(Part 2) Top products from r/Dentistry

I appreciate that.

I'm grinning sheepishly as I write this, but there's a reason I'm posting on the dentistry forum at work. I like to use reddit as yet another channel of communication.

I'd like to help you define out of the box, or at least, how I've come to know it. I think it works. It's called Go - Giving.

Here and here are two books related the this. I read them in order and loved it.

We do, but there is always room for growth and improvement. I interact with them in a little bit of everything. Most of the time its for the really fun stuff; Inviting them to events, answering pricing questions when they call in to the lab, sending them giveaways, ect. All while I'm doing that, I'm always thinking in the back of my mind about how I could improve my ability to bring value to them. That in turn is feedback for my own marketing.

Thank you for being so inquisitive. It's interesting how things are re-enforced when you explain them to someone else who is genuinely interested in what you have to say.

You're so sweet to think of getting your student a gift! I had a couple patients give me gifts and a couple give me cards when I completed their work. As a student treated like scum most of the time, those gestures meant more than they realized.

A few of my friends have these and my dental school advisor gave me a set right before graduation. They're super cute and they always get comments when they're used.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0015MSY32/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/189-9033131-9660014?fp=1&pc_redir=1427241666

I bought this one and I like it more than the last one I had made in a dentist's office. The cheaper ones are definitely way better than nothing (I wear mine religiously), but this one has lasted a long time and is super comfortable.

The first thing you can do to save time is spend less time doing it! It sounds like you’re doing a great job... probably too great. You can traumatize the gums a bit by flossing too much or with too much force. So, ease up and don’t be concerned about using the same piece off floss for the entire mouth. As long as you disrupt the plaque and debris that adheres to the tooth surface by flossing daily, you’re doing better than 90% of the people that I see. I’m a dentist and cheat with these. I occasionally pour a little mouthrinse in a cup and dip the flosser in it between teeth.

First, you should only be brushing with a soft bristled toothbrush. Everything else tends to be too hard on the gum tissue. Brush for two minutes using the Modified Bass Technique. Look it up on youtube. Also, "Just saw one seven years ago?" That made me lol.

I have and use a sonicare. I love it to death. However, this is an excellent deal. Rotary brushes are excellent at removing plaque, and Oral-B replacement heads tend to be cheaper than the sonicare ones.

Oral-B Vitality Pro White Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush $19.21 Amazon

Teeth have needed to be extracted from mouths since the time that humans have existed. Whether they fall out on their own or they are pulled out, the human body has mechanisms in place to heal itself, and it has been successfully doing that for a very, very long time. In the past hundred years or so, some very smart people who have jobs to do not much else except to ask the question "and then what happens" have figured out how healing takes place. Imagine you have 400 laboratory rats sitting around in cages. You zonk them out, extract the same tooth from all of them, and then they wake up and go about their business. Then, you systematically take one rat every hour, kill it, dissect its extraction site and put very tiny slivers of the healing tissue on a microscope slide. You end up with 400 images of how healing happens. Like a flipboard cartoon you could make a choppy movie of how it happens. The point is, we know what happens in healing. We know down to the cell, and often down to the instruction the cell gets, on how healing happens.

Now enter someone new. Someone who spent a lot of years in school, knows a lot of science, but for one reason or another they want to make more money than they are currently making. A person like this can make up a story using lots of real science and some fake science to get a lot of people to want to listen to his story. The more people that are listening, the more people buy their book or line of products or maybe even advertising on their web site gets them money in their pocket.

That's what has happened here. Someone has come up with the story that remnants of periodontal ligament can create cavitations in your alveolar bone. It's a fake story.

But you, dear reader, believe it. It sounds plausible. You want to be healthy and do what's right for your body. But you've been snookered. Seriously, this principle of cavitation is fiction. Osteonecrosis is real, dry socket is real, but not cavitation.

Who am I to say? I'm just a regular guy, a general dentist, who has been pulling two to four teeth a week on average for the past ten years. I've been watching them heal, dealing with complications. I've followed some patients for years after the extractions, some people I never see again. I know it's not real. But you don't have to believe me, just go to Amazon and buy this: http://www.amazon.com/Petersons-Principles-Maxillofacial-Surgery-Edition/dp/1607951118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408619053&sr=8-1&keywords=principles+of+oral+surgery

Sure, it's $450, but it's a book written by people who do fill their entire lives with nothing much more than tooth extractions. The information is out there for anyone. You don't have to have a doctorate to buy it. Go ahead. I haven't read it, but I can assure you that there isn't a chapter about removing the periodontal ligament after an extraction.

