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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 Saginaw

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Saginaw Hospitals *

Saint Mary's of Michigan
800 S Washington Ave
Saginaw, MI 48601
(989)776-8000

Covenant Medical Center Cooper
700 Cooper Ave
Saginaw, MI 48602
(989)583-6000

Covenant Medical Center Harrison
1447 N Harrison St
Saginaw, MI 48602
(989)583-0000

Select Specialty Hospital
1447 N Harrison St
Saginaw, MI 48602
(989)583-4850

Aleda E Lutz VA Medical Center
1500 Weiss St
Saginaw, MI 48602
(989)497-2500

Healthsource Saginaw
3340 Hospital Rd
Saginaw, MI 48603
(989)790-7700

Bay Regional Medical Center East Campus
1900 Columbus Ave
Bay City, MI 48708
(989)894-3000

Bay Regional Medical Center West Campus
3250 E Midland Rd
Bay City, MI 48706
(989)894-3000

MidMichigan Medical Center Midland
4005 Orchard Dr
Midland, MI 48670
(989)839-3000

Caro Community Hospital
401 N Hooper St
Caro, MI 48723
(989)673-3141

McLaren Regional Medical Center
401 S Ballenger Hwy
Flint, MI 48532
(810)342-2000

Select Specialty Hospital
401 S Ballenger Hwy
Flint, MI 48532
(810)342-4545

Hurley Medical Center
One Hurley Plz
Flint, MI 48503
(810)257-9000

Memorial Healthcare
826 W King St
Owosso, MI 48867
(989)723-5211

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