Girl Activity Pack

Learn to Love Your Dentist

Contents Page

• Dental Care- Brushing Your Teeth

- Clean Between Your Teeth- Control Food In Your Diet

- Chewing Gum

• Activity Pack- Dot to Dot

- Wordsearch- Crosswords

- Colouring Pages

• Facts Page-SpotTheDifference

• Dental Cavities

• Dental Quiz - True or False

Dental Care

Brushing your teeth• Brush at least twice a day. Make sure you brush every

surface of every tooth. To do this properly can take longer than you think. Most dentists would recommend around two minutes.

• Usefluoridetoothpastetoprotectagainstdecay.• Use a toothbrush with a small head and synthetic

bristles.• Start at one side of your mouth and move round to the

other side, brushing all the tooth surfaces thoroughly.• Pay particular attention to the gumline, angling the

bristles into the crevice where the gums meet the teeth.• Replace your toothbrush every month.

Clean between your teethDentalflossremovesplaqueandfoodwhihcistrappedinbetween, these are areas which a toothbrush cannot reach thereforeissignificant

Control food in your dietEating sugary food and drink encourages tooth decay, dont eatacidicfoodordrinkssuchasfizzydrinksorcitrusfriutjuices between meals

Chewing gumHaving gum after a meal stimulates the production of saliva, whichhelpstoneutraliseplaqueacid.

Activity Pack

Wordsearch

BreathCavitiesChewCupDental SurgeonDentistEnamelErosionFilling

Floss FluorideGingivitisGumlineGums MolarsMouthwashPeriodonalRoot Canal

Smile TeethTooth Fairy ToothbrushToothpasteToothpickWhitening

Across1. The doctor who looks at your teeth.4. Where a smile is found.5. To see your teeth, you____ your mouth7. I like the ____ of ice crea,m8. Sugarless gum is fun to ____10. ____ your teeth at least twice a day.11. The ____machine takes pictures of teeth.12. ____day it is important to take care of your teeth.13. Teeth allow you to take a big ___ from an apple.16. Another name for a test is-___18. Teeth help you to ____ food.19. This tooth is located in the back of the mouth.20. It is good to keep your teeth

Down1. A dentist is a tooth ____2. This is used on a toothbrush to clean teeth3. My ____ is also in my mouth.6. The teeth I keep forever are called ____ teeth.8. When a tooth has decay it is called a ____.9. The ____ likes to leave a gift under your pillow when you lose a tooth.10.Thesearethefirstteethinthemouth then they come out for the permanent teeth.14. This is what the dentist checks in your mouth.15. The opposite of pull.17. When something is no longer new, it is____.

colouring book

Facts Page

•Oralcancerisaseriousdentaldiseasewhichhasbecomemore popular due to the poor dental hygiene. •Thekeyfactorstoavoidingthisisvisityourdentistregu-larly and avoiding tobacco and sugary foods

•Asafactyouaremeanttobrushyourteethforatleastthree minutes long.

•Usepeasizeamountoftoothpastewhenyouarebrushingyour teeth.

•Mostchildrenwillhaveafullsetof20milkteethbythetimetheyarethreeyearsold.Whentheyreachfiveorsixfallout making way for adult teeth. Adult teeth grows when you are over 10.

Spotthesixdifferences.

•Anyofthelastteethoneachsideoftheupperandlowerjaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt is called the wisdom tooth.

•Thewisdomteethdon’tcomethroughproperlyoratall,therefore it is usually removed.

•Therearethreetypesofteeth,thesearetheincisorsusedfor cutting and chopping food. Canine teeth which helps tear the food. Premolars which help crush the food and finallythemolarsareformashingupthefood•Partofthetooththatyoucanseeabovethegumiscalledthe crown. This is covered in hard, shiny enamel.

•Thisenamelisthehardestthinginthebodyanditprotectsthe more sensitive inside parts of the tooth.

Dental Cavitites

Cavities are lesions on the teeth. To put it in simple terms, they are holes on the teeth.

PlaqueandtartarPlaqueisastickywhitefilmthatiscontinuouslyformedoneverybody’steeth.Itconsistsoffoodparticles,bacteriaetc.It is the main cause of all dental diseases.

How are cavities formed?The sugar that we eat gets stuck on the surface of teeth in theformofplaque.Thereitdegeneratesbytheactionofbacteria and in this process acids are released. They attack tooth enamel and make it soft. After such attacks the enam-el completely breaks down and a small cavity is formed.

Do chocolates cause cavities?Anfoodstuffwhichcontainsalargeamountofsugarcancause cavities. Sweets, chocolates, candies, biscuits etc. have a lot of sugar in them. Furthermore, they are very sticky and accumulate on the tooth surfaces. They therefore causecavities.Itisthelocalactionofthesesugaryfoodstuffsthat cause, cavities if the sugars were to go directly into the stomach then there would be no cavities.

Nowadays,theconsumptionofsugaryfoodstuffshasincreased. An isolated bout of indulgence in sweets is of no consequence.Itisrepeatedattacksofsweetsonthetoothsurface that cause cavities.

Dental Quiz

1. If your gums bleed, you have gum disease.

True

False

2. Gingivitis, an early form of gum disease caused by inad-equateremovalofplaque,isreversible.

True

False

3.Healthyteethandgumsreflectyourbody’soverallhealth.

True

False

4.Dentistsrecommendfluorideconsumptionforadultsandchildren of all ages.

True

False

Make sure you brush twice a day!