Kindergarten

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Oral Health and The Lemony Lion

• Kindergarten

Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services Division of Community and Public
Health Oral Health Program
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Why do we need our teeth?

• Eating
• To chew our food. Thats an easy one! Can you
  imagine trying to eat an apple, carrot or a
  hamburger without teeth?
• It would be pretty hard, wouldnt it?

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Why do we need our teeth?

• Talking
• If we didnt have teeth, we wouldnt have any
  place to put our lips and tongue when we try to
  make words.
• Some of you may be missing your two front teeth
  now and you know how hard it is to make an s or
  th sound!

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Why do we need our teeth?

• Smiling
• Smiling makes us look good and feel good!

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Why are your baby teeth important?

• They are SPACE SAVERS like saving your friend a
  seat at the movies!
• In the picture, the gray teeth are baby teeth,
  and the white teeth are permanent teeth.

Moss, Growing Up Cavity Free A Parent's Guide To
Prevention, Quintessence Publishing Co., 1993
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Now lets read a story about Lemony Lion
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Lemony LionKing of the Jungle
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Away in the jungle, far off in the East, lives
the Lemony Lion, the king of the beasts. The
king of the beasts? Why thats really not true.
Hes just a sad, old lion,and a grumpy one too!
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Once long, long ago, many years or more, this
lord of the jungle would growl and hed roar.
Hed frighten the beasts, and the birds on the
trees, but really he did it, only to tease.
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A happier lion you could never find, with a smile
on his face and fun on his mind.
He was big, he was rough, and his laugh was a
roar that could be heard through the jungle, for
ten miles or more. He was king of the jungle and
a happy, proud fellow.
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Why doesnt he smile? Why is his temper so
bad? Why is it that he isnt king
any more? Why is it that he doesnt
laugh with a roar?
Then why is it now that the king is so sad?
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Ill tell you the reason, now please dont
forget, the Lemony Lion could still be king yet.
He could rollick and frolic, he could tease, he
could smile.
He could laugh with a roar that could be heard
for a mile. He could frighten thebirds in the
trees andthe beasts down beneath
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But the Lemony Lion has lost all his
teeth!!! Lost all his teeth???
What a sad fate for a king. Not to be able to
smile or to sing. Not to be able to laugh or
to roar, and not to be king or
to rule anymore.
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For whod be afraid of a toothless old beast,
whod have to eat oatmeal when he wanted a feast?
And who would bow down if a king couldnt
bite, and only dared roar in the dark of the
night? Why, no one you see. So the Lemony Lion
lives unhappily. The loss of his teeth, though
it seems not quite fair, if hed been a wise
lion, they would still be there.
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The Lemony Lion simply loved to eat candy. He
didnt like his carrots but thought pie was just
dandy. Hed fill up on cake and drink lotsof
pop too! And when it came to mealtime,hed be
too full to chew. Hed play with his plate,
just pretending to eat, and leave all of his
salad and spinach and meat.
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Now to make matters worse, he was in such a rush
to get into his bed, that he just didnt brush!
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So day after day, and night after night, his
teeth just got yellowier instead of snow white.
Then into his mouth sneaked Mr. Decay, whod
softened his teeth, until they just melted away.
Now the pain of a hole inyour tooth can be
sad.And the loss of theirteeth would make
anyonecrabby and mad.
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So to save all this pain, and to keep your smile
bright, remember the Lemony Lion and brush every
night!
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Dont drink lots of pop, or eat candy and cake.
Visit your dentist before you get an ache.
Brush after each meal and before sleeping at
night. If a tooth is to stay healthy, it must be
kept white. Dont lose your brightsmile and be
sorry andsad. Just brush and eathealthy to
keep yourteeth and be glad!
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What happened to the lions teeth? Why did his
teeth fall out?
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What could he have done to keep his teeth from
falling out?

• Brush his teeth to remove plaque.
• What is plaque?
• It is a sticky film of bacteria that is always
  growing on your teeth.
• It is filled with millions and millions of decay
  bugs.
• Decay bugs cause cavities in your teeth.

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When should you brush your teeth?

• After eating
• At bedtime

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Oral Health Program
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What else could Lion have done to keep his teeth?

• Eat better foods.
• Plaque Sugary Foods Decay

Mestman, Herman, What To Do For Healthy Teeth
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Healthy Snacks
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Unhealthy Snacks
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Can you remember why we need our teeth?

• Talking
• Chewing
• Smiling
• Space Savers

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What can we do to have healthy teeth?

• Brush
• Eat good foods

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Thank you for listeningand keep brushing!

• Photos Microsoft product box shots reprinted
  with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
• All photos obtained from office.microsoft.com/clip
  art unless otherwise noted.
• This presentation has been adapted and used with
  permission from theDental Health Program
  developed by the Clay County Public Health
  Center.