Kids cause you to lose teeth, too
We finally figured out why the German guy was asking Dustin Hoffman “Is it safe?” in the movie Marathon Man. Obviously his wife was planning on having her third child and he was worried about the folk...
View ArticleBrytonPick: Stainless Steel Cleaning Blades
In so many ways, the BrytonPick is the best all-around new product in patient oral health care. It’s Green: One pick is reusable for up to 30 days. It’s Cute: The BrytonPick looks like a little...
View ArticleDental Obamacare
We were impressed that when put on the spot between inaugural balls today, President Barack Obama was able to outline his plan to give all people in the United States of America the right to a...
View ArticlePatients can keep on smoking?
by Trish Walraven Stanky Moufs, Stanky Moufs, I want to rid the world of Stanky Moufs. When a patient sits down in a chair with a freshly-stanked cigarette mouf, that smell hangs in the operatory...
View ArticleRelease the (S.) mutants
by Trish Walraven The Dramatization: At first it was small. The outbreak began in Florida’s Tampa Bay Area as local hospitals noticed an influx of patients with complaints of turquoise discolorations...
View ArticleJamming on the Sonicare AirFloss
by Trish Walraven I’m taking flossing to the airwaves. Mah NUMPH bErrr BEHRRRRR… Don’t my riffs sound great? No? But it’s air guitar, man, use your imagination! Feel the energy, the passion, the...
View ArticleIf dental care is free, then who cares?
The results of a national survey conducted a few months ago were released today: Majority of Americans Support Mid-Level Dental Provider to Expand Access to Dental Care Four-in-Ten Americans or Their...
View ArticleShare this with patients
The general public has no excuse when the Wall Street Journal has succinctly and comprehensively explained why dentistry is so important to patients’ overall health. Make copies, post a link from your...
View ArticleOpen, sesame!
I wish they would have named it “Strangle Me Elmo.” Because that’s how I feel about that particular character. Sesame Street was my babysitter growing up, especially since the show and I are...
View ArticleOne CT scan = 200 Panoramics
No doubt you listened to the radio or television news today with a double take whut-What? There’s a Yale study that just came out which links the incidence of meningiomas to the frequency of dental...
View ArticleThe gum whisperer
First things first: yes, this “whispering” phenomenon has invaded every niche of our well-being. It all started in a novel with just this one guy, he whispered to horses, then Cesar Millan got famous...
View ArticlePatients: Floss Your $%#*^@# Teeth!
Now… don’t let the title of this piece make you cower into your stinky underpants drawer. My intention is to simply explain the importance of why you lovely patients must floss your teeth. After seven...
View ArticleNo more freedom flossers
The Wall Street Journal must have been having a slow day yesterday when they published this article about all the ways that dental floss has been used as a weapon or as a means of escape by inmates...
View ArticleToothpaste can do more harm than good
The next time a patient innocently asks me, “What’s the best toothpaste to use?” I’m going to unleash a whole Chunky Soup can of “You Want The Truth? You CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!” Gosh, that’s such an...
View ArticleA hygienist’s answer to “what do you do?”
If you read Dentaltown Magazine, you may have received the edited, paper version of this article today in your snail mail box. But because I don’t have to make room for saliva ejector advertisements in...
View ArticleCandy that really fights cavities
Why do you get cavities? It’s not because your teeth are soft. Cavities happen in mouths where the environment is all jacked up. Too much acid, too many germs, an abundance of refined foods, too little...
View ArticleHow do you floss under a retainer?
I used to dread seeing patients with fixed lingual retainers. I mean, they’re great because they keep your teeth from shifting after you’ve had braces, but GAWRSH, do they have to be so difficult to...
View ArticleGet Listerine fluoride for free with Obamacare – maybe
I feel very targeted right now. It’s because I’m one of the 16% of Americans that everyone is fighting to either “guarantee insurance” for or “force insurance” upon, depending on which side of the...
View ArticleAmabrush cleans your teeth in ten seconds
What do you get when you start with a silicone sports mouthguard, embed it with hundreds of tiny bristles, and magnetize a rechargable toothpaste ball that vibrates and cleans all of your teeth at the...
View ArticleWhy dental insurance makes good people do bad things
When I was a kid, my dad would tell me on the way to the dentist to be prepared to pay out of my own pocket for any cavities I had. $38 per filling was an insane amount of money for an eight year old...
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