Your child's teeth
Subtitle: a complete guide for parents
By: Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss
Contributors: Best-Boss, Angie
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781421410623; 9781421410630; 9781421410647
Subjects: Dental care; Dental Care; Children; Pedodontics
Description: In "Your Child's Teeth," health writers Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss team up with pediatric dentists and oral health experts to answer parents' many questions about children's teeth. Topics include: - how thumb sucking and pacifiers affect teeth, how to brush your young children's teeth, how to calm a child who is afraid of the dentist, how to help special needs children get proper dental care, how medical problems affect teeth, how fluoride rinses and dental sealants work, how a root canal is done, and how to make the orthodontia decision.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: A guide to your child's teeth; title: Basic care and cleaning; title: The dental visit; title: Preventing decay and protecting teeth; title: Affording dental care for your child; title: Pregnancy and your baby's teeth; title: Infants and toddlers (Newborn to age 4); title: Early childhood (Ages 5 to 8); title: Middle childhood (Ages 9 to 12); title: Teenagers and young adults (Ages 9 to 12); title: Teenagers and young adults (Ages 13+); title: Children with special health needs; title: Tooth decay; title: Gum disease; title: Tooth sensitivity and pain; title: conditions of mouth, tongue, and jaw; title: Orthodontics; title: Tooth appearance; title: Dental trauma and emergencies; title: Oral surgery, extractions, and root canals; title: Dental anxiety; title: Appendix. My child's dental health record.