Protecting Your Childs Oral Health - Parents, Its Up To You! (CA)

1. Which of the following dental hygiene practices does the presenter recommend?

Brush for 2 minutes twice a day

Help young children brush their teeth

Use soft brush to clean teeth and gum line

All of these are correct.

2. Decay causing germs can be transmitted from person to person.

True

False

3. When should you make your child's first visit to the dentist?

No later than age 1

When child turns 3

When you notice white spots

When the child is old enough to sit still

4. Frequent snacking helps prevent acid attacks by neutralizing pH levels in the mouth.

True

False

5. Why does thumb sucking present dental concern for older children?

It can narrow the formation of the palate.

Children may develop an “open bite.”

It interferes with teeth development.

All of these are correct.

6. Why are children particularly vulnerable to tooth decay?

Children have teeth with soft enamel.

Children have teeth with a large pulp.

Children can’t take care of their teeth.

All of these are correct.

7. Soft drinks with a pH level lower than _____ are acidic and leach minerals from your teeth.

6.5

7.5

8.5

5.5

8. What causes cavities?

Foods with a basic pH level.

Acid produced by sugar eating bacteria.

Sugary drinks with high pH levels.

All of these are correct

9. At what stage of dental decay do children begin to feel pain?

When it reaches the enamel.

When it reaches the dentin.

When it reaches the pulp.

All of these are correct.

10. What are the beginning signs of tooth decay?

White line near the gum line.

Brown spots.

Sensitivity to cold foods.

All of these are correct.

Protecting Your Childs Oral Health - Parents, Its Up To You! (CA)

1. Which of the following dental hygiene practices does the presenter recommend?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Decay causing germs can be transmitted from person to person.

3. When should you make your child's first visit to the dentist?

4. Frequent snacking helps prevent acid attacks by neutralizing pH levels in the mouth.

5. Why does thumb sucking present dental concern for older children?

6. Why are children particularly vulnerable to tooth decay?

7. Soft drinks with a pH level lower than _____ are acidic and leach minerals from your teeth.

8. What causes cavities?

9. At what stage of dental decay do children begin to feel pain?

10. What are the beginning signs of tooth decay?