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Teeth

Causes Stained Teeth

DATING THE INSTRUCTION “BRUSH YOUR TEETH”

The  instruction “Brush Your Teeth” has been a cause of the easily preventable oral diseases such as tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath and stained teeth since the year 1498, the year a Chinese Emperor invented the first manufactured tooth cleaning implement which he named  ‘tooth brush’.

At that point of time tooth paste had not been invented.

Assuming the proposed purpose of inventing a ‘tooth brush’ was to brush your teeth with a tooth brush I also assume the instruction would have been “Brush Your Teeth”……. with a tooth brush.

I therefore claim the instruction “Brush Your Teeth” has been an instruction since at least 1498.

HISTORY OF TOOTH CLEANING PRIOR TO 1498

For many centuries, at least for more than the five most recent centuries, an implement referred to as a ‘chew stick’ was, and in some counties remains to be, a popular device used to clean enamel surfaces of teeth.

The chew stick was not a manufactured implement in the sense of manufactured as we have know in recent Centuries. A chew stick is created very simply by breaking off from a live tree a section of a twig no thicker than a finger and about the length of our current tooth brush. Foliage was then stripped from along the length of the twig then one end was chewed. TO FRAY IT! Very simple and even now worth knowing if you are lost in a wilderness and wish to clean your teeth.

A chew stick or fingers were used in conjunction with water, if available, and salt or sand or dirt to clean the surfaces of teeth.

Teeth surfaces were also cleaned with pieces of charcoal.

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1498

TOOTH BRUSH

1880.        Dr Scott marketed an Electric Toothbrush he claimed was permanently charged with electro-magnetic current.

1938.        Dupont developed a tooth brush with nylon bristles.

Post W.W.11   The first ‘real’ electric toothbrush was invented in Switzerland.

TOOTH PASTE

1755.        Word’s first toothpaste invented by Dr Julien Botot for Louis XV of France

MOUTHWASH

1755.        Word’s first mouthwash invented by Dr Julien Botot for Louis XV of France

DENTAL FLOSS

Dental floss is an ancient invention. Researchers have found dental floss and tooth pick grooves in the teeth of prehistoric human remains.

1815.        Levi Spear Parmly, a New Orleans dentist is credited as being the inventor of modern dental floss. Silk thread!

BUT “BRUSH YOUR TEETH” HAS NOT CHANGED

It is nothing less than AMAZING that the tooth-only-cleaning instruction, “Brush Your Teeth” has remained, virtually un-changed since 1498.

Doesn’t that ring alarm bells in your mind?

1498! “Brush Your Teeth”

Can you imagine the level of hygiene knowledge that existed then?

2001! “Brush Your Teeth”

Can you imagine how much better is our knowledge of hygiene is now?

2001!

Imagine no longer, the change has been made.

“The Perfect Oral Hygiene Instruction”

“TREAT YOUR WHOLE MOUTH”

DEFINING ORAL HYGIENE

Oral means the mouth or the oral cavity.

Hygiene means cleanliness as a means of preventing disease.

Therefore, by definition, oral hygiene is cleanliness of the mouth (or of the oral cavity) as a means of preventing disease.

The oral cavity has many more surfaces in it besides the surfaces of teeth and ALL surfaces get dirty when eating and or drinking.

Therefore oral hygiene is cleanliness of all oral surfaces as a means of preventing oral disease.

THE INSTRUCTION “BRUSH YOUR TEETH”

The instruction “Brush Your Teeth” has two major flaws.

MAJOR FLAW # 1:

Brush Your Teeth instructs you to clean surfaces of teeth. NOTHING ELSE! Therefore several surfaces in the mouth are left dirty and this dirt, with help from saliva and muscular movements, will spread back onto surfaces that have been cleaned! Not good hygiene!

