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Interview questions to ask parents of
young children:
- Are you brushing your daughter’s teeth?
How has this been going?
- Are you using fluoridated toothpaste on your
son’s teeth (for children ages 2 and older)?
- Have your other children had any dental problems?
Have you had any problems with your own teeth?
- Does your son drink from a cup? Does he drink
from a bottle?
- How often does your daughter snack? What does
she usually eat for a snack?
- Does your son use a pacifier? Does he suck his
thumb or finger?
- Do you take your daughter for regular dental
checkups? How often?
Table 2.
Risk
and Protective Factors for Oral Health Conditions
During Early Childhood
(.pdf), pages 34-37 of Bright Futures
in Practice: Oral Health. Full text of this
document is available at www.brightfutures.org/oralhealth/pdf/index.html.
Health professionals may also refer
to the Caries-Risk Assessment Tool (CAT), developed
by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry to
assist in classifying caries risk in infants, children,
and adolescents based on environmental, physical,
and overall health factors.[4]
  
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