Dental Health Month

February 2018

Join us we celebrate our 4th Annual Dental Health Month! Area dentists will visit the museum to answer your questions about oral health, educators will have a variety of fun programs and NEW this year, free oral health screenings will be conducted by local Dental Community Centers. Every child who visits during February will go home with their own toothbrush thanks to our Toothbrush Sponsor, Great Outdoors Pediatric Dentistry!

These are the special activities we will be exploring at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire during the month of February! We’ll have a different Dental Health Month drop-in program every day—call ahead to see what's going on the day of your visit!

Owl Pellets:
Do owls have teeth? How do they eat their food? Find out and also get a close look at the teeth of some of the rodents who became the owl’s lunch!

Tooth Storytime:
Enjoy storytime with museum staff all about teeth!

Animal Skulls:
We’ll take a close look at our goblin shark and beaver skull. We’ll try to figure out how they’re different and how their teeth help them eat!

Elephant Toothpaste:
A favorite experiment at the museum, what ingredients can we mix together to make a fun, bubbly, foamy and exciting toothpaste mess!?

Plaque Attack!
Enjoy watching this bubbly, foamy, messy experiment demo and learn about the plaque attack that could happen in your mouth—and the importance of good tooth brushing!

Make a Tooth fairy Pouch:
Decorate a felt tooth fairy pouch to keep your teeth safe until she picks them up!

Make Animal Teeth:
Learn about different types of animal teeth and then craft your own using paper cups! Will you be a herbivore or a carnivore?!

Special Guests

Friday, February 9, 11am

Anne Sleeper RDH,CPHDH from Wentworth Health Partners Dental Center will be here doing free dental screenings for visiting families!

Thursday, February 15, 10am-1pm

Core Physicians/Exeter Hospital will be here doing free dental activities for visiting families.

Wednesday, February 21, 10am-1pm

Lakeside Smiles Pediatric Dentistry will be here doing free dental activities for visiting families.

Wednesday, February 28, 10am-1pm

Goodwin Dental Clinic will be offering free dental screenings and activities for visiting families.

20171227_120337.jpg#asset:7995:thumb Wednesday, February 28, 11am

Our Veterinarian Friend Dr. Timothy Hunt from Hunt Veterinary Consulting is back to teach us all about animal teeth! Observe and evaluate pictures of animal teeth, learn about the tools veterinarians use to give our pet's teeth a good cleaning and why dental hygiene for pets is so important! Free with museum admission.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Toothbrush Sponsor

Throughout the month of February, every child will get a free toothbrush to take home, thanks to our Toothbrush Sponsor, Great Outdoors Pediatric Dentistry.