Dental Health Books

Brush Your Teeth

Directions: Cut out a large tooth shape from yellow construction paper. Mix white tempera paint with corn syrup. Using toothbrushes the students can brush their tooth to make it white again. The mixture will dry to a glossy finish and resemble a healthy tooth.

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Materials:  small white paper plates (the cheaper the better), red markers, mini-marshmallows, glue

Directions: Have your students color the bottom side of a small, white paper plate red. Fold the paper plate in half to make a "mouth" puppet. Next, color a tongue on the lower half of the plate then glue the marshmallows around the edges of the plate to represent "teeth".    Make sure your students leave spaces in the mouth if they have lost a tooth.

Recipe:

• 1T. salt
• 2T.baking powder
• small amount of peppermint flavoring
• water (small amount, just enough to make a "paste" texture)

Directions: Using the toothbrushes the nurse or visiting dentist gives us we brush our teeth with our very own homemade toothpaste.  Next, graph if the students like the homemade toothpaste or not. 

Directions: Ask your students to predict what will happen if you put a hard boiled egg into a cup of soda. Next, place a hard boiled egg into a cup of soda, like Coke or Pepsi and let it sit over night.  Next, take the egg out and brush it with toothpaste so students can see how it comes clean, discuss the student's observations.  Place the cup in your science center or other location so the children can observe the changes taking place independently. 

Directions:  Write the words "What Color is Your Toothbrush?" at the top of the chart paper.  Next, write the color words using the corresponding colored marker down the left side of the paper.  Cut the construction paper into 4x4 squares and let the students select the square that represents the color of their toothbrush; have them write their name on it with a marker.  Finally, have the students glue their colored square in the appropriate row on the graph.