Brushing and Flossing: Handouts and Worksheets

Prep the Toothpaste Properly

This worksheet features how much toothpaste you should be using depending on your age. Then review the discussion questions to learn more.

Sensational Smiles

These step by step instructions explain how to brush and floss. Follow these steps to help keep your smile nice and healthy. Don’t forget to check out the tips at the end.

Instrucciones paso a paso en inglés y español sobre cómo cepillarse los dientes y usar el hilo dental. Siga estos pasos para ayudar a mantener la sonrisa sana. No te olvides de revisar los consejos al final.

Name Your Toothbrush

Does your toothbrush have a name? After all, you see each other twice every day. Use the worksheet to come up with a name for your toothbrush.

¿Tiene nombre tu cepillo dental? Después de todo, ustedes se ven dos veces al día. Con esta hoja de trabajo puedes explorar diferentes nombres para tu cepillo de dientes.

Brush and Floss with a Robot

Make brushing and flossing more fun by pretending you are a robot. Let Riley the Robot show you how to brush and floss your teeth.

El cepillado y uso del hilo dental pueden ser más divertidos cuando eres un robot. Deje que Riley el Robot te muestra cómo cepillarte los dientes y usar hilo dental.

Elephant Toothpaste Science Experiment

Because you’re a human, it only takes a pea-size amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush to keep your mouth clean. If you were an elephant though, it would take tons of toothpaste! Get ready to see what elephant toothpaste might look like.

How To Make Toothpaste Slime

This is a craft-based lesson plan for parents and teachers on how to make toothpaste slime. You’ll also learn fun facts about toothpaste like when it was invented and how it can keep your pearly whites bright.

Lección para padres y maestros sobre cómo hacer pasta dental tipo slime.

Robot Toothbrush Holder

Be creative and have fun creating your own robot toothbrush holder. Don’t forget to program it to hold your favorite toothbrush.

Sé creativo y diviértete creando tu propio robot porta cepillos de dientes. No te olvides programarlo para sostener tu cepillo de dientes favorito.

Floss in 5 Easy Steps

Follow these five easy steps about flossing to help you keep a healthy smile.

Watch Cavities Form

This worksheet provides a fun craft that helps teach kids about cavities and provides follow up brushing and flossing activities. After the craft, circle back to the discussion questions to extend the conversation about how to brush and floss.

Esta hoja de trabajo proporciona un arte divertido con una lección sobre las caries.

Big League Brusher

Follow these tips about how to be a big league brusher to keep your smile healthy.

Before There Were Toothbrushes

You brush your teeth twice a day with a toothbrush,
maybe even one with your favorite cartoon characters
on it. And the toothpaste you put on your toothbrush
probably tastes pretty good, like mint, bubble gum or
strawberry. But it wasn’t always that way!

Brushing and Flossing Calendar

Use this calendar to stay on track to keep your smile healthy. Be creative and decorate your calendar. Make sure to keep it in the bathroom to stay on track.

Turn Your Old Toothbrush into a Paintbrush

Did you know you should replace your toothbrush every three months? That’s when the bristles usually start looking worn out.

You should also get a new toothbrush if the bristles look frayed.

Instead of just throwing the old one away, turn your toothbrush into a paintbrush! The bristles will make some fun patterns.

Hole in One

It’s science by the mouthful with this fun experiment. You already know that getting a cavity in your tooth is a bad thing. But do you know why? This experiment using apples will help you understand what happens when you get tooth decay.

How Do Astronauts Brush their Teeth?

Check out this worksheet to see how astronauts keep their mouths healthy while they are in space. Once you’re finished, check out the next page to see if you can find the hidden oral health items in the picture.

Echa un vistazo a esta hoja de trabajo para ver cómo los astronautas mantienen la boca sana cuando están en el espacio. Una vez que hayas terminado, consulte la siguiente página para buscar los artículos de salud oral ocultos en la imagen.

Plaque Attack Experiment

During this experiment, see how plaque grows if sugar and other foods aren’t removed from teeth by brushing and flossing them regularly.

Durante este experimento, los niños van a observar cómo crece la placa dental si el azúcar y otros alimentos no se eliminan de los dientes al cepillarse y usar el hilo dental.

Sing the Brushing and Flossing Song

Skyler wrote a song to help you remember to brush and floss. Sing along with Skyler and Finley Firebreather.

Skyler escribió una canción para ayudarte a recordar a cepillarte los dientes y usar el hilo dental. Canta junto con Skyler y Finley Firebreather.

Fantastic Flossing

Follow this guide to teach you how to floss fantastically. Don’t forget to read “The Secret Life of Dental Floss” and the many ways you can use it.

Fab Floss Experiment

There’s a great reason to floss every day. Floss removes food and a sticky film called plaque that get stuck between your teeth. It reaches places that you can’t with a toothbrush.

Try this experiment to see just how well floss removes food from your teeth.

Haz este experimento para ver qué tan bien el hilo dental elimina la comida de los dientes.

Brush Up on Your Brushing Facts

Take this quiz to test your knowledge about how much you know about brushing and flossing your teeth.

Haz esta prueba para ver cuánto sabes sobre el cepillado y uso del hilo dental.