Department of Dental Practice & Rural Health
Mary Monahan, Program Assistant
Room G110, HSN
293-5912
mmonahan@hsc.wvu.edu

GENERAL ORAL HEALTH INFORMATION

Teaching young patients proper flossing and brushing techniques is fun and easy when you use colorful, plush Hand Puppets. Puppets feature oversized teeth and an articulating device that delivers a surprise spray of water. Each puppet is approximately 11" tall. Puppets available are:

• Alex Alligator
• Miss Pig Newton
• Magi Z Dragon
• Franny Flossasauras
• Clara the Cow
• Finn Z Fish
• Dugan the Dog 
• Molar Z Monster

Effective with children, our oversized full mouth models and large toothbrushes allows you to demonstrate proper brushing and flossing techniques. Several full mouth model shows the entire set of upper and lower teeth and gums and opens on a plastic hinge. Two of the molars are removable for demonstration purposes. Large toothbrush is ideal for demonstrating brushing techniques at chair side demonstrations or for a group in classroom situations.

We have a dental related magic kit that has proven to be very effective and entertaining when presented to school children. The magic kit includes everything a dental office or student needs to quickly captivate, relax and education children before, during or after an office visit. You’ll find the magic helps strengthen rapport between the child and the dental professional and delivers dental health messages in a memorable and positive way. Each magic trick is self-working so there is no skill required. After a few minutes of practice, you’ll be able to perform them with no trouble.

ORAL HEALTH POSTERS

We have numerous posters available for use to stress the importance of oral health. These posters can be used at health fairs, career fairs and school presentations. The titles of the posters available are:

• Play It Safe - Use a Mouthguard
• Don’t Forget Your Mouthguard
• Development of the Human Dentition
• Splurge - Buy a New One (toothbrush)
• Uncle Sam “I Want You to Brush After Every Meal”
• A Healthy Smile is Ageless
• Smile - It’ll Make Your Brain Happier
• A Rube Goldberg Style of a Painless Tooth Extractor

ORAL HEALTH SLIDES

• General dentistry slides that are available include:
• Keep That Smiles Program for Oral Health for Children and Families
• Keeping the Older Person’s Mouth Healthy
• Your Dental Health
• Oral Care for the Dependent Patient
• Oral Health and Aging
• The Skills of Daily Mouth Care
  

ORAL HEALTH VIDEOS

Youth

Melvin’s Magical Mouth Museum: 4 minutes. Must use lesson plan included. Very basic video. Helps students develop good oral hygiene habits. For lower elementary students. Shows visit to a dentist. Head start, kindergarten, lower elementary

The Video Project: 8 minutes. Must use lesson plan included. Very good video. Shows how informed students can make smart choices to protect their teeth & health. Shows visit to a dentist. Talks about mouth protectors and oral piercing and tobacco. Middle elementary/junior high

Watch Your Mouth: 11 minutes. Must use lesson plan included. Very good video. Shows how informed students can make smart choices to protect their teeth & health. Talks about mouth protectors and oral piercing and tobacco. Junior high/high school

Dr. Rabbit’s World Tour: 13 minutes. With a lively cartoon dentist, children from a variety of cultures and catchy original music, it’s a video adventure that entertains while it teaches good oral hygiene. Head-start, kindergarten

Toothbrushing with Charlie Brown: 4 minutes. Proper brushing with Charlie Brown and his friends. Head-start, kindergarten

It’s Dental Flossophy, Charlie Brown: 4 minutes. Proper flossing with Charlie Brown and his friends. Head-start, kindergarten

Give Your Mouth a Sporting Chance: Mouth Protectors: 10 minutes. Information on necessity of mouth protectors in sports. Elementary/middle/junior high/high school boys and girls

The Barnyard Snacker: 4 minutes. Cartoon about proper nutrition for healthy teeth and a healthy body. Head-start, kindergarten

Baby Bottle Tooth Decay: 5 minutes. Importance of not filling baby bottles with sweet liquids and cleaning teeth after each feeding. Parents

Taking Care of Your Teeth & Gums: 5 minutes. Proper oral hygiene instructions. All age groups except small children

