That “just got my teeth cleaned” feeling doesn’t have to wait for a visit to the hygienist. You can share these ideas with your patients, and they’ll be shocked they can create that feeling at home.
There are ways to maintain that 'just got my teeth cleaned' feeling.
There are ways to maintain that "just got my teeth cleaned" feeling.
As a child, I thought it was normal to wake up with a fuzzy feeling on my teeth, and to again feel that coating midafternoon. I brushed with the standard commercial toothpaste like I was told, and trusted that was sufficient.
I did not know until I became a dental hygienist that teeth can feel silky smooth and have that “just got my teeth cleaned” feeling every single day, even first thing in the morning! Here are my top 10 tips for clean, healthy, silky-smooth teeth (and this may even beat morning breath too!)
Read my Queen of Dental Hygiene blog about the problems with most people's brushing, some biofilm background information, and of course, my 10 tips.
Barbara Tritz's Queen of Dental Hygiene blog provides patients the information they need to help them on their healing journey. “Our one-hour appointment time was just not long enough to share all the many important facts I wanted our patients to learn. Dental hygiene is about so much more than just teaching brushing and flossing," says Barbara. “We are healers, educators, and lifesavers, and we need to give our patients the tools and skills to empower them to true wellness and health.”
Barbara is a biological dental hygienist, oral microbiome specialist, international speaker, and author with more than 40 years of clinical experience. She practices at Green City Dental in Edmonds, Washington. Barbara serves on the IAOMT Board and is chair of the IAOMT Dental Hygiene Committee. Her biological dental hygiene work focuses on microscopy, salivary diagnostics, oxygen-ozone therapy, airway health, host response, and root-cause approaches to oral-systemic health. Visit QueenofDentalHygiene.net.