MAJOR FLAW # 2:

Brush Your Teeth is almost always followed by the implied, unspoken and un-written instruction….and ‘rinse your mouth’. Rinsing your mouth rids the mouth of the cleaned-off dirt and also all the ingredients in toothpaste.

Toothpaste packaging lists the ingredients present in the toothpaste and lists text and graphics which state their claims;

prevents decay, repairs decay, makes teeth stronger,  kills bacteria, prevents plaque, prevents bad breath etc.

But rinsing IS necessary to remove the undesirables.

So it’s time for a new oral hygiene instruction.

THE PERFECT ORAL HYGIENE INSTRUCTION

The perfect oral hygiene instruction must achieve three objectives:

1. The perfect oral hygiene instruction must achieve total cleanliness of every surface in the mouth with absolutely no dirt left on any surface in the mouth.
2. The perfect oral hygiene instruction must achieve total protection for every surface in the mouth, particularly the surfaces of teeth, gums and tongue.
3. The perfect oral hygiene instruction must achieve prevention of all easily preventable oral diseases which are; tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath, stained teeth.

VOILA!      ONE PERFECT ORAL HYGIENE INSTRUCTION

“TREAT YOUR WHOLE MOUTH”

Read This Book. Learn How To “Treat Your Whole Mouth”

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MOUTHWISE ORAL HEALTHCARE

MouthWise Oral HealthCare’s instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth” does all that a perfect oral hygiene instruction sets out to achieve

• No un-cleaned mouth surfaces
• All mouth surfaces protected against oral diseases
• All oral disease prevented

FOR TEETH STAIN PREVENTION
“Treat Your Whole Mouth”

MouthWise Oral HealthCare presents

the perfect book for you to learn how to “Treat Your Whole Mouth”

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Front Cover, STOP THE ROT

Dr. Garth Pettit’s new book, Stop The Rot, presents parents with the medical studies that now prove that gum disease is an indicator of more serious ailments, including heart disease, and offers instruction on using a full oral hygiene program to not only stop the rot but to gain better health.

(Morgan James Publishing Press Release) December 31, 2008 – Dr.  Garth Pettit’s first book, Sensational Smiles, was written for readers to bring their attention to the importance of using a full oral hygiene regim to prevent the easily preventable disases such as tooth decay, gum diseases, bad breath and stained teeth. His new book, Stop The Rot, goes one step further. He presents parents with the medical studies that now prove that gum disease is an indicator of more serious ailments, including heart disease, and offers instruction on using a full oral hygiene program to not only stop the rot but to gain better health.

Typical oral health education traditionally relies on the old adage “brush your teeth” to maintain good oral health. Oral health educator Dr.  Garth Pettit says that this habit, begun in the 15th century,  has actually been proven not to eliminate preventable oral diseases. He maintains that it’s this instruction that has created the demands for not only dental services but general health visits as well. “If people were taught from an early age to care for their entire mouth there would be less need for not only those dreaded visits to the dentist’s office but would certainly affect visits to other doctors as well, ” he says.

Dr.  Pettit says that as long as parents, along with any schools that have oral health education programs, base their children’s smiles on the instruction”brush your teeth” are making a big mistake. Parents and teachers who care about the general health of children will be intrigued to learn that taking care of one’s entire mouth prevents more than just gum disease. It prevents other more serious diseases as well so why not learn good habits from a young age?

Stop The Rot not only presents the newcientific evidence that brushing is not enough but offers parents and readers of any age an easy-to-understand program they can use themselves and teach to children. Dr.  Pettits adaptation of the “treat your whole mouth” school of thought is a complete oral hygiene program that not only cleans mouth surfaces but leaves the teeth, gums and tongue surfaces fully protected against easily preventable oral and other general health-related diseases.

Dr. Garth Pettit was raised and educated in South Australia. He was in private dental practice in Australia and the UK before retiring. Since his retirement he has been tirelessly researching oral healthcare. He has discovered the shocking lack of updated educational resources available in treating preventable oral diseases, particularly pertaining to children ansd teenagers. He continues to advocate better mouthcare for people of every age.

