Queen of Dental Hygiene

AUGUST 24, 2023

Group Smiles are the best! Today’s post is about some teeth “basics” What their functions are, what they are made of, and their inner workings. For most, this may be just a review, but important information because the next few articles will be about tooth sensitivity: its causes, and how to help stop or at least reduce it. For that, you need this basic information first.

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JULY 1, 2023

Health and Healing Thank you my fabulous reader for joining me on my quest to write a daily blog post for the month of June. This journey has been so fun as we got to explore all the things that need to be included in wha itt takes to have a healthy mouth and thus a healthy body. Oral health includes not only toothbrushing and cleaning inbetween the teeth, but also tongue cleaning, nasal breathing, saliva, deep restful sleep, colorful food, drinking water, a healthy gut, and feeding the microbio

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JUNE 30, 2023

What if we, in the dental profession, are doing dental healthcare all wrong? We continue to scale, polish, and lecture about oral hygiene, and our patients do their best to comply. Yet, dental disease is still at epidemic levels with at least 40% of the population having gum disease. By age 34 , 80% of folks have had at least one cavity. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rita Mae Brown I h

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JUNE 29, 2023

Tongue can’t reach the Spot An oldie from 2015 but a really important goodie! Bringing it back out to remind you how important the tongue is in facial growth and development. The Tongue is the Ruler of the Body. Where he goes determines your oral and facial development and that affects the rest of the body. (Day 28 was waylaid due to operator error ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your tongue is a very mighty organ!

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JUNE 27, 2023

Ozone makes the sky blue Ozone is my magical secret weapon against oral disease. It deserves a full-on, long and detailed write up, but in keeping (or trying to keep) to my goal of ” tidbits of new news you can use” for the month of June (but I admit most have still been full on meals), I will give you a teaser of all the cool and unique things ozone can do for you.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Tartar Buildup Behind the Front Teeth Why, Oh Why do some teeth (people, actually, but poetic license here) build up tartar and others never do? I’d always secretly blamed it on folks just being lazy and going to bed without brushing. But, I may have been totally wrong, and I am so glad! It’s not you- well, yes it is – but not in the way you’d think.

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JUNE 24, 2023

Yesterday’s blog post was all about bottles, the infant suck-swallow motion, the mature swallow. Today’s article is on chewing and how to grow healthy babies into healthy adults. It all comes down to proper facial development and growing the airway to get all that good nourishing oxygen. So, let’s chew on this! Chewing is something we take for granted and do it so automatically we never give it a second thought.

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JUNE 25, 2023

Healthy food- Eat the Rainbow In dental hygiene, we focus so much on being “antibacterial” We worry about all the bad bugs and what they do in the mouth to create and foster tooth decay, gum disease, and bad breath. We polish, scrape, brush, floss, and swish away the plaque and calculus (tartar). What if we are doing it all wrong? Prehistoric man didn’t have a dental hygienist pestering him to floss and brush yet dental diseases were rare.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Happy Healthy and Developing Properly Do you want your child to be healthy? Really healthy, as in have a beautiful healthy face and broad, gorgeous smile?? If so, then it’s time to talk about their baby bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers and thumbs. Yes, something so simple could be the root cause of a lot of health problems such as crooked teeth, bed wetting, sleep apnea as well as gum disease and cavities.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Today’s nugget of new news you can use is all about the research that talks about fluoride. We are almost done with the month. I hope you have learned lots about all kinds of things healthwise. The Research Says Seventy-five percent of the United States is drinking fluoridated water. We have been told this is good and right and so healthy for our teeth.

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JUNE 20, 2023

The Mighty Tongue Did you know there is a “proper” place to put your tongue in your mouth? We call this the “proper tongue rest posture.” Most folks have no idea the tongue belongs in this position all the time except when eating, chewing, and communicating. The N Spot The tongue should rest on the roof of the mouth. The tip of the tongue belongs on what we call “The N spot.” The N spot is on a small indentation in the bone on the roof of the mouth behind the

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JUNE 19, 2023

Saliva- Liquid Gold You brush, floss, and do all the homecare instructions you are told, yet, you still have cavities and gum disease. Let’s talk about the real key to oral health – your saliva. As I tell my patients, saliva is liquid gold. There is nothing more important to the health of the mouth than saliva. Without a healthy flow of good quantity and quality of saliva, the mouth literally crumbles and decays.

