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Athens, Georgia

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Dental Care for Babies

When to Start Caring for Your Baby's Teeth

It's a good idea to get in the habit of cleaning your baby's gums even before teeth emerge.

To clean your baby's mouth:

  1. Lay your baby in your lap with his or her head close to your chest.
  2. Gently, but firmly, rub a clean and damp piece of gauze or washcloth along both the upper and lower gums.
  3. Clean the gums at least two times a day -- after breakfast and after the last feeding of the day. Even better -- clean your baby's gums after every feeding.

What Is Teething?

Teething refers to the time when baby teeth (also called deciduous teeth or primary teeth) appear. Generally, teething first occurs between 6 months and 24 months of age. While this process is uneventful in some children; for others, it causes quite a bit of discomfort and irritability.

Check out this tooth chart and learn when to expect your baby's teeth to appear.

What Are Symptoms of Teething?

Symptoms include:

  • Increased irritability
  • Placing objects or fingers in the mouth and biting down on them
  • Increased saliva or drooling
  • Loss of appetite or becoming choosy about foods
  • Tender and swollen gums
  • Rash on cheeks or redness in the area of the cheeks near the affected gums
  • Restlessness
  • Ear pulling, which may be a sign of teething or possibly an ear infection (make an appointment to have your child seen by your doctor or pediatrician)

Teething does not result in fever, vomiting, or diarrhea. If your child experiences these problems, contact your doctor.

What Can I Do to Ease Teething Pain?

  • Massage your child's gums with a clean finger or the back of a small cold spo...

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  • Nausea and vomiting are symptoms of a disease or condition. The underlying cause of the illness causing nausea and vomiting should be identified and treated.
  • Nausea and vomiting symptom control is important both for comfort's sake and to prevent dehydration.
  • Dehydration can worsen nausea and vomiting.
  • Medication may be available to control symptoms of nausea and vomiting.

Introduction to nausea and vomiting

Nausea and vomiting are symptoms of an underlying illness and not a specific disease. Nausea is the sensation that the stomach wants to empty itself, while vomiting (emesis) or throwing up, is the act of forcible emptying of the stomach. The term "dry heaves" refers to an episode of vomiting where there is no food in the stomach to vomit, and only clear secretions are vomited.

Vomiting is a violent act in which the stomach almost...

Emergency Contact for Athens

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Athens Hospitals *

Athens Regional Medical Center
1199 Prince Ave
Athens, GA 30606
(706)475-7000

St Mary's Health Care System
1230 Baxter St
Athens, GA 30606
(706)548-7581

BJC Medical Center
70 Medical Center Dr
Commerce, GA 30529
(706)335-1000

Barrow Regional Medical Center
316 N Broad St
Winder, GA 30680
(770)867-3400

Walton Regional Medical Center
330 Alcovy St
Monroe, GA 30655
(770)267-8461

Morgan Memorial Hospital
1077 S Main St
Madison, GA 30650
(706)342-1667

Ty Cobb Healthcare System
521 Franklin Springs St
Royston, GA 30662
(706)245-5034

Saint Joseph at East Georgia
1201 Siloam Rd
Greensboro, GA 30642
(706)453-7331

Elbert Memorial Hospital
4 Medical Dr
Elberton, GA 30635
(706)283-3151

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lanier Park Campus
675 White Sulphur Rd
Gainesville, GA 30501
(678)343-4000

Northeast Georgia Medical Center
743 Spring St NE
Gainesville, GA 30501
(770)535-3553

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