Dudley’s Classroom Adventure: 9 minutes. Dudley takes his kids on a fun-filled classroom adventure as he writes a report on a healthy mouth. Grades 1-4

Dudley Visits the Dentist: 7 minutes. Dudley is your new dental assistant and introduces kids to dental team members, tools and what to expect at an office visit. Grades K-3

Brushing with Dudley & Dee Dee: 7 minutes. Dudley uses magic to teach little sis Dee Dee all about brushing and flossing. K-3

Dudley & Dee Dee in Nutrition Land: 6 minutes. Dudley and Dee Dee travel to Nutrition Land and learn about food groups and dental health. Grades K-3

Older Adults

Keeping Your Smile for a Lifetime: 12 minutes. Proper oral hygiene instructions and tips for senior citizens. Older adults

Oral Care for the Dependent Patient: 20 minutes. This video provides care givers with basic, useful information necessary to conduct an oral screening a develop a plan of daily mouth care and infection control for the patient who needs assisted oral care.

ORAL HEALTH BROCHURES/PAMPHLETS

We have numerous brochures and pamphlets available on general dental health. These are available in limited amounts. The titles are:

You Can Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay

Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay

Thumbsucking: Rules of Thumb for Parents

Seal Out Decay

Mouth Protectors

Halitosis: Bad Breath

Gum Disease: The Warning Signs

Bleaching, Bonding and Veneers

Temporomandibular Disorders

Preventing the Treating Periodontal Diseases

Tooth Whitening

Watch Your Mouth: Tending to Teeth in the Teen Years

Your Child’s Teeth

Keep Your Teeth for Life

Dental Implants

Your Child’s Teeth

Diet & Dental Health

Five Great Reasons for Having Your Teeth Professionally Cleaned

Detecting Oral Cancer: A Guide for Health Care Professionals

Pregnancy & Oral Health

Smart Choices for a Sharp Smile: Tips for Teens

The Benefits of Regular Dental Visits

Good Oral Health for Mother & Baby

Lex’s Guide to Tattoo and Body Piercing Safety

TOBACCO/SMOKELESS TOBACCO RELATED SUPPLIES

An effective model to show the results of smokeless tobacco usage is our Mr. Gross Mouth. This hinged model of the teeth, flexible tongue and oral cavity show the effects of smokeless tobacco. Hand painted model is mounted on a wooden base. One of our most popular products with teens.

Another effective model to show the results of smokeless tobacco usage is Mr. Dip Lip. This model of the mouth opens and closes from the back like a puppet and flesh-like lips retract to show effects of dipping on inner lips, gums and teeth.

There is a poster book available: Smokeless Tobacco: A Chemical Time Bomb that highlights the dangers of smokeless tobacco-including deadly mouth cancers, severe dental problems and dangerous cardiovascular conditions. It is very graphic.

Videos

We have numerous videos available for your use. The tobacco/smokeless videos are very informative and, in some cases, very graphic. We have found them to be very effective when presented to elementary and high school students.

Youth & Adults

WHY? 7 minutes. Very powerful & moving video with statistics about tobacco hazards. Adults, Junior high/high school.

Smokeless Tobacco: Is it Worth the Risk?: 13 minutes. Smokeless tobacco use in sports and it’s hazards. Interview with professional athletes. Tips on quitting. Very good video!. Junior high/high school, adults.

MediaSharp: Analyzing Tobacco and Alcohol Messages: 7 minutes. Geared toward ages 11-15. It tells the real story of smoking and alcohol in tv, movies and advertisements. Middle/junior high, community events/school programs.

SLAM: 15 minutes. Developed to help young people be more aware of the power of cigarette advertising and to help them explore ways to resist the influences of the tobacco industry. Junior high/high school, community events/school programs.

Smoke Screeners: 20 minutes. Video and leaders guide all about educating students about the use of tobacco in movies. Middle/junior high programs, community events.

