Oral Hygiene in Schools

Join the TeethFirst Revolution

Imagine this: Children eating one, often 2 meals per day at school without ever flossing or brushing their teeth after. Join the TeethFirst Revolution to change this. Join us in moving  the model for oral health care upstream where it belongs, starting in elementary schools! Why? Because if we do this, we can eliminate dental disease …

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TeethFirst Celebrates its Success

With the end of the school year, TeethFirst celebrates its success in Park City. The school year ended just a few days ago. For TeethFirst this meant celebrating the success of our after-lunch-floss-and-brush Pilot Project at McPolin Elementary School and celebrating a successful semester-long partnership with Park City Center For Advanced Professional Studies (PCCAPS) with 2 …

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Flossing and Brushing Teeth at School?

Why should flossing and brushing teeth at school be a requirement at every level of primary school education? After all this has nothing to do with education, right? Oral health belongs in the dental office and in the home. It is a parent’s responsibility to see to it that her child brushes her teeth. The child …

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Taking Care of Baby Teeth in Kindergarten

The Kindergarten students at McPolin Elementary School are taking care of their baby teeth in the classroom and they are doing a good job. Just before Easter week-end, I visited the kindergarten students at McPolin Elementary School. I wanted to see how they and their teachers were all doing with our flossing and brushing after lunch …

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