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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 »

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 North Little Rock

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby North Little Rock Hospitals *

Eugene J Towbin Healthcare Center
2200 Fort Roots Dr
North Little Rock, AR 72114
(501)257-1000

Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Childrens Way
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501)364-1100

UAMS Medical Center
4301 W Markham St
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)686-7000

Arkansas State Hospital
305 S Palm St
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)686-9000

John L McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital
4300 W 7th St
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)257-1000

Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock
3333 Springhill Dr
North Little Rock, AR 72117
(501)202-3000

Select Specialty Hospital Little Rock
Two St Vincent Cir
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)661-4198

St Vincent Health System
Two St Vincent Cir
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)552-3000

St Vincent Doctors Hospital
6101 St Vincent Cir
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)552-6000

St Vincent Medical Center North
2215 Wildwood Ave
Sherwood, AR 72120
(501)552-7100

St Vincent Rehabilitation Hospital
2201 Wildwood Ave
Sherwood, AR 72120
(501)834-1800

Baptist Medical Center Little Rock
9601 Interstate 630
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)202-2000

The BridgeWay Hospital
21 Bridgeway Rd
North Little Rock, AR 72113
(501)771-1500

Arkansas Heart Hospital
1701 S Shackleford Rd
Little Rock, AR 72211
(501)219-7000

Pinnacle Pointe Hospital
11501 Financial Center Pkwy
Little Rock, AR 72211
(501)223-3322

Methodist Behavioral Hospital
1601 Murphy Dr
Maumelle, AR 72113
(501)803-3388

North Metro Medical Center
1400 Braden St
Jacksonville, AR 72076
(501)985-7000

Rivendell Behavioral Health Services
100 Rivendell Dr
Benton, AR 72019
(501)316-1255

Saline Memorial Hospital
1 Medical Park Dr
Benton, AR 72015
(501)776-6000

Conway Regional Medical Center
2302 College Ave
Conway, AR 72032
(501)329-3831

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