|
| |
| Children's
Dental Health Month |
| The annual observance of children's dental health began as a one-day event in Cleveland, Ohio on February 3, 1941.
The American Dental Association held the first national observance of Children's Dental Health Day on February 8, 1949. This single day observance became a week-long event in 1955. In 1981, the program was extended to a month-long celebration known today as
National Children's Dental Health Month. |
|
|
Previous
Health Topics |
BOSS
Ads |
Since 1941, the observance has grown from a two-city event into a nationwide program. NCDHM messages reach millions of people in communities across the country and at numerous armed service bases abroad. Local observances often include poster, coloring, and essay contests, health fairs, free dental screenings, museum exhibits, classroom presentations and dental office tours.
The American Dental Association produces a program planning kit for its state and local societies and dental alliances to assist them in local promotional efforts. Planning kits include a poster, planning workbook, suggested resources, reproducible handouts, and publicity information. Posters are also available to the dental societies for use in classroom visits.
|
Accessible
Medical Care
Laser
skin care, anti-aging
301-588-6696
Acumedicine
Associates
Acupuncture Therapy
(301) 562-0305
Greenberg
& Lieberman
Legal Services
See
your message here
|
| Give
Kids a Smile
|
On Friday, February 4, 2005, the nation's dentists will provide free oral health care services to thousands of low-income children across the country. The ADA's third annual Give Kids A Smile® national children's dental access day, during National Children's Dental Health Month, will enhance the oral health of large numbers of needy children. Give Kids A Smile activities also highlight for policy makers the ongoing challenges that low-income and disabled children face in accessing dental care.
The overarching concept of the initiative is to create a national umbrella for the numerous charitable education, screening, prevention and comprehensive treatment programs already in existence by having as many of them as possible occur on the same day. At the same time, the campaign provides a framework for identifying, cataloging and recognizing the many access programs that take place throughout the year.
Recognizing the need for flexibility and that full-service dentistry is neither feasible nor appropriate in every case, Give Kids A Smile welcomes essentially any activity that addresses the needs of underserved children, from tooth-brushing demonstrations in schools to group activities to public and private clinics where thousands of dentists will provide care.
|
| Tooth
Development Children & Youth
|
| Tooth
Development
Teeth vary in size, shape and their location in the
jaws. These differences enable teeth to work together to help you chew,
speak and smile. They also help give your face its shape and form.
At birth people usually have 20 primary (baby) teeth,
which often erupt as early as six months of age. They are then shed at
various times throughout childhood. By age 21, all 32 of the permanent
teeth have usually erupted.
Primary Teeth Eruption Chart
Permanent Teeth Eruption Chart
Download the following eruption charts:
|
|
Translate
this page to another language! |
|
|
