Your Child’s First Dental Cleaning: What to Expect
Your child should begin visiting the dentist twice a year starting at the eruption of the first tooth. Here’s what to expect from the first dental cleaning.
Preparing Your Child For Dental Care
Preparing you child for his or her dental appointment can go a long way in making sure it goes smoothly. Here, you'll find all sorts of tips and advice on helping children feel comfortable with dental care.
The Weird History of Dentistry
Teach your kids about the history of dentistry, and how it has changed over thousands of years of history!
The Weird History of Dentistry
Teach your kids about the history of dentistry, and how it has changed over thousands of years of history!
Watch Video: Sesame Street's "Can't Go Wrong"
Elmo and his friend Abby rock out to a song about crunchy vegetables, and how great they are for your teeth, in this fun Sesame Street video clip!
How To Brush With an Electric Toothbrush
An electric toothbrush can make the brushing teeth easier and more fun for children. Here are some tips for teaching your child how to brush with an electric toothbrush.
Book Feature: Peppa Pig: The Tooth Fairy
Peppa Pig: The Tooth Fairy is a fun and funny introduction to why and how children lose their baby teeth. Read it with your child today!
How To Help If Your Child Is Nervous About Visiting the Dentist
Many people feel nervous about visiting the dentist, and that includes kids, too! Here’s how you, as a parent, can help your child feel better about her upcoming appointment.
A “Health Minute” with Grover & Kermit the Frog
The team at SmileTown Burnaby love sharing fun ways for parents to prepare their children for a visit to the dentist. This Sesame Street clip, featuring Grover and Kermit the Frog, will have both parents and children in stitches!
Book Feature: Open Wide, Tooth School Inside
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller is a funny but informative introduction to teeth.
SmileTown Book Club: Bear’s Loose Tooth
In the book Bear's Loose Tooth, by Karma Wilson, Bear's realizes he has a loose tooth and gets a little worried! Good thing his friends are there to help him remain calm.
Oral Health Apps for Kids & Teens
There seems to be an app for almost everything these days, and that includes dental health. We’ve compiled a list of kid-friendly oral health apps that can help get children and teens to take more of an interest in their dental health.
4 More Great YouTube Videos For Kids About Dental Health
When it comes to preparing your kids for a visit to the dentist, it can help to have a variety of resources at your disposal. The following dental health videos are some of our recent favourites on YouTube.
An Oral Health Eggsperiment
If you’re a parent or teacher looking for a fun, hands on experiment to teach kids about dental health and facilitate discussion about oral hygiene and its importance, here’s a quick and easy idea using eggs!
Poems & Songs for Kids About Visiting the Dentist
Books and other media can be very helpful when preparing children for visiting the dentist. The following funny and educational poems and songs about dentistry will be fun for you and your child to read or sing together!
Fun Dental Facts to Share with Your Kids
Get your kids interested in their teeth and oral health by sharing these weird and fun dental facts with them!
Smile Town Book Club: Arthur’s Tooth, by Marc Brown
In "Arthur's Tooth", by Marc Brown, Arthur watches all his friends get visits from the tooth fairy, while his own loose baby tooth just will not fall out!
Dental Books For Kids: YouTube Read Alouds
Here on the Smile Town Landly blog, we love sharing great books about dental health and visiting the dentist for you to share with your child. Many of these books are also featured is some really great Youtube read-alouds!
Smile Town Book Club: The Tooth Book, By Dr. Suess
Teeth: they sure do come in handy when you need to chew or smile! In The Tooth Book by the ever popular Dr. Suess, kids learn all about the things their teeth can do, and how to take care of them, too!
A Few Great Youtube Videos About Dental Health for Kids
Here on the SmileTown Langley blog, we often recommend children’s books about dental health and oral hygiene. But today, we’d like to share a couple of great Youtube videos about dental health for children.
Great Expectations: Prepare Your Child for the Dentist with a Hands-Off Approach
Children's expectations about dentistry and dental care can be quite different than those of their parents, and so taking a hands-off approach can sometimes go a long way in making those first appointment go well.
Making Oral Health Fun for Your Kids
One of the most effective ways to make sure your child develops good life-long oral health habits is to make oral health a fun and engaging experience for your child starting at a young age.
Smile Town Book Club: ‘Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World’ by Selby B. Beeler
The tooth fairy myth has been helping get North American children interested and engaged in their oral health for decades. Learn about other traditions children around the world participate in when they loose their teeth.
Smile Town Book Club: My Wobbly Tooth Must Never Ever Fall Out, by Lauren Child
My Wobbly Tooth Must Never Ever Fall Out, by Lauren Child, is a wonderful book to read to children in preparation for losing their first baby teeth.
What To Avoid When Talking to Children About The Dentist
There’s all sorts of advice out there about how to talk to children about visiting the dentist. Today, though, we’re here to tell you what you shouldn't to say!
SmileTown Book Club: Melvin The Magnificent Molar, by Julia Cook
The Smile Town Burnaby Book Club: For Ages 3 and up, Melvin the Magnificent Molar by Julia Cook is the perfect book for teaching children all about their teeth!
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