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Fillings For Baby Teeth A Waste Of TimeIt may be a waste of time sending children to the dentist to have fillings. The BBC reports on the opinion of 50 British dentists who attended a dental conference. They suggested it could be unnecessary to fill baby teeth. Many of the dentists said many young children go to the dentist when they don’t have to. This could be good news for kids who hate the dentist. Many children develop a fear of dentists because of fillings, injections and the sound of the drill. This can become a phobia and continue into adulthood. The BBC says: “Experts already know there is wide variation in care, which means that a young child with signs of tooth decay could have no treatment, a filling or the tooth pulled out depending on which dentist they attend.”
Dental decay is one of the most common childhood health problems. As soon as a baby's first teeth appear, they are at risk of decay. From as young as six months, a baby tooth could get “baby bottle decay”. Later on there are early childhood cavities. The American Dental Association says these can affect speech, communication, nutrition and quality of life. They say the good news is that decay is preventable. A dental expert, Dr Gail Topping, is currently researching what the best treatment is. She will look into fillings, improved dental hygiene, and the child eating fewer sugary things. She said dentists currently use their own judgment to decide what’s best for a child’s decayed teeth on a case-by-case basis.
WARM-UPS1. TEETH: Walk around the class and talk to other students about teeth. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. WHAT A WASTE: Do you ever think about waste? Complete this table. Talk about what you wrote to your partner. Change partners and share what you heard.
4. DENTURES: Students A strongly believe teeth are a waste of time and we should all have dentures (false teeth); Students B strongly believe teeth are one of the most important parts of our body. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. DENTAL HYGIENE: DO you look after your teeth? Talk about these things with your partner. How often do you do them? Change partners and share what you heard.
6. DECAY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘decay’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the gaps.It may be a waste of time sending children ________________ have fillings. The BBC reports ________________ 50 British dentists who attended a dental conference. They suggested it could be unnecessary ________________. Many of the dentists said many young children go to the dentist when they ________________. This could be good news for kids who hate the dentist. Many children develop a fear of dentists because of fillings, injections and ________________ drill. This can become a phobia and continue into adulthood. The BBC says: “Experts already know there is wide variation in care, which means that a young child with __________________ could have no treatment, a filling or the tooth pulled out depending on which dentist they attend.” Dental decay is one of ________________ childhood health problems. As soon as a baby's first teeth appear, they are at risk of decay. From ________________ months, a baby tooth could get “baby bottle decay”. Later on there are early childhood cavities. The American Dental Association says these ________________, communication, nutrition and quality of life. They say the good __________________ is preventable. A dental expert, Dr Gail Topping, is currently researching what the best treatment is. She will look into fillings, improved dental hygiene, and the child _________________ things. She said dentists currently use their own judgment to decide what’s best for a child’s decayed teeth ________________ basis. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘tooth’ and ‘decay’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT DENTIST SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about dentists in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
TEETH DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEIt may be a waste of (1) ____ sending children to the dentist to have fillings. The BBC reports on the opinion of 50 British dentists who (2) ____ a dental conference. They suggested it could be unnecessary to fill baby teeth. Many of the dentists said many young children go to the dentist when they don’t have to. This could be good news for kids who (3) ____ the dentist. Many children develop a fear (4) ____ dentists because of fillings, injections and the sound of the drill. This can become a phobia and continue into adulthood. The BBC says: “Experts already know there is wide variation in (5) ____, which means that a young child with signs of tooth decay could have no treatment, a filling or the tooth pulled out depending (6) ____ which dentist they attend.” Dental decay is one of the most (7) ____ childhood health problems. As soon as a baby's first teeth appear, they are at risk (8) ____ decay. From as young as six months, a baby tooth could get “baby bottle decay”. Later on there are early childhood cavities. The American Dental Association says these can affect speech, communication, nutrition and (9) ____ of life. They say the good news is that decay is (10) ____. A dental expert, Dr Gail Topping, is currently researching what the best treatment is. She will look into fillings, improved (11) ____ hygiene, and the child eating fewer sugary things. She said dentists currently use their own judgment to decide what’s best for a child’s decayed teeth on a case-by-case (12) ____. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about teeth for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about teeth. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. DENTAL HYGIENE: Make a poster about dental hygiene. Include lots of advice. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. DENTIST: Write a magazine article about going to the dentist. Include imaginary interviews with a dentist and someone with a fear of dentists. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on teeth. Ask him/her three questions about teeth. Give him/her three suggestions on how to make visits to the dentists more enjoyable. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Fillings for baby teeth a waste of timeIt may be a waste of time sending children to the dentist to have fillings. The BBC reports on the opinion of 50 British dentists who attended a dental conference. They suggested it could be unnecessary to fill baby teeth. Many of the dentists said many young children go to the dentist when they don’t have to. This could be good news for kids who hate the dentist. Many children develop a fear of dentists because of fillings, injections and the sound of the drill. This can become a phobia and continue into adulthood. The BBC says: “Experts already know there is wide variation in care, which means that a young child with signs of tooth decay could have no treatment, a filling or the tooth pulled out depending on which dentist they attend.” Dental decay is one of the most common childhood health problems. As soon as a baby's first teeth appear, they are at risk of decay. From as young as six months, a baby tooth could get “baby bottle decay”. Later on there are early childhood cavities. The American Dental Association says these can affect speech, communication, nutrition and quality of life. They say the good news is that decay is preventable. A dental expert, Dr Gail Topping, is currently researching what the best treatment is. She will look into fillings, improved dental hygiene, and the child eating fewer sugary things. She said dentists currently use their own judgment to decide what’s best for a child’s decayed teeth on a case-by-case basis. LANGUAGE WORK
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