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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 Moore

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Moore Hospitals *

Moore Medical Center
700 S Telephone Rd
Oklahoma City, OK 73160
(405)793-9355

Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic & Multi Specialty Hospital
8100 S Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
(405)602-6500

Surgical Hospital of South Oklahoma City
100 SE 59th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73129
(405)634-9300

Community Hospital of Oklahoma
3100 SW 89th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73159
(405)602-8100

Kindred Hospital Oklahoma City South
2129 SW 59th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73119
(405)713-5955

St Anthony Hospital South
2129 SW 59th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73119
(405)685-6671

INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center
4401 S Western Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73109
(405)636-7000

Norman Regional Hospital
901 N Porter St
Norman, OK 73071
(405)307-1000

Griffin Memorial Hospital
900 E Main St
Norman, OK 73071
(405)321-4880

J D McCarty Center
2002 E Robinson St
Norman, OK 73071
(405)321-4830

Oklahoma Youth Center
320 12th Ave NE
Norman, OK 73071
(405)364-9004

The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center
1200 Everett Dr
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405)271-4700

Valir Rehabilitation Hospital
721 NW 7th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(405)236-3131

Bone & Joint Hospital
1111 N Dewey Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
(405)272-9671

St Anthony Hospital
1000 N Lee St
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(405)272-7000

Oklahoma City VA Medical Center
921 NE 13th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405)270-0501

OU Medical Center Presbyterian Tower
700 NE 13th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405)271-5100

Kindred Hospital Oklahoma City
1407 N Robinson Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
(405)232-8000

Midwest Regional Medical Center
2825 Parklawn Dr
Midwest City, OK 73110
(405)610-4411

Specialty Hospital Midwest City
8210 National Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73110
(405)739-0800

INTEGRIS Mental Health System Willow View
2601 N Spencer Rd
Spencer, OK 73084
(405)427-2441

Deaconess Hospital
5501 N Portland Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405)604-6000

Select Specialty Hospital of Oklahoma City
3524 NW 56th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405)606-6900

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center
3300 Northwest Expy
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405)949-3011

The Children's Center
6800 NW 39th Expy
Bethany, OK 73008
(405)789-6711

Northwest Surgical Hospital
9204 N May Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
(405)848-1918

Lakeside Women's Hospital
11200 N Portland Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
(405)936-1500

McBride Clinic Orthopedic Hospital
9600 North Broadway Ext
Oklahoma City, OK 73114
(405)486-2100

Mercy Health Center
4300 W Memorial Rd
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
(405)755-1515

Oklahoma Heart Hospital
4050 W Memorial Rd
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
(405)608-3200

Oklahoma Spine Hospital
14101 Pkwy Commons Dr
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
(405)749-2700

INTEGRIS Canadian Valley Regional Hospital
1201 Health Center Pkwy
Yukon, OK 73099
(405)717-6800

Edmond Specialty Hospital
1100 E 9th St
Edmond, OK 73034
(405)341-8150

Edmond Medical Center
One S Bryant St
Edmond, OK 73034
(405)341-6100

Purcell Municipal Hospital
1500 N Green Ave
Purcell, OK 73080
(405)527-6524

Parkview Hospital
2115 Parkview Dr
El Reno, OK 73036
(405)262-2640

Unity Health Center North Campus
1102 W MacArthur St
Shawnee, OK 74804
(405)273-2270

Unity Health Center South Campus
1900 S Gordon Cooper Dr
Shawnee, OK 74801
(405)878-7112

Grady Memorial Hospital
2220 W Iowa Ave
Chickasha, OK 73018
(405)224-2300

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