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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 Broken Arrow

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Broken Arrow Hospitals *

SouthCrest Hospital
8801 S 101st East Ave
Tulsa, OK 74133
(918)294-4000

Southwestern Regional Medical Center
10109 E 79th St
Tulsa, OK 74133
(918)286-5000

Saint Francis South
10501 E 91st St
Tulsa, OK 74133
(918)307-6000

Shadow Mountains Behavioral Health
6262 S Sheridan Rd
Tulsa, OK 74133
(918)492-8200

Meadowbrook Specialty Hospital
3219 S 79th East Ave
Tulsa, OK 74145
(918)663-8183

Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital
6655 S Yale Ave
Tulsa, OK 74136
(918)481-4000

Saint Francis Hospital
6161 S Yale Ave
Tulsa, OK 74136
(918)494-2200

Brookhaven Hospital
201 S Garnett Rd
Tulsa, OK 74128
(918)438-4257

Oklahoma Surgical Hospital
2408 E 81st St
Tulsa, OK 74137
(918)477-5000

Continuous Care Center of Tulsa
1923 S Utica Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104
(918)744-3044

St John Medical Center
1923 S Utica Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104
(918)744-2345

Children's Medical Center
1120 S Utica Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104
(918)579-3722

Hillcrest Medical Center
1120 S Utica Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104
(918)579-1000

Hillcrest Specialty Hospital Utica Campus
1125 S Trenton St
Tulsa, OK 74120
(918)579-7300

Kaiser Rehabilitation Center
1125 S Trenton St
Tulsa, OK 74120
(918)579-7100

Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic
1620 E 12th St
Tulsa, OK 74120
(918)582-2131

Select Specialty Hospital Tulsa
1125 S Trenton Ave
Tulsa, OK 74120
(918)579-7300

Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital
6901 S Olympia Ave
Tulsa, OK 74132
(918)388-5701

Hillcrest Specialty Hospital Riverside Campus
744 W 9th St
Tulsa, OK 74127
(918)599-4001

Oklahoma State University Medical Center
744 W 9th St
Tulsa, OK 74127
(918)587-2561

Select Specialty Hospital Tulsa Riverside
744 W 9th St
Tulsa, OK 74127
(918)599-4604

St John Owasso
12451 E 100th St N
Owasso, OK 74055
(918)274-5000

Continuous Care Center Sapulpa
1004 E Bryan Ave
Sapulpa, OK 74066
(918)227-8360

St John Sapulpa
1004 E Bryan Ave
Sapulpa, OK 74066
(918)224-4280

Bailey Medical Center
106th St N & Garnett Rd
Owasso, OK 74055
(918)376-8000

Claremore Indian Hospital
101 S Moore St
Claremore, OK 74017
(918)342-6200

Claremore Regional Hospital
1202 N Muskogee Pl
Claremore, OK 74017
(918)341-2556

Wagoner Community Hospital
1200 W Cherokee
Wagoner, OK 74467
(918)485-5514

George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute
900 E Airport Rd
Okmulgee, OK 74447
(918)756-9211

Jack C Montgomery VA Medical Center
1011 Honor Heights Dr
Muskogee, OK 74401
(918)683-3261

Muskogee Regional Medical Center
300 Rockefeller Dr
Muskogee, OK 74401
(918)682-5501

Okmulgee Memorial Hospital
1401 Morris Dr
Okmulgee, OK 74447
(918)756-4233

Mayes County Medical Center
111 N Bailey St
Pryor, OK 74361
(918)825-1600

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