by LBorne | Feb 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Good oral care is a little more than just brushing your teeth. Billions of bacteria call your mouth home … GROSS!!! This is the reason why we brush our teeth daily. These bacteria reproduce every 5 hours, so you do the math! This is why your dental professional...
by LBorne | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is our new and shiny top-of-the-line Statim 5000 G4 model! It has a touch screen and uses Wifi to record all sterilization cycles. With the new Public Health of Ontario Protocol for infection control, my old Statim 2000 became obsolete. It was in good working...
by LBorne | May 3, 2016 | Blog
There are three times as many cases of oral cancer compared to cervical cancer and three times as many oral cancer deaths every year. Most of us know the increased risks for oral cancer to be smoking and drinking as the top risk factors, but DID YOU KNOW? The fastest...
by LBorne | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
As most of my patients are elderly with an lengthy list of medications and a compromised health history, they have many factors against them in the respect for maintaining good oral health. Their daily oral hygiene is a challenge because of poor dexterity and for many...
by LBorne | Feb 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dental Care As Alzheimer’s progresses, the person with dementia may forget how to brush his or her teeth or forget why it’s important. As a caregiver, you may have to assist or take a more hands-on approach. Proper oral care is necessary to prevent eating...
by LBorne | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog
Another GFTH success! A full day of clients and 3 wonderful volunteers. A big thank you to Roxanne, Claude & Penny, all amazing dental hygienists! I would also like to thank Pembroke Seniors Drop in Centre for letting me use their amazing facility. I wish I could...
by LBorne | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
by LBorne | Jan 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
This will be our 2nd year participating in this amazing event, that allows dental hygienists to give back to their community. Click on the following link to learn more about Gift From the Heart. This year the location will be at the Pembroke’s Seniors Drop...
by LBorne | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Diagnosis and Management of Oral Lesions and Conditions: A Resource Handbook for the Clinician Completed an amazing course as a refresher for oral lesions. I highly recommend it to any dental professional. It is free and can be found on the colgate oral health...
by LBorne | Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
I love technology! I think there is almost an app for everything. Check out animoto. I learned about it yesterday at a social media seminar. It is an amazing tool where you put together pictures and videos into a short video with music and cool effects! I would love...