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JUNE 18, 2023

Happy, Happy Father’s Day Happiest Father’s Day! I am lucky to spend Father’s Day with my dad this year. It is so important to spend time with those you love. Today’s post is about giving the gift of health. The most important thing we own is our health. Nothing else matters if we are in pain or suffering from illness. Going from doctor to doctor looking for answers is frustrating and expensive.

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JUNE 17, 2023

Healing Power of LIght Let there be much light in your life. Light has the power to heal. Certain wavelengths affect the function of our cells and help us in so many ways. It speeds healing, increases alertness, affects hormones, sets our circadian rhythms in the brain, regulates neurotransmitters, increases cell energy, improves sleep and so much more.

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JUNE 16, 2023

We are on day 16 of a month of blog posts on all things oral health and total body wellness. I have taken a little jog from “tooth tools” to return briefly to airway. I am traveling this weekend and had this in reserve. Enjoy and please share with child’s teachers. Parents and teachers need to be aware of possible airway issues for the health of our children.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Sorry folks, I tried to embed and send the video but it did not show up to my subscribers. Here’s the Youtube link: [link] Finding Connor Deegan ~Barbara The post Day 16: Resending the Video appeared first on Queen of Dental Hygiene.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Yesterday’s post was all about toothbrushes and toothbrushing techniques. Toothbrushing cleans 60% of the tooth surface on its best day. It can’t get the entire tooth clean because it just doesn’t reach everywhere… So, if you don’t floss or use something beyond your toothbrush you are leaving that 40% of unclean teeth until your incredible dental hygienist can get to it when you return in three months or six months for your recare appointment.

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JUNE 14, 2023

Tips and tricks for a healthy mouth These last 13 days of blog posts have been educational (but not uplifting). I wanted to share with you how very important oral health is to the entire body’s well-being. We have talked about the importance of nasal breathing, nasal health, mouth breathing, and then all things oral that are important for brain health.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Fluoride Fluoride is a hot topic – I have written extensively on this subject. The bottom line for me, EVEN if it stopped tooth decay 100% – (EVEN IF- which it does not- fluoride only reduces decay by 25% per our own CDC government’s data) – I would still not recommend it because of the damage it does to the brain. The government was trying to hide this research.

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JUNE 12, 2023

Amalgams Fillings are 50%, Mercury Mercury-silver fillings, also called “amalgams,” have been the standard of dental care since the 1800s. These fillings are still done in many dental offices today. Mercury is damaging and toxic to our brains. Amalgam fillings are made up of silver, mercury, copper, zinc, tin, and other trace metals. Mercury makes up 50% of the filling.

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JUNE 11, 2023

Do your gums bleed? Have they “always bled” when you had a dental cleaning? What would you do if I told you that gum disease increases your risk for dementia? And IF they have been infected for over 10 years your chance of having Alzheimer’s dementia increases by 70%. Yes, 70% – Would that motivate you to see your wonderful brain health dental hygienist?

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 10, 2023

Dementia made worse by medications PSA Did you know this? Your medications may have side effects that impact your brain health. Please read the labels to be aware of what’s in your medication. Anticholinergic drugs are medications that block a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. About 600 medications block the action of acetylcholine. We take these medications for a variety of reasons such as for sleep, allergies, depression, psychiatric disorders , urinary incontinence, and Parkinson&#

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JUNE 9, 2023

We Can Defeat Dementia This month I challenged myself to write a short “pearl of dental wisdom” article every day. So far, I have been posting about the airway, proper breathing, and myofunctional disorders. Today’s (not-so-short post) “nugget of news you can use” is about the connection between airway issues, brain health, and its link to the oral cavity (I.E. your mouth).

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JUNE 8, 2023

instock – 1 The theme so far has been nasal airway and better breathing. Now we dive deeper into noisy breathing – the dreaded snore. We all laugh when we hear someone snoring and rattling the shuttlers. We think it’s cute when baby snores a little. They call it a flutter. What if I told you they were actually choking from the inside?

