| MIDDLE CHILDHOOD • 5–10 YEARS |
Anticipatory
Guidance (continued)
Substance Use
- Teaching parents and children about the dangers of cigarette smoking or using spit tobacco.
Outcomes
- Parents and child are under the care of an oral health professional.
- Parents and child are informed of oral development issues.
- Parents and child understand and practice good oral hygiene and eating behaviors.
- Parents establish a safe environment, and parents and child practice safety behaviors.
- Child has no oral disease or injury.

