ACTIVITY BOOKLET - Stalybridge Dental Care

1 THE DENPLANACTIVITY BOOKLETKey stage 15 7 year oldsTHE DENPLANMeet Brush he is going to look after you and teach you how to brush your teeth. He is helped by Commander Clean who will tell you great things about toothpaste and don t forget Floss Girl who will be zooming in to keep an eye on how clean your teeth are. Each person says hi, and cannot wait to meet you look out for them and enjoy learning about looking after your teeth, BUT be careful because there may be baddies YOU It can harm your teeth more to clean them straight after breakfast than before, because some food and drink can make your teeth softer. Brushing them straight after food could wear them away. So brush before you eat or half an hour after!3 Look at the picture above; CIRCLE all of the items that can be used to keep teeth clean and healthy.

2 HOW MANY CAN YOU SPOT?IN THE BATHROOMHOW MANY DO YOU USE?CAN YOU NAME THEM?4 HUMANCATELEPHANTDOGIn the box below draw a picture of your mouth smiling, then draw your friend s your friend the drawing. Did they like it?Do you have any teeth missing?Does your friend?Look at the pictures below and draw a line between the name and its mouth:My friend s mouth:DIFFERENT MOUTHS5 FACT BOXHow to brush your teeth properly: Gently brush the front and back of every tooth, then brush the fl at chewing part. An electric toothbrush makes brushing more fun. Ask an adult to check you are doing it you know how long you should brush your teeth for? Guess? Find Brush Man on the next page and see if you were minstimerDID YOU You have 20 milk teeth in your mouth that you start to lose when you are about 6 years old and after that, 32 adult can then colour the picture how you use these SENSES when you clean your teeth, the fi rst one is done for : I use my fi ngers to grip the toothbrush and move it around my :TASTE:HEARING:SMELL:TOUCH (with your fi ngertips) SIGHT (with your eyes) TASTE (with your tongue) HEARING (with your ears) SMELL (with your nose)FACT BOX All animals including humans have 5 SENSES: sight, taste, touch, hearing and SENSES do you use to clean your teeth?

3 Circle them on the picture BOX We eat food because we get hungry and it tastes good, but it also gives us energy. Our bodies use food like buses use fuel. 9 DANBFGQRJCDJMRKEKAHGAFKBRRHEU I CMERRZEHAUAOUBNSGCHTM I L KEUABANANACAs well as being good for you, some of these foods are also good for your teeth. Find them in the wordsearch on the right. MILKCHEESECARROTBANANACUCUMBERDID YOU Cheese is great for teeth,it gets rid of ACID. Tick which things are good for you and cross which things are bad:FOOD AND DRINK10 Look at the 2 lunchboxes, put a circle around the healthy write or draw what you would put in your healthy lunchbox that would also be good for your teeth:The different foods we eat do different in fruit and vegetables make your body work properly. PROTEIN in cheese and meat helps you to grow and heal.

4 We also need to drink water and exercise to keep our bodies and CARBOHYDRATES like pasta give you energy to run and play! FIBRE in cereals helps you DIGEST food. FACT BOX ACIDS are sour tasting and are bad for your BOX Everyone has germs on their teeth which can turn bits of food into BOX DIGESTION Food is broken down in your SHOPDid you spot the baddie in the story? What is his name?12 Some DRUGS are bad for you like nicotine found in cigarettes, but others in medicines make you better. Medicines are usually given to you by a doctor or your Mum or Dad to stop you from feeling the DRUGS you have heard of:InjectionsAsprinParacetamolFACT BOX A DRUG is a mixture of chemicals that treat things that may be wrong with is a drug that is used to numb part of your body to protect it from being hurt, like when you are having an operation.

5 Have you ever had any of them?If so, what was it for? Did it make you better?Do any of your friends need medicines to keep them well, like an asthma inhaler?InhalersAntibioticsAnaesthetic13 ReceptionDID YOU Dentists usually wear gloves, a mask and glasses when they examine your teeth. They will usuallyask you to wear glasses THE DENTIST Ask your dentist if you can have a look at any of the things they use on your teeth. How different do they look and feel? Can you touch them?15 GUMTOOTHENAMELROOTSGUMTOOTHENAMELROOTST eeth help us to eat our food. We use them to bite our food into smaller pieces to chew before we swallow. Teeth are made up of different TOOTHDID YOU Tooth enamel is the hardest thing in your lines to label the parts of the the dots to see things that are alive, have once been alive or have never been ALIVE (Things that were a plant or animal).

6 ALIVE (Animals and plants).NEVER BEEN ALIVE (Things made by people).LIVING THINGS17 FACT BOX When you are older your dentist or hygienist may show you how to fl DENPLANDid you spot the toothfairy?19 Denplan Limited, Denplan Court, Victoria Road, Winchester, SO23 7RG, : +44 (0) 1962 828000. Fax: +44 (0) 1962 840846. Email: in England No. 1981238. Registered address 5 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AD, 0909