How to Keep Your Teeth and Mouth Healthy Devon NHS How to Keep Your Teeth and Mouth Healthy Today we are going to talk about how to keep our teeth and mouth healthy.

Today....... Teeth Gums What can go wrong How to prevent it Healthy eating We will be looking at… Tooth decay; What it looks like; What causes it; How you can stop it from happening; How to look after your teeth and gums. .

We use our teeth for...... Talking Smiling Eating What do we use our teeth for? Eating: We use our front teeth for biting , our back teeth for chewing. Talking: We use our teeth to help us talk. Smiling: We show our teeth when we smile.

Animals have teeth Animals have different types of teeth depending on what they use their teeth for. Gorillas teeth are similar to ours. Crocodiles only have canine teeth.

Twice a day for two minutes We brush our teeth...... Morning Night We brush our teeth twice a day . In the morning and just before we go to bed. We should not have anything to eat or drink after we have brushed our teeth. You need to brush your teeth for two minutes. Twice a day for two minutes

Check your toothbrush regularly. Change your brush every 3 months. You should change your toothbrush when it starts to look like the green one or every 3 months. You should not share a brush as bacteria can go into your mouth from the brush. And don’t share.

containing 1350 to 1500 ppm fluoride Family fluoride toothpaste Pea sized amount of toothpaste for children over 3 years of age Use a pea sized amount of family fluoride toothpaste which contains 1350 to 1500 parts per million of fluoride. The amount of fluoride can be found on the back of the toothpaste tube. containing 1350 to 1500 ppm fluoride 7

X Use a dry toothbrush When you brush your teeth use a dry toothbrush. Spit out but do not rinse.

Why do we brush our teeth..... We brush our teeth to remove plaque. This is shown by the yellow band between the teeth and gums.

We need help with brushing. A grown up will need to help you with tooth brushing until you are 8 years old.

Healthy Mouth If we look after our teeth we can have a healthy mouth.

Visit the Dentist Regularly You need to visit the dentist regularly. The dentist will look at your teeth, count them and show you how to look after them.

Healthy Snacks – Choose Carefully Bread Breadsticks Vegetables If you need a snack between meals, then choose healthy food and drinks. These items are healthy snacks which do not contain sugar. Fruit Crackers Sandwiches

Snacks that should be kept to mealtimes Cereal Bar Sweet Popcorn Cakes Sugary and sticky foods and sweets are foods that can be eaten at mealtimes only - not like ‘everyday’ foods that can be eaten all the time. Dried Fruit Sweets Biscuits Acknowledgement of graphic source: NSW Department of Health. Early childhood oral health guidelines for child health professionals. Sydney. NSW Department of Health, 2009

Safe drinks between meals Safe drinks between meals are water and milk. Water Milk

Drinks that may damage your teeth There are lots of drinks that can damage teeth. All juices including orange and apple. All fizzy drinks including sugar free. If you add anything to water or milk like milkshake that changes the milk it can damage your teeth. All these drinks should be kept to special occasions and have them at mealtimes.

If you take a drink to bed this should only be WATER (milk can cause damage to teeth at night times) If you take a drink to bed with you it should only be water. Milk can cause damage to teeth during the night. Have milk during the day.

Guide to a Healthy Mouth Brushing your teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste Healthy eating Regular visits to the dentist The healthier your teeth are the happier you will be! To have a healthy mouth make sure you: Brush your teeth twice a day. Eat healthily. Visit the dentist regularly.

Look after your teeth. Look after your teeth.

Thanks to… Centre for Oral Health Strategy NSW NSW Oral Health Promotion Network NSW Little Smiles Advisory Committee With thanks to NSW Oral Health Promotion Network NSW Little Smiles Advisory Committee