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Public Notice: JCDH's Revised 2025 Annual Ambient Air Monitoring Plan. Comments accepted until 4:30pm on July 14, 2025. Click here.

The Jefferson County Department of Health will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2025 in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen on Monday, July 7, 2025 at 7:45am.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month

Published: 02/01/19

Reduce your children’s risk of tooth decay:

  • Sugary foods and drinks should be consumed with meals. Saliva production increases during meals and helps neutralize acid production and rinse food particles from the mouth.
  • Limit between-meal snacks. If kids crave a snack, offer them nutritious foods.
  • If your kids chew gum, make it sugarless – Chewing sugarless gum after eating can increase saliva flow and help wash out food and decay-producing acid.
  • Monitor beverage consumption – Children should make healthy beverage choices such as water and low-fat milk.
  • Help your children develop good brushing and flossing habits.
  • Schedule regular dental visits.

For a 2019 Brushing Calendar that can help make brushing and flossing time more fun for your child, click the link below:

https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/resources/activity-sheets/brushing-calendar

NOTICE:  Payment is expected at time of visit. Click here to learn more.
Central Health Center
(Guy M. Tate)

1400 Sixth Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Clinics
(205) 588-5234

Programs
(205) 933-9110
Eastern Health Center
601 West Blvd Roebuck
Birmingham, AL 35206
Programs and Clinics
(205) 588-5234
Western Health Center
631 Bessemer Super Hwy
Midfield, AL 35228
Programs and Clinics
(205) 588-5234
Hours of Operation:
All Centers are open 7:45am to 4:30pm. Phone lines for clinic appointments open at 7:00am Monday through Friday.
 

If this is a Medical Emergency call 911.
If you are a patient and need to reach your health care team after business hours for non-life threatening conditions, call (205) 588-5234.



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