tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90423642024-03-08T12:35:06.958+09:30Prevent Oral Disease in ChildrenPreventing oral disease in children has been my #1 focus since ending my first retirement from dental practice in December 1992. I believed young children were entitled to a better, comprehensive oral health education with their parents as oral healthcare educators and their teachers as oral health educators. Discovering ‘Brush Your Teeth” contributed to oral disease I created “Treat Your Whole Mouth”. Help me to “Let Children’s Natural Smiles, God’s Blessings, Last Children Millions of Miles!”Garth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-12722532835275073532007-06-26T22:20:00.000+09:302007-06-26T22:44:34.964+09:30A 509 Year Old Anniversary!<iframe src="http://www.link2blogs.com/script.php?id=431&width=150&bgcolor=FFFFFF&fontsize=2&amp;textcolor=000000&bordercolor=000000&num=5&font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" frameborder="0" width="150" scrolling="no" height="162"></iframe>26 June, 2007, Katherine N.T. Australia<br /><br />Thank you profusely to That Emperor of China, who on the 26th Day of June 1498 patented the first 'bristle tooth brush'.<br /><br />HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT ?<br /><br />PRECISELY, 509YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I suggest you search Google or Yahoo using the search term 'china 1498 bristle tooth brush'. You will find some very interesting information which will help you to realise that the tooth cleaning instruction "Brush Your Teeth" is from the same era.<br /><br />BUT IT, "Brush Your Teeth", IS NOW WELL PAST IT'S USE-BY-DATE, IN THIS YEAR 2007, in the 21st CENTURY.<br /><br />Please do not ever again tell YOUR children to 'Brush Your Teeth'.<br /><br />The only way for them to bannish oral disease for life is for YOU to advise your children to "Treat Your Whole Mouth".<br /><br />Keep Smiling,<br /><br />Garth PettitGarth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-76055918444330883992007-06-26T21:50:00.000+09:302007-06-26T22:20:19.750+09:30I Am Not Included in the Second Round of Next Internet Millionaire26 June 2007, Katherine, N.T. Australia<br /><br />I Am Not Included in the Second Round Next Internet Millionaire!<br /><br />Thanks to my 499 voters. We could not compete with the thousands of votes the 50 successful second round contestants had. It's been just a learning curve for me!<br /><br />Joel Comm, prolific thanks for getting my campaign to prevent oral disease in children up into another gear, another realm, another atmosphere, most importantly closer to SUCCESS.<br /><br />Thanks also from the millions of people, not just children, who will benefit from the massive publicity from your "Next Internet Millionaire" video contest.<br /><br />This has been just another stepping stone in my "Prevent Oral Disease In Children" revolution!<br /><br />Garth PettitGarth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-39230810670842002942007-06-07T12:47:00.000+09:302007-06-07T13:02:25.851+09:30Dentist Dr Garth Pettit Campaigns Again To Not Advise Children 'Brush Your Teeth'<iframe src="http://www.link2blogs.com/script.php?id=431&width=150&bgcolor=FFFFFF&fontsize=2&amp;amp;textcolor=000000&bordercolor=000000&num=5&font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" frameborder="0" width="150" scrolling="no" height="162"></iframe>Garth Pettit, June 6, 2007, Katherine, N.T. Australia<br /><br /><br />Where am I now?<br /><br />I came out of retirement again last January 2006 and since then have been the Dentist Manager NT Government Oral Health Services in Katherine in The Northern Territory of Australia. Another posting involving supplying oral health services to adults and particularly to schools and school children.<br /><br />MORE PARTICULARLY, to preventing oral diseases in children!<br /><br /><br />What have I been doing since my last blog up-date?<br />Not sleeping!<br />Not dozing!<br />Not playing golf!<br />Not holidaying in exotic places!<br />But patiently, perseveringly and persistently plodding on with my passion to prevent oral diseases. Especially by educating children to become self-motivated to prevent oral disease throughout their lifetimes.<br /><br />However, recently, precisely in fact, on 12/05/2007 USA time, I received a massive jolt to my mental, emotional and spiritual self. A mind boggling stopper of gigantic proportions! Energy comparable with a destructive Tsunami!<br /><br />Immense energy, but GIGANTIC, CONSTRUCTIVE, CREATIVE POSITIVE, ENERGY! It was a simple affirmation of an amazing opportunity to super charge my passion to prevent oral diseases in children. I grasped it.<br /><br />MASSIVE AND FREE PUBLICITY!!<br />Publicity to use as you freely you chose to use. No restrictions to your creativity!<br /><br />I had just received the following email from Ben Mack:<br /><br />"Dare to be naive. " -R. Buckminster FullerWHO ELSE WANTS TO BE IN...A Reality TV show about newbies making a million dollars online 1) Pilot TV show has a $25,000 cash prize, guaranteed. Garth, first you win $25,000 cash, then the world's best mentors in the world coach you directly on making another $975,000. 2) PR Goal: Create 1+ new Internet millionaire (Joel needs to make at least one millionaire in order to get GREAT publicity)Garth, Are you willing to be one of 12 guinea-pigs?Casting is now open...<a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?K9k23O7YqmZSq44BFdjHLQ">http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?K9k23O7YqmZSq44BFdjHLQ</a>Are you:-> Lovable-> Motivated by money-> Geeky-> Sexy, or-> Controversial?We think we want you, Garth. You have been pre-qualified. What we want to know is how might you add to the drama?<a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?K9k23O7YqmZSq44BFdjHLQ">http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?K9k23O7YqmZSq44BFdjHLQ</a>You can only compete if you are ok with getting massive publicity...Each of 12 contestants gets thousands of dollars in publicity, home-study courses and guru mentoring from celebrity coaches you've seen on TV! what if you win?<br />BenEnter now...<a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?K9k23O7YqmZSq44BFdjHLQ">http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?K9k23O7YqmZSq44BFdjHLQ</a><br /><br />Blog readers, the ‘only compete if you are ok with getting massive publicity...’ stopped me dead in my tracks and since then I have been getting on with the job of initiating the first installment of MASSIVE publicity to help prevent oral diseases in children.<br /><br />I saw it as the GREATEST EVER OPPORTUNITY, an opportunity far greater than anything I could realistically have imagined. It could lead me to helping millions of children, around the whole world, to prevent oral diseases. The opportunity was simply in the form of an internet video competition.