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Dream patient of the week
Remember that oath we took at graduation? I remember that oath. I swore, along with my classmates, that I would carry out the very best dental care to any and all patients who sat in my operatory...
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Judicial dream patients (or not)
Today is a big day for dental and medical subscribers and their families across our country. Health Care Reform: Opening Day At The Supreme Court...
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The band Lumineers
There are two kinds of porcelain veneers in the world: Lumineers, and… well… veneers. It’s kind of like calling a Kleenex a tissue. For years tissues were only known by their brand name, but eventually...
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Does your pedo blow?
Here’s proof that pediatric dentistry attracts “special” people – the staff of Teays Valley Pediatric Dentistry and Huntington Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics getting it on and making the right...
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Dental office acronyms
One of my favorite dental blogs is the AGD’s The Daily Grind, with today’s post by Scott Jackson, DMD, MAGD sticking up like a wonderful, poignant nail that wants its head to be hit by this hammer of...
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...
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Poetry for the dental soul
You know how they say whatever you give to the universe, it will come back to you double? I shoulda been more careful…. This all started about a month ago, and it wasn’t even supposed to be a poem;...
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Art and flossophy
Hal Mayforth must really like dental floss. Therefore I like Hal Mayforth, and as much as I used to be an evangelical hygienist who preached that there was only ONE WAY to dental health, and that was...
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Serious tongue action
Are you in a state of media overshock after this gratuitous display of tongue-adge on a certain video awards show over the past weekend? No? But it may give you pause to think about all the...
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IV sedation can be fun – for the oral surgeon
Haven’t you wondered what your patients experience when you send them to your most trusted oral surgeons? Here’s an in-depth video that explains the process of taking out their third molars: I have...
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DIY dentistry kit for preppers
It’s getting closer to 2014 and you can pretty much guess what that means: the Obamacarepocalypse is almost upon us. Yee Haw. Preppers convinced that TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it) is...
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Chairside sign language?
DentiSign is a sign-language system designed to help patients deal with the loss of control they may feel when they can’t verbalize their concerns and fears. If you’re a sympathetic dental...
View ArticleStand-up dentistry
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that being a dental hygienist is easy compared to comedy. Every time I imagine that I’ve got the spotlight, that it’s just me and a microphone, and I’m telling...
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 ArticleDental Sitcom for “The Office” fans
Our almost-18-year-old son has seen every episode of “The Office” and “Parks & Recreation.” While I haven’t watched either show with any sort of faithfulness, one film that I’ve personally learned...
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