Keeping Teeth Healthy: Electronic Resources
This is a collection of electronic resources (websites, software, etc.) about keeping teeth healthy. A separate collection of Print Resources is also available.
Key: E = Elementary (K-5), I = Intermediate (6-8), HS = High School (9-12), C = College, G = General Public
Starting Points
- Your Oral Health, from the American Dental Association. (G)
URL: http://www.ada.org/public/index.asp- National Children's Dental Health Month Information, from Ms. Flossy's Dental Hygiene News. (E)
URL: http://www.ms-flossy.com/ncdhm.html- Healthy Teeth, from the Nova Scotia Dental Association. (E)
URL: http://www.healthyteeth.org/- Oral Health Resources, from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (G)
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/index.htm
- American Dental Association, (G)
- Find oral health news, interactive learning tools and more for consumers, teachers,
students, and the media. There is an A to Z list of health topics plus dental education
games, puzzles and an interactive story for children.
URL: http://www.ada.org/public/index.asp - Colgate Kids' World, from Colgate Palmolive. (E, I)
- URL: http://kids-world.colgate.com/app/Kids-World/US/HomePage.cvsp
- Dental Activity Pages for Kids!, from the Tennessee Department of Health. (E, I)
- Puzzles and games to teach kids about dental health.
URL: http://www2.state.tn.us/health/kids/activity.htm - Dental Health for Kids, from LookSmart. (E, I, HS)
- Links to help kids learn about teeth, cavities, dentists and tooth care.
URL: http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317914/us10002954/us10076244/us10087281/ - Dental Health Month, from DLTK's Crafts for Kids. (E)
- Dental Health Month is February but these crafts can be fun any time of year.
URL: http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/dental_health_month.htm - Dental Health Topics, from the Child Development Institute. (G)
- Links to information on child dental health for parents.
URL: http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/health_safety/dental_information.shtml - Healthy Teeth, from the Nova Scotia Dental Association. (E)
- An oral health education database produced by dentists. It is designed for elementary school
students curious about the “whys?” of oral health.
URL: http://www.healthyteeth.org/ - National Children's Dental Health Month Information, from Ms. Flossy's Dental Hygiene News. (E)
URL: http://www.ms-flossy.com/ncdhm.html- Oral Health Resources, from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (G)
- Links from the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/index.htm - Surfing the Net with Kids - Your Healthy Smile, from Barbara J. Feldman. (E, I, HS)
- An annotated list of dental hygiene web picks.
URL: http://www.surfnetkids.com/teeth.htm - Your Oral Health, from the American Dental Association. (G)
URL: http://www.ada.org/public/index.asp
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