Dental Health Care Center

Dental health month is common activity which you can find in many preschools. This activity is performed to support the children health program. The first national children’s dental month was held in Cleveland. It is now held nationwide every February. If you are planning to hold dental health month preschool, here are some aspects to consider.

The first thing to remember is dental health month preschool is all about the dental health. However, since it is for preschool students, you need to make it fun and interesting for them. It is a good idea for you to involve the parents and caregivers to give demonstration of dental health and regular dental checkups. You need to inform the children and parents to know that February is the dental month. There will be dental health themed bulleting boards in February. You can use the posters which are given by American Dental Association. As another option, you can also create the poster by your own. Do not forget to include the colorful pictures and the list of activities in your class during the month. Encourage parents to join the program. You are recommended to provide the list for local dentists in the area and ask the parents to take active role in oral health of their children.

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Dental health month preschool is also good moment to bring the dental treatment to your students. It is known that many children are scared of dental visit. Invite dentist or dental hygienist to your classroom. You can give understanding to your students that dentists are not something to be scared of and ease their fear. During their invite, the dentist or dental hygienist should bring their tools, goggles, and face mask which are usually worn during examination. The dentist can give explanation on the usage of the tools. Ask the dentist to explain about dental health, cavities, and tooth decay. During dental health month preschool, it is also recommended for the dentist to give proper demonstration on brushing and flossing. You should give times for the children to ask questions.

Create fun and interesting activities to introduce the dental health. You might want to print some food pictures and ask your students to choose which foods are healthy for teeth and foods cause cavities. You can make a game to help your students learning about it. Make sure you give explanation on the importance of brushing and flushing after eating foods to prevent the cavities. The main concept of dental health month preschool is introducing the dental health through fun and educating activities.

Kindergarten dental health lesson and activities are important to teach the children about the teeth. Usually, the lesson is including the teeth’s structure, the position of the teeth, how to care of teeth, and the impacts of the teeth if it is not taken care properly. In teaching the lesson to the younger children, you should make it fun and interesting. By learning the dental health in fun and interesting way, the children can learn it well. You might also teach the activities which can reduce the anxiety feeling in the children to go to the dentists.

When you are giving the kindergarten dental health lesson, the first lesson should discuss and demonstrate the importance of good dental health habits. After finishing this lesson, you can continue with discussing and demonstrating the importance of the clean hands and body. In teaching the lesson, you should be supported with necessary materials. The teachers might work together with the school nurse to present the dental health care lesson. You need to give understanding to the students about the importance and the function of flossing and brushing. Request the students to start to care of their teeth.

Work with the nurse to give demonstration how to brush teeth. You can use the mouth and mouth model. Before demonstrating the toothbrush process, you should explain about the plaque. You need to ask the student to bring their toothbrush to do the practice. If you start the kindergarten dental health lesson, it is even better if you explain about the teeth structure by using the teeth model.

It is important for you to explain that even though the teeth are strong but they are also vulnerable. You should explain to the students that they can get cavities on their teeth if they do not brush and floss their teeth. Encourage them to eat healthily and schedule the regular visit to their dentists.

Some children are still not familiar with the dental floss. In doing this lesson, you should give the explanation to use the dental floss. Do not forget to ask them to practice with the floss. The lesson is including some things. The first thing is making the tooth brush. You can use the construction paper to handle the toothbrush. Use the brown paper towel which is folded with strips cut for the brush. The next tool is the lost tooth packet and chart. You can make the envelope shaped packet to keep a lost tooth in.

You might also need the tooth puppet from lunch sack. You should add the body parts including eye, mouth, and hands on the tooth. Do not forget to cut some pictures of mouths and teeths from magazine to form a collage. Some teachers even hold a dramatic play center. You should equip the center with white jackets or gowns, gloves, reclining chair, flashlight, appointment book, and much more. The dramatic play can be good encouragement to introduce the children to the dentist office. It is known that some children are afraid to go to the dentist. You can start giving the courage the children that the dentists are not scary. In teaching kindergarten dental health lesson, you should make the lesson fun and interesting so the children are happy.

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