Pregnant Mothers and Infants
Texas Oral Health Coalition
- healthychildren.org from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Healthy Mouths for You and Your Baby Video (English) (Spanish) (University of Maryland School of Public Health, 2017)
- Infant and Toddler Homelessness Across 50 States: 2021-2022 (SchoolHouse Connection, 2024)
- National Maternal and Child Oral Health ResourceCenter (OHRC):
- Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: A National Consensus Statement (Pharmacological Considerations for Pregnant Women table updated 2022)
- Oral Health During Pregnancy: A Resource Guide
- Tips for Good Oral Health During Pregnancy
{Chinese} {Russian} {Spanish} {Vietnamese} - Bright Smiles in Practice: Oral Health-Pocket Guide for Dental and Health Professionals
- National Maternal Mental Health Hotline (HRSA)
1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) - Nearly 12,000 People Contacted National Maternal Mental Health Hotline Last Year (Salud America, 2023)
- NIDCR Resources
- AI/AN – Ways to Prevent Tooth Decay in Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers (Campaign for Dental Health)
- AI/AN – Protecting teeth over a lifetime (Campaign for Dental Health)
- Perinatal Oral Health Committee Resources (Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
- Pregnancy and Oral Health (Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP))
- Sesame Street in Communities, Children’s Oral Health Videos (English) (Spanish)
- Starting Early stresses the importance of age 1 dental visits.
- Brushy Book Nighty Night describes bedtime routines that include brushing.
- How Much Toothpaste? shows the right amount of toothpaste to use to brush children’s teeth.
- Tooth-Friendly Foods emphasizes drinking water and eating foods that help keep teeth and gums healthy.
Elmo’s Toothy Dance, features Elmo and his friends doing the “toothy dance” to teach children about brushing their teeth.
- Smiles for Life: Course 5: Pregnancy and Women’s Oral Health
- Smoking and Pregnancy (English and Spanish) (DentaQuest Foundation)
Texas Tooth Step
TxOHC’s perinatal oral health program called Texas Tooth Steps is an innovative train-the-trainer program that provides a specially designed toolkit that includes resources and materials for trained staff to use to educate women around the importance of self-care and the care of infants.
