Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL CHILDREN'S
DENTAL HEALTH MONTH.
TODAY WE HAVE PEDIATRIC DENTIST
DR. CHRIS NAKAMURA WHO IS A
MEMBER OF THE HAWAI'I DENTAL
ASSOCIATION HERE TO DISCUSS
INFANT DENTAL CARE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Trini: I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD
MY CHILDREN TWO. -- TWO CHILDREN.
I REMEMBER HEARING YOU SHOULD
TAKE THEM TO THE DENTIST WHEN
THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST TOOTH.
YOU WANT TO BRING THEM WHEN
THEIR FIRST TOOTH ERUPTS.
YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH A DENTAL
HOME.
CHILDREN WHO HAVE A DENTIST WILL
GET PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE THEY
NEED.
Trini: AND WHY IS IT -- WHAT
ARE SOME OTHER REASONS IT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO GET THEM TO THE
DENTIST EARLY?
BY GOING EARLY, YOU ESTABLISH
THAT DENTAL HOME.
KIDS CAN GET CAVITIES AT A VERY
EARLY AGE.
AS SOON AS THEIR FIRST TOOTH
ERUPTS, TEETH ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
GETTING CAVITIES.
WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT KIDS
FROM GETTING BABY BOTTLE
CAVITIES.
AT THE FIRST VISITS WE DO A LOT
OF TALKING ABOUT WAYS THEY CAN
PREVENT KIDS FROM GETTING
CAVITIES AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
Trini: WHAT ARE SOME TIPS
FOR TAKING CARE OF BABY'S TEETH?
PUTTING YOUR BABY WITH A BOTTLE
THAT HAS MILK FORMULA OR FRUIT
JUICE.
ALL THAT UNSWALSWALLOWED LIQUID CAN
CAUSE CAV CAVITIES.
EVEN WHEN KIDS DON'T HAVE TEETH,
YOU WANT TO WIPE IT WITH A WET
WASH CLOTH AND KEEP IT CLEAN.
WHEN THEY START GETTING TEETH,
YOU WANT TO BRUSH TWO TIMES A
DAY.
PEOPLE ASK, HOW MUCH TOOTHPASTE
IS ENOUGH?
TWO AND YOUNGER, USE THE SIZE A
GRAIN OF RICE.
FROM THREE TO SIX, ABOUT A PEA
SIZE OF TOOTHPASTE.
Trini: THOSE ARE GREAT TIPS.
WHEN YOU SAID THAT WITH THE
BOTTLE, THAT IS SO TRUE.
IN OUR PARENTS' GENERATION, THEY
WOULD DO THAT.
LET THE CHILD FALL ASLEEP WITH
THE BOTTLE IN THE MOUTH.
AND ALL THAT SUGAR IS IN THEIR
MOUTH.
PARTNERS HAVE TO SLEEP AND
BABIES HAVE TO SLEEP.
IT'S REAL IMPORTANT IF YOU CAN
AVOID THAT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
Trini: ARE THERE CERTAIN
FOOD THAT ARE GOOD FOR YOUR
TEETH?
OR FOOD WE SHOULD AVOID?
EVERYTHING'S PRETTY GOOD.
KEEP A WELL-BALANCED DIE YET.
YOUR FRUITS, VEGETABLES.
MEATS AND GRAIN.
LOOK TO SEE WHERE THE SUGAR IS.
EVERYBODY THINKS ABOUT YOUR
CAKES AND CANDIES AND SODAS BUT
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS
YOU WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT
HAVE SUGAR.
KETCHUP, SALAD DRESSINGS, PEANUT
BUTTER.
BE AWARE OF EVERYTHING YOUR
CHILD IS EATING.
Trini: AND JUST LIMITED
THOSE THINGS.
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
Trini: SO THIS MONTH IS
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S DENTAL
HEALTH MONTH.
THERE ARE SOME EVENTS HAPPENING
THIS MONTH, RIGHT?
FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL
CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH.
TO CELEBRATE THE YOUNG DENTIST
GROUP IS GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE
EVENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO
BE DOING IS GOING TO LOTS OF
SCHOOLS HERE ON OAHU AND
TEACHING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
ORAL HEALTH AND BRUSHES AND
FLOSSING.
BUT OUR BIG EVENT IS GIVE KIDS A
SMILE.
SCREENINGS AND CLEANINGS.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE LOTS OF BOOTHS
TO TALK ABOUT BRUSHING AND
FLOSSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 25TH,
SATURDAY.
FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT
THE WAIKIKI HEALTH CLINIC.
IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS OR
INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK
UP, YOU WITH VISIT WWW.GIVE KIDS
A SMILE HAWAI'I.ORG.
AND EVERYBODY COMES OUT.
LAST YEAR WE HAD FUN.
AND A LOT OF KIDS HAD A GOOD
TIME.
Trini: A LOT OF PEOPLE OR
SOME PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT.