A Guide to Oral Health – Minnesota Oral Health Coalition

Meet Your Mouth is a public awareness campaign aimed at a general audience. The objective is to “introduce” people to the importance of oral health, particularly the correlation between oral health and overall health. The featured message is that The Mouth is Part of the Body.

We have over a dozen one-page documents featuring every topic from Your Mouth and Your Newborn to Your Mouth and your Golden Years. There is a QR code on each piece that brings the viewer directly to this website where there are links to additional resources for each topic area.

The Meet Your Mouth campaign materials are free and available for everyone. Please contact us for more information.

There are also Meet Your Mouth infographics for social media. This folder contains infographics on all topics for use in social media, newsletters and other communications.

This folder contains Meet Your Mouth materials (15 Meet Your Mouth Fact Sheets and 26 infographics) in Karen, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Your Mouth and Arthritis

Your Mouth and Dementia

Your Mouth and Diabetes

Your Mouth and Golden-Years

Your Mouth and Heart-Disease

Your Mouth and HIV

Your Mouth and HPV

Your Mouth and Kids

Your Mouth and Medication

Your Mouth and Newborn

Your Mouth and Pregnancy

Your Mouth and Spit

Your Mouth and Sports

Your Mouth and Sugar

Your Mouth and Vaping

Resources for Meet Your Mouth

Dementia

Diabetes

Golden Years

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/basics/adult-oral-health/adult_older.htm

AARP: https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2021/dental-hygiene-heart-disease-dementia.html

Health in Aging: https://www.healthinaging.org/blog/oral-health-for-older-adults/

American Dental Association: https://www.ada.org/resources/research/science-and-research-institute/oral-health-topics/aging-and-dental-health

Heart Disease

HIV/AIDS

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/basic_info/hpv_oropharyngeal.htm#:~:text=HPV%20can%20infect%20the%20mouth,cancers%20in%20the%20United%20States

https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/az-topics/h/hpv-and-oral-cancer

American Dental Association: https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/az-topics/h/hpv-and-oral-cancer

American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/oral-cavity-and-oropharyngeal-cancer.html

Cleveland Clinic: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12180-oropharyngeal-cancer

HPV vaccinations

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/parents/vaccine-for-hpv.html and https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/hpv/index.html

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry: https://www.aapd.org/media/Policies_Guidelines/P_HPV_Vaccinations.pdf

Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hpv-infection/in-depth/hpv-vaccine/art-20047292

Kids

Medications

Newborns

Healthy Teeth, Healthy Baby: https://www.health.state.mn.us/people/oralhealth/programs/healthybaby.html

State of New York, Dept of Health: https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/dental/birth_oral_health.htm

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/basics/childrens-oral-health/index.html

Healthy Children: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/teething-tooth-care/Pages/How-to-Prevent-Tooth-Decay-in-Your-Baby.aspx

Nationwide Children’s: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/700childrens/2019/09/can-milk-cause-cavities

Pregnancy

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/publications/features/pregnancy-and-oral-health.html

Healthy Children: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/prenatal/Pages/Brushing-for-Two-How-Your-Oral-Health-Effects-Baby.aspx

Healthy Teeth, Healthy Baby: https://www.health.state.mn.us/people/oralhealth/programs/healthybaby.html

March of Dimes: https://www.marchofdimes.org/pregnancy/dental-health-during-pregnancy.aspx

American Dental Association: https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/pregnancy/

Rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Foundation : https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/about-arthritis/understanding-arthritis/mouth-bacteria

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society of the UK: https://nras.org.uk/resource/oral-health/

Delta Dental: https://www1.deltadentalins.com/wellness/conditions-and-treatments/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis-oral-health.html

Mettler & Griego: https://mettlergriego.com/rheumatoid-arthritis-and-dental-health/

Arthritis Health: https://www.arthritis-health.com/blog/good-dental-care-important-those-rheumatoid-arthritis

Spit/Saliva

Journal of the American Dental Society: https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(14)63877-0/fulltext

Houston Pediatric Dentistry: https://www.houstonspediatricdentist.com/blog/all-about-spit-how-saliva-cleans-teeth/

American Dental Hygiene Association: https://www.adha.org/resources-docs/7167_JADA_Saliva_Supplement.pdf

Delta Dental: https://www.deltadental.com/us/en/protect-my-smile/basics/oral-anatomy/the-importance-of-saliva.html

Healthy Mouth: https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/az-topics/s/saliva#:~:text=Saliva%2C%20or%20spit%2C%20plays%20a,role%20in%20maintaining%20oral%20health.&text=What%20this%20means%20is%2C%20like,other%20oral%20infections%20can%20occur.

Sports

Healthy Mouth: https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/athletes-and-dental-care

FDI World Dental Federation: https://www.fdiworlddental.org/poor-oral-hygiene-severely-impacts-training-and-athletic-performance

American Association of Orthodontists: https://www.aaoinfo.org/blog/athletes-are-more-likely-to-have-poor-oral-health/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0eOPBhCGARIsAFIwTs7p__BVbolwFIQ1pWQbXEuSJiM7Y-bXTU6Jjt8zRzCbld0Rhs2TzG0aAhW7EALw_wcB

American Dental Association: https://catalog.ada.org/catalog/mouthguards-and-sports-safety-1104

Sugar

Vaping

The Real Cost : https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/public-health-education/real-cost-campaign

American Heart Association: https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/08/26/need-another-reason-not-to-vape-your-oral-health-is-at-risk

DentaQuest: https://www.dentaquest.com/oral-health-resources/oral-health-library/general-oral-health/vaping/
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm

Truth Initiatives: https://truthinitiative.org/research-resources/emerging-tobacco-products/e-cigarettes-facts-stats-and-regulations