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​ MUSCLES:  ' Sounds intriguing to me---
   but I thought we were going to review 
   tooth-brushing after covering the topic of
   perio-dontics.  Are you "pulling-my-tail?" '
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   (By the way---check out our next blog
   5-7-2018 "How MUSCLES Sees It".)

 Dr Skerpan:  Before we speak about tooth-brushing (which is only part of some-
​     one 's home-care routine), one should understand the importance of Dental IQ.
     The Dental IQ is defined as how well a patient cares to listen and understand
     about their mouth-health and needs--as well as their compliance outside their
     dental appointments!  "THINKING" you know without listening and learning is
     FOOLISHNESS, especially if a dental-professional has cared enough to explain
     your specific personal mouth-needs.  Even "KNOWING" facts is USELESS if not
     carried out with the correct actions.  Generally--the more truthful, attentive,
     diligent and compliant the person, the higher the Dental IQ.  And generally the
     higher the Dental IQ, the healthier the mouth for it's role in the body.  No, it's
     never too late to get serious about a healthier mouth!

  MUSCLES:   
   ' It sounds like attending to my body's health! '
                  
​  Dr Skerpan: 
   Attending to one's personal dental-health IS
   attending to the full-body's medical-health!!  The
   body & mouth share the same systems and blood-
   stream, so of course one affects the other!!  (For
   more, click "BEYOND TEETH & GUMS".)  Improv-
   ing over-all health includes being responsible
   and knowledgeable about improving oral-health!
   And improving one's Dental IQ is a good place to
   start!  I'm throwing the ball to you from here....
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' I "THINK" I know enough--and I DON'T want to know that I DON'T know---I can be mindless on my own thank-you!!! ' ******

​  MUSCLES:  ' "Hot-Diggity-D....."!!   I got it!  And I'll run with it the best I can!
   Reviewing my notes, we will discuss commonsense oral-care in the May 2018
    dental-blogging (including tooth-brushing).  But for now, I see that your notes 
     explain the D.O.G.G.Y. acronym as--" 5 beginning basic-concepts necessary for
   for a better Dental IQ".  Let me point them out as I understand them..... ' 

                                 
                                                      ****D.O.G.G.Y.****                                                                          

D. ON'T  think & assume you can tell when there is a dental problem!
                   Generally, you can't tell a problem exists until there are symp-
                   toms. If you are aware of something, there is a good chance
                   it was foreseeable & had been "brewing".  A problem does not
                   go away on it's own--it can even silently compound over time.  
                   The mouth is EVER-changing!

Be attentive & "doggedly'"-perseverant with your personal dental-needs. FOCUS & DON'T GET MINDLESS! ******

​O. RAL-CARE    for your particular mouth-
        condition should be tailored to you.  There is
        no "one-size-fits-all" hygiene routine. To do
        the right thing, you need to know what the
        right thing is to do.  CARE TO KNOW!!  
        Seriously listen, learn & engage!  Be honest 
        with diligent compliance & follow-throughs.  
        FOCUS & DON'T GET MINDLESS with your
        personal dental-needs & routine--or you'll
        be cheating and fooling with your own
        medical health!  Remember....
        ORAL-CARE is for ORAL-HEALTH!
        ORAL-HEALTH is for BODY-HEALTH!

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G. et   a soft-small-headed toothbrush for starters.  The basic
        commonsense will be the same for a manual or an electric. (More 
        about general commonsense-tooth-brushing in May 2018 blogging).  

It's better to stay away from longer or wider toothbrush-HEADS which cover wider areas.....

.....cuz' you want to be in CONTROL of WHERE you are brushing!

A manual child's toothbrush with a SOFT-SMALLER-HEAD spanning a smaller number of teeth.....

.....or an electric toothbrush with a SOFT-SMALLER-HEAD is good.

PEOPLE generally DON'T need large or hard toothbrushes! ******

G. entle  brushing is the best
     default for basic tooth-brushing
     (forgetting everything else). If 
     you ever feel overwhelmed by 
     your dental-routine & don't know
     what to do or where to start,
     don't give up & don't go mindless!
     Breathe, Reset and Think Gentle!

If you become overwhelmed by it all---Breathe, Reset & Think GENTLE! ******

Y.  ou  & Your  dental-professional should work together
      on your particular life-time dental-journey.  Obviously, knowable
      presenting issues should be attended to, but one should also keep 
      ahead of foreseeable ones if possible. "Looking-the-other-way" or
      "hoping-for-the-best" often leads the dental-journey off-path and 
      down-hill.  Yes--careful Treatment-planning and careful Dentistry-
      techniques should be attended to patiently & diligently--but also, 
      there should be careful attention given to routine Maintenance and 
      Home-hygiene as the mouth changes with use, habits and aging! It
      takes the team of dental-professional and patient to persevere 
      together--and to see the mouth-health thru' for the long-term!  

ATTEND to immediate & foreseeable problems---BUT SEE your mouth-health thru' for the LONG-term! ******

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Doggy Tidbit of the Day: ' For a better DENTAL IQ---don't let your D.O.G.G.Y. go a-"stray".

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​   NEXT DENTAL-BLOG on the
 BASICS of TOOTH-BRUSHING.

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