The Importance Of Brushing And Flossing Your Teeth

Brushing your teeth is not a simple everyday life skill; brushing your teeth is an skill or art. Brushing your teeth is like a painter painting a master piece. Let's start on the masterpiece. First thing you should do is go in the bathroom, when no one is in there of course. Then, pull your tooth brush out, and some toothpaste of your choice. Furthermore, once the tooth brush is out its package or out the toothbrush holder it needs to be clean, the tooth brush have to be clean before it entires a person mouth. Someone could wash the entire tooth brush so it could be fully clean or clean the part that will entire the mouth in which it would be clean and dirty. Furthermore, once it's clean then put the toothpaste on the toothbrush plane (the

Good oral health is important for a person's sense of well being and quality of life (Fiske, 2001). Inadequate oral hygiene can lead to pain, tooth loss, oral disease,

I observed a second year student in the dental clinic who was incredibly enthusiastic, genuine, cheerful, and helpful, and her personality would fit perfectly into what I consider the typical dental hygienist. She seemed very well prepared and confident in her ability to treat her patient. A dynamic conversation was held throughout the appointment with her easygoing and cooperative patient. Besides the appropriate clock and chair positions, I was not aware of many proper techniques when I observed at the beginning of the semester. I noticed the student kept the patient chair in the same position for treating the maxillary and mandibular teeth. I observed her for the full four hours including the preparation before her patient arrived until

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Being a first year student at the Fortis Institute Dental Hygiene School, I have experienced many wonderful things. I have made new friendships, enhancing my learning experience, furthering my career, and my personal favorite experience, clinic. I have learned many techniques from observing the other students during this time. Also, being in the clinic had shown me that being an RDH is what I want to do. In my essay I will discuss my Fears, experiences, observations, my new found confidences, and finally how my view of Dental Hygiene has changed.

Orthodontists has many tasks to complete throughout each day. Although an orthodontist's primary job is to align teeth, and make sure the facial structure of the patient is growing properly, they must also give instructions to dental officers and technical assistants each day. Aside from giving instructions, and the orthodontist must take many steps in caring for their patients. By doing so, the first step in caring for their patient is to analyze their patient’s records. By analyzing the records, they check their medical or dental history, previously made plaster models of teeth, photos of patients face and teeth, and they x-ray the patient. This helps to creates the patient’s plan in order to properly align their teeth, and it gives an estimated cost for their treatment. (Degree Directory, “What Are the Duties of an

The patient was keen to get her oral hygiene up to a good standard and prevent any

The student must provide clinical dental hygiene services to patients with all classifications of periodontal disease for eight to twelve hours per week during freshman year and twelve to sixteen hours per week during sophomore year. While in the clinical setting, the student must show competence and include the process of care for the following patients: children, teens, adults, geriatrics and special needs. The competencies include the following: life-long education and knowledge of present research-based publishings, delivery of proper medical services in an emergency situation, ethical rationale and resolution, collecting and understanding patients’ overall health status, evaluating findings in order to incorporate ideal care plans, recognizing the level of success with the patient, and documenting all findings accurately. All of these will show that the hygienist is competent and capable of formulating care plans and managing patients’ health within the community through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating. All of the education, experience and competencies are incorporated to prepare the hygienist for his or her career (Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations,

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Molly Koopman, Expanded Function Dental Assisting Program, Miami Jacobs Career College, Springboro, OH 45066

During Wednesday’s lecture we had the opportunity to hear Kathryn Trilli give us a short autobiography of her career, and introduce us to the roles of a hygienist when working in a specialty clinic. Mrs. Trilli started her career at Sheridan College in Wyoming. She received her Associates in Science in Dental Hygiene. Upon graduation Mrs. Trilli was serving tables while waiting for her license. It was at her serving job that she met her first boss, John Nabers D.D.S., a periodontist in Wichita Falls, Texas who later was the founder of the Nabers probe. After working in Nabers practice for two years she left to begin her teaching career. While teaching Mrs. Trilli obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Dental Hygiene, from Midwestern State University. After relocating to east Texas for her husband’s profession she worked at various private practices. While living in Denton, Texas for five years she taught at Texas Woman’s University. After her husband accepted a coaching position at Newman University the Trillis relocated their family one final time to where they currently call

As stated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Each year, more than 30,000 new cases of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx are diagnosed and over 8,000 deaths due to oral cancer occur.” (CDC). Most adults are unaware that they have periodontal disease or gum disease, this occurs because they do not maintain routine checkups with their dentist. When we insert food and other bacteria into our mouths, it affects our teeth and gums. We need routine dental checkups and cleanings throughout our lives. Dental checkups usually involve x-rays, cleanings, and the examination of the mouth.

From a very early age, I had a natural affinity for teeth. I wanted to know how they form, and differ in other individuals. As a toddler, I would grab hold of the staff’s teeth at my local daycare and attempt my own version of a dental inspection. It came quite apparent to my mother that either I had a serious fetish or I was finding a passion for a future profession. Even though my mother loved my curious personality, she wanted me to understand that there are boundaries that I must adhere too. Over time, I stopped playing with stranger’s mouths and started using my hands for more important duties. On Saturdays, after soccer practice, my father would drive us to food banks to volunteer our time. During my time as a volunteer, I did such activities such as feeding the homeless, packing boxes of food for families in need, and assisting the building of homes with habitat humanity. Thankfully, I could continue my development as a community leader throughout college and adulthood.

For my physical action, I opted to evaluate brushing my teeth. Usually when I brush my teeth, I have some train of thought going on, normally about tasks I need to get done during the day, assignments I have to complete before bed, and my agenda for the following day. I do not need to be thinking about anything in order to accomplish cleaning my teeth. It is so habitual at this point that it is unnecessary. Brushing my teeth becomes significant when thoughts are in process in my brain, and I definitely find I do a more thorough job if I am consciously thinking about it while I am doing it. It seems incredibly peculiar to me to brush my teeth without any monologue at all. It feels like an exceedingly empty, monotonous action if I do not allow

Growing up going to the dentist we have all been told to always floss our teeth. You may remember going through those gruesome appointments where the dentist are flossing our teeth for us and it kind of hurts, feels weird, maybe even made our gums feel rubbery. And every few minutes when they are flossing our teeth; they make us take the tube out our mouth that’s sucking all the saliva in our mouth and spit in the little bowl. In that spit, if you haven’t been flossing you usually see a lot of blood come out. And it doesn’t stop. Then when you leave they give you a little bag of dental goodies for you to have. If you were like myself growing up, you probably forgot all the time. And it was an endless cycle at the dentist. Because of this I have spent a great amount of time this past month on flossing and why you should take time to properly floss your teeth every day. According to, US News they had an article published by Steve Sternberg in 2013 where they stated that on a national level those who floss daily amount to 30 percent of the population. Just over 37 percent report less than daily flossing; slightly over 32 percent say they never floss. This means that only 30 percent of people nationally floss at least once a day. And the other 70 percent of people floss here and there or not at all. This is very sad and disturbing because according to Lisa Zamosky on Web MD in 2014 flossing does about 40 percent of the work required to remove sticky bacteria, or plaque, from

Have you ever thought about what could happen if you don't practice good oral hygiene? Have you ever thought about the fact that cavities can lead to even more serious dental problems? Do you know that if you aren't practicing good oral hygiene, you're opening the door to dental problems that isn't easy to close? If you don't take care of your teeth,think about how much harder easy life tasks would be for you. It is not that hard to simply brush your teeth twice a day and floss them once. The effects of not having good oral hygiene are cavities, gingivitis, and periodontal disease.