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Sunday, 27 March 2011
Oral-B Power Challenge
They say that power brushes are proven to remove twice as much plaque compared to a manual toothbrush and 9 out of 10 people who have tried a power toothbrush would not want to go back - so we'll see! I have certainly been meaning to change to a power brush for a while but never got round to it. Very excited to give this a go and hopefully change my teeth-brushing habits forever which I'm sure my teeth will be very thankful for.
I have some tips that Oral-B dental ambassador, Dr James Russell, has provided to help me along the way:
1. Floss: You must floss twice a day to achieve optimum oral health.
2. Brush: Twice a day for 2 minutes. (The brush I have has a handy timer on to keep me on track.)
3. Curb snacking: Try to keep your snacks to foods like cheese, raw vegetables, nuts and breadsticks which are all better for teeth.
4. Avoid: Fizzy drinks. Not only are these drinks often high in sugars but they are very acidic too. These acids can quickly erode tooth enamel.
5. Attend: Keep your regular dental and hygiene visits. Prevention is ALWAYS better than cure.
Hmmm...think I may have my work cut out sticking to these tips but hey, you know they all make sense, I shall do my best!
If you fancy giving the power brush a go then now is definitely the time to do it. Not only is it National Smile month coming up (15th May - 15th June) but the brush named above will be available at the special half price offer of £22.50 between March and May (exact dates and offer details dependent on retailer).
Off I go then, brush brush brush, actually, it's going to do all the hard work for me I hope...results to follow in 30 days.
For more information on Oral-B visit www.oralb.com/uk and follow Oral-B on Twitter
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eagerly awaiting results!!! :-)ReplyDelete
I have read several claims of improved results as well as success stories emerging out of this challenge. I applaud this program from Oral B.ReplyDelete
You must be very excited with that 30-day challenge. I'm sure it was fun! I like using this brand particularly the electric toothbrush and it's effective in removing plaques and cavities.ReplyDelete
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Good luck on your challenge! This sounds so exciting. I wonder if they'll be hosting a similar contest in our area. DC cosmetic dentistReplyDelete
I hope you get great results. I still prefer manual brushing to electronic though.ReplyDelete
Thank you for these dental tips, I recently just flossed my teeth and it feels so great.ReplyDelete
These dental tips are very awesome. Thank you for sharing this kind of information to us.ReplyDelete
This is ingenious product from oral-b! I would like to try it my self and soon I think i'll review it for the pros and cons.ReplyDelete
I heard about electric toothbrush method from my dentist. I don't know if it is better compare to manual brushing, but I might give it a try as well. dentist sevierville tnReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 May 2012 at 18:59
Always remember your dental check ups to prevent dental problems in the near future. emergency dental careReplyDelete
I also use the same toothbrush and all I can say is that it works really great.ReplyDelete
I'm not really a fan of electric toothbrush because it's too bulky and heavy. I still prefer the conventional toothbrush in taking care of my teeth.ReplyDelete
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Me too. I'm not really into electric toothbrushes as well. It doesn't clean as well as the manual ones do.ReplyDelete
Cute toothbrush. I would love to try that. Hope it is as good as manual brushing.ReplyDelete


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Someday, school children will learn about the bustling metropolis once called New York City, crossroads to the world. But they won't be able to go there because it will be uninhabitable, as the New York City area has been on and off for much of its history. Just 12,000 years ago, it was bitterly cold and covered by an ice glacier that was miles high, habitable to only the hardiest microbes.
At other times in its geological history, it was at the top of a mountain. Tens of millions of years ago, it was at the bottom of a tropical sea that covered most of the earth. If geological history is any indicator and the human race survives that long, odds are pretty good that portions of the United States will be uninhabitable 10,000 years from now, no matter what legislation we pass.
An intellectual debate still rages among scientists in the pages of the world's most credible scientific journals over the full story of what caused the dramatic temperature changes in the earth's past. The battle is a scientific, not political, one. There are wildly divergent ideas and theories about what makes the planet warm and cool.
Most Americans have had no exposure to these ideas because the media suppresses news of studies that don't strictly conform to its global warming orthodoxy. The self-policing within the media on this issue is intense. Two years ago, a reporter -- whose name I won't reprint here -- was singled out for ridicule in the Columbia Journalism Review for daring to present two sides in a piece on global warming.
So it is quite something when a newspaper like USA Today actually admits that reputable scientists have published a credible study in the journal Nature Geoscience questioning whether the world's climate models, the ones used to predict global warming, are wrong.
Granted, USA Today didn't go so far as to actually publish this article in its print edition, as it did with other Nature Geoscience studies on subjects like lightning, hurricanes and asteroid collisions in the past year. But some editor did find the temerity to relegate it to the paper's Web site, which required a high level of intestinal fortitude in this era of widespread newspaper layoffs.
The piece, headlined "Could We Be Wrong About Global Warming?" would have fascinated readers of the print edition. My guess is that it was simply too controversial -- journalistically speaking -- to be given a wider airing in the actual paper.
According to the article, the study found that only about half of the warming that occurred during a natural climate change 55 million years ago can be explained by excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. No one knows what caused the remainder.
