Pearly Whites      by Jeffrey Hale ©2001

925 -513-0892

Go ahead and count them. 

See how many you've got.

Starting from the bottom 

then all of them on top.

If you're all grown up, 32's the count.

But if you are still a pup 

it won't be that amount.


When you're young and growing 

you grow 2 sets of teeth.

Primary teeth are showing 

with permanents underneath.

primary teeth get loose. 

In time they all fall out.

You'll grow another tooth 

and the tooth fairy comes out.


chorus:

Do it every morning. Do it every night.

Do it after eating. Brush those pearly whites.

Pull out the string. Show'm who's boss.

To clean the spaces in between, 

don't forget to floss.


Incisors are your front teeth, 

canine's next to them.

Bicuspids are your back teeth 

with molars at the end.

A tooth is set in gums. 

It has a root and crown.

The crown's above the gingiva 

and the root holds it down.


repeat chorus


Bacteria are critters that live around your teeth.

They feed on bits of food 

left behind after you eat.

They change the food to acid 

which can eat your tooth away

in little holes called cavities, 

the start of tooth decay


repeat chorus x2.