<br /><br />The contest was the brain child of Joel Comm, an eminently successful internet marketing guru. There was no cost to submit an audition video.<br /><br />I kept looking over and over and over at Ben Mack’s email and decided to go for it..<br /><br />I had my friend Richard Coburn film my audition video.<br /><br />I uploaded my audition video into YouTube’s website, completed registration details and received an email of acceptance as a contender for the competition “Next Internet Millionaire”. That was at 00:10 on 25/05/2007. The first round voting was already well advanced, having started on May 9 2007 and scheduled to end on June 6 2007.<br /><br />However, despite my video being given 4.3 out of 5 for content and 0 from 5 for votes, I was immediately located in the Top 50 contestants! Clearly, I had some work to do to get votes, more votes and more votes to get into the second round.<br /><br />This is the link for the introduction to “Next Internet Millionaire” Competition.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9vKk8mp5NRo"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9vKk8mp5NRo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />This is the link for the Next Internet Millionaire website, where viewing, voting and lots of other things take place:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com">The Next Internet Millionaire</a><br /><br />What have I done since then?<br /><br />Been busy:<br /><br />Released this press release through PRWeb . <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb529014.htm">www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb529014.htm</a><br />Dentist, Dr Garth Pettit Campaigns Again to Not Advise Children 'Brush Your Teeth;' Dr. Pettit Seeks Campaign Publicity Through The Next Internet Millionaire Contest<br />Dr Pettit has persistently pursued, in a 6 year long battle against authorities of Dental Profession and Education Departments, banishing the oral hygiene instruction "Brush Your Teeth" and replacing it with "Treat Your Whole Mouth".<br />Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia (<a href="http://www.prweb.com/">PRWEB</a>) May 26, 2007 -- Dr Pettit has persistently pursued, in a 6 year long battle against authorities of Dental Profession and Education Departments, banishing the oral hygiene instruction "Brush Your Teeth" and replacing it with "Treat Your Whole Mouth".<br />Education Departments take advice from the Dental Profession and use resources provided by them or by dentifrice manufacturers when preparing oral health and oral healthcare education lessons for children in classrooms. The advice they give, "Brush Your Teeth", is a 15th Century tooth cleaning instruction.<br /><a title="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com" href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/">Garth's Next Internet Millionaire Audition</a><br />To gain publicity for his campaign to banish oral disease in children Dr Pettit has auditioned for The Next Internet Millionaire Contest.<br />Dentist, Dr. Garth Pettit's previous campaigns with resultant world-wide interest are documented in these three previous PRWeb press releases:<br />Dr Pettit's PRWeb press release, November 8th 2004, titled "New Oral Hygiene Instruction Set To Prevent Oral Disease In Children" has a reading count of 118,478 and has been picked up by 3,395 consumer/ media persons. <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176228.htm" target="_blank">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176228.htm</a><br />Dr Pettit's PRWeb press release, November 9th 2004, titled "New Oral Hygiene Instruction "Treat Your Mouth" Predicted To Prevent Oral Disease In Children. "Brush Your Teeth" Contributes to Oral Disease and Should be Banished." " has a reading count of 122,711 and has been picked up by 2,582 consumer/ media persons. <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176585.htm" target="_blank">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176585.htm</a><br />Dr Pettit's PRWeb press release, June 10th 2005, titled "Dentist Announces New Oral Health Campaign, "The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Diseases in Children", Targeting Mothers of Young Children" " has a reading count of 202,003 and has been picked up by 3,556 consumer/ media persons.<br /><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb249613.htm" target="_blank">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb249613.htm</a><br />Dr Pettit, encouraged by the impressive responses to these 3 press releases, had been looking for an opportunity to step-up pressure, on authorities responsible for oral health education for children, to make changes. Dr Pettit believes children should be advised to 'Treat Your Whole Mouth", a totally oral, oral hygiene instruction and to banish forever the 500 year old, passed-it's-use-by-date, tooth-only-cleaning instruction "Brush Your Teeth".<br />That opportunity came on Saturday 12th May 2007 when Dr Pettit received an email from a well known internet marketer, Ben Mack, alerting him to the contest for The Next Internet Millionaire announced on 9th June 2007 at the website <a href="http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/</a>. Dr Pettit believed publicity surrounding the contest would be valuable publicity for his campaign.<br />The winner of The Next Internet Millionaire Contest, a Reality TV contest conceived by internet marketing guru Joel Comm, would receive USD$25,000 cash and the opportunity to do a year-long, large scale, internet marketing Joint Venture with Joel Comm. This JV offered an amazing opportunity to maybe earn USD$1 Million and massive publicity.<br />The Next Internet Millionaire Contest would provide contestants with massive free publicity throughout the contest with publicity increasing at each round of the contest<br />Dr Pettit believed the opportunity to take his campaign into The Next Internet Millionaire Contest was not luck but simply a matter patience, perseverance and persistence and opportunity Also the opportunity to learn from twelve eminently successful internet marketing entrepreneurs augured well for his campaign to banish oral disease in children."Garth's Next Internet Millionaire Audition" audition video was submitted for The Next Internet Millionaire Contest on 25th May 2007 at the website <a href="http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/</a>. 