Dental Health Month

Mommy can’t believe it is already February (time flies when you are having fun…)!  Oliver is still on the mend, so instead of writing about his sick silliness she decided to write about how February is Dental Health Month. 

Mommy was helping Oliver take care of his teeth the other night, and she told him about her job at T.O.O.T.H.—Teaching Oral Optimism Throughout Humboldt.  He liked hearing about how she taught about taking good care of your teeth to most of the elementary students in the county, she met tons of wonderful people, and was known as “the tooth girl!”  (It was fun exploring all the small towns and backroads too!)  Oliver likes when Mommy “sweeps” the back of his teeth to get them clean.  We also talk a lot about plaque attacks—that usually motivates him to brush his teeth! 

Here is a link to some cool activities that you can do with children to teach them more about oral health!

Brushing his teeth, he always brushes his tongue too!  

We are still working on flossing...Amy and Sienna have

a cute bedtime routine, Sienna likes to floss!

Oliver sometimes brushes Mommy's teeth too...this was fun,

but hard to take a picture of, it made us laugh!

This was in the Times-Standard when Mommy

worked for T.O.O.T.H in 2004.  Mommy loved

those big chompers, the students always gasped when

she brought them out!  Mommy also had a puppet 

named Max. (Mommy's puppet had a really nice smile!)

Happy February and Happy Dental Health Month!!

Remember:

Brush for at least 2 minutes using circles.

Floss every day.

Eat healthy foods and limit sugar to keep 

your teeth healthy and strong!!!