About Morgan James Publishing

Morgan James has revolutionized book publishing – from the author’s standpoint. Their Entrepreneurial Publishing model enriches authors as well as the company. Morgan James Publishing was selected for Fast Company Magazine’s Fast 50 for 2006 for their leading creative thinking, significant accomplishments and stands to have aignificant impact on the industry for the next 10 years. For additional information, visit http://wwwMorganJamesPublishing.com

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My company, 4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty Ltd, ABN 12 089 094 182, has the following websites:

www.OralHealthHelpSite.com

www.AllAboutASmile.com

www.MouthWiseLife.com

www.MouthWiseShopping.com

www.Prevent-Oral-Disease-in-Children.blogspot.com

www.DrGarthPettit.com

Please note: URL’s pointing to www.DrGarthPettit.com are; MouthWiseMouths.com, MouthWiseMembers.com, StopTheRotStopTellingChildrenBrushYourTeeth.com

The following You Tube video was an audition video I submitted for The Next Internet Millionaire contest of 2007, the brainchild of internet guru Joel Comm of adsense fame. I failed to receive enough votes to get past the end of the first stage. However it did get a lot of good, free publicity for my cause. Your rating even now will help prevent oral disease in children and would be greatly appreciated.

Click here to view the embedded video.

A MouthWise Oral Health education resource for children from 5 to 11 years comprising 10 books, Visits 1-10 to GarGar The Dentist and a C.D.4 Your Smile 2 Shine.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Please Note Change of Name:

The Roles of Parents and Teachers

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MouthWise Web Adventures 4 Kids

Parents

I believe children’s ideal oral hygiene instructors are their parents, simply because they are with their children every day and children need oral healthcare instruction and oral healthcare supervision every day.

Teachers

I believe children’s ideal oral health educators are their teachers at school, simply because teachers are trained to teach and schools have the ideal environment for learning. But I do not imply that a parent is not always the ideal for this role.

Enrol Your Children Today

Parents and teachers, enrol your children today in the MouthWise Oral Web Adventures 4 Kids. Educate your children to become self-motivated to make the wise decisions CHILDREN constantly need to make for themselves, without supervision, to PREVENT oral disease, to MAINTAIN oral health, to RETAIN their teeth white, to PRESERVE their smiles for life and to AVOID expensive dentistry. Oral health educators, give children their very best oral healthcare education. Tell them all about a smile.

You are children’s ideal oral health educators. Children need oral health educators who can deliver the very best oral healthcare education at the time when they need it most. From the eruption of a child’s first baby teeth to the eruption of the last second molar teeth! As soon as they are receptive, start telling them all about a smile.

But the very best oral healthcare education requires more than just an oral hygiene instruction. The very best oral healthcare education requires constant supervision. At home, at school, every time they want to eat or drink, every time they go to school, every time they go shopping with their parents, every time they sit in front of a television. Children are constantly make decisions which wrong have an adverse affect on their teeth gums and tongue. The very best oral healthcare education requires constant instruction. very best oral healthcare education MUST be aimed at self-motivating children themselves to prevent oral disease, to retain their teeth white and to preserve their smiles for life.

As oral health educators you have access to superb teaching resources! User-friendly, comprehensive, great-fun-for-everyone MouthWise Oral Health Books and Oral Health C.D. Lesson Instructions for all ten “Visits to GarGar The Dentist”! Easy-to-follow detailed instructions with questions and answers eliminate lesson preparation and enhance anyone’s ability to teach oral healthcare.

Occasional public dental awareness campaigns, token school dental education programs, information leaflet hand-outs, ignoring parents and teachers as the ideal oral health educators and an outdated oral hygiene instruction have failed children.