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MEDIA RELEASEMay 27, 2007<br />Katherine resident, Dr Garth Pettit today announced his first round en<br />Katherine, N.T. 27 May, 2007 – Katherine resident, Dr Garth Pettit today announced his first round entry into the world's first Internet marketing reality show, The Next Internet Millionaire. Seeking to secure a cast member seat in this groundbreaking series Pettit is pursuing a $25,000 cash prize and an opportunity to tap into Internet wealth by partnering with Joel Comm, one of the Internet's leading marketers. As a twelve-year Internet veteran and New York Times best-selling author, Joel Comm is the Donald Trump of the web. His vision for creating more Internet millionaires is reflected in this show which is set to air worldwide in the fall. While it is expected that hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs will audition for a coveted opportunity to be a contestant on this first-ever web reality show, Garth Pettit is confident that he will be a finalist. As a dentist, specializing in oral disease prevention, creator and promoter of the 21st Century oral hygiene instruction for children “Treat Your Whole Mouth”, advocator of banishing the 500 year old tooth cleaning instruction “Brush Your Teeth”, Pettit has already seized the opportunity by auditioning for the show and has uploaded an audition video to the YouTube.com, the popular video sharing web site. Pettit believes the incredible publicity surrounding this Next Internet Millionaire contest and with the increasing levels of publicity at each level of the contest, augurs well for his campaign to banish oral disease in children. Pettit claims votes for ‘Garth Pettit’ will be votes for children to help prevent oral diseases. "The Internet is the way of the future." says Pettit " I am determined to become The Next Internet Millionaire. In Alice Springs a few years ago I studied International Marketing. More recently I have been studying Internet Marketing. Understand the basics of internet marketing I am eagerly looking forward to daytime lessons from Internet Marketing Gurus. I am eagerly looking forward to Reality TV contests in the evenings. I will do whatever it takes to succeed in this venture and I hope Australians will offer their help and support me in this effort by voting for me on The Next Internet Millionaire website at <a href="http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/">http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/</a> “ First round voting ends 6th June 2007. Second round voting ends 27th June 2007. The final round on Reality TV is in Loveland, Colorado, USA from July 22nd to August 4 2007. All USA EST times. With the success of shows such as Survivor, The Apprentice and American Idol, there is no doubt that reality TV has become a dominant entertainment force. YouTube, Google video and numerous other video sites have demonstrated that the web is the new video delivery medium. The Next Internet Millionaire combines the best of reality television with a new technology slant that will appeal to millions of viewers eager to embrace Internet-oriented entertainment. While focused on the opportunity to earn money online, this intense competition and fast-paced program will appeal to a broad audience seeking to view weekly serial entertainment at their leisure. Pettit seeks to be one of twelve contestants who will be brought on location to Loveland, Colorado, for a two-week intensive experience and competition where contestants will learn the techniques and strategies of the Internet professionals who regularly earn millions of dollars online every year. The Next Internet Millionaire will feature guest teacher appearances by a dozen experts, including best-selling author Mark Joyner, Internet tycoon Armand Morin and copywriting legend Marlon Sanders. Pettit is prepared to face new challenges each day that will put his newfound knowledge to the test each night on Realty TV. The Next Internet Millionaire is a joint venture between InfoMedia, Inc and Deluge Films of Northern Colorado. InfoMedia, Inc. is a new media company based in Loveland, Colorado. Providing a twelve-year track record of building profitable Internet sites, InfoMedia leads the way in innovative, entertaining and educational uses of the Internet. To interview Garth Pettit, call W: 08 8973 8577 or AH: 08 8971 7005 or email <a href="mailto:admin@4yoursmile2shine.biz">admin@4yoursmile2shine.biz</a> 4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty Ltd, company websites:<a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/">http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/</a> <a href="http://www.oralhealthcare.info/">http://www.oralhealthcare.info/</a> <a href="http://www.mouthwiselife.com/">http://www.mouthwiselife.com/</a><a href="http://www.allaboutasmile.com/">http://www.allaboutasmile.com/</a> Blog site at:<a href="http://www.prevent-oral-disease-in-children.bogspot.com/">http://www.prevent-oral-disease-in-children.bogspot.com/</a> For more on The Next Internet Millionaire, contact InfoMedia, Inc. at (970) 278-0011# # # For further information contact:DrGarth Pettit08 8971 7005<br /><br />Put out 3,000 Flyers around Katherine.<br />Spoken to Macca on his extremely popular ‘Australia All Over,’ Sunday AM radio program on ABC.<br />Emailed everyone I know.<br />Talked to Katherine’s Mayor and to people I’ve never spoken to before. Everyone’s been delighted!<br />Etc. Etc. Etc.<br /><br />I can now, with only a few hours to go, only prey that tomorrow will see me into the 50 from 224 chosen to compete in the second round.<br /><br />TIME FRAMES AND VOTING CRITERIA<br />for the competition are:<br /><br />FIRST ROUND<br /><br />Video submissions: May 9 – June 6, 11:59 EST USA Time<br /><br />SECOND ROUND<br /><br />Top 50 contestants<br />June 13 – June 27, EST USA Time<br />12 Finalists notified no later than June 29, EST USA Time<br />Last day to accept Finalist spot: July 3, EST USA Time<br />Notifications only by Phone number, 618 8971 7005 and email, garth@pettit.name<br /><br />FINAL ROUND<br /><br />12 Finalists taken to filming location in Colorado, USA<br />July 22 – August 4, EST USA Time<br /><br />SELECTION CRITERIA<br /><br />First Round:<br />Vote popularity/rank: 50% RANKED: ? / 5<br />Creativity: 25%<br />Professionalism: 10%<br />Clear communication: 10%<br />Overall impression/impact 5% JUDGED: 4.3 / 5<br /><br />First Round:<br />Vote popularity/rank: 30%<br />Creativity: 35%<br />Professionalism: 10%<br />Clear communication: 10%<br />Overall impression/impact 15%<br /><br /><br /><br />MY SCHEDULE NEXT FEW WEEKS:<br /><br /><br />Wed. May 9 Start Round 1<br />Wed. June 6 End Round 1<br /><br />Thu June 7 Top 50 contestants announced<br /><br />Tue June 12 Darwin start<br /><br />Wed June 13 Start Round 2<br /><br />Kath Times AD Wed June 13<br /><br />Fri June 15 Darwin ends<br />Tue June 19 Mataranka<br />Wed June 20 Mataranka<br />Kath Times AD Wed June 20<br /><br />Wed June 27 End Round 2<br /><br />Fri June 29 12 Finalists announced on or before this date<br /><br />Mon Jul 2 Ngukurr<br /><br /><br />Tue July 3 Last day to accept Finalist Spot<br /><br />Kath Times AD Wed July 4<br /><br /><br />Thu Jul 5 Ngukurr<br /><br />Friday Jul 20 KATERINE SHOW STARTS<br /><br />LOOK FOR ME ON<br /><br />Sun Jul 22 Start of filming on location in Colorado, USA<br />Sat Aug 4 End of filming on location in Colorado, USA<br /><br />WHEN I ANNOUNCE AN INCREDIBLE SURPRISE?