Recount written collaboratively as a whole class.

On Thursday the 21st of June, all of the grade 1 and 2 students had an incursion. Two ladies named Elle and Teaghan from South East Orthodontics came to our school to talk about oral hygiene. We learnt lots of important facts including:

•  Teeth help us to chew our food, it helps us to speak and it gives us a beautiful smile.

• We should all brush our teeth twice a day, after breakfast and after dinner.

• If you don’t brush your teeth often you can get gum disease. Severe gum disease is called ‘gingivitis.’ That’s when your gums will be angry, red, sore and they will bleed!

• If you don’t brush your teeth properly, or if you eat too much sugary food you can get cavities, which are holes in your teeth.

• Our teeth are connected to nerves. If we wear away the enamel on our teeth it can get to our nerves and begin to rot them away and that can really hurt!!!!

• If our nerves become damaged it can cause an abscess, which is a puss filled bubble in our gums.

• There are 4 different types of teeth in our mouth; molar, incisor, premolar, canine.

• We brush our teeth in circular motions, not scrubbing motions.

We also played a game where we categorised ‘sometimes foods’ and healthy foods. At the end Teaghan and Elle were kind enough to send us off with a show bag that had a toothbrush, a timer, toothpaste and a colouring sheet. Now we are prepared and educated about how to take great care of our teeth.