Brush Your Teeth Please: A Pop-Up Book
by Leslie McGuire, et al (May 1993)
In pop-up format, a bear, hippo, and other animals brush their teeth, and a shark flosses his. What child can resist imitating a chimp brushing its teeth back and forth? Or a shark that flosses every day? Youngsters will have lots of fun learning about proper dental hygiene in this delightful book. Designed to encourage brushing, it includes in the illustrations toothbrushes and dental floss, which children may enjoy manipulating...

Dental First Aid for Families
by Richard Diamond (March 2000)
Dental First Aid for Families is, first of all, a serious book about what to do when you have a dental emergency. It will help you when your baby is crying from teething pain, when your teenager knocks out a tooth in a skateboarding accident, when you have a toothache, when you lose a cap or when a denture breaks. There is information on chipped teeth, wisdom teeth, things stuck between your teeth, cut lips, bleeding after extractions, canker sores, cold sores and even bad breath.

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
by Laurie Keller (May 2000)
Lauri Keller, traces one school day in a classroom of teeth in Open Wide: Tooth School Inside. Fortunately, when Dr. Flossman takes attendance, all 32 teeth are present to take the pledge: "And to the gums on which we stand, strong and healthy, with toothbrushes and toothpaste for all." The day proceeds with an anatomy lesson (illustrating dentin, enamel, pulp, etc.), which is interrupted only momentarily when Carl Canine badmouths a little molar (hurting his feelings even though he has a hard enamel shell on the outside). Sally Incisor then shares her report on primary teeth ("Babies don't even need teeth. You never see them eating corn on the cob or anything"), and the Tooth Fairy makes a guest appearance, offering molar-coaster rides and bemoaning the whole "under-the-pillow" idea, which causes her to fear suffocation.
Lunch is a messy affair — complete with food fights — and when it is over, none of the teeth feel like brushing. Of course, an in-depth lesson on tooth decay and cavities ignites a flurry of flossing, gargling, and brushing. Every clever, colorful collage bubbles with activity, hilarious asides between the teeth, and tiny details that you may miss the first time through. Two quizzes conclude the book. Kids will never ignore their teeth again — and when they do take a look in the mirror they may see a smiling tooth face peering back, begging for a good brush. (Ages 5 to 9)

The Complete Book of Dental Remedies
by Flora Parsa Stay, et al (February 1996)

Brushing Well
by Helen Frost, Gail Saunders-Smith (January 1999)

Food for Healthy Teeth
by Helen Frost (January 1999)

Meet Your Teeth: A Fun, Creative Dental Care Unit for Kids in Grades 1-4
by Linda Schwartz, et al (February 1996)

Understanding Dental Health
by Francis G. Serio (February 1998)

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