Primary 6 & 7, Lesson Plan for Oral Health Talk

Lengt Session What it involves Visual Aids h Topic 3 min. What do  Clean and fresh Poster of healthy healthy teeth breath. mouth. and gums look  No decay or like? fillings.  Teeth are yellowish white in colour. Celebrities with “white” teeth have normally had cosmetic treatment.  Gums are pink and don’t bleed when brushed.  Can be crooked. 3 min What happens  Tooth decay Poster of to teeth and and fillings. unhealthy mouth. gums if not  Toothache/toot kept healthy? h loss. Acrylic dentures.  Dentures.  Gums disease – red puffy gums which bleed.  Breath may smell.  Smoking causes gum disease, stained teeth, bad breath, tooth loss and other diseases including mouth cancer. 1 min. What do we  Brush teeth need to do to twice daily with keep our a fluoride mouths toothpaste. healthy?  Avoid sugary Key snacks and Messages. drinks.  Limit sugary foods and drinks to mealtimes.  Reduce the frequency of all sugary/fizzy drinks.  Visit the dentist. 5 min Toothbrushing  Invisible germs . called bacteria Poster of live in mouth. disclosed plaque Some of these bacteria form a Small headed sticky coating toothbrush and called plaque. ask a pupil to  When you eat place a pea sugar, plaque sized amount of turns it into acid toothpaste on which can brush. attack the enamel that Demonstrate covers the brushing on tooth. large teeth with  Plaque irritates large brush, the gums asking pupils to making them count to six as red, swollen brush is moved and often bleed round mouth to when brushed. cover front,  Brushing every backs and tops morning and of teeth. bedtime is needed to Two-minute remove plaque. timer to give  A small headed pupils idea of brush with length of soft/medium brushing time. bristles is best: some of you may have electric brushes which can be just as Well splayed effective. toothbrush.  A pea sized blob of toothpaste is placed on the brush.  Toothpaste should contain an important ingredient called fluoride which keeps the enamel strong.  Place bristles where teeth and gums meet and brush pairs of teeth for 6 seconds in circular movements, then move to next pair. Scrub backwards and forwards on the tops of the teeth. It should take around 2 minutes to clean thoroughly.  Spit out paste, do not rinse the mouth.  Don’t stop if gums bleed, brush thoroughly and gums will become healthy.  Change toothbrush regularly or when bristles become splayed. 7 min. Avoid Sugary  When you eat Anatomical tooth snacks. sugary foods opened to show and drinks, decay process. plaque eats the sugar and turns Food boxes it into acid. containing  Acid continues examples of to affect teeth healthy/unhealth for between 20 y snacks. Pupils mins and 2 can sort out. hours before Also ask them to saliva rinses it give examples of away. The healthy foods more times which would be a sugary snacks safe snack for are eaten, the teeth. more acid plaque makes. Play board game This is powerful – groups to enough to match healthy dissolve the and unhealthy hard enamel foods to correct that covers your card. teeth. That’s how decay gets started.  Before snacking stop and think “Does it contain sugar?” Choose snacks that are tasty and filling and less harmful to teeth e.g. raw vegetables, fruit, unsalted nuts, seeds, cheese, savory sandwiches, breadsticks and dips. 6 min Limit sugary  Saliva is most Examples of foods and active at sugary foods and drinks to mealtimes and labels containing mealtimes. will wash away hidden sugars. acids quicker. Show common  If you do have sugary foods e.g. sweets and mars bar, polos sugary foods and ask pupils to eat all in one guess how many go. Have them teaspoons of as a sugar. Could use dessert/pudding Sugar Quiz. . Use sugar pots  Chewing sugar- to show amount free gum after in foods. meals will help increase saliva.  Read labels of foods for hidden sugars. Sugar can be called lots of names e.g. glucose, honey, sucrose, fructose, syrup.  Ask relatives who may give you sweets for other treats e.g. comic, stickers, and toys. 6 min Reduce  Sugary and Examples of frequency of fizzy/diet drinks sugary all sugary/fizzy are unsafe for drink/fizzy drink drinks. teeth as they e.g. Can of coke, contain lots of milkshake and sugar and acid ask pupils to which wears guess how many away the teaspoons of enamel. This is sugar. Use sugar called erosion. pots to show  Fruit juices and amount. squash contain Egg experiment fruit acid and could be are to be well prepared prior to diluted to visit and results reduce erosion. shown or give as  Limit experiment for sugary/fizzy class to do. drinks to mealtimes and drink through a straw.  Read labels of drinks for hidden sugars.  Water and milk are the only safe drinks for teeth. 5 min Visit the  Dentist will look 3 set teeth dentist at mouth and model, showing regularly. show areas that healthy fissure, need to be decayed fissure cleaned more and amalgam thoroughly. filling.  Repair damage done by plaque Dentist gloves acid. Place mask and mouth special mirror. protective coatings on Example of teeth called mouth guard fissure sealants.  Make mouth guards which should be worn if you play sports where a boot, ball, racquet, stick, fist or elbow can hit someone’s head.  If teeth are crowded and not growing in right direction braces may be fitted.  Early problems can be spotted. 3 min. Recap on key  Brush teeth Answer any messages. twice daily with questions and let fluoride children toothpaste. demonstrate  Avoid sugary brushing snacks and technique on drinks. large model.  Limit sugary foods and drinks to mealtimes.  Reduce frequency of all sugary/fizzy drinks.  Visit the dentist regularly.