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Cavity Free at Three

July 24, 2012 By Social Media Collaborative

Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among American children - even though it is nearly 100% preventable. In Colorado: • 28 percent of children ages two to five have already experienced tooth decay • By age 11, 49 percent of children have experienced tooth decay • … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: Caring for Colorado Foundation, Cavity Free at 3, children and cavities, Colorado Health Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Trust

A Week of Reading – 4 Fun Oral Health Books

May 29, 2012 By Social Media Collaborative

Most children aren’t born with the instinct to keep clean. In fact, many are born with the exact opposite instinct; they WANT to be dirty all the time. Little boys especially have a fondness for dirt and mud. Some little girls do too. We have all see countless photos online of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: children and cavities, educational books, Oral health books

Silent Epidemic

May 1, 2012 By Social Media Collaborative

Article written by guest blogger Barbara Springer, Executive Director of the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation For eight years now, the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation has been focused on a silent epidemic that keeps our youngest, most vulnerable citizens from meeting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: barbara springer, child's dental health, children and cavities, diamonte driver, hidden america medicaids youngest face dental crisis, preventable disease, Silent epidemic, tooth decay bacteria, tooth infection

The Sweetest Obsession

March 8, 2012 By Social Media Collaborative

Here in the United States, we are obsessed with all things sugar. The introduction of high-fructose corn syrup has led us to begin adding sugar to foods (and even non-foods) you wouldn’t think needed sugar. Certain drugs such as cough drops and cold syrup contain sugar as well as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: breaking bad habits, children and cavities, healthy snacks, sugar

Kids play “doctor;” Why not “dentist?”

February 15, 2012 By Social Media Collaborative

The other day, I was visiting a friend with a little boy the same age as my niece, Emily. The kids were in the back bedroom playing while we caught up on current events. After a much-too-long period of dead silence, we went to see what the kiddos were up to. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: children and cavities, kids, kids and brushing, kids and flossing, kids and good oral health

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