{"id":135,"date":"2018-02-06T19:12:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T19:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2018-03-06T19:17:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:17:02","slug":"childrens-dental-health-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Celebrate Children&#8217;s Dental Health Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Little girl brushing her teeth.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-1024x681.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Your child\u2019s oral health is important and the ADA (American Dental Association) sets aside February to honor it with Children\u2019s Dental Health Month. You can make learning about oral health fun for your children to promote excellent oral hygiene. Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove explains how.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Purchase New Toothbrushes<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know you should be changing out your family\u2019s toothbrushes every 3 to 4 months? And right away if anyone has been sick.<\/p>\n<p>You might consider changing your child\u2019s brush to an electric toothbrush if you haven\u2019t yet. These have timers to ensure they\u2019re brushing for at least two minutes and they do a lot of the hard work for your child. Electric brushes for children often come in fun colors or with their favorite characters, so let them in on the decision.<\/p>\n<h2>Use a Chart for Tracking<\/h2>\n<p>Create a colorful chart that can help track your child\u2019s brushing and flossing. Use stickers or colors for tracking and offer a small reward when they complete a week of brushing at least twice per day and flossing at least once.<\/p>\n<h2>Find the Plaque<\/h2>\n<p>Plaque-disclosing tablets are a fun and colorful way to demonstrate where your child needs to focus their brushing. You can use them after brushing to find the spots they\u2019ve missed, and then they can brush away the color.<\/p>\n<h2>Lead by Example<\/h2>\n<p>Letting your child see you brush and floss and how you do it is an excellent motivation for them. You can brush together, or even let them have a chance to brush your teeth for you. (Don\u2019t forget to follow up on your own afterwards)<\/p>\n<p>When they see mom or dad brushing and flossing they will want to follow suit.<\/p>\n<h2>Schedule a Dental Appointment<\/h2>\n<p>Your child should be visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/services.html\">your family dentist every six months<\/a>. It\u2019s important for them to build a relationship with their dentist, help them feel comfortable at the dental office, and early appointments allow their dentist to monitor their oral development.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s time for your child\u2019s next dental visit, be sure to contact your children\u2019s dentist to schedule an appointment. And have fun and make the most of Children\u2019s Dental Health Month!<\/p>\n<h2>About the Dentist<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/meet-the-doctor.html\">Dr. Natalya Nagornaya<\/a> has been taking care of patients in Buffalo Grove, IL for over 15 years and she loves seeing children. Families will find a welcoming environment at Countryside Dental and comprehensive services for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to contact the office, we can be reached through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/contact-us.html\">our website<\/a> or by calling 847-634-2525.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your child\u2019s oral health is important and the ADA (American Dental Association) sets aside February to honor it with Children\u2019s Dental Health Month. You can make learning about oral health fun for your children to promote excellent oral hygiene. Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove explains how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Ways to Celebrate Children&#039;s Dental Health Month - Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February is National Children&#039;s Dental Health Month! Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove suggests ways you can celebrate with your kids.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Ways to Celebrate Children&#039;s Dental Health Month - Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February is National Children&#039;s Dental Health Month! Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove suggests ways you can celebrate with your kids.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-06T19:12:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-06T19:17:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-300x200.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"drnagornaya\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"drnagornaya\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/\",\"name\":\"5 Ways to Celebrate Children's Dental Health Month - Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-300x200.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-06T19:12:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-06T19:17:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0ab5e759c3662a65e11b82f3571f5df\"},\"description\":\"February is National Children's Dental Health Month! Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove suggests ways you can celebrate with your kids.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345.jpeg\",\"width\":3742,\"height\":2490,\"caption\":\"Little girl brushing her teeth.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Ways to Celebrate Children&#8217;s Dental Health Month\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0ab5e759c3662a65e11b82f3571f5df\",\"name\":\"drnagornaya\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc412b519db89adb4ae446a4c3e00bf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc412b519db89adb4ae446a4c3e00bf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"drnagornaya\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/author\/drnagornaya\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Ways to Celebrate Children's Dental Health Month - Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove","description":"February is National Children's Dental Health Month! Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove suggests ways you can celebrate with your kids.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Ways to Celebrate Children's Dental Health Month - Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove","og_description":"February is National Children's Dental Health Month! Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove suggests ways you can celebrate with your kids.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/","og_site_name":"Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove","article_published_time":"2018-02-06T19:12:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-06T19:17:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-300x200.jpeg"}],"author":"drnagornaya","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"drnagornaya","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/","url":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/","name":"5 Ways to Celebrate Children's Dental Health Month - Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345-300x200.jpeg","datePublished":"2018-02-06T19:12:32+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-06T19:17:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0ab5e759c3662a65e11b82f3571f5df"},"description":"February is National Children's Dental Health Month! Your family dentist in Buffalo Grove suggests ways you can celebrate with your kids.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AdobeStock_43151345.jpeg","width":3742,"height":2490,"caption":"Little girl brushing her teeth."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/06\/childrens-dental-health-month\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Ways to Celebrate Children&#8217;s Dental Health Month"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/","name":"Country Side Dental | Buffalo Grove","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0ab5e759c3662a65e11b82f3571f5df","name":"drnagornaya","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc412b519db89adb4ae446a4c3e00bf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc412b519db89adb4ae446a4c3e00bf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"drnagornaya"},"url":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/author\/drnagornaya\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.countrysidedentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}