<br /><br /><br /><br />I WILL update this blog site REGULARLY to keep you informed until the end.<br />Or will it be the beginning?<br /><br />You can look forward to my next posting soon!<br />Keep Smiling.<br />Garth.Garth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-1119151180898564342005-06-20T05:20:00.000+09:302005-06-19T12:49:40.913+09:30UPDATES ON MY PRESS RELEASESUPDATES ON MY PRESS RELEASES<br /><br />Because of the enormous interest shown worldwide in my three press releases, I thought I would like to share some statistics with my readers, on a regular basis, and to thank those countries who have published the articles in their media. The more help I am able to get, the more we, together, are able to prevent unnecessary oral disease, not only in young children but for anyone else of any age who has all or even only some of their natural teeth.<br /><br />As interesting and exciting as these statistics may be, the statistics I am really looking forward to viewing and disclosing are any that indicate, as a result of our efforts, reductions in the demand for easily preventable oral diseases such as tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath and stained teeth. Please let me know when you have any such indications.<br /><br />My three press releases are:<br /><br />1. “New Oral Hygiene Instruction Set to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”.<br /><br />Posted Nov 8, 2004,<br /><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176585.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176585.htm</a> <br />Stats: Read from PRWeb website/Picked Up by Media/Forwarded/Printed/Downloaded<br />Stats to June 19, 2005: 90,603/1,466/1/91/10<br /><br />2. New Oral Hygiene Instruction “Treat Your Mouth” Predicted to Prevent Oral Disease in Children. ‘Brush Your Teeth” Contributes to Oral Disease and Should be Banished.<br />Posted Nov 9, 2004<br /><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176228.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176228.htm</a><br />Stats: Read from PRWeb website/Picked Up by Media/Forwarded/Printed/Downloaded<br />Stats to June 19, 2005: 106,393/1,151/0/90/4<br />Identified Countries, 34 ( 81.967%); Unidentified Countries, (18.033%) %<br /><br />3. Dentist Announces New Oral Health Campaign, “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”, Targeting Mothers of Young Children<br />Posted June 10, 2005<br /><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb249613.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb249613.htm</a><br />Stats: Read from PRWeb website/Picked Up by Media/Forwarded/Printed/Downloaded<br />Stats to June 19, 2005: 101,779/580/0/70/36<br />Identified Countries, 29 ( 73.461%); Unidentified Countries, (26.539%)Garth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-1118298261974451582005-06-10T08:30:00.000+09:302005-06-09T15:54:21.996+09:30Prevent Oral Disease in Children EasilyI Have Begun a New Oral Health Campaign, “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”. It Will Target Mothers of Young Children Because I Believe The Dental Profession Has Adopted a “Sweep it Under The Carpet” Attitude About My Recently Released Oral Disease Prevention Information and My MouthWise Oral Health Education Resources, Therefore The Information is Being Denied to Mothers of Young Children. I am Very Aware of This Oral Health Related Information, for the Past 3 years, Being Met With Deafening Silence Locally, Nationally and Internationally, By the Dental Profession. I Refuse to Stand By Idly, Allowing Children to Suffer Easily Preventable Oral Disease Because of Any Reasons The Dental Profession May Have for Their Silence. “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children” Has Begun.<br /><br />I have begun a new oral health campaign, “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”. It will target mothers of young children because I believe the dental profession has adopted a “sweep it under the carpet” attitude about my recently released oral disease prevention information and therefore the information is being denied to mothers of young children<br /><br />Worldwide interest has been immense in my two November 2004 press releases, “New Oral Hygiene Instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’ Predicted to Prevent Oral Disease in Children” and “New Oral Hygiene Instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’, Predicted to Prevent Oral Disease in Children. “Brush Your Teeth’ Contributes to Oral Disease and Should be Banished”. Worldwide interest in these press releases continues even now, 6 months later, showing little sign of a lack of continuing interest. Statistics are currently 196,574 Reads, 2,574 Identifiable Media Pick-ups from 34 identified countries (82%) and remaining 18% representing un-identifiable countries.<br /><br />But I am concerned this oral disease prevention information is being ‘swept under the carpet’ by the dental profession. I believe the dental profession is not passing this information on to children’s ideal oral health educators, their mothers, nor to relative authorities. I believe children are being denied a right to better oral healthcare advice. Three years prior to the two press releases, the same oral disease prevention information, together with details of the MouthWise Oral Health Education Resources was made available to the dental profession both locally and internationally. Their unanimous reply has been a long, deafening, silence.<br /><br />I have now committed myself to focus my efforts entirely on MUMS. On MUMS all around the world. I will focus on MUMS because I know they are children’s ideal oral health educators. I know “Treat Your Mouth” is the ideal oral hygiene instruction to give their children. I believe “The MouthWise Oral Health Kit” is the best oral healthcare education resource for MUMS to use in their oral health educator role. I believe oral disease in children is, with a few simple but radical changes, easily preventable. Enough reasons for silence?<br /> <br /><br />I am determined to overcome the bottlenecks created to prevent mothers of young children accessing information that is vital to their children’s oral health. I have now announced a new, international campaign to specifically target mothers with his oral disease preventive information and oral health education resources. The campaign has been named “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”.