About the Healthy Teeth and Gums Worksheet

This interactive and printable worksheet, that aligns with the Common Core State Standards, Healthy Teeth and Gums explores dental anatomy and oral hygiene practices through comprehensive content and detailed illustrations. Students learn about the four layers of teeth structure, proper dental care techniques, and the importance of maintaining oral health through an engaging combination of scientific information and practical guidance.

Through a mix of open-ended questions and multiple-choice assessments, students demonstrate their understanding of tooth anatomy, dental hygiene practices, and the relationship between diet and oral health. The worksheet features a labeled diagram of tooth structure and progressively builds knowledge from basic anatomical concepts to practical health applications.

What will your child learn through this worksheet?

Understanding of tooth anatomy and structure
Knowledge of proper dental hygiene practices
Recognition of the connection between diet and dental health

Learning Outcomes

Students will identify and label the four layers of tooth structure with 100% accuracy
Students will explain three key practices for maintaining dental health
Students will describe the relationship between diet and tooth decay

Cognitive

This interactive worksheet develops understanding of anatomical structures
Students learn to connect personal habits with health outcomes

Psychomotor

The worksheet enhances diagram interpretation skills
Students practice organizing health information in written format

Affective

This interactive worksheet promotes positive attitudes toward dental hygiene
Students develop responsibility for personal oral health

Reinforce

The worksheet encourages discussion about healthy habits
Students learn to communicate about health practices

Common core standards covered

RF.4.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF.4.4.a

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

RI.4.10

By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

RI.4.3

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.