Tooth Diseases in Children

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Reviewed March 2012

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Title:   Dental care - thumb sucking
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Thumb sucking is normal for infants. Sucking a thumb or fingers can damage an older child's teeth when second teeth are erupting. Parents can help a child to stop sucking their thumb with various techniques.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Teeth - fluoride
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Fluoride is found naturally in the earth and in water in most parts of the world - but in many places in Australia there is very little fluoride in the water.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Teeth - what are they?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Have you ever really thought about why people need teeth? They might be more important than you think.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Dental health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory: findings from the Closing the Gap Program
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report details the oral health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory who have received dental services as part of the Closing the Gap Initiative.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Dental checks - 0 to 6 years
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Babies and children should have teeth checked no later than 12 months of age to help with early diagnosis and prevention of oral disease. All children from 0-12 years are eligible for public oral health services. Babies and toddlers should have their teeth cleaned. Children can use low fluoride toothpaste from 18 months of age.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Extraction of primary (baby) teeth for unerupted palatally displaced permanent canine teeth in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Permanent canines may become displaced in the roof of the mouth and remain buried beneath the gum of the palate. This is a fairly common anomaly and is present in approximately 1% to 3% of the population. One suggestion to normalise the palatally displa...
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia are disadvantaged in terms of oral health. Throughout the states and territories studied, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children had consistently higher levels of dental disease in the deciduous and permanent dentition than their non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander counterparts.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Orthodontic and orthopaedic treatment for anterior open bite in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Interventions were able to correct anterior open bite but this was based on data from two studies that have problems in their quality.Open bite is characterised by a lack of vertical overlap of the upper and lower incisors. This problem has several poss...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   How to save money on dental bills
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Guide to preventing problems with teeth and gums including first aid for teeth knocked out in accidents.
Date:   Jul 1998

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