aid people in developing countries.
• Hospital dentistry: Hospital dentists treat patients with medical conditions and disabilities alongside physician colleagues, often in operating rooms and emergency departments. Hospital dentists usually have a strong interest in medicine and collaborative care and have spent a year or more training in a hospital-based setting after dental school.

A career as a dental specialist

The majority of the 164,000 practicing dentists today are general practitioners. The remainder (about 20 percent) are dental specialists who limit their practices to one of the 12 ADA recognized dental specialties. The 12 dental specialties are: Dental Anesthesiology, Dental Public Health, Endodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, Orofacial Pain, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics and Prosthodontics. In addition to four years of dental school, two or more additional years of dental specialty education are required.

Select a dental school

There are more than 60 dental schools in the United States accredited by the ADA's Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Each program is rigorously evaluated for its content and quality. Typically, DDS/DMD programs take four years to complete with an additional year for dental specialties like Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pediatric Dentistry.

Admission to dental school is highly competitive, but the application process has never been easier. Most U.S. dental schools accept a single online application through the American Association of Dental Schools Application Service (AADSAS) .

Dental school admissions

Prerequisites

Students should contact individual dental schools for specific prerequisite information. Required courses generally include:

• 8 hours Biology with lab
• 8 hours Physics
• 8 hours English
• 8 hours General Chemistry with lab
• 8 hours Organic Chemistry with lab

Majoring in science is not a must, but completion of predental science requirements is necessary.

A college undergraduate degree is recommended in preparation for dental school. Most dental students have completed four years of college.

Dental Admissions Test (DAT)

Take the DAT at least a year prior to seeking admission to dental school. This computerized test measures general academic ability, comprehension of scientific information and perceptual ability. Completion of at least one year of college level courses in biology and general and organic chemistry is recommended before taking the DAT.

Admissions committees review credentials such as academic qualifications, the results from the Dental Admissions Test (DAT), grade point average (GPA), letters of recommendation, personal interviews and dental office shadowing experiences. Admission requirements can vary from school to school.

Most dental schools require personal interviews with candidates to assess qualities such as desire to help people, self-confidence, ability to meet challenges, ability to get along with people and capacity to work independently. The personal interview also provides an opportunity to ask about the school.

Apply for admission at least a year in advance of the planned enrollment date. Most dental schools participate in the Associated American Dental Schools Application Service (AADSAS). For a fee, students can subscribe to this service and complete a single application to apply to multiple dental schools. An online application to the schools participating in AADSAS is available here . The AADSAS toll-free number is 800-353-2237.

• Get the most current information on how to apply for the DAT
• View a list of ADA Commission-accredited U.S. and Canadian dental schools

Pay for dental school

Dental school, like other graduate and professional programs, is a significant investment. Over 90 percent of dental students take out loans to finance their education. Consult the ADA’s Financial Resources for Students  for detailed information about financial planning and effective debt management.

Be a Dental Team Member

There is a great demand for dental team positions like dental hygienists, dental assistants and dental lab technicians. Hygienists and assistants interact closely with patients to ensure a high level of care, while dental lab technicians work behind-the-scenes, designing the dentures, crowns and braces used by dentists.

All dental team careers are well paid with flexible hours and the educational costs and commitment aren’t as significant as dental school. Learn more about accredited training programs .

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Our dental hygienists and assistants can host multiple educational sessions at your school! We cater our presentations to the age range we’re presenting to from Pre-K-5th grade. You can expect about half an hour of interactive full-filled games and demonstrations. Our goal is to help kids retain healthy habits that will last a lifetime! That’s why our team uses a variety of visual props including puppets, giant toothbrushes, and more to keep the kids engaged and involved in a fun learning experience.

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Did you know that Pennsylvania’s Department of Health requires children to receive dental examinations in 3rd and 7th grade? This also applies to kids when they first attend a new school. According to a study by Delta Dental , more than 30% of children ages 6-12 in the US miss more than 9 million school days due to oral health problems. Studies have even shown that kids with healthy oral habits are more likely to succeed in school with better grades . We’re on a mission to change that, but we need your help! Request a Visual Dental Screening or School Dental Presentation for your school to help get your student’s smiles on track!

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While the visual dental screening does not include any x-rays or dental treatment, our staff’s observations will provide a recommendation for their parent or guardian to take the next steps to ensure their child’s optimal oral health following the screening. After a parent or guardian reviews their child’s Visual Dental Screening Assessment, we encourage parents to schedule an appointment for their child’s full dental examination at one of our locations. 

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