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THE MOUTH GARDEN

Your mouth has good and bad bacteria. Imagine it's like a garden,

where the good bacteria are flowers and the bad ones are weeds.

Join Floss and Zen on a journey to discover how we can keep our mouths full of good bacteria.

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Let's start bylooking at your teeth

Can you colour in the dentine and pulp of the tooth?

Hard protective outerlayer covering thecrown of the tooth

Second protectivelayer covering thenerve of the tooth

Soft middle part ofthe tooth that hasa blood supplyand nerve endings

IncisorsCaninesMolars

Molars

IncisorsCanines

Premolars

Wisdom teeth

20 Milk Teeth

32 Adult Teeth

EnamelDentine

Pulp

Crown

Root

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We all enjoy a sugary snack or drink from time to time, but too much can be bad news for our mouths. So avoid these when you can:

HERE’S WHAT’S ON MY MENU:

Delicious fruit like apples, bananas and oranges

Whole grains (like brown bread) and nuts

Tasty vegetables like carrots, beans and tomatoes

Fizzy drinks andconcentrated fruit juices Sweets and crisps

Hi! I’m Vera the vegetable farmer. Welcome to my garden. It’s full of foods that the friendly

bacteria in our mouths love.

Circle and colour in the foods that help keep your mouth healthy.

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GoodJob!

Uh oh!Look at these weeds - like bad bacteria - tearing up the lovely

flower beds!

Not-so-friendly bacteria are real meanies — they mix with sugar to create acid that can cause yucky cavities! But with the right tools, we

can help keep them away. We need:

Zen left all her essential tooth items behind! Can you find them for her? Watch out for traps that might block your path!

Gentle toothbrush Fluoride toothpaste

Mouthwash

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Take that! Let’s stop these bad bacteria from getting up to no good!

Grab your mouth-care essentials to get rid of the nasty

critters, once and for all!

Gently brush the outer tooth surfaces using a vibrating back and forth rolling motion.

Using the booth brush vertically make several up and down strokes.

Brush against the biting surfaces of the teeth using a gentle back and forth scrubbing motion.

Gently brush the inner tooth surface using a vibrating back and forth rolling motion.

Brush your teeth so that the bristles contact both your teeth and gum line.

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Brush your teeth twice a day in the morning and before bedtime with a fluoride toothpaste

Choose the right path to keep the mouth garden moist.

Sip Water

Suck anice cube

Eat acracker

Wrong way! Maybe try

another route...

Keep yourmouth open

Dab water insideyour mouth. Use

saliva gel if needed

Wrong way! Go back and try

another way... Amazing!The mouthgarden is

looking lovely and moisturised

Hmmm, the mouthgarden still looks a little dry...maybe try another path?

Whistlea tune

I’m watering the flowers and plants to

keep them hydrated, and we need to

do the same for the good bacteria in

our mouth gardens. Keep it healthy by

sipping water regularly or by dabbing

water inside your mouth.

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1. Bad bacteria are...

My best friends

Invinsible and dangerous

Fun to eat with butter and jam

A

B

C

2. At night time, bad bacteria...

Read a bedtime story

Turn off the light and go to sleep

A

B

C Keep awake and try to attack our teeth

5. We brush our teeth with toothpaste...

Twice a day, day and nightOnce every 100 years, whether we need it or notOn the second Tuesday of every week

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B

C

4. When my parents and I brush with fluoride toothpaste, our breath smells...

Like stinky cheese

Like my dirty socks

Clean and fresh

A

B

C

3. As part of cleaning our teeth and gums, we brush...

With our finger

Without toothpaste

A

B

C With up and down brush strokes

Answers: 1.B, 2.C, 3.C, 4.C, 5.A

Let’s see if you’ve learnt how to keep

your mouth garden marvellous!

Tick the right answer toeach question.

Well done!By following the tips in this booklet,

you can boost the good bacteria in your mouth while fighting off the bad ones,

keeping your mouth garden marvellous.

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Try to cut down on sugary snacks

and drinks

Brush twice a day,in the morning and

before bedtime with fluoride toothpaste

Regularly sip water to keep

your mouth moist

Can you keep yourmouth garden happy for 21 days?

Every time you brush your teeth, add a sun inthe morning and a moon at bedtime.

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