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Oral Fitness Resources and Fact Sheets

Tooth decay and gum disease prevention

• Choose Your Weapon: Floss
• Choose Your Weapon: Mouth rinses
• Choose Your Weapon: Toothbrush
• Field Oral Hygiene
• Fight Dental Decay with Sealants
• PMCS Your Mouth!
• Are you at risk for tooth decay?

Nutrition and dental readiness

• Healthy Hydration
• Nutrition and Oral Health
• Smart Snacking
• Xylitol Fights Decay

Oral cancer prevention

• Oral Cancer
• Tobacco and Oral Health
• Lip Cancer
• Practicing sun-smart behavior
• Select a Sunscreen That’s Right for You
• How sun-smart are you?

Other oral health topics

• Dental Erosion (GERD, Eating Disorders and Soda-drinking)
• Dental Treatment Anxiety
• Diabetes and Oral Health
• Female Oral Health Issues
• Oral Piercing
• Oral Sex Isn’t Safe Sex

Infant Dental Health Brochures
• A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby (English)
• Una Boca Saludable Para Su Bebe (Spanish)

Oral injury prevention

• Acid Erosion
• Mouthguards

Click here to find out if your unit needs to use mouthguards for training.

Internet resources

Note: the mention of the following web sites does not in any way constitute a Department of Defense endorsement of the private entity, its website, or its products.

• Army Dental Care System
• Academy of General Dentistry - Oral health topics - http://www.agd.org/consumer/resources.html
• American Dental Association http://www.ada.org/public/index.asp
• American Dental Hygienists' Association - http://www.adha.org
• National Cancer Institute: Spitting into the wind: the facts about dip and chew - http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health/pubs/chew/main.htm
• National Maternal and Child Oral Health Center - www.ncemch.org
• National Oral Health Information Clearing House - www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov

AKO Dental Health and Readiness

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