Medicine vs Madison Avenue: Countering the Tobacco Pandemic: 25 minutes. A whirlwind journey through the world of tobacco advertising and counter advertising, prevention and grassroots advocacy. Junior high/high school, community events/school programs

Tragic Choice: The Bob Leslie Story: 12 minutes. Video about a high school baseball coach, Bob Leslie, from California who started chewing at the age of 13. He quit chewing at the age of 27 but discovered he had oral cancer 5 months later. It also examines what effects oral cancer from spit tobacco has had not only on his family but also on his ballplayers. Very good video! Junior high/high school, community events/school programs.

Bill Tuttle: Glory Days/Gory Days: 8 minutes. Video details the story of Bill Tuttle and his battle against oral cancer caused by chewing spit tobacco. He chewed for 38 years and has had five operations to fight oral cancer. He lost his fight in 1999. Very good video!. Junior high/high school, community events/school programs.

Smokeless Tobacco: The Risks: 10 minutes. The hazards associated with smokeless tobacco. Graphic. Middle/junior high/high school.

“6 Innings: The Little League Report-Special Edition: Spit Tobacco”: 12 minutes. The hazards associated with smokeless tobacco. Interviews with ballplayers. Elementary, middle school.

Poisoning Our Children: The Perils of Secondhand Smoke: 12 minutes. This video shows parents, grandparents, educators and others the importance of not smoking around children. Very good and thought provoking. Adults, community events/school programs.

Smokeless Tobacco: The Problem: 10 minutes. The hazards associated with smokeless tobacco. Elementary, middle school.

Smoking: Truth or Dare: 60 minutes. Interviews with famous people, interviews with teenagers who smoke and chew and interviews with people suffering from illnesses caused by smoking. Visits to a hospital, morgue, doctors office with teenagers to show what can happen if they continue to smoke. Very good video! Middle/junior high/high school, community events/school programs.

No Dip No Duh: 15 minutes. This video is a tobacco prevention program highlighting young people taking a stand against chewing & dipping tobacco. In it National High School Rodeo champions & Rodeo queens talk about the ugly side of this nasty habit. Interviews with baseball players & doctors. Very good video but somewhat graphic! Junior high/high school, community events/school programs. Not for small children.

A Conversation Between Friends: 7 minutes. This video is about a young girl talking to her friend who wants to start using spit tobacco. It has interviews with baseball players and shows the disgusting habit of using spit tobacco. Emphasis on baseball and little league. Good for junior high and little league groups.

An Innocent Addiction: The Gruen Von Behrens Story: 10 minutes. The story of Gruen, a spit tobacco survivor. Good for Junior high/high school, community events/school programs. Not for small children.

Smoking: The Toxic Truth: 20 minutes. In this tobacco prevention video, designed to discourage young people from beginning to smoke, students are shown some of the horrific medical consequences of smoking. There are interviews with teenagers who smoke and would like to stop but can’t. Very good video but somewhat graphic! Junior high/high school, community events/school programs. Not for small children.

In The Know: Tobacco, Alcohol & Marijuana: 23 minutes. Exciting graphics, expert testimony and four young narrators work together to educate views about the tremendous damage that tobacco, alcohol & marijuana do to users’ lives. Also points out that these are “gateway drugs,” dramatically increasing the odds that a user will go onto abuse cocaine or heroin. Good for Junior high/high school, community events/school programs

Sooper Puppy: The Puff of Smoke: 21 minutes. Having mistake Big John’s cigarette smokes for a fire, Baxter ruins the cigarette with water. When Baxter attempts to replace the pack for his friend, Grandpaw questions his actions and relates the story of a young puppy with a weakness for cookies. Baxter is taught an important lesson in the dangers of nicotine addiction. Good for grades K-3.

McGruff’s Kids Files: Tobacco: 16 minutes. McGruff the Crime Dog and his teenage friend Jason utilize interviews with health experts and smokers to help students discover some “burning issues” about tobacco use. The video covers tobacco’s addictive properties, the harmful chemicals it contains, and its role in causing illnesses such as cancer, emphysema and heart disease. Good for grades 4-8.

Donnie Dinosaur’s Tobacco Trouble: 12 minutes. While on a walk through the forest, Sandy leads Milo into a cave and pressures him to smoke a cigarette. Donnie discovers them and teaches an important lesson about tobacco use. Good for ages 5-10.

