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Archive for the ‘From the Other Side of the Drill’ Category

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July 18th, 2006

From the Other Side of the Drill #4: Toothpicking vs. floss

Me:
I have a friend that swears he doesn’t have to floss if he uses a toothpick after every meal. Is that cool, or no?
Melynda (My dentist and my lovely Wife):
Toothpicking can actually be a good method of removing plaque from between the teeth. Most people only use the tooth pick to get big pieces of […]

By Wade Meredith -- 0 comments

July 17th, 2006

From the Other Side of the Drill #3: How to pick a toothbrush

Me:
What’s with all the different kinds of toothbrushes I can buy?
Melynda (My dentist and my lovely Wife):
“Standard” Toothbrushes offer you extra-soft, soft, medium and hard bristles. This is just marketing. Everyone should use a soft bristled brush. The soft, or extra-soft, bristles are the only kind that are flexible enough to get into the space […]

By Wade Meredith -- 2 comments

July 3rd, 2006

From the other side of the drill #2: Is the human bite the dirtiest in the world?

Me:
So when I was a counselor at a Summercamp in Springfield, MO a few years ago we had a “biter”. The situation was resolved after lots of crying and calling of parents. It came up in a conversation amongst the staff at the time that humans have one of the “dirtiest” bites in the animal […]

By Wade Meredith -- 4 comments

June 28th, 2006

From the Other Side of the Drill #1: How does my dentist know I haven’t been flossing?

Me:
How the heck does my dentist know that I haven’t been flossing when I floss right before I go in to see her?
Melynda (My dentist and my lovely Wife):
When you haven’t been flossing regularly, your gums are probably not quite as healthy as they should be. So if you try and “cram” in a […]

By Wade Meredith -- 1 comment

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