Nurturing Smiles

🎉💗 Happy Birthday to our amazing volunteer, Tanya, RDH! 🦷✨

We are so grateful for the time, care, and heart you give to Nurturing Smiles and the communities we serve. Wishing you a day filled with love, joy, and many blessings! 🥳🎂💕

Help us wish Tanya a very Happy Birthday! 🎈

Join us in celebrating and wishing our Board Vice President Dr Karen Baskerville, a Happy Birthday!! 🎉🎂

Breastfeeding Awareness Week | August 1–7

Breastfeeding does more than create a bond. It helps build healthy smiles for life. 🦷💕

From supporting healthy oral development to laying the foundation for lifelong health, every feeding makes a difference.

This week, we celebrate every mom’s journey and the powerful impact breastfeeding has on growing healthy babies, one smile at a time.

🎒✨ It's Almost Time! ✨🦷

Join us for Nurturing Smiles' 5th Annual Back-to-School Book Bag Giveaway!

📅 Saturday, August 15, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 2018 Tasker Street, Philadelphia, PA

Children receiving book bags will also have access to:

🦷 FREE Dental Screenings
🪥 Fluoride Varnish
💜 Oral Health Education

Together, we're helping children head back to school with the supplies they need and healthy smiles to match!

🎒 Want to support our mission?

Click the link to donate!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/5th-annual-back-to-school-bookbag-drive

Or share this post to help us reach more families.
We can't wait to see you there! 💜

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, you can find Nurturing Smiles tomorrow at the 2nd Annual Neurodivergent Acceptance Fair hosted by 🧩✨

We’ll be there providing dental screenings, connecting with families, and sharing resources with the community.

Come stop by, say hi, and be part of a day centered around acceptance, inclusion, and support 💛

We look forward to seeing you there!

As we conclude Black Maternal Health Week…

This work is rooted in real experiences,
real conversations, and real needs.

Too often, mothers are left to navigate care alone, this space exists to change that.

Because when we know better,
we care for ourselves better.

By Mothers. For Mothers. Always. 💜

Hey mama 💕

Your smile is more powerful than you think.

What starts in your mouth can shape your baby’s health too, from shared moments like kisses to long-term habits.

But here’s the beautiful part…
✨ You have the power to break that cycle.

Small things matter:
• Brushing + flossing daily
• Keeping your dental visits
• Protecting your peace and your health

You’re not just caring for yourself
you’re building generational health.

💗 Your smile. Your baby’s protection.

Hey mama 💜

Diabetes during pregnancy doesn’t just affect your body, it can affect your baby too.

High blood sugar can increase inflammation throughout your body, even in your gums, raising the risk of complications like preeclampsia and preterm birth.

And it goes both ways…
Gum disease can make it harder to control your blood sugar.

Everything is connected.

Taking care of your oral health is part of taking care of you 💜

Hey mama 💜
What starts in your gums doesn’t stay there.

Inflammation can allow bacteria to enter your bloodstream and travel through your body, even reaching your baby.

That’s why oral health during pregnancy matters more than most people realize.

Gum disease has been linked to complications like preterm birth and preeclampsia.

But here’s the good part:
✨ It’s preventable
✨ It’s treatable
✨ And you deserve care

If your gums are swollen, bleeding, or tender, don’t ignore it.

Your smile is part of your pregnancy care 💜

Hey mama 💜 your gums can change during pregnancy and it matters.

Tenderness, swelling, or bleeding?
It could be pregnancy gingivitis, and it affects more moms than you think.

The good news? It’s treatable, and dental care during pregnancy is safe.

Your smile is part of your pregnancy care, don’t overlook it.

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