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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 »

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 Bossier City

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Bossier City Hospitals *

Brentwood Hospital
1006 Highland Ave
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)678-7500

Doctors' Hospital of Shreveport
1130 Louisiana Ave
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)227-1211

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
510 E Stoner Ave
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)221-8411

Promise Hospital of Shreveport
1800 Irving Pl
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)425-4096

CHRISTUS Schumpert St Mary Place
One Saint Mary Pl
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)681-4500

CHRISTUS Schumpert Sutton Children's Medical Center
One Saint Mary Pl
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)424-5437

Dubuis Hospital Shreveport
One Saint Mary Pl
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)678-1000

Shriners Hospital Shreveport
3100 Samford Ave
Shreveport, LA 71103
(318)222-5704

LSU Health Sciences Center
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, LA 71103
(318)675-5000

Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center
2400 Hospital Dr
Bossier City, LA 71111
(318)212-7000

LifeCare Hospitals of Shreveport North
2550 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, LA 71103
(318)212-6860

Willis-Knighton Medical Center
2600 Greenwood Rd
Shreveport, LA 71103
(318)212-4000

Cornerstone Hospital of Bossier City
4900 Medical Dr
Bossier City, LA 71112
(318)747-9500

LifeCare Hospitals of Shreveport Pierremont
8001 Youree Dr
Shreveport, LA 71115
(318)212-3200

Willis-Knighton Pierremont Health Center
8001 Youree Dr
Shreveport, LA 71115
(318)212-3000

CHRISTUS Schumpert Highland Hospital
1453 E Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Shreveport, LA 71105
(318)681-5000

LifeCare Hospitals of Shreveport South
9320 Linwood Ave
Shreveport, LA 71106
(318)688-8504

Willis Knighton South
2510 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Shreveport, LA 71118
(318)212-5000

Minden Medical Center
1 Medical Plz
Minden, LA 71055
(318)377-2321

North Caddo Medical Center
1000 S Spruce St
Vivian, LA 71082
(318)375-3235

DeSoto Regional Health System
207 Jefferson St
Mansfield, LA 71052
(318)872-4610

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