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JUNE 7, 2023

I just want to close those sweet little lips. Baby brains grow at one percent a day for the first three month s of life. Their brains NEED uninterrupted periods of oxygen-rich sleep to rest and regenerate. Sleep breathing disorders in infants/children increase their risks of hyperactivity, ADHD, tiredness, poor concentration, and brain cell death … Even stopping breathing once an hour can cause brain cell death.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Belly Breathing is Proper Breathing Today’s post is an interactive one. Place one hand on your chest, and the other on your belly. Close your eyes and breathe. Which hand moves? The one on your chest or the one on your belly? Are your shoulders rising up as you breathe? Are you trying to hold in your gut? (And of course, you are using your nose ???

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JUNE 5, 2023

Healthy Breathing is Nasal Breathing So much nasal breathing information! Even I learn as I put together these articles for you. Breathing properly is nasal breathing and the best-kept secret, unfortunately. But if you have been following my posts lately you now understand the critical importance of using your nose. (Your mouth is your emergency breathing hatch in case your nose gets smashed.

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JUNE 4, 2023

The Nose In first grade my teacher would put poems on the black board and we always had to copy them down. The one I remember to this day: My Nose It doesn’t breathe. It doesn’t smell. It doesn’t feel so very well. I am disgusted with my nose, the only thing it does is blows. If only I knew then what I know now ! Nasal hygiene may be more important than oral hygiene!

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JUNE 3, 2023

Your nose knows it’s made for breathing and the mouth is made for eating. Kids laugh when I remind them of this. Unfortunately, so many people – old and young walk around with an open mouth and use their mouth for breathing. All my gum disease patients and/or tooth decay patients all mouth breathe. Please, close your mouth and use your nose!

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JUNE 2, 2023

For fresher breath, tastier food, and healthier teeth and gums, cleaning your tongue ranks at the top of my list. So simple yet soooo forgotten and neglected- the poor coated, stinky tongue. Clean Your Tongue. Twice a day, every day with a metal tongue scraper. And don’t be gentle, really aim for the back of the tongue and squeegee it with a tongue cleaner, not your toothbrush.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Hello Readers! I have so many articles and information I want to share with you! So, I am planning something different – for the next 30 days, I will post a daily new blog article with actionable information on all things revolving around biological dental health. “News” you can use immediately. Hope you learn lots and enjoy these shorter snippets of all my favorite topics!

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APRIL 10, 2023

Growing up in the 1960s, we were a loyal Crest toothpaste family. The thought of using any other toothpaste was out of the question. Switching to Colgate was blasphemy. We believed we needed to use commercial toothpaste with fluoride or our teeth would rot from cavities. Giving up “commercial” toothpaste is hard. Nowadays, I have at minimum six different toothpaste tubes in my drawer (none contain fluoride and I will explain why shortly).

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MARCH 3, 2023

The basic toothbrush/toothbrushing techniques need a facelift. We do the same routine every time we brush. AND, no surprise, we miss the same places every time we brush. The bottom line: most folks don’t really know how to brush effectively. How can we make toothbrushing more effective and effective? What are some important tips and tricks to know to be the best brusher you can be?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I wanted to believe in the incredibleness of fluoride. I trusted the industry leaders when they said how awesome fluoride was for preventing tooth decay. “They” never ever mentioned its very sinister and dark side effects. From the beginning of dental hygiene school, I learned all about how “wonderful” fluoride was for dental health. How it was the magic bullet to combat decay.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Want to sleep better, deeper, dream and wake refreshed? Here’s a secret- use your nose for breathing. So simple to say, yet most folks don’t. Their mouths “fall” open at night, they snore, they stop breathing, and then, no surprise, they wake groogy and tired. Here’s a simple thing to try – tape the lips together at bedtime.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

What makes up the perfect kiss? As an expert in the oro-facial-respiratory complex, I thought I might just delve into this fun and delightful topic. There is so much more to know about puckering up in a tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G. >>> And guess what? Your dental hygienist and a myofunctional therapist may be your secret weapons in helping you create the best kiss of your life again and again, (with or without mistletoe).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Hello Loyal Readers! I hope you’ll join me for The Breathing and Sleep Health for Kids Summit. [link]. I will be presenting on Tips for Parents to Safeguard their Children’s Health and Prevent Decay. Our kids and grandkids are our greatest resource. The one thing every parent wants more than anything is for their child to be healthy. As you may already realize, finding answers is not always easy… Who is this Summit for?

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