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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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Aches, pain, fever facts

  • Although a fever could be considered any body temperature above the normal 98.6 F (37 C), medically, a person is not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 F (38.0 C).
  • Most fever is beneficial, causes no problems, and helps the body fight off infections. The main reason for treating a fever is to increase comfort.
  • Fever is the result of an immune response by your body to a foreign invader. These foreign invaders include viruses, bacteria, fungi, drugs or other toxins.
  • Children under 3 months of age with a temperature of 100.4 F (38.0 C) or greater should be seen by a health care professional. They may be quite ill and not show any signs or symptoms besides a fever. Infants less than 6 weeks of age should be seen immediately by their doctor.
  • Acetaminophen (Tylenol and others) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) can be used to treat a fever. Aspirin sh...

Emergency Contact for Kettering

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Kettering Hospitals *

Kettering Medical Center
3535 Southern Blvd
Kettering, OH 45429
(937)298-4331

Miami Valley Hospital
One Wyoming St
Dayton, OH 45409
(937)208-8000

Dayton Heart Hospital
707 S Edwin C Moses Blvd
Dayton, OH 45408
(937)221-8000

Miami Valley Hospital South
2400 Miami Valley Dr
Centerville, OH 45459
(937)438-2400

Kindred Hospital Dayton
One Elizabeth Place
Dayton, OH 45408
(937)222-5963

Southview Hospital
1997 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
(937)439-6000

Kettering Medical Center Sycamore
4000 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937)866-0551

Children's Medical Center
One Children's Plz
Dayton, OH 45404
(937)641-3000

Grandview Medical Center
405 Grand Ave
Dayton, OH 45405
(937)226-3200

Dayton VA Medical Center
4100 W 3rd St
Dayton, OH 45428
(937)268-6511

LifeCare Hospitals of Dayton
2150 Leiter Rd
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937)384-8300

Good Samaritan Hospital
2222 Philadelphia Dr
Dayton, OH 45406
(937)278-2612

Greene Memorial Hospital
1141 N Monroe Dr
Xenia, OH 45385
(937)352-2000

Atrium Medical Center
One Medical Center Dr
Franklin, OH 45005
(513)424-2111

Clinton Memorial Hospital
610 W Main St
Wilmington, OH 45177
(937)382-6611

Springfield Regional Medical Center Fountain Campus
1343 N Fountain Blvd
Springfield, OH 45504
(937)390-5000

West Chester Medical Center
7700 University Dr
West Chester, OH 45069
(513)298-3000

Springfield Regional Medical Center
2615 E High St
Springfield, OH 45505
(937)325-0531

Upper Valley Medical Center
3130 N Dixie Hwy
Troy, OH 45373
(937)440-4000

Butler County Medical Center
3125 Hamilton Mason Rd
Hamilton, OH 45011
(513)894-8888

Fort Hamilton Hospital
630 Eaton Ave
Hamilton, OH 45013
(513)867-2000

Bethesda North Hospital
10500 Montgomery Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45242
(513)745-1111

Mercy Hospital Fairfield
3000 Mack Rd
Fairfield, OH 45014
(513)870-7000

McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital
110 N Poplar St
Oxford, OH 45056
(513)523-2111

Evendale Medical Center
3155 Glendale Milford Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45241
(513)454-2222

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