Children's Dental Health Month
Each
February, the Kansas Dental Association supports Children's
Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance
of oral health.
Developing
good habits at an early age and scheduling regular dental
visits helps children get a good start on a lifetime of
healthy teeth and gums.
The Kansas Dental Association's goal is to partner with
schools and educators to teach children the importance of
dental health. We encourage you to rely on the KDA as
a meaningful resource to create maximum impact in the
teaching of children's dental health. February is when
the greatest resources are available. It is also
when dentists, hygienists, assistants, newspapers,
television and radio stations can all reinforce your current
curriculum objectives.
In preparation for each school year, the Kansas Dental
Association would like to encourage all schools to set aside
time in your February curriculum to remind students about
the preventive measures they can take to fight tooth decay.
Currently available on the KDA website, is a link to access
several different activities to assist teachers in reminding
elementary students that proper oral hygiene such as daily
brushing and flossing, regular dental visits, eating a
nutritious diet low in sugar, and the avoidance of ALL
tobacco products is the key to strong and healthy teeth.
Those activities include a 3rd grade drawing/coloring
contest entry sheet and rules featuring, the "Rock your
Smile" campaign. By learning the facts about "Having a
Rock Star Smile" and then putting the students artistic
skills to work, students could
win a new bicycle! Posters, coloring sheets, game sheets, and a list of
supplies available from the KDA website (www.ksdental.org)
will also be included. More activities are also available on
the American Dental Association's
website.
We need your participation to help stimulate public
awareness of the significance of good oral health and
prevention of dental disease in our nation's youth.
Contest Rules
Contest Entry Form
Rock Your Smile Poster
Rock Your Smile Story
Activity Sheets
Tangle (English)
(Spanish)
Tooth Anatomy (English)
(Spanish)
How to Brush (English)
(Spanish)
How to Floss
(English)
(Spanish)
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