Show LCCC dental students the cavity prevention tips

Three years Nanticoke Draus Samantha does not get very good news for his first visit to a dentist's chair. The Tot had four cavities.

While his mother Sandra Draus was surprised by the result, she was glad that the girls do not cry. This could be because I had too much fun.

First, Samantha sat decorated on the wall in a room with pictures of SpongeBob and stickers. Then I started a cartoon look and see pictures of their own small teeth on a particular screen. It was while wearing sunglasses "," Special glearing that the light is blocked dental equipment.

When the tour ended, they Bloomsburg received a colorful balloon with a picture of a tooth, a coloring book and a gift bag with gifts such as a toothbrush and toothpaste filled.

Samantha and other children from 3 to 16 years of age on the day cavity prevention of children who are invited by the Community Dental Department and Luzerne Pennsylvania Dental Hygiene Association County College Northeast sponsored. Found in Benco Dental Clinic College of St. Francis and Mary Gill Carrozza, RN Health Sciences Center in downtown Nanticoke.

"I was surprised," said outdoor fun. "I thought I had a cavity, but I expected more. It's really not like brushing your teeth."

Although the news was not good, his mother was glad to learn, to prevent further cavities in the future. "The problem I think is that you brush too fast," said outdoor fun, with a bag of mini-clock arena full of free samples. "It should brush your teeth at least two minutes, so I think it will help."

Professor Julie Cleary dental hygiene was not surprised by the results of most tests. Small Samantha was not left with mouth full of cavities only child. It does this be eaten in an increase in the amount of candy to fill the lack of food fluoride by the consumption of bottled tap water and under-utilization of sealants for cracks groves and tooth.

"Children do not have the preventive care they need," he said. "First they have to start young. Parents should not wait until their children are your first appointment with the dentist before planning small. You must be in a dental chair when you receive your first tooth, about the age of six months."

The next step is to try to dental fear they could pick up their older siblings and adults to relieve Cleary said.

Therefore LCCC fun day for children and education.

"I always tell my students in dentistry that" Children are like wet cement, what they heard and felt an impression on them, "Cleary said." And when you begin to grieve really lost. "

This advice has escaped the cave second year dental hygiene students Caryn, wearing a fur hat purple. When cleaning the mouth of a child of nine years, refers to the plaque and bacteria in your mouth as the "bad guys" as he laughed. "This is something I learned at work in a child with no high-tech dental terms you do not understand," said Cave. "It's fun, the knowledge you learn from the classroom and put it in the language, understand the children."

It was his second year to participate in the 10-year event.

The program included oral fluoride dental exams, sealants, dental radiographs, teaching hygiene applications. Clinical features were exposed to dental health information for parents and children.

The children learned to gently brush her teeth as her teeth were counted and the name.

Joyceline Lawrence Wilkes-Barre was surprised to learn that their children Lily, 7; Ian, 9 and EDYN, 12, could foods such as celery, apples and cheese use "means a natural toothbrushes" to keep on the road while brushing your teeth healthy is not possible.

Geri Anne Kaikowski reached at 570-991-6121 or on Twitter @ TL News

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