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Teachingheart.net: A Teacher's Dental Health Page
These lesson plans teach students the importance of good dental hygiene and feature crafts, games, books ,and songs.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Dental Anatomy
A collection of video lectures from a dental anatomy course taught at the University of Michigan. The course reviews topics like oral tissue, salivary glands, teeth, human skull, oral surgery, and a review of the dental gross anatomy for...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Healthy, Happy Teeth
During this lesson, young scholars will enjoy multisensory activities related to the importance of practicing good oral hygiene. Students will listen to a shared text, learn songs, participate in a liquids lab, and participate in four...
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Teeth and Eating: Brushing Your Teeth!
Using the right toothbrush and brushing in the correct way are important for dental care. Learn how to clean your teeth properly, then take a short quiz to check your understanding.
Other
Save Your Smile: Get Your Child to Brush
An article with information on how to encourage a child to brush his/her teeth and how to encourage children to be enthusiastic about this necessary personal hygiene step.
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Gapminder: Dollar Street
In this collection of 30,000 photos from 46 countries, students will be assess "how people really live" around the world. Students can compare bathrooms, toys, and more. Students will explore different cultures, economics, geography,...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: It's Hard Work to Work Harden! How to Make Metals Stronger
Metals are a part of our lives in so many ways that we hardly notice them. Cars, bikes, and planes are all composed of metals. Some people even have metal in the dental work in their mouths. Therefore the strength and dependence of metal...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Learning About Braces Basics
Learn what it is like to get braces, the dental process that straightens teeth and corrects the way a person bites on food.
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Healthy Teeth: Oral Health Education Database: Braces
Learn how braces work to straighten teeth.
Curated OER
Kids Health: All About Orthodontia
Millions of teens have braces but many often go into the procedure unsure of what might happen. This site explores tooth terminology, diagnosis, treatment, and life after braces. If this site doesn't satisfy your craving for the basics...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Your Teeth
This resource provides this illustrated article about human teeth.
Other
Learn How to Prevent Cavities
This site is your complete guide to cavities. Includes topics such as the causes of cavities, how to reduce the chances of getting cavities, the role of food/fluoride, and the importance of dental visits.
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Truth About Teeth
Use this site to learn all about your teeth. Complete with an individual tooth diagram and a diagram of a full set of teeth in the mouth.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Going to the Dentist
This article tells all about what happens when you go to the dentist.
Library of Congress
Loc: Everyday Mysteries, Who Invented the Toothbrush?
The Library of Congress offers a concise history of the toothbrush. Did you know a some form of a toothbrush has been around since 3000 BC?
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Lucy H. Taylor
Learn about the first woman to receive her doctorate in dentistry, Lucy Hobbs Taylor.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Taking the Bite Out of Bruxism
Bruxism is another word for grinding your teeth or clenching your jaw and it usually happens at night when you are sleeping. Find out more in this article for kids.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Lucy Hobbs Taylor
A concise overview of the life of the first woman dentist, Lucy Hobbs Taylor.
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Columbines School of Botanical Studies: Toothaches
This article provides a lengthy discussion od toothaches and abscessed teeth. The site is broken down into two primary strategies for dealing with these toothaches - removing the infection causing the pain and merely relieving the pain.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Lucy Hobbs Taylor
Read a brief depiction about the life and work of the first woman dentist, Lucy Hobbs Taylor.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Bacteria
Use this site to find out what happens when you don't brush your teeth with this quick fact sheet on bacteria.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: About All You Can Eat: The Bite Stuff
Examine dog foods designed to clean teeth surface during chewing, design a human snack and measure its calories per mass. Discuss foods that might work as "edible toothbrushes" for people.