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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 Lorain

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Lorain Hospitals *

Community Health Partners Regional Medical Center
3700 Kolbe Rd
Lorain, OH 44053
(440)960-4000

Hospital for Orthopaedic & Specialty Services
254 Cleveland Ave
Amherst, OH 44001
(440)988-6000

Specialty Hospital of Lorain
254 Cleveland Ave
Amherst, OH 44001
(440)988-6029

EMH Regional Medical Center
630 E River St
Elyria, OH 44035
(440)329-7500

Allen Community Hospital
200 W Lorain St
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440)775-1211

St John West Shore Hospital
29000 Center Ridge Rd
Westlake, OH 44145
(440)835-8000

Fairview Hospital
18101 Lorain Ave
Cleveland, OH 44111
(216)476-7000

Southwest General Health Center
18697 Bagley Rd
Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
(440)816-8000

Lakewood Hospital
14519 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107
(216)521-4200

Parma Community General Hospital
7007 Powers Blvd
Parma, OH 44129
(440)743-3000

Lutheran Hospital
1730 W 25th St
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216)696-4300

MetroHealth Medical Center
2500 Metrohealth Dr
Cleveland, OH 44109
(216)778-7800

NorthCoast Behavioral HealthCare North
1708 Southpoint Dr
Cleveland, OH 44109
(216)787-0500

Grace Hospital
2307 W 14th St
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216)687-1500

Kindred Hospital Cleveland Gateway
2351 E 22nd St
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216)592-2830

St Vincent Charity Hospital
2351 E 22nd St
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216)861-6200

Firelands Regional Medical Center Main Campus
1111 Hayes Ave
Sandusky, OH 44870
(419)557-7400

Fisher Titus Medical Center
272 Benedict Ave
Norwalk, OH 44857
(419)668-8101

Firelands Regional Medical Center South Campus
1912 Hayes Ave
Sandusky, OH 44870
(419)557-7400

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation
2801 Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Cleveland, OH 44104
(216)721-5400

Medina General Hospital
1000 E Washington St
Medina, OH 44256
(330)725-1000

Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
(216)444-2200

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216)844-3971

University Hospitals Case Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216)844-1000

Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
10701 East Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216)791-3800

Kindred Hospital Cleveland
11900 Fairhill Rd
Cleveland, OH 44120
(216)721-8120

Marymount Hospital
12300 McCracken Rd
Garfield Heights, OH 44125
(216)581-0500

Lodi Community Hospital
225 Elyria St
Lodi, OH 44254
(330)948-1222

NorthCoast Behavioral HealthCare South
1756 Sagamore Rd
Northfield, OH 44067
(330)467-7131

Huron Hospital
13951 Terrace Rd
East Cleveland, OH 44112
(216)761-3300

South Pointe Hospital
20000 Harvard Rd
Warrensville Heights, OH 44122
(216)491-6000

Euclid Hospital
18901 Lake Shore Blvd
Euclid, OH 44119
(216)531-9000

University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center
44 Blaine Ave
Bedford, OH 44146
(440)735-3900

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