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Brockton, Massachusetts

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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 Brockton

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Brockton Hospitals *

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital
680 Centre St
Brockton, MA 02302
(508)941-7000

Boston VA Healthcare System Brockton
940 Belmont St
Brockton, MA 02301
(508)583-4500

Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center
235 N Pearl St
Brockton, MA 02301
(508)427-3000

Kindred Specialty Hospital Stoughton
909 Sumner St
Stoughton, MA 02072
(781)297-8411

Kindred Specialty Hospital Braintree
2001 Washington St
Braintree, MA 02184
(781)848-2600

New England Sinai Hospital & Rehabilitation Center
150 York St
Stoughton, MA 02072
(781)344-0600

South Shore Hospital
55 Fogg Rd
Weymouth, MA 02190
(781)340-8000

Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital
250 Pond St
Braintree, MA 02184
(781)848-5353

Massachusetts Hospital School
3 Randolph St
Canton, MA 02021
(781)828-2440

Quincy Medical Center
114 Whitwell St
Quincy, MA 02169
(617)773-6100

Caritas Norwood Hospital
800 Washington St
Norwood, MA 02062
(781)769-4000

Milton Hospital
92 Highland St
Milton, MA 02186
(617)696-4600

Morton Hospital & Medical Center
88 Washington St
Taunton, MA 02780
(508)828-7000

Pembroke Hospital
199 Oak St
Pembroke, MA 02359
(781)826-8161

Taunton State Hospital
60 Hodges Ave
Taunton, MA 02780
(508)977-3000

Caritas Carney Hospital
2100 Dorchester Ave
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617)296-4000

Westwood Lodge Hospital
45 Clapboardtree St
Westwood, MA 02090
(781)762-7764

Massachusetts Mental Health Center
180 Morton St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617)626-9300

VA Boston Healthcare System West Roxbury Campus
1400 VFW Pkwy
West Roxbury, MA 02132
(617)323-7700

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
170 Morton St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617)522-8110

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged
1200 Centre St
Roslindale, MA 02131
(617)325-8000

Faulkner Hospital
1153 Centre St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617)983-7000

Bournewood Hospital
300 South St
Brookline, MA 02467
(617)469-0300

Sturdy Memorial Hospital
211 Park St
Attleboro, MA 02703
(508)222-5200

Radius Specialty Hospital Boston
59 Townsend St
Roxbury, MA 02119
(617)442-8760

Arbour Hospital
49 Robinwood Ave
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617)522-4400

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham
148 Chestnut St
Needham, MA 02492
(781)453-3000

Boston Medical Center
One Boston Medical Center Pl
Roxbury, MA 02118
(617)638-8000

New England Baptist Hospital
125 Parker Hill Ave
Boston, MA 02120
(617)754-5800

VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus
150 S Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02130
(617)232-9500

Brigham & Women's Hospital
75 Francis St
Boston, MA 02115
(617)732-5500

Children's Hospital Boston
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
(617)355-6000

Dana Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney St
Boston, MA 02115
(617)632-3000

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
(617)667-7000

Tufts New England Medical Center
750 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111
(617)636-5000

Arbour HRI Hospital
227 Babcock St
Brookline, MA 02446
(617)731-3200

Kindred Hospital Boston
1515 Commonwealth Ave
Brighton, MA 02135
(617)254-1100

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
243 Charles St
Boston, MA 02114
(617)523-7900

Franciscan Hospital for Children
30 Warren St
Boston, MA 02135
(617)254-3800

M I T Medical
25 Carleton St
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)253-4481

Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St
Boston, MA 02114
(617)726-2000

Shriners Hospitals for Children Boston Burn Hospital
51 Blossom St
Boston, MA 02114
(617)722-3000

Caritas St Elizabeth's Medical Center
736 Cambridge St
Brighton, MA 02135
(617)789-3000

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
125 Nashua St
Boston, MA 02114
(617)573-7000

Arbour-Fuller Hospital
200 May St
South Attleboro, MA 02703
(508)761-8500

Cambridge Hospital
1493 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)498-1000

Youville Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
1575 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)876-4344

Newton Wellesley Hospital
2014 Washington St
Newton, MA 02462
(617)243-6000

Mount Auburn Hospital
330 Mt Auburn St
Cambridge, MA 02238
(617)492-3500

Kindred Specialty Hospital Natick
67 Union St
Natick, MA 01760
(508)650-7630

MetroWest Medical Center Leonard Morse Hospital
67 Union St
Natick, MA 01760
(508)650-7000

Jordan Hospital
275 Sandwich St
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508)746-2000

Somerville Hospital
230 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
(617)591-4500

Lawrence F Quigley Memorial Hospital
91 Crest Ave
Chelsea, MA 02150
(617)884-5660

Whidden Memorial Hospital
103 Garland St
Everett, MA 02149
(617)389-6270

McLean Hospital
115 Mill St
Belmont, MA 02478
(617)855-2000

Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
111 Brewster St
Pawtucket, RI 02860
(401)729-2000

New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital
4499 Acushnet Ave
New Bedford, MA 02745
(508)995-6900

Lawrence Memorial Hospital
170 Governors Ave
Medford, MA 02155
(781)306-6000

MetroWest Medical Center Framingham Union Hospital
115 Lincoln St
Framingham, MA 01702
(508)383-1000

Butler Hospital
345 Blackstone Blvd
Providence, RI 02906
(401)455-6200

Landmark Medical Center
115 Cass Ave
Woonsocket, RI 02895
(401)769-4100

The Miriam Hospital
164 Summit Ave
Providence, RI 02906
(401)793-2500

Melrose Wakefield Hospital
585 Lebanon St
Melrose, MA 02176
(781)979-3000

Milford Regional Medical Center
14 Prospect St
Milford, MA 01757
(508)473-1190

Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island
116 Eddie Dowling Hwy
North Smithfield, RI 02896
(401)766-0800

Charlton Memorial Hospital
363 Highland Ave
Fall River, MA 02720
(508)679-3131

Bradley Hospital
1011 Veterans Memorial Pkwy
Riverside, RI 02915
(401)432-1000

Winchester Hospital
41 Highland Ave
Winchester, MA 01890
(781)729-9000

HEALTHSOUTH New England Rehabilitation Hospital
2 Rehab Way
Woburn, MA 01801
(781)935-5050

Hasbro Children's Hospital
593 Eddy St
Providence, RI 02903
(401)444-4000

Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy St
Providence, RI 02903
(401)444-4000

Tobey Hospital
43 High St
Wareham, MA 02571
(508)295-0880

Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
200 High Service Ave
North Providence, RI 02904
(401)456-3000

Providence VA Medical Center
830 Chalkstone Ave
Providence, RI 02908
(401)273-7100

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