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Brush Up on Healthy Teeth: A Quiz for Parents About Simple Steps for Kids’ Smiles
 

Parents, your role is important in making sure that your children have healthy teeth. By learning the simple recommendations about tooth brushing and using fluride in toothpaste, supplements, and/or mouth wash, you are developing your child's good oral health habits.

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Brush Up on Healthy Teeth: A Quiz for Parents About Simple Steps for Kids’ Smiles

Learn more about keeping your child’s teeth healthy with this true or false quiz.


1. ____ All children older than 6 months should receive a fluoride supplement every day.

2. ____ Parents should start cleaning their child’s teeth as soon as the first tooth appears.

3. ____ Parents should start brushing their child’s teeth with toothpaste that contains fluoride at age three.

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Brush Up on Healthy Teeth: A Quiz for Parents About Simple Steps for Kids’ Smiles. DHHS/CDC. n.d. English. [PDF, 194KB]. 



Last Updated: June 21, 2010