Dusty the Dragon and Dr. Margie Hogan Talk About Tobacco: 11 minutes. Elementary age children can help Dusty the Dragon make the right choice about smoking and smokeless tobacco, as nationally known pediatrician Dr. Margie Hogan puts tobacco on trial. Animated characters Handsome Heart and the Lungs help reveal the truth about Nicky Teen and his gang, The Pack. Good for ages 5-10.

Educational

Spit Tobacco: RESA VII Tobacco Unit for Grades 5 and 6.

This educational program is designed for grades 5 & 6. It has fact sheets, pre/post tests, lesson plans, student activity sheets, video and resources.

Quit The Spit: RESA VII Tobacco Unit for Grades 7 and 8.

This educational program is designed for grades 7 & 8. It has fact sheets, pre/post tests, lesson plans, student activity sheets, video and resources.

Spit Tobacco Exposed.

This educational program has fact sheets, lesson plans, student activity sheets, video and resources.

Professional

Chew Free: Helping Patients Kick the Smokeless Habit: 20 minutes. Information and guide to help patients stop using tobacco/smokeless tobacco for use during the oral hygiene visit. Comes with a program guide. Dentists and dental hygienists.

In Good Taste: Quit Chewing Tobacco to Improve Your Oral Health. 15 minutes. Information and guide to help patients stop using tobacco/smokeless tobacco for use during the oral hygiene visit. Interviews with smokeless tobacco users. Dentists and dental hygienists. Also good for Junior high/high school, adult group presentations.

POSTERS

We also have available for use numerous posters related to tobacco usage. Several of these posters are graphic and others are humorous. But they all have the same message: Tobacco/Smokeless Tobacco Hurts and is Deadly. The titles of the posters available are:

Results of Using Spit Tobacco: A True Story of Gruen Von Behrens

Glory Days-Gory Days: Bill Tuttle

Take A Closer Look at What the Tobacco Industry Won’t Show You

We All Agree (sports cards of athletes)

Smokeless Tobacco is a Time Bomb in Your Mouth

I Smoke for the Smell

Chew on This: Sean Morisee Story

Name Your Poison

Butts Are Gross

It Looks Just As Stupid When You Do It

Sure YOU Can Smoke Around Me, I’ll Just Quit Breathing

Why Don’t They Just Call Them What They Are?

Mark McGwire is a Home Run Hitter - Not A Tobacco Spitter

Know the Facts

If Quitting Smoking for Nine Months Sees Like A Lifetime, It Is

A Tobacco Company Hired Him to Research Nicotine. He Did Such a Good Jog, They Fired Him (Victor DeNoble, Researcher)

She Didn’t Speak Out Until She Lost Her Vocal Cords

Cigarettes Gave Him Throat Cancer. Luckily, They Also Affected His Heart

(Lobbyist Victor Crawford)

Please Keep Me Tobacco Free

Smoking Spoils Your Looks

Michelle Smith - 1996 Olympic Softball Champion

Keep Your Engine Running Clean - 1999 US Women’s Soccer

US Women Rule with Fire Not Smoke- 1999 US Women’s Soccer

If What Happened on Your Inside Happened on Your Outside, Would You Still Smoke?

Early Detection Saves Lives: It’s Tiny now. Don’t let it grow up to be oral cancer

Smokeless Tobacco Harmless? Ask Gruen

SLIDES

There are several slide presentations available for use. Most are graphic in nature. The titles are:

STAT Spit Tobacco Speakers Guide and slides

The Smokeless Tobacco Outreach & Prevention Guide

Tobacco Free Teens

If You Smoke: Volume 1 and 2

Smokeless Tobacco: The Silent Killer

Geriatric Smokeless Tobacco

NSTEP Spit Tobacco Lesson Module

BROCHURES/PAMPHLETS

There are available for use, brochures that are related to smokeless tobacco use. These brochures are very informative and detail the hazards of using smokeless tobacco and tobacco. The brochures are available in limited amounts. These brochures are:

Tobacco Quiz

What’s gross about smoking. Give this quick quiz to adolescents and let them find out. The answers to the questions reveal the harmful and disgusting consequences of tobacco use.

