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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 Towson

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Towson Hospitals *

St Joseph Medical Center
7601 Osler Dr
Towson, MD 21204
(410)337-1000

Greater Baltimore Medical Center
6701 N Charles St
Towson, MD 21204
(443)849-2000

Sheppard Pratt Health System
6501 N Charles St
Towson, MD 21204
(410)938-3000

Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland
5601 Loch Raven Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21239
(443)444-8000

Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital
1708 W Rogers Ave
Baltimore, MD 21209
(410)578-8600

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 W Belvedere Ave
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410)601-9000

Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital
2434 W Belvedere Ave
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410)466-8700

Union Memorial Hospital
201 E University Pkwy
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410)554-2000

Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 N Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
(443)923-9200

Maryland General Hospital
827 Linden Ave
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410)225-8000

Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21287
(410)955-5000

Mercy Medical Center
301 Saint Paul Pl
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410)332-9000

Franklin Square Hospital Center
9000 Franklin Square Dr
Rosedale, MD 21237
(443)777-7000

Baltimore VA Medical Center
10 N Greene St
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410)605-7000

University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S Greene St
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410)328-8667

Bon Secours Baltimore Health System
2000 W Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD 21223
(410)362-3000

University Specialty Hospital
601 S Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410)547-8500

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Ave
Baltimore, MD 21224
(410)550-0100

Kernan Hospital
2200 Kernan Dr
Gwynn Oak, MD 21207
(410)448-2500

Saint Agnes Hospital
900 Caton Ave
Baltimore, MD 21229
(410)368-6000

Northwest Hospital
5401 Old Court Rd
Randallstown, MD 21133
(410)521-2200

Harbor Hospital Center
3001 S Hanover St
Baltimore, MD 21225
(410)350-3200

Spring Grove Hospital Center
55 Wade Ave
Catonsville, MD 21228
(410)402-6000

Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City
4100 College Ave
Ellicott City, MD 21041
(443)364-5500

Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
500 Upper Chesapeake Dr
Bel Air, MD 21014
(443)643-1000

Baltimore Washington Medical Center
301 Hospital Dr
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
(410)787-4000

Springfield Hospital Center
6655 Sykesville Rd
Sykesville, MD 21784
(410)970-7000

Howard County General Hospital
5755 Cedar Ln
Columbia, MD 21044
(410)740-7890

Carroll Hospital Center
200 Memorial Ave
Westminster, MD 21157
(410)848-3000

Laurel Regional Hospital
7300 Van Dusen Rd
Laurel, MD 20707
(301)725-4300

Anne Arundel Medical Center
2001 Medical Pkwy
Annapolis, MD 21401
(443)481-1000

Harford Memorial Hospital
501 S Union Ave
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
(443)843-5000

Montgomery General Hospital
18101 Prince Philip Dr
Olney, MD 20832
(301)774-8882

Perry Point VA Medical Center
Circle Dr
Perry Point, MD 21902
(410)642-2411

Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center
300 Scheeler Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
(410)778-6800

Chester River Hospital Center
100 Brown St
Chestertown, MD 21620
(410)778-3300

Doctors Community Hospital
8118 Good Luck Rd
Lanham, MD 20706
(301)552-8118

Hanover Hospital
300 Highland Ave
Hanover, PA 17331
(717)637-3711

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