LeapFrog offers dental hygiene game

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Jun 6, 2010

LeapFrog Enterprises, makers of handheld educational gaming devices, has introduced a dental hygiene game, Sugar Bugs, in which children learn dental hygiene as they defeat "plaque monsters."

The game is available on the company's new Leapster Explorer device, which will offer 40 different learning and play experiences by the end of 2010 for 4- to 9-year-old kids.

Copyright © 2010 DrBicuspid.com

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