“.the incidence of decay in primary aged children ..rising since the late 1990’s..” ( Australian report). “.oral disease in young children….the silent epidemic..”.( USA Surgeon General) “.tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath…easily preventable oral diseases…”.( Dental Journals) These are regular, typical, worldwide reports on children’s oral health! ORAL DISEASE!

The MouthWise Web Adventures 4 Kids is a wonderful resource for oral health educators to give children their very best oral healthcare education and a lifetime of oral health, of white teeth healthy gums fresh breath and a beautiful smile.

Oral health educators, we will help you tell your children all about a smile.

Click here to view the embedded video.

MouthWise Oral HealthCare education resources had their origins when, in January 1997, I was accepted for the position of District Dental Officer, East Arnhem Land in the North-West of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Until my departure from East Arnhem Land in June 2002 I was kept happily, very busy, visiting the main, remote, greatly-scattered Aboriginal communities in that wonderful, unique part of Australia.

It was during my visit in early 2001 to the Aboriginal community of Numbulwar when I first became aware that the instruction “Brush Your Teeth” was flawed, a cause of oral diseases and needed a major overhaul. So was born my 21st Century oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth”.

I have many wonderful memories of East Arnhem Land and of it’s inhabitants. When Australian aboriginals live on their natural bush tucker diet they have one of the most beautiful dentitions in the world.

They are wonderful people and have a great sense of humour as you will note in this video.

Frank Djirrimbilpilwuy from Milingimbi has been in the Indigenous Media Industry for many years and has been a long-standing member and supporter of the Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association, TEABBA Radio. He has worked Independently in Music and Film for many years also.

As the man behind the camera and release of the video, Frank is also representing the dance group who call themselves “The Chooky Dancers”. Frank has said that he filmed the footage at this years Ramingining Festival on the 30th September 2007 and knew it would be “something special” as soon as he saw the boys rehearsing. “The crowd went wild as you can see in the video, and the classic song Zorba the Greek has now become a hit overnight in the communities and now it seems, everywhere else too” Frank said.

In just one week of being released onto “You Tube” by the staff at TEABBA Media Services, the video has received rave reviews been given a 5 star rating and has now been viewed well over 15,000 times.

“The phones have not stopped ringing at the TEABBA offices, all from people who want to know more about the footage,” a TEABBA staff member has said “even the honorable Kon Vatskalis with the Territory Labour party has commented on the video and suggested that they perform at the Greek Glenti next year.”

The Chooky Dancers are a group of 10 energetic young men who had healthy living in mind when they choreographed the performance. Franks son Lionel is the lead dancer in the video footage at front and center.

“They (the Chooky Dancers) begun working on this just after this years Garma Festival in Gukula and worked very hard on it, they also do a Bollywood style performance which is also fantastic” Frank said. It seems that talent runs in Frank’s family, with Franks Daughter also in an all Indigenous Line Dance Group also who Frank actively plays a role in.

The “Zorba” video, which has not yet been given an official title, is just a sample of Franks works “I edited that footage on “imovie” at the TEABBA Media Services video workshop and now have plans to make a documentary about my Yolngu families connections to the Greek culture”. Franks feelings towards the Greek culture have been reinforced by his daughter Pricilla, who requires constant care and is currently being cared for by a woman of Greek heritage in Darwin. “Lillian is a selfless woman, who cares for my daughter” Frank said ” she takes Priscilla to church, weddings and all kinds of functions within the Greek community and they are all lovely people with strong cultural identity also which Yolngu people can identify to. I want to show through this documentary how 2 cultures can mix and this dance video is a fabulous start”, Frank said.

If anyone would like to enquire about Frank’s work or “The Chooky Dancers”, Frank can be reached on f_garawirrtja@yahoo.com or 0427 801 699 or if difficulties are experienced with getting through, messages can be left with TEABBA Radio on 89 390 400.

The Chooky Dancers will appear on Channel 7s Australia’s Got Talent which is currently screening on Tuesday nights.