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Biloxi, Mississippi

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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 facts

  • 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 Biloxi

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Biloxi Hospitals *

Gulf Coast Medical Center
180-A Debuys Rd
Biloxi, MS 39531
(228)388-6711

Gulf Oaks Hospital
180-C DeBuys Rd
Biloxi, MS 39531
(228)388-0600

VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
400 Veterans Ave
Biloxi, MS 39531
(228)523-5000

Biloxi Regional Medical Center
150 Reynoir St
Biloxi, MS 39530
(228)432-1571

Select Specialty Hospital Biloxi
648 Beach Blvd
Biloxi, MS 39530
(228)374-7474

Garden Park Community Hospital
15200 Community Rd
Gulfport, MS 39501
(228)575-7000

Memorial Behavioral Health Gulfport
1150 Hwy 49 N
Gulfport, MS 39501
(228)831-1700

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
4500 13th St
Gulfport, MS 39502
(228)867-4000

Ocean Springs Hospital
3109 Bienville Blvd
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
(228)818-1111

Hancock Medical Center
149 Drinkwater Blvd
Bay Saint Louis, MS 39521
(228)467-8600

Singing River Hospital
2809 Denny Ave
Pascagoula, MS 39581
(228)809-5000

Stone County Hospital
1434 E Central Ave
Wiggins, MS 39577
(601)928-6600

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