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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 Thornton

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Thornton Hospitals *

North Suburban Medical Center
9191 Grant St
Thornton, CO 80229
(303)451-7800

North Valley Hospital
8451 Pearl St
Thornton, CO 80229
(303)288-3000

St Anthony North Hospital
2551 W 84th Ave
Westminster, CO 80031
(303)426-2151

Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
1835 Franklin St
Denver, CO 80218
(303)837-7111

Kindred Hospital Denver
1920 High St
Denver, CO 80218
(303)320-5871

Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center
1719 E 19th Ave
Denver, CO 80218
(303)839-6000

Select Specialty Hospital Denver
1719 E 19th Ave
Denver, CO 80218
(303)563-3700

Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
8300 W 38th Ave
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303)425-4500

Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center
200 Exempla Cir
Lafayette, CO 80026
(303)689-4000

Exempla West Pines Hospital
3400 Lutheran Pkwy
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303)467-4000

Colorado Acute Hospital
1601 N Lowell Blvd
Denver, CO 80204
(303)264-6900

St Anthony Central Hospital
4231 W 16th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
(303)629-3511

National Jewish Medical and Research Center
1400 Jackson St
Denver, CO 80206
(800)652-9555

Denver Health Medical Center
777 Bannock St
Denver, CO 80204
(303)436-6000

Denver VA Medical Center
1055 Clermont St
Denver, CO 80220
(303)399-8020

Rose Medical Center
4567 E Nineth Ave
Denver, CO 80220
(303)320-2121

University of Colorado Hospital Denver
4200 E Nineth Ave
Denver, CO 80262
(303)372-0000

Centennial Peaks Hospital
2255 S 88th St
Louisville, CO 80027
(303)673-9990

Avista Adventist Hospital
100 Health Park Dr
Louisville, CO 80027
(303)673-1000

University of Colorado Hospital Aurora Anschutz Medical Campus
12605 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80010
(303)372-0000

Platte Valley Medical Center
1600 Prairie Center Pkwy
Brighton, CO 80601
(303)498-1600

The Children's Hospital
13123 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
(720)777-1234

Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital
900 Potomac St
Aurora, CO 80011
(303)367-1166

The Medical Center of Aurora North Campus
700 Potomac St
Aurora, CO 80011
(303)695-2600

Triumph Hospital Aurora
700 Potomac St
Aurora, CO 80011
(720)857-8333

Porter Adventist Hospital
2525 S Downing St
Denver, CO 80210
(303)778-1955

Select Specialty Hospital Denver South
2525 S Downing St
Denver, CO 80210
(303)765-6576

Craig Hospital
3425 S Clarkson St
Englewood, CO 80113
(303)789-8000

The Medical Center of Aurora South Campus
1501 S Potomac St
Aurora, CO 80012
(303)695-2600

Swedish Medical Center
501 E Hampden Ave
Englewood, CO 80113
(303)788-5000

Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan
3520 W Oxford Ave
Denver, CO 80236
(303)761-0220

Boulder Community Foothills Hospital
4747 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80303
(720)854-7000

Boulder Community Hospital
1100 Balsam Ave
Boulder, CO 80301
(303)440-2273

Littleton Adventist Hospital
7700 S Broadway
Littleton, CO 80122
(303)730-8900

Centennial Medical Plaza
14200 E Arapahoe Rd
Centennial, CO 80112
(303)699-3000

Highlands Behavioral Health System
8565 S Poplar Way
Littleton, CO 80130
(720)348-2800

Longmont United Hospital
1950 Mountain View Ave
Longmont, CO 80501
(303)651-5111

Parker Adventist Hospital
9395 Crown Crest Blvd
Parker, CO 80138
(303)269-4000

Sky Ridge Medical Center
10101 RidgeGate Pkwy
Lone Tree, CO 80124
(720)225-1000

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