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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 Richmond

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Richmond Hospitals *

VCU Medical Center
1250 E Marshall St
Richmond, VA 23219
(804)828-9000

Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital
1500 N 28th St
Richmond, VA 23223
(804)225-1700

Children's Hospital
2924 Brook Rd
Richmond, VA 23220
(804)321-7474

Retreat Doctor's Hospital
2621 Grove Ave
Richmond, VA 23220
(804)254-5100

Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
1201 Broad Rock Blvd
Richmond, VA 23249
(804)675-5000

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of Virginia
5700 Fitzhugh Ave
Richmond, VA 23226
(804)288-5700

Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital
5801 Bremo Rd
Richmond, VA 23226
(804)285-2011

CJW Medical Center Chippenham Campus
7101 Jahnke Rd
Richmond, VA 23225
(804)320-3911

Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center
8260 Atlee Rd
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
(804)764-6000

Sheltering Arms Rehabilitation Hospital
8254 Atlee Rd
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
(804)764-7054

Henrico Doctors' Hospital
1602 Skipwith Rd
Richmond, VA 23229
(804)289-4500

Stony Point Surgery Center
8700 Stony Point Pkwy
Richmond, VA 23235
(804)775-4500

Parham Doctors' Hospital
7700 E Parham Rd
Richmond, VA 23294
(804)747-5600

CJW Medical Center Johnston-Willis Campus
1401 Johnston-Willis Dr
Richmond, VA 23235
(804)330-2000

Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center
13710 St Francis Blvd
Midlothian, VA 23114
(804)594-7300

Hallmark Youth Care
12800 W Creek Pkwy
Richmond, VA 23238
(804)784-2200

John Randolph Medical Center
411 W Randolph Rd
Hopewell, VA 23860
(804)541-7492

Central State Hospital
26317 W Washington St
Petersburg, VA 23803
(804)524-7000

Hiram W Davis Medical Center
7th Ave
Petersburg, VA 23803
(804)524-7420

Poplar Springs Hospital
350 Poplar Dr
Petersburg, VA 23805
(804)733-6874

Cumberland Hospital for Children & Adolescents
9407 Cumberland Rd
New Kent, VA 23124
(804)966-2242

Southside Regional Medical Center
200 Medical Park Blvd
Petersburg, VA 23805
(804)862-5000

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