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Visit the Dentist With Marty
- Listen or read along as Marty takes a trip to the
dentist with his mom.

Match a Tooth - How good is your memory? Match the dental objects that pop up when you click on a tooth.  You can choose to have this easy or hard.

Dental Space Odyssey - Journey through space in a special space shuttle to help the Kids of Smileyville get back their missing items.

To Tell the Tooth - Al Smiles, the game host, gives you a question. Choose the correct answer from the 3 choices. Get it right and make Al smile!

Toothman - Choose and click on the letters to spell the secret word.

Dr. Rabbit's Toothpaste Tower - This is pinball!  You can choose easy or advanced to give yourself a challenge.

Join Dr. Rabbit's Band - Let Dr. Rabbit teach you to play the piano or drums.  Repeat the song by clicking on the instrument or typing in the letters on your keyboard. Get all three turns correct, and you can play with the band.

Attack of the Plaque Monsters - Move Dr. Rabbit and squirt toothpaste at the plaque monsters.

Mouth Power Online - Let Mouthie take you into the MouthPower laboratory where you can experiment to find the healthiest choices about food, tobacco, and cleaning habits.  Explore the history of dentistry and the story of your own teeth! Then create your own poster about healthy mouth habits.

KidStuff - This cool and informative site teaches you all about your teeth and how to take care of them.  

Healthy Teeth - From baby teeth to orthodontic braces, Healthy Teeth is all about what goes on inside your mouth.

The Truth About Teeth - Here's an easy to read article that teaches you all about your teeth and how to treat them kindly.

 

 

Teachers

Get classroom ideas and resources from the American Dental Association.  You can find everything from lesson plans to presentations to games, hands on activities, printable activities, and writing ideas.  This is a great site to start planning a wonderful unit.

K-2 teachers, here are some ideas and activities from Scholastic you may want to look at or print out to use.  

Here's a list of activities from DuPage County Health Department.

Sink Your Teeth Into These Dental Health Lessons from Education World offers a variety of lessons.

Dental Health Unit - This page contains books, songs, poems, language/group activities, math activities, art activities, learning centers, snacks, and internet resources.

Let's Talk Teeth has lessons and activities for primary and elementary students.

abc Teach has a lot of activities for your students.

Pearly Whites is filled with a massive list of links to dental health lessons and activities.

 

 

Webquests

Save Sydney's Smile - Here's a cute webquest to teach children the importance of taking care of their teeth.

Tommy's Terrible Teeth - Tommy likes to eat a lot of candy and junk food, and he doesn't always brush his teeth like he should.  Tommy needs your help to learn how to keep his mouth happy and healthy.

Taking Care of Your Teeth - You are Dr. Smiley the dentist. You are going to teach one of your new patients about teeth and how to take care of them.