Smokeless Tobacco: Spit it Out!

Convince young people who think chewing is cool to think again! This pamphlet uses humor and facts to show how chewing is unhealthy.

Some Important Tips from Major Leaguers to Their Fans Everywhere

More for young kids, this brochure has pictures of Major League ballplayers who endorse NSTEP (National Spit Tobacco Education Program) and make statements supporting the drive to stamp out the use of spit tobacco.

Here’s A Pitch No One Can Handle

A brochure targeted at teens with pictures of oral cancer victims Rick Bender and Sean Marsee on the back cover. Inside is more information on spit tobacco.

The Cold Hard Facts About Dip

This brochure has pictures of mouths that have been destroyed by using smokeless tobacco. There is also information about the results that can occur using dip.

What’s Really in Spit Tobacco?

This small, round brochure lists the chemicals, etc. that are in smokeless tobacco and also has graphic pictures of oral cancer victims. There are also statements from several famous baseball players about their experience with smokeless tobacco.

Spitting Into The Wind

This is an excellent brochure on the hazards of using smokeless tobacco. It explains how you can check for the early warning signs of oral cancer and also shows examples of cancerous mouths.

Sean Marsee’s Smokeless Death

This brochure from Reader’s Digest details the life of high school athlete, Sean Marsee who had been using smokeless tobacco since he was 12 years old. When he was 18, he discovered he had developed oral cancer. The brochure tells of his numerous operations on his head and neck area. This is an excellent brochure for high school students. Sean died in 1984 at the age of 19.

My War With a Smoke-Free Killer

This is the story of Bill Tuttle, a Major League baseball player who started using smokeless tobacco in 1955. The brochures chronicles the life of Bill Tuttle and his discovery that he had oral cancer and his subsequent treatments. Mr. Tuttle died in 1999 of oral cancer.

This is Matt

This small brochure shows the effect of his using spit tobacco.

Who Uses Spit Tobacco?

This is an excellent brochure on the hazards of using smokeless tobacco. It explains how you can check for the early warning signs of oral cancer and also shows examples of cancerous mouths.

Through with Chew: Ten Myths About Smokeless Tobacco

This is a newspaper insert that has been distributed state-wide to schools, health centers and other concerned organizations during the Through with Chew Smokeless Tobacco Campaign. It list the myths about smokeless tobacco. Example: Smokeless Tobacco is a harmless Alternative to Smoking. Not True! Smokeless tobacco is a deadly killer in its own right. This newspaper insert shows the early warning signs to look for and also has graphic pictures of several victims of smokeless tobacco, including Sean Marsee. This is an excellent teaching tool for elementary and high school students. The insert can be gotten in bulk from the West Virginia Tobacco Control Coalition. Their address is listed in the ordering information section.

Save Your Face: Smokeless Doesn’t Mean Harmless

This is also a newspaper insert that has been distributed state-wide to schools, health center and other concerned organizations during the Through with Chew Smokeless Tobacco Campaign. There are interviews with several famous baseball players; tips on how to quit smokeless tobacco use; warning signs for oral cancer and a description of some of the poisons that are in smokeless tobacco. This is an excellent teaching tool for elementary and high school students. The insert can be gotten in bulk from The West Virginia Library Commission. Their phone number is listed on the back.

Enough Snuff: A Guide for Quitting Smokeless Tobacco

This self-help guide is designed to help you quit using snuff or chewing tobacco. The most important factor is the desire and motivation to quit. This is an excellent booklet.

Clearing the Air: How to Quit Smoking and Quit for Keeps

This book guides you from thinking about stopping smoking through actually doing it - from the day you quit to quitting for keeps.

We also have brochures on tobacco in general and the hazards of usage. These are too numerous to list separately but are available for distribution.

If you are in need of community service, you can contact Mary at 293-5912. She will be able to put you in touch with individuals who have requested dental students speak to their schools and organizations in the past. Mary will be able to help with sports related community service activities and can provide contact names for the elementary schools.