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National Institutes of Health

Snack Smart for Healthy Teeth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how to avoid tooth decay by avoiding sugary snacks and treats. Try a snack from the "smart snack food list" and reduce the amount of sugar you eat on a daily basis.
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Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Construye La Dentadura [In Spanish]

For Students 9th - 10th
See if you can place the 32 dental pieces in the correct place.
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Other

Healthy Teeth: Oral Health Education Database: Braces

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how braces work to straighten teeth.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Learning About Braces Basics

For Students 3rd - 5th
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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Smile Style!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Essential information about keeping teeth healthy and bright.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Tooth Cross Section Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your knowledge of the anatomy of human tooth with this interactive labeling exercise.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: All About Orthodontia

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

The Magic School Bus: About Your Teeth

For Students 3rd - 8th
This brief overview of human teeth also features a section on dental hygiene.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Teeth and Eating

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses food groups, balanced diets, healthy teeth choices, types of teeth humans have, tooth decay and energy.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 9 8 14: Candy That Doesn't Cause Cavities

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how bacteria could be utilized to make candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Other

Quality Dentistry: Children's Teeth

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives general information about teeth and their development. It also has a picture to show where specific teeth are located, including those below gum line.
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Other

Proctor & Gamble: A Fun Eggsperiment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Follow the steps of this "egg"speriment and discover how food and drink acids can lead to tooth decay and cavities. Created for teachers and parents, teach those you care for about the benefits of dental hygiene.
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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Taking the Bite Out of Bruxism

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Healthy Smile

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how to take care of your teeth. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Columbines School of Botanical Studies: Toothaches

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Did Teeth Evolve?

For Students 9th - 10th
Peter S. Ungar traces the evolution of mammalian molars from primitive cone-like structures to the myriad forms of today's species, from lions to cows to people.
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Other

Save Your Smile: Get Your Child to Brush

For Students 9th - 10th
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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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Teeth Flipchart

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will recognize practices for proper dental hygiene based on the information and activities provided in this flipchart.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Dentist [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for The Dentist, is provided on these pages. Two character roles are needed in this activity.
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Other

Family Gentle: Pop and Cavities

For Students 9th - 10th
Why is pop bad for teeth? This site from Family Gentle Dentistry provides facts that everyone should know about the dangers of drinking too much soda pop. "Sip all day and get decay," and other things is the overriding message.
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Treehut

Suzy's World: Bacteria

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to find out what happens when you don't brush your teeth with this quick fact sheet on bacteria.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: About All You Can Eat: The Bite Stuff

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries, Who Invented the Toothbrush?

For Students 3rd - 8th
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?
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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: What's a Cavity?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cavities are small holes in your teeth that need to be filled. Find out what causes tooth decay and how dentists handle it.

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