<br /><br />I believe “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children” will succeed. The campaign promotion combines good old fashioned ‘word-of-mouth’ advertising, ‘people power’, financial incentives and three modern technologies, a C.D, a computer and the internet.. MouthWiseLife, a new division of my company 4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty. Ltd., has been created to carry the banner for the campaign. MouthWiseLife Presenters, who will be independent distributors, will directly target the mothers of young children. MouthWiseLife Presenters need only the information packed C.D., “The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D”, and a computer to present new oral disease prevention information and MouthWise oral health education resources to mothers. An internet connection will enable access to additional, related information and enable e-commerce transactions. Presenters have no need to offer, indeed are instructed to not offer, any additional information to that presented in the C.D. or to the linked information from it. Financial incentives, for both presenter and purchaser will add zeal and zest to the campaign. But, I believe, the real winners will be young children, preventing oral disease easily.<br /><br /> I passionately believe that the mothers of every young child, wherever and whoever they are they are, are children’s best oral health educators and that it is mothers who should be given the opportunity to decide which oral health educator is best for their children and which oral hygiene instruction is best for their children and which oral health education resource is best for their children and which oral health education program is best for their children. I firmly believe that mothers are being denied the opportunities to assess all available information relevant to these considerations. It is absolutely essential for mothers to have all related information for children to educate children and then more predictably eliminate the easily preventable oral diseases of tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath and stained teeth.<br /><br />MouthWiseLife Presenters must be aged 18 years or over. Knowledge of and access to a computer, access to the internet and an email address are the only essentials. MouthWiseLife Presenters could be mothers themselves, health professionals, backpackers, unemployed, students or anyone else. Ideally dentists! MouthWiseLife Presenters could be anyone who simply wants to help children prevent oral disease or simply anyone needing to make a few extra dollars. The concept is simple. For example, a backpacker could be talking to a mother, a stranger, at an airport terminal, present the information on The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D. to that mother and then assist that mother to purchase, online, MouthWise oral health education resources.<br /><br />There are just 4 easy steps to become a MouthWiseLife Presenter and independent distributor. 1. Purchase The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D. online at <a href="http://www.mouthwiselife.com/">www.mouthwiselife.com</a> 2. From the same website send an email request for an application form. 3. Complete the Application Form and email it back. 4. Check incoming emails for the special discount code needed to conduct 25% discounted online sales. Details of the 25% Presenter Discount Coupon are found on the same website. The presenter and the customer are intended to share the 25% discount. Customer receives 10% discount on the purchase. Customer rewards the presenter with the balance 15%. But children are intended to receive the best reward of all. Preventing oral disease easily!<br /><br /> “The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D.” is a Microsoft Power Point presentation that directly addresses mothers. “The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D.” has 24 slides and is easily operated by clicking the mouse to pass from one slide to the next. There is ample information in the presentation itself for mothers to make educated decisions about product purchases. There are links in the presentation to other websites for other relevant information. MouthWiseLife Presenters are instructed to not provide any additional information to that already provided on the C.D. Those are the reasons why anyone aged over 18, even untrained in the subject matter, can be a MouthWiseLife Presenter! <br /><br />To coincide with the start of “The MouthWiseLife Campaign. Prevent Oral Disease in Children”, I have published yet another new website, “MouthWiseLife” at <a href="http://www.mouthwiselife.com/">www.mouthwiselife.com</a> .“MouthWiseLife” is the only website where MouthWiseLife Presenters can use the online Shopping Cart system, with their 25% MouthWiseLife Presenter Discount Coupon, to assist their customers to purchase the oral health education resource, “MouthWise Oral Health Kit”, at discount.<br /><br />I believe children are being denied the benefits of new oral disease prevention information and the opportunity for mothers to purchase MouthWise oral health education resources. I believe my recently released oral disease prevention information is being “swept under the carpet’ and being denied to mothers of young children. My response to these problems is a new website, “MouthWiseLife’ at <a href="http://www.mouthwiselife.com/">www.mouthwiselife.com</a>, a new marketing campaign, “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children” and, I predict, an army of MouthWiseLife Presenters, independent distributors, targeting mothers of young children with oral disease prevention information and oral health education resources. I faithfully believe this strategy will succeed in overcoming the bottle necks, will successfully gain access to mothers and most importantly will permanently prevent easily preventable oral disease in children.<br /><br />Garth PettitGarth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-1104992023872869882005-01-07T10:15:00.000+09:302005-01-10T08:46:34.136+09:30Muted Acknowledgement of Merits Associated with “Treat Your Mouth” by Dental and Allied Professions.It is impossible to wish everyone a very happy year 2005. Sadly everyone is not here. Because of the Tsunami disaster. It is impossible to think of this new year, 2005, without thinking about the tens of thousands of people whose lives were catastrophically affected by the recent Tsunami disaster in South East Asia. May those of us who have not been directly affected direct much of our efforts during 2005 towards helping the survivors and also the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives, to rebuild their lives and livelihoods during the years ahead of us.
