Sesame Street: Kids Just Love to Brush

Don't you just love to brush your teeth? We enjoyed this video, and hope that you will as well! Have a great weekend everyone.

What’s on your reading list?

With the school year close to winding down for a lot of our patients at Grin, we wanted to remind all our patients about the importance of reading. Sure it’s easy to keep putting off reading this time of year, but reading is a vital step in brain development and literacy. And if you needed any more reason to read, May marks “Get Caught Reading Month.”

Today, we thought we’d ask: What's on YOUR reading list? What are some of your all-time favorites? Out of ideas for great reads? Ask us for suggestions, and Dr. Courtney Keel, Dr. Patrick Ryan and our team would be happy to provide a few. You may also ask a local librarian for some ideas on what to read next!

Happy reading! Be sure to share with us your book picks or your all-time favorite novels or literature on our Facebook page!

Tooth Fairy “Tooth” Box

For your child, losing their first tooth, or any baby teeth for that matter, can be exciting! They might ask you, "what do I do with my lost tooth?" Well, you simply place it under your pillow at night and when you are fast asleep the tooth fairy will come and whisk your tooth away leaving behind a special gift just for you! Here's a great craft project for you and your child from Disney that will make the tooth fairy’s job a little easier and give their tooth a special place to stay until it is taken away.

Tooth Fairy “Tooth” Box

What you will need:
• 1 large empty match box
• Enough felt to wrap the box and inside sliding tray
• Ribbon
• Glue (tacky glue or a hot glue gun)
• Markers
• White, pink and blue (or your child's favorite color) felt for decorating the matchbox
• Scissors

Step 1: Pull the inner tray out of the box and line the inside with glue and felt as shown. Wrap the outside of the box with felt and glue it in place.

Step 2: Glue ribbon to the outside of the box in a hanging loop shape. Fold another piece of ribbon in half and glue it to the bottom of the inner tray to create a handle for sliding it in and out.

Step 3: Draw a tooth shape on paper, cut it out, and trace it onto the white felt twice. Cut out the teeth and face details.

Step 4: Decorate the teeth with the eyes and cheeks and draw on a mouth. Glue one tooth to the outside of the box.

Step 5: Create a tooth pocket by applying glue to the sides and bottom of the remaining tooth as shown, leaving an opening at the top. Glue the pocket to the inside tray. Once the glue dries, the box is Tooth Fairy-ready.

Now your child can put the tooth inside the inner pocket and hang it outside their door before they go to bed!

We hope you enjoy making your Tooth Fairy Box!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, from all of us at Grin!

Here at Grin, we strive to create a positive and rewarding dental experience for all of our patients. Dr. Courtney Keel, Dr. Patrick Ryan and our team enjoy providing exceptional pediatric dental care in a fun and friendly environment. This includes hosting Ice Cream Parties, recognizing each month's 100% brusher, and connecting with patients through exciting contests and games. Be sure to visit our Facebook page this week for all of the photos from our most recent Ice Cream Party.

While we're taking a little time to research and decide how to offer patients with the very best dental experience, we thought we'd ask you: How can we go the extra mile to make your child smile? Do you have any fun ideas for future events or contests? What would you like us to share on our social networks? Please send us your thoughts or give us a call!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

-Your friends at Grin