<< back to DENTAL HEALTH topics

For more information on dental care for you and your child, visit these web sites:

About Smiles
The dental health information in this site is divided to address the concerns of the following age groups and categories: 0 to 3 years of age, 3 to 6 years, 6 to 12 years, adolescents, adults, women, and children and adults with special needs.
http://www.aboutsmiles.com

Academy of General Dentistry
This web site is for both consumers and dentists. Its consumer information includes an interactive site to ask dentists questions, information on how to find a dentist, and fact sheets on an extensive list of oral health topics, such as pregnancy and oral health, fluoride, babies' dental health, and articles in Spanish and French.
http://www.agd.org/consumer/topics/children/main.html

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)
The AAPD's web site provides dental health information in question-and-answer form. Some of the topics it covers are dental care for your baby, dental visits, sucking on thumbs or pacifiers, and diet.
http://www.aapd.org/pediatricinformation/faq.asp

American Dental Association (ADA)
The ADA web site covers most topics related to dental health. To find a topic, you can browse its A-to-Z listing or search by category. The site includes a Kids Corner as well as tips for both parents and women. The Kids Corner includes games for children to teach them about dental health.
http://www.ada.org/public/topics/index.asp

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Oral Health Resources
This site gives a list of simple steps to keep your child's smile healthy, as well as an oral health quiz for parents.
http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/factsheets/brushup.htm

Colgate-Palmolive
The Colgate-Palmolive site contains an extensive amount of oral health information. Its information about children's oral health is geared for both adults and children. The section Colgate Kids includes information about children's oral health, games for kids, classroom kits for teachers, and activities for kids and parents.
http://www.colgate.com/cp/oralcare.class/oralhealthcenter/oc_articlelist.jsp?keyword=177&name=life_stages

Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility published its concern about the effects of prenatal exposure to fluoride on the developing brain in the book In Harms Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development.  The section that discusses fluoride can be found at this link on page 90 in chapter six.
http://www.igc.org/psr/ihw-report_dwnld.htm#ihwRptDwnld

Illinois Department of Public Health
The Illinois Department of Public Health's oral health web page is part of a more extensive site on many public health topics. Its oral health section includes fact sheets about baby bottle tooth decay, dental sealants, cleft lip and cleft palate, and dental health during pregnancy, as well as a coloring book for kids.
http://www.idph.state.il.us/HealthWellness/oralhlth

The Kids Dentist
A pediatric dentist in Illinois created this site that covers most topics concerning children's dental health in a friendly and personal manner.
http://www.thekidsdds.com/ped.htm

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
NIDCR has published several brochures on children's dental health topics, including your baby's oral health, the importance of calcium, what sealants are and how they work, healthy snacking, and the tooth decay process. These brochures are available in Spanish and English. In addition to its brochures, the site includes a children's coloring book that teaches the importance of calcium.
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health

NIDCR's information about oral conditions in children with special needs can be found at this National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse site.
http://www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov/pubs/oral_conditions/index.htm