"In a nutshell, theoretical models cannot explain what we observe in the geological record," says oceanographer Gerald Dickens, study co-author and professor of earth science at Rice University. "There appears to be something fundamentally wrong with the way temperature and carbon are linked in climate models."
Here's what else the article said about the study:
"During the warming period, known as the 'Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum,' for unknown reasons, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere rose rapidly. This makes the PETM one of the best ancient climate analogues for present-day Earth.
"As the levels of carbon increased, global surface temperatures also rose dramatically during the PETM. Average temperatures worldwide rose by around 13 degrees in the relatively short geological span of about 10,000 years.
"The conclusion, Dickens said, is that something other than carbon dioxide caused much of this ancient warming. 'Some feedback loop or other processes that aren't accounted for in these models -- the same ones used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for current best estimates of 21st century warming -- caused a substantial portion of the warming that occurred during the PETM.'"
Could that be going on today? The question is far from settled.
Scientific criticism of the IPCC's models, the ones the EPA recently used to conclude that man-caused global warming is threatening the country, is old news to those who have followed the rich scientific debate on this online. There have been dozens of studies and papers challenging the models that the public doesn't know about because they never see the light of day in the mainstream media.
Worse yet, journalists routinely make mistakes by cherry picking studies that fit the global warming mold. After Katrina, nearly all the big news outlets used a series of studies to proclaim that global warming had caused an increase in hurricane frequency and intensity despite numerous studies to the contrary and the warnings of well-respected scientists that the question wasn't settled.
It still isn't, and when the weight of scientific evidence became too great to ignore, the same media outlets were forced to print stories to the contrary, though most buried them.
The scientific community is having a rich debate about all aspects of global warming throughout the earth's history and what caused it. It's time the media let the American people in on it. USA Today took the first baby step last week. Good for them.
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|Abnormal Conduction
|problem conducting sound waves (EAC, TM or middle ear)
|abnormality usually visible
|disorder of the inner ear, cochlear n. (CN VIII) impairs transmission of nerve impulse to brain
|abnormality NOT visible
|Weber Test (Test for Lateralization)
|place vibrating tuning fork on the top of the head
|ask patient: where do you hear the sound?
|normal - sound heard in both ears
|abnormal - sound lateralizes
|Conduction loss - BC>AC in impaired ear
|sound lateralizes to impaired ear
|sound is heard best in impaired ear
|Ex: plugging up your ears (outside noise eliminated)
|Otitis Media, perforation, cerumen, otosclerosis, etc.
|Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SNHL) AC>BC in both ears
|sound lateralizes to good ear
|Ex: Presbycusis (age related hearing loss), noise exposure, head trauma
|2 Types of Conduction
|AC - sound transmitted through air (EAC, TM, middle ear)
|BC - sound transmitted through bone vibrations
|normal: AC>BC
|BC>AC = conduction loss
|AC>BC= could also be SNHL
|Rinne Test
|evaluates AC v. BC - place tip of vibrating tuning fork on mastoid bone; ask patient if they can hear it; have them tell you when it stops. Move tuning fork in front of ear; ask if they can still hear it. If they can still hear the sound, then AC>BC - normal
|Unilateral conduction loss
|sound heard through bone longer than heard through air
|Unilateral SNHL
|inner ear or CN VIII
|less able to transmit impulses, so normal pattern prevails (Both AC and BC decreased equally)
|Gouty Tophi
|deposits of uric acid crystals
|occurs after years of chronically elevated uric acid in tophaceous gout
|Basal Cell CA, Squamous Cell CA
|Basal Cell CA - raised nodule with central telangiectasia
|Squamous Cell CA - crusted border, central ulceration, bleeding
|Normal TM
|cone of light - anterior and inferior
|Perforated TM *
|scarring and obscured landmarks
|Acute Otitis Media *
|bulging, erythematous TM
|Tympanosclerosis *
|chalky white patch
|scarring of the TM
|common with recurring bouts of OM, hx of tubes, or previous perforations
|Serous Effusion with Air Bubbles *
|cause: viral upper respiratory infection (URI), barotrauma
|Eustachian tube dysfunction
|s/s: fullness in ear, popping in ear
|TM with Myringotomy Tube *
|remains in ear 6-10 months
|uses: repeated bouts of OM, persistent effusion, hearing loss
|Bullous Myringitis *
|viral infection
|painful, hemorrhagic vesicles
|+/ - hearing loss during infection
|External Otitis aka: Otitis Externa *
|Infection of external auditory canal
|drainage and edema of the canal
|*tenderness with movement of tragus and pinna
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October 21, 2007 – Sunday
Why is it that regardless of what time I go to sleep, I can't sleep in past 9 am? I used to be so good at sleeping. My eyes would slowly open around 3 pm and I would rush around trying to get ready for work at 5. The club sandwich I ate when I got there would be breakfast.
I guess I'm slowing down, turning into an adult, becoming lame, whatever you want to call it. I've become a 9-5, Monday thru Friday drone. I try to tell myself that because I am a waitress on the weekends I'm immune to it. It's a lie. I start to yawn at midnight and my bed sounds better than the second shot I've been offered.
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