Holistic and natural dentistry is fake. Please stop reading about it. Do it for the sake of the rats (and dogs and god knows what else) helped us understand what is real.

The fluoride-free toothpaste I mention in my post is actually this stuff: Now Xyliwhite

So he's getting some Xylitol and a little fluoride (both in toothpaste and tap water). I'm going to start wiping his teeth after meals now though. I've just been having him freely drink water throughout the day and then brushing at night, but I think I should add more oral care. Thanks for the info.

Very good! Here are 2 more suggestions for a real luxurious brush and dental hygiene.

A waterpick which you would use first to clean between your teeth and the gum line, then floss and brush. Its on sale now for $23 shipped.

https://www.amazon.com/ToiletTree-Products-Irrigator-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B00OQFH0OY

Sensodyne has a great new toothpaste out - i love it. I get it for $4 at walmart

https://www.amazon.com/Sensodyne-Pronamel-Intensive-Toothpaste-Strengthening/dp/B07K15VPD4

Do you need these 2 things? Not at all - but they help out a lot.

A floss handle may help you clean your wisdom teeth. This one is a good example: (http://www.amazon.com/Reach-Access-Flosser/dp/B0017TU2HE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345718456&sr=8-1&keywords=reach+floss+handle)

I'm prepared to not see much difference from the mouthwash, at least, for the lower gums, which was SRPed three weeks ago. But I'll still give it a shoot. I might actually start using this mouthwash right away to see if it helps the upper gums (still don't look totally healed from SRP 1 week ago). I'd use it right after the chlorhexidine mouthwash.... hopefully, they don't cancel each other out...

I've been considering an ultrasonic toothbrush and maybe even one of these light therapy devices, but I'm hesitant to splurge so much money on something that might not justify the investment.

The only reason I'd get an ultrasonic/infrared device would be just to see whether it can help stimulate bone/gum regeneration somehow, hence, why I wonder whether the investment is justified. For better plaque removal, I'd just try to master the technique with a manual toothbrush, which is what I'm already doing.

I'm still clueless about whether xylitol affects all bacteria indiscriminately or just some types...

I love water flossing and I will never go back to using string.

I was not a flosser -- now I floss every day. Easy, simple, enjoyable. Should have invested in a water flosser years ago.

Compared to string flossing, the water gets more gunk out, too.

I have this model but I would go with a Water Pik or Hydro Floss next time. The one I have has one design flaw: the tip where the water comes out isn't slightly pointed so it is difficult to point the stream directly between teeth. The tip is flat. Other than that, it's a great product.

Here you go - un-flavoured mint fee properly fluoridated 1450 ppm tooth-paste. Good luck!

My partner just got this from a patient. I thought it was really interesting.

https://www.amazon.com/Dentistry-Illustrated-History-Malvin-Ring/dp/0810981165/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520625834&sr=8-2&keywords=history+of+dentistry

http://amzn.com/B0002AHY6Q

Cleaning under your gums & around the brackets is not out of the question, and you need to start now. Also, if your toothbrush is powering out while you're using it, you need a new toothbrush. Here's a good one that isn't too expensive:

http://amzn.com/B003UKKH6O

https://medium.com/@ravenstine/the-curious-history-of-novamin-toothpaste-620c6bef8881

See this article.

This toothpaste will rebuild your enamel and can even eliminate scratches. Get either Apagard or Sensodyne that specifically has Novamin as an ingredient.

https://www.amazon.com/Sensodyne-Repair-Protect-Toothpaste-NovaMin/dp/B06XXFM7QY/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=sensodyne+novamin&qid=1563493690&s=gateway&sr=8-3

International toothpastes have been proven to have actual real, far greater cavity and enamel protection.

Is this the one you wanted to buy? http://www.amazon.com/Philips-HX5610-30-Rechargeable-Frustration/dp/B007ZN5ATQ


It's still showing available for me on USA Amazon.