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<br />Just a couple of days ago my attention was drawn, by a parent of a 6 year child who attends a local government school in Adelaide South Australia the oral hygiene instruction (OHI) issued to children in that school. This child had been instructed about 6 weeks ago to write a sign on a piece of paper with the words “ Do Not Rinse” and to then fix the sign to the bathroom wall at home. Apparently children had been told to execute the OHI “Brush Your Teeth” however to not follow it with the usual rinsing with water, but instead to spit the paste out, thereby leaving a coating of tooth paste in their mouths. Thus the OHI became “Brush Your Teeth, But Do Not Rinse Your Mouth”
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<br />It is now 2 years and 6 months since I notified the South Australian School Dental Service of my new oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Mouth”. At that time I was advised they held no interest for my ideas. But my concern is that their OHI “Brush Your Teeth , But Do Not Rinse Your Mouth” is still a flawed OHI. Why?
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<br />“Brush Your Teeth, But Do Not Rinse Your Mouth” is a tooth instruction. No mention of gums and of tongue as taught in the OHI “Treat Your Mouth”.
<br />“Brush Your Teeth, But Do Not Rinse Your Mouth” does not rid the mouth of all undesirable food and drink remnants. True, it will leave a coating of toothpaste ingredients on all surfaces within the mouth but it is not a totally clean mouth and not a guarantee of preventing oral disease.
<br />“Brush Your Teeth, But Do Not Rinse Your Mouth” is not an OHI which, if executed throughout life, will successfully prevent the easily preventable oral diseases such as tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath.
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<br />Instructing children in the OHI “Treat Your Mouth” will, with greater certainty, help children to prevent oral diseases not only throughout their childhood but also throughout their entire lives. Ideally “Treat Your Mouth” should be a part of a comprehensive oral healthcare education for primary school aged children. One, such as The MouthWise Oral HealthCare School-on-the-Web found at <a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/">http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/</a> , which uses the MouthWise oral health education resources; The MouthWise Oral HealthCare Manual 2 and the MouthWise Oral Health C.D. “4 Your Smile 2 Shine”.
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<br />However it is interesting to note similarities with my OHI “Treat Your Mouth”. It reminds me that prior to publication of The MouthWise Oral HealthCare Manual 2 I had submitted to an international tooth paste and tooth brush manufacturing company an earlier draft text copy offering them an opportunity to market mouth paste and a mouth treater. Their written reply was “no interest”. Within three years they had introduced a tooth paste which they referred to as “ a whole mouth paste’ and a tooth brush which they referred to as a “tooth gum brush”. Mutedl acknowledgemens.
<br />Garth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-1103152416434802412004-12-17T03:30:00.000+09:302004-12-16T08:55:58.736+09:30Prevent Oral Disease, Christmas 2004 and New Year Resolution 2005, “Treat Your Mouth” Rostrevor, South Australia, 16 December 2004
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<br />I take this opportunity to wish you all a safe, healthy, enjoyable and happy Christmas 2004 and following it, a successful, healthy, happy and prosperous New Year 2005.
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<br />Festivals, such as Christmas and New Year, are times of much rejoicing and of reunions with families and with friends. Significantly they are usually celebrated with an indulgence in fine foods and fine drinks beyond that which is regarded as normal. It is no wonder that the weight loss industry at this time prey heavily on potential customers who overindulge in these festivities and who then make a New Year resolution to be rid of undesirable, excess weight. I applaud all with that concern for general health.
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<br />My concern is oral health. I take this opportunity to give you a little, timely advice on oral health and on oral healthcare over this coming Christmas period.
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<br />Clean and protect teeth, gums and tongue soon after each main meal.
<br />Follow snacks and high carbohydrate drinks with a thorough rinse with water to dilute acids and carbohydrates in the mouth.
<br />Endeavour to restrict high carbohydrate intakes to follow main meals and therefore just before cleaning and protecting.
<br />Teach the kids a new Christmas song, “4 Your Smile 2 Shine”. Go to <a href="http://www.allaboutasmile.com/">http://www.allaboutasmile.com/</a> . You’ll find it there. The song lyrics are the new oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Mouth”. It’s great family fun.
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<br />Also I sincerely pray I can convince you to make a very special New Year 2005 resolution to never just “Brush Your Teeth” again but to always “Treat Your Mouth”. Make it a family 2005 resolution. This simple, new oral hygiene instruction will more effectively help you to prevent the easily preventable oral diseases tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath. To make your mouth fresh all day, treat your mouth.
