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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 Bloomfield

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Bloomfield Hospitals *

Clara Maass Medical Center
1 Clara Maass Dr
Belleville, NJ 07109
(973)450-2000

Mountainside Hospital
1 Bay Ave
Montclair, NJ 07042
(973)429-6000

East Orange General Hospital
300 Central Ave
East Orange, NJ 07019
(973)672-8400

East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System
385 Tremont Ave
East Orange, NJ 07018
(973)676-1000

Clara Maass Medical Center West Hudson
206 Bergen Ave
Kearny, NJ 07032
(201)955-7000

The University Hospital
150 Bergen St
Newark, NJ 07103
(973)972-4300

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation West Orange
1199 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
(973)731-3600

Essex County Hospital Center
204 Grove Ave
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
(973)571-2800

St James Hospital of Newark
155 Jefferson St
Newark, NJ 07105
(973)589-1300

Children's Hospital of New Jersey
201 Lyons Ave at Osborne Terr
Newark, NJ 07112
(973)926-7000

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Ave
Newark, NJ 07112
(973)926-7000

Saint Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Rd
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973)322-5000

Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center
55 Meadowlands Pkwy
Secaucus, NJ 07096
(201)392-3100

St Mary's Hospital
350 Boulevard
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973)365-4300

Meadowview Psychiatric Hospital
595 County Ave
Secaucus, NJ 07094
(201)319-3660

St Joseph's Children's Hospital
703 Main St
Paterson, NJ 07503
(973)754-2500

St Joseph's Regional Medical Center
703 Main St
Paterson, NJ 07503
(973)754-2000

Christ Hospital
176 Palisade Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201)795-8200

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Saddle Brook
300 Market St
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
(201)587-8500

Hoboken University Medical Center
308 Willow Ave
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201)418-1000

Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand St
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201)915-2000

Trinitas Hospital New Point Campus
655 E Jersey St
Elizabeth, NJ 07206
(908)994-5000

Trinitas Hospital Williamson Campus
225 Williamson St
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
(908)994-5000

Bayonne Medical Center
29 E 29th St
Bayonne, NJ 07002
(201)858-5000

Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Ave
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(201)996-2000

Select Specialty Hospital Northeast New Jersey
96 Parkway
Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
(201)221-2351

Overlook Hospital
99 Beauvoir Ave
Summit, NJ 07901
(908)522-2000

Summit Oaks Hospital
19 Prospect St
Summit, NJ 07901
(908)522-7000

Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd
North Bergen, NJ 07047
(201)854-5000

Kindred Hospital New Jersey Wayne
224 Hamburg Tpke
Wayne, NJ 07470
(973)636-7200

St Joseph's Wayne Hospital
224 Hamburg Tpke
Wayne, NJ 07470
(973)942-6900

St Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center of New York
170 W 12th St
New York, NY 10011
(212)604-7000

St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center
1000 Tenth Ave
New York, NY 10019
(212)523-4000

New York Downtown Hospital
170 Williams St
New York, NY 10038
(212)312-5000

Beth Israel Medical Center Petrie Division
First Avenue at 16th St
New York, NY 10003
(212)420-2000

Holy Name Hospital
718 Teaneck Rd
Teaneck, NJ 07666
(201)833-3000

New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
310 E 14th St
New York, NY 10003
(212)979-4000

NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
301 E 17th St
New York, NY 10003
(212)598-6000

Richmond University Medical Center
355 Bard Ave
Staten Island, NY 10310
(718)818-1234

Children's Specialized Hospital Mountainside
150 New Providence Rd
Mountainside, NJ 07092
(908)233-3720

Bellevue Hospital Center
462 1st Ave
New York, NY 10016
(212)562-4141

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System New York Campus
423 E 23rd St
New York, NY 10010
(212)686-7500

NYU Langone Medical Center
540 1st Ave
New York, NY 10016
(212)263-7300

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
400 E 34th St
New York, NY 10016
(212)263-7300

Lenox Hill Hospital
100 E 77th St
New York, NY 10075
(212)434-2000

Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital
210 E 64th St
New York, NY 10065
(212)838-9200

St Lukes Hospital
1111 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10025
(212)523-4000

Long Island College Hospital
339 Hicks St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718)780-1000

Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility
1 Main St
New York, NY 10044
(212)318-8000

Gracie Square Hospital
420 E 76th St
New York, NY 10021
(212)988-4400

Hospital for Special Surgery
535 E 70th St
New York, NY 10021
(212)606-1000

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Ave
New York, NY 10065
(212)639-2000

New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Campus
525 E 68th St
New York, NY 10065
(212)746-5454

The Rockefeller University Hospital
1230 York Ave
New York, NY 10065
(212)327-8000

Chilton Memorial Hospital
97 West Pkwy
Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
(973)831-5000

Coler Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility
900 Main St N
New York, NY 10044
(212)318-8000

Metropolitan Hospital Center
1901 1st Ave
New York, NY 10029
(212)423-6262

The Mount Sinai Medical Center
1 Gustave Levy Pl
New York, NY 10029
(212)241-6500

Christian Health Care Center
301 Sicomac Ave
Wyckoff, NJ 07481
(201)848-5200

North General Hospital
1879 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10035
(212)423-4000

Bayley Seton Campus
75 Vanderbilt Ave
Staten Island, NY 10304
(718)818-6000

The Brooklyn Hospital Center
121 Dekalb Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718)250-8000

Harlem Hospital Center
506 Lenox Ave
New York, NY 10037
(212)939-1000

Kindred Hospital New Jersey Rahway
865 Stone St
Rahway, NJ 07065
(732)499-6309

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone St
Rahway, NJ 07065
(732)381-4200

Bergen Regional Medical Center
230 E Ridgewood Ave
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201)967-4000

Lutheran Medical Center
150 55th St
Brooklyn, NY 11220
(718)630-7000

New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Dr
New York, NY 10032
(212)543-5000

Manhattan Psychiatric Center
600 E 125th St
Wards Island, NY 10035
(646)672-6767

New York Presbyterian Columbia Campus
622 W 168th St
New York, NY 10032
(212)305-2500

Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center
234 E 149th St
Bronx, NY 10451
(718)579-5000

Morristown Memorial Hospital
100 Madison Ave
Morristown, NJ 07962
(973)971-5000

The Valley Hospital
223 N Van Dien Ave
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201)447-8000

Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute
95 Mount Kemble Ave
Morristown, NJ 07962
(973)971-4481

The Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens
25-10 30th Ave
Long Island City, NY 11102
(718)932-1000

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