The only differences seem to be the color.


Having used sonicare brushes for years, I would stay away from the models you are looking at because of the brush head design. Especially if multiple people may use it, and change brush heads, that model needs to be unscrewed and gets all gunked up with moisture.

Also, the replacement screw on heads seem to be more expensive on Amazon.

If you can swing it, look in to a model with the smaller, pull off type brush head.

http://www.amazon.com/Sonicare-50-EasyClean-Rechargeable-Toothbrush/dp/B004M1BO3U/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1407353081&sr=1-1&keywords=sonicare+toothbrush

or

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-HX6731-02-Healthywhite-Rechargeable/dp/B00CUG26Z4/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1407353081&sr=1-2&keywords=sonicare+toothbrush

Something with xylitol in it might be an option. I recently found a toothpaste XyliWhite, amazon link, that has 25% xylitol as the active ingredient.

I'm a fan of Breathrx's plastic tongue scrapers as they have a regular and soft side. https://www.amazon.com/BreathRx-Tongue-Scraper-Scrapers-bulk/dp/B01LMO2AXM Unsure if they are meant to be disposed of after "x" uses, but I wash and wipe/dry mine. I don't like metal ones as the ones I have used had an edge that was a little too aggressive for my liking.

Use something like this https://www.amazon.com/Reach-9655-Access-Flosser/dp/B0017TU2HE?th=1

Mine looks like that when I don't clean it. I've become partial to these kind of tongue scrapers because they seem to get so much more off compared to what other types do.

Hey man, just to follow up on this. I wound up making a mouth guard for night wear and it has helped a LOT. Almost zero jaw pain, no clicking/etc now. It took about two weeks of wear to get to this point.

In my case, my dentist found that my bite caused my jaw to pull a mm or two out of alignment when I clenched my teeth. If I did it a lot at night, I would invariable wake up with a sore, strained jaw. The trick for fixing that was to create a mouth guard with a smooth top so that my upper and lower teeth could not lock into place.

To do this, I ordered this mouth guard:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JNH3XFO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

When I was molding it, I used a plastic credit card to put on top of it as I bit down so that biting down wouldn't put a tooth impression on the top of it. This helped create a smooth top to the lower guard while it was fitted to my mouth.

$16 and it works perfectly vs. $800 that my dentist wanted to make me one.

Amazon

Check amazon for a cheap one to hold you over

You can get Novamin toothpaste in bundles of 6 small tubes for about $30. That's $5 for a small tube. But if you use it sparingly-- small dabs on the toothbrush-- it can last. I think it's a reasonable price, even if it's high compared to "regular" toothpastes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XXFM7QY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not so much light reading, more of a reference, but little and falace was invaluable in dental school, especially to do a quick brush up before oral surgery rounds.

https://www.amazon.ca/Falaces-Management-Medically-Compromised-Patient/dp/0323080286

Edit: link

Its this?

GC Mousse 40g Tube - 1 Pcs - Mint Toothpaste https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QPD12L9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_CQsoDbYP2E14S

If it is I would just have to replace my toothpaste with it or is it something different?

It's this:

https://www.amazon.de/dpl®-Oral-Care-gesunde-Zahnfleisch/dp/B01NCXIP2A/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?keywords=dpl+oral+care&qid=1559248667&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=AWOHLTJZRK12

This one?

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-HX6731-02-Healthywhite-Rechargeable/dp/B00CUG26Z4/ref=dp_ob_title_hpc

https://www.amazon.com/Oranurse-3659273-50ml-Unflavoured-Toothpaste/dp/B0085AOSU0

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015MSY32/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/189-9033131-9660014?fp=1&pc_redir=1427241666

^That's ^why ^I'm ^here, ^I ^don't ^judge ^you. ^PM ^/u/xl0 ^if ^I'm ^causing ^any ^trouble. ^WUT?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1492912239/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1421206024&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

If you just grind your teeth, dentists hate this and I'm gonna be down voted, but you can go on amazon and get it done.

https://www.amazon.com/Dental-Lab-Night-Guard-Upper/dp/B0769YSBNX

Just make sure if you start to have jaw aches or other aches, to stop wearing it and get it checked by a dentist.