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<br />Best wishes from GarGar the Dentist.
<br />Garth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042364.post-1099800474141395002004-11-08T08:08:00.000+09:302004-11-07T13:37:54.140+09:30PREVENT ORAL DISEASE IN CHILDREN<div align="center"><strong>PREVENT ORAL DISEASE IN CHILDREN</strong></div><em></em>
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<br /><div align="left"><em>Part One</em>:
<br /><strong>New Oral Hygiene Instruction Preferred to Prevent Oral Disease in Children.</strong>
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<br /><em>Part Two</em>:
<br /><strong>Oral Hygiene Instruction 'Brush Your Teeth' is Flawed.</strong>
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<br /><em>Part Three</em>:
<br /><strong>Campaigns to Prevent Oral Disease in Children</strong>
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<br /><em>Part Four</em>:
<br /><strong>MouthWise Oral Health Education Resources to Prevent Oral Disease in Children</strong>
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<br /><em>Part One</em><strong>:
<br />New Oral Hygiene Instruction Preferred to Prevent Oral Disease in
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<br />7th November 2004
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<br />In the period from January 1997 to July 2002 I observed a quite remarkable and dramatic reduction, even elimination in the incidence of tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath in one particular group of the school children in a remote community school in Australia. Existing decay had become arrested, there were only rare signs of new decay and the whole group had healthy gums and no breath problems. I was writing the resources for a children’s oral healthcare education program at that time and wanted to incorporate the information into the resources. What was this group of children doing to successfully prevent oral disease? The answer was eventually found in these children’s unique interpretation of and execution of the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’. The details of that story are referenced at the end of Part One.
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<br />From these highly unusual observations two deductions was drawn and one conclusion subsequently followed:
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<br />· Deduction: The oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’ was inherently flawed. The instruction cannot always prevent oral disease in children. The instruction may even contribute to oral disease in children. Children should no longer be instructed to ‘Brush Your Teeth’.
<br />· Deduction: A new oral hygiene instruction to prevent oral disease in children was needed. It should overcome the inherent flaws in ‘Brush Your Teeth’. The instruction should be easy for children to execute and be highly effective with greater certainty.
<br />· Conclusion: The new oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’ will prevent oral disease in children with greater certainty.
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<br />‘Treat Your Mouth’. The New Oral Hygiene Instruction for Children.
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<br />‘Treat Your Mouth’ is a whole of the mouth, truly oral, oral hygiene instruction. ‘Treat Your Mouth’ leaves the entire mouth clean and leaves the surfaces of teeth, gums and tongue fully protected against oral disease. ‘Treat Your Mouth’ will prevent oral disease in children with greater predictability and with more certainty.
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<br />· ‘Mouth’ implies everything within the mouth. Teeth, gums and tongue in particular. Also other important ‘Mouth’ surfaces are the roof of the mouth, inside surfaces of lips and cheeks and the floor of the mouth.
<br />· ‘Treat’ is a word that implies ‘giving medical treatment to’. As an example, when a wound to the skin is treated, firstly the wound is cleansed of debris and dirt and secondly chemicals are applied to the wound to kill any germs in the wound. It is a two-step chemical process. A skin wound may also have a third step and be covered to prevent further contamination. But ‘Treat Your Mouth’ is essentially a two-step procedure.
<br />· ‘Treat Your Mouth’ is therefore an overall two-step process involving at least, teeth, gums and tongue. The first step to ‘clean’, the second step to ‘apply’. Within each overall step there are mini steps, just as ‘Brush Your Teeth” has brush your teeth has mini steps; brush, rinse your mouth with water, spit into the bowl.
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<br />The new oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’ has only subtle but important differences to ‘Brush Your Teeth’. It is not difficult for children to execute. Explanations given to children will help them to understand why they are doing what they are doing and will then make children self motivated to ‘Treat Your Mouth’. It can be made fun.
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<br />The first step of ‘Treat Your Mouth’ is to ‘clean’ the mouth surfaces:
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<br />· ‘Treat Your Mouth’ starts with treat the surfaces of your teeth, to clean away the plaque and food debris.
<br />· Next, treat the surfaces of your gums, to clean away the plaque and food debris.
<br />· Next, treat the top surface of your tongue, to clean away the plaque and food debris.
<br />· Next, rinse water thoroughly around the mouth to prepare to get rid of the plaque and food debris and drink debris..
<br />· Next, spit out the plaque and all debris in the water.
<br />· At this point the surfaces treated within the mouth are CLEAN but not protected.
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<br />The second step of ‘Treat Your Mouth’ is to ‘apply’ the mouth paste ingredients to the mouth surfaces:
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<br />· Next, with just a small amount of mouth paste on the mouth treater ( NOT tooth brush please!), treat the surfaces of teeth, then gums, then tongue again TO APPLY the highly desirable chemicals in the mouth paste.
<br />· Next, SWISH the foam in the mouth, around and around the mouth. Also SWISH it in between the teeth to make certain all surfaces are treated.
<br />· Next, spit out the excess foam from the mouth. DO NOT RINSE WITH WATER. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
<br />· Next rinse the mouth treater under the tap.
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<br />The result?
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<br />· The mouth has successfully been treated.
<br />· The surfaces of teeth, gums and tongue will have been cleaned
<br />· The surfaces of teeth, gums and tongue will be coated with and protected by the chemicals from the mouth paste.
