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This video for consumers discusses the use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) to treat tooth decay. It explains that SDF, unlike the traditional treatment method, is inexpensive, painless, and does not require numbing or drilling, and that non-dentists can be trained to apply it. The video also describes how tooth decay develops and its consequences and discusses the importance of good oral health and of treating decay in primary teeth. The video is available in American Sign Language, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, English, French, Kirundi, Haitian Creole, Maay Maay, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Pashto, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

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These resources for oral health professionals provide guidance on immediate and urgent care for traumatic oral injuries, including fractures and luxations of permanent teeth, avulsion of permanent teeth, and traumatic injuries to primary teeth. Topics include diagnosis, treatment planning, follow-up care, and outcomes. Special considerations for trauma to primary teeth, immature versus mature permanent teeth, avulsion of permanent teeth, and patient/parent instructions are included. The guidelines are available in Arabic, Bahasa, Croatian, English, Farsi, French, German (Austrian), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Tamil (India), Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, and VIetnamese.

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This series of handouts for pregnant women and parents of infants and young children provides simple tips on nutrition and oral health issues. Topics include brushing a young child’s teeth, choosing healthy drinks, encouraging children to drink water with fluoride, giving children healthy snacks, taking care of oral health for pregnant women, and taking care of an infant’s oral health. The series is written in simple language and is available in English and in Spanish. One handout, Using Silver Diamine Fluoride on Children's Teeth, is also available in Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Persian, and Somali.

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These practice resources for oral health professionals comprise a health history form, a health history interview sheet, a medical consultation form, and a document describing how to use the forms. The health history form is available in Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian/Serb/Croatian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Creole, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish, and Yoruba.

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