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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 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.

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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.

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Emergency Contact for Brick

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Brick Hospitals *

Ocean Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Blvd
Brick, NJ 08724
(732)840-2200

Kimball Medical Center
600 River Ave
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732)363-1900

Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 W
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)557-8000

Children's Specialized Hospital Toms River
94 Stevens Rd
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)914-1100

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital Toms River
14 Hospital Dr
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)244-3100

St Barnabas Behavioral Health Center
1691 US Highway 9
Toms River, NJ 08754
(732)914-1688

Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 Route 33
Neptune, NJ 07754
(732)775-5500

CentraState Medical Center
901 W Main St
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732)431-2000

HEALTHSOUTH Tinton Falls Rehabilitation Hospital
2 Centre Plz
Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
(732)460-5320

Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732)222-5200

Specialty Hospital at Monmouth
300 2nd Ave
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732)923-5037

Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plz
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732)741-2700

Bayshore Community Hospital
727 N Beers St
Holmdel, NJ 07733
(732)739-5900

Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge Division
One Hospital Plz
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
(732)360-1000

Deborah Heart & Lung Center
200 Trenton Rd
Browns Mills, NJ 08015
(609)893-6611

Southern Ocean County Hospital
1140 Route 72 W
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
(609)597-6011

Buttonwood Hospital of Burlington County
600 Pemberton-Browns Mill Rd
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
(609)726-7000

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton
1 Hamilton Health Pl
Trenton, NJ 08690
(609)586-7900

Staten Island University Hospital South Site
375 Seguine Ave
Staten Island, NY 10309
(718)226-2000

Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy Division
530 New Brunswick Ave
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
(732)442-3700

Care One at Raritan Bay
530 New Brunswick Ave
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
(732)442-3700

St Francis Medical Center
601 Hamilton Ave
Trenton, NJ 08629
(609)599-5000

Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
(732)253-3300

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
(732)828-3000

Merwick Rehabilitation Hospital
79 Bayard Ln
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609)497-3000

University Medical Center at Princeton
253 Witherspoon St
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609)497-4000

Saint Peter's University Hospital
254 Easton Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732)745-8600

Capital Health System Fuld Campus
750 Brunswick Ave
Trenton, NJ 08638
(609)394-6000

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