<br />· Any mouth treated in this way everyday, preferably three times each day, but at a minimum two times each day, has it’s best ever chance to prevent oral disease.
<br />· It takes only a minute or so longer than ‘Brush Your Teeth’ and one extra pea size amount of mouth paste.
<br />· ‘Treat Your Mouth’ does easily prevent oral disease in children.
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<br />Children can be taught to sing the oral health song ‘4 Your Smile 2 Shine’, the song lyrics of which are the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’. Go to the website ‘All About A Smile’ at <a href="http://www.allaboutasmile.com/">www.allaboutasmile.com</a>
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<br />A more detailed story of the origin of the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’ is related on the website, ‘Kids Oral Health Books ‘n C.D.’ at <a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/402127">www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/402127</a>
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<br /><strong><em>Part Two</em>:
<br />Oral Hygiene Instruction 'Brush Your Teeth' is Flawed.</strong>
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<br />An effective oral hygiene instruction will instruct children to execute a set of procedures to achieve the specific, desired outcome to prevent oral disease in children. The oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’ is ineffective for several general and several specific reasons.
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<br />General reasons why ‘Brush Your Teeth’ can be ineffective:
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<br />· The very first oral hygiene instruction given to children should be precise, complete, oral, unambiguous and when executed result in oral health over a lifetime. ‘Brush Your Teeth’ is imprecise, incomplete, dental, ambiguous, often resulting in oral disease throughout a lifetime.
<br />· It comes often with appendages such as ‘brush your teeth and your gums too’. But on the spur of the moment or after time the effective instruction often reverts to ‘Brush Your Teeth’.
<br />· ‘Brush Your Teeth’ is a ‘tooth’, a ‘dental’ hygiene instruction. It is not a complete ‘ORAL’ hygiene instruction.
<br />· ‘Brush’ is used in sense only of ‘cleaning’. Children are often told to ‘clean your teeth’ instead of ‘brush your teeth’.
<br />· Teeth are not the only important structures in the mouth in need of a ‘clean’. Besides teeth there are gums and a tongue. Children should be made to think ‘orally’, to clean every surface in the mouth, even the roof and floor of the mouth, the inside surfaces of lips and cheeks. ‘Oral’ health includes ‘tooth’ health, ‘gum’ health, etc. Every structure in the mouth.
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<br />Specific reasons why ‘Brush Your Teeth’ can be ineffective become obvious as the instruction is executed using ‘tooth’ paste and a’ tooth’ brush (both terms poor terminology):
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<br />· Brush the surfaces of teeth to get rid of plaque, food debris and drink debris.
<br />· Rinse the mouth thoroughly with water.
<br />· Spit out to rid the mouth of all debris.
<br />· At this point the surfaces of the teeth are clean.
<br />· The objective, ’Brush Your Teeth’, has been achieved.
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<br />Closer study of what has occurred reveals four problems:
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<br />· The first problem is that plaque remains on the gums. Gums are not clean.
<br />· The second problem is that plaque remains on the top of the tongue. Tongue is not clean.
<br />· The third problem is that plaque and debris may remain on every other surface in the mouth. The mouth is not clean.
<br />· The fourth and major problem is that all the wonderful ingredients in the mouth paste (I refuse to call it ‘tooth paste’) went out in the ‘rinse and spit’! On the mouth paste package it is claimed, quite rightly, that the ingredients in mouth paste will do lots of wonderful things. Things like kill bacteria, prevent tooth decay, repair tooth decay, prevent gum disease, prevent bad breath, prevent plaque build up, protect for hours, etc. They can and will do these wonderful things if they are in the mouth. But they went out with the ‘rinse and spit? So they can’t! The mouth is left unprotected.
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<br />The reasons for the ineffectiveness of ‘Brush Your Teeth’ as an oral hygiene instruction for children become obvious with just a little study of these problems. It even becomes logical to anticipate the problems. The oral cavity, after ‘Brush Your Teeth’, is a potential disaster area, a breeding ground for tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath.
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<br />The oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’ is undoubtedly contributing to the incidence of ‘easily preventable oral diseases’ in children. ‘Brush Your Teeth’ is NOT the ideal oral hygiene instruction to give to children to prevent oral disease.
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<br />For as long as ‘Brush Your Teeth’ continues, world wide, to be the oral hygiene instruction given to children to prevent oral disease we can confidently expect little future change to the current 21st Century reports of unacceptable levels of oral disease in children.
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<br />For a graphic comparison of the two oral hygiene instructions ‘Brush Your Teeth’ and ‘Treat Your Mouth’ please go to the oral healthcare information site at:
<br /><a href="http://www.oralhealthcare.info/week/fromtoday.shtm">http://www.oralhealthcare.info/week/fromtoday.shtm</a>
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<br /><em>PART THREE</em>:
<br /><strong>Campaigns to Prevent Oral Disease in Children</strong>
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<br />Early in the 21st Century oral disease affecting young children has often been reported as at crisis levels. The following two reports are typical of a problem extending across the globe:
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<br />The report ‘Oral Health in America: A Report of The Surgeon General’, published on May 25th 2000, (<a href="http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/oralhealth">http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/oralhealth</a> ) cites ‘ the silent epidemic’, oral disease in children in crisis .
<br />The Australian report ‘Child Dental Health Survey, Australia 1999: Trends Across The 1990’s’, published in May 2003, cites increasing rates of decay across all age groups.
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<br />Oral disease in children is cited almost daily somewhere in information media, on radio, in television, in the popular press, on websites and in professional journals. Oral disease in children exists in almost every country around the world. Oral disease in children is well summarised in an article dