Healthy App-etite!
Happy “Tooth-Day”!
Farah Flossit here, hoping you are still fully committed to your 2016 goals! It’s ok to modify or add new resolutions as the year commences. What matters is that you are on the road to improvement for you & your family.
It’s no secret that we live in a digital & technological age. This is a fact that as parents you can use to your advantage. Knowing the importance of dental health & overall health, we can help our kids become interested & aware of oral hygiene through available technology. Making the importance of health educational, fun, & functional is an advantage parents have now-a-days! After doing some research, I will fill you in on some of the best dental apps for kids. Throughout the year I will continue to fill you in on some useful & interesting finds.
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Dental Office Kids
This app from Beansprites puts kids on the other side of the dentist’s chair. It is a simple, interactive way to familiarize children with dental procedures & tools. After selecting a patient , they can clean or extract teeth with the free version. For a few dollars more, users can upgrade this app & gain access to additional procedures & challenges.
Chomper Chums
Targeted to ages 4-11, Chomper Chums helps teach children proper oral hygiene & encourage them to practice it using 3 friendly characters–a horse, a lion, & an alligator. After creating a profile by selecting a Chomper Chum character & naming him or her, users begin to practice brushing, flossing, & rinsing. The app tracks these behaviors & awards coins & Super Smile Award points, which may be used to buy food & drinks for the Chomper Chums. Each oral hygiene practice is timed & animated as it guides children through each procedure. They can follow the toothbrush as it brushes each quadrant of the mouth for the recommended time, the floss as it gets between each tooth, & the water as it swishes around in each side of the mouth.
Monster Mouth DDS
Monster Mouth may be a less realistic simulation of a trip to the dentist, but it’s definitely more fun. Kids–and adults–select from 9 creatures with differing oral ailments–all free to access. Each patient requires special care. For instance, Dracula needs breath spray to protect him from garlic odors & the Loch Ness Monster keeps getting covered in water. Users can X-ray to find dental problems hidden behind plaque-filled teeth that need to be brushed & treated. Of course, it may be wise to explain that the dentist does not use a bomb to remove teeth & that extractions do not have eyes. Monster Mouth DDS is a colorful, fanciful & even educational app that will keep kids engaged & entertained. Modes can be set to hard or easy.
Tiny Dentist
This low-cost, hands-on app allows kids to perform dental procedures including fillings, X-rays, tooth whitening, extractions, tackling bad breath, brushing and more on fun cartoon characters. Parents appreciate that this is simple but the design is vivid enough to capture their little ones’ attention. Recommended for kids age 3 & older.
Kids’ Dental Health Lite/Kids Dental Health
Kids’s Dental Health is an app that’s also an interactive book. Readers choose a character & can read that character’s story on their own or opt to have the story read to them. It is colorfully illustrated & does a good job teaching kids about the hows & whys behind brushing, flossing, healthy eating & visiting the dentist in an understandable way. The lite version includes only the story, while the full version allows access to 4 educational games.
Remember to keep finding new & fun ways for your kids to practice good oral hygiene! I will continue to share fun finds & ideas to help promote healthy family living!
Thank you for tuning in on today’s Happy “Tooth-Day’s” report!
I look forward to chatting with you all next week!
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Farah Flossit (Special Agent Flossit)
