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20+ Books to Brush Up Lesson Plans About Teeth

Make learning about dental hygiene even more fun for students. 

By Scholastic Editors
January 23, 2024

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month! As you prepare your lesson plans around taking care of teeth, losing teeth, and visiting the dentist, reading books in class that center on these topics can make dental hygiene feel all the more relatable (and interesting!) to kids. 

The books below will capture your students’ curiosity in teeth and prompt important conversations about what it means to take care of your teeth. Discuss with your class why some kids may be losing teeth, wearing braces, or leaving class for a dentist appointment.

After all, losing baby teeth is often an important rite of passage for many young students. I Lost a Tooth is a relatable book that takes the mystery out of why teeth fall out and what happens when they do. Also, there are handy tips and tricks about keeping teeth healthy, clean, and strong. 

Some titles also explore the fascinating world of animal teeth, and how they differ from your students’ teeth. For example, Rookie Read-About® Science-Animal Adaptations & Behavior: A Look at Teeth is a vibrant book that explores a wide variety of topics about animal teeth (and is both factual and fun). 

Shop books about teeth below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store.

Board Book

Baby Teeth

Grades Pre-K
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Count and learn about teeth as they come in with rhythmic, rhyming text and cute baby faces in full color. Parent tip text focus on tooth care.

Paperback Book

Peppa Pig: The Tooth Fairy

Grades Pre-K - K
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When Alma's little brother Junior loses his first tooth, everyone is super excited! Junior wants to put on a special presentation for the family. But then the tooth goes missing! If Alma and Junior do not find the tooth, Junior will lose his special moment forever. Can Alma help him find it?

Paperback Book

Open Wide-Tooth School Inside

Grades Pre-K - 5
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There's a lot to learn for the thirty-two new students - 8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 premolars and 12 molars - at Dr. Flossman's Tooth School. He has his hands full showing each student how to floss, care for the gums, and avoid the ultimate tragedy…tooth decay!

Paperback Book

Zebras Don't Brush Their Teeth!

Grades K - 1
$5.21$6.95
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Zebras don't brush their teeth. But you do! What things must you do each day?

Paperback Book

Loose Tooth

Grades K - 1
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It's loose! It's loose! My tooth is loose! Every preschooler will recognize the anxiety and excitement of losing that first wiggly, jiggly tooth!

In this witty, easy-to-read story, children learn what bacteria is, how it causes tooth decay, and how they can fight against it.

Paperback Book

Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth

Grades 1 - 2
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Annie has lost her tooth during art class, and she cannot find it anywhere. Cam Jansen says she has a memory like a camera. Will Cam have the picture she needs to find the missing tooth?

Paperback Book

Ready, Freddy!: Tooth Trouble

Grades 1 - 2
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Freddy Thresher has a problem: a really, really, big problem. He's the only one in his class who hasn't lost a tooth! All of the other students in Mrs. Wushy's first grade have signed their names on the Big Tooth, and Freddy's determined to get his name on it, too. So when Max "The Meanie" Sellars calls Freddy a baby, Freddy decides he's going to lose that tooth one way or another, even if it means getting punched in the face at recess, or even bigger trouble, with Mom!

 

Paperback Book

What If You Had Animal Teeth!?

Grades 1 - 2
$3.74$4.99
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This book explores how different teeth are especially adapted for an animal's survival. At the end of the book, children will discover why their own teeth are just right for them.

Paperback Book

Tooth Trouble

Grades 1 - 3
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Clark the Shark has a loose tooth and needs to visit the dentist. But he's heard that the dentist is scarier than a box of blue whales! Can Clark find a way to stay cool when it comes to tooth trouble?

Follow Kayla and her dog, King, as they search for clues and solve mysteries in these confidence-boosting, illustrated readers.

Paperback Book

I Lost My Tooth in Africa

Grades 1 - 3
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More than anything, Amina wants to lose her loose tooth while visiting her family in Mali, West Africa. Only then can she put it under a gourd for the African tooth fairy, who will exchange it for two chickens! Happily this happens, and even better, the chickens lay eggs. But will the eggs hatch before it's time to return home to America?

 

Paperback Book

The Tooth Book

Grades 2 - 4
$5.96$7.95
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Learn how to clean and maintain teeth and gums using your tooth brush, dental floss, and by visiting the dentist in this beautifully illustrated book.

Outrageous and ridiculous illustrations accompany photographs and informative text in this terrific introduction to animal traits.

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