The Kids’ Healthy Mouths campaign, a joint effort between the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives—which includes the Academy of General Dentistry—and the Ad Council, has announced the release of a new FREE interactive game: Toothsavers, available online and as an app for Android and iOS devices.

Toothsavers makes brushing fun by encouraging kids to save friendly fairy tale characters from an evil, cavity-creating sorceress who has cast a wicked tooth-rotting spell on the kingdom. The game, geared toward 3- to 6-year-olds, was designed to motivate children to take care of their own teeth by brushing for two minutes, twice a day. Watch a preview to learn more.

Featuring a fun and colorful design, Toothsavers includes three key features to help kids and their parents learn about the importance of oral health:

• The timed, finger-swipe brushing game calls on kids to be heroes, as they save 10 fairy tale characters from the cavity-creating sorceress.
• The two-player version of the game allows kids to “brush” the teeth of friends and parents who hold the mobile device up to their mouths.
• The mobile app also offers a real-life tooth brushing companion, with morning and nighttime reminders, that allows kids and parents to keep track of their brushing progress.

The free Toothsavers app for smartphones and tablets is now available from the App Store and Google Play. It is also available on the Web at 2min2x.org/PlayToothsavers. For more information, visit 2min2x.org/toothsavers.

To learn more about the Kids’ Healthy Mouths campaign, visit 2min2x.org and follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter.

About the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives
The Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives is a coalition of the leading organizations in the field of oral health, including the Academy of General Dentistry. The Partnership is committed to improving children’s oral health so that they can develop into healthy, productive adults. The coalition shares the view that no child should be in pain and suffer broader health issues or endure the social stigma and lack of opportunity resulting from untreated dental diseases and conditions. The coalition’s primary mission is to teach parents and caregivers, as well as the children themselves, to take control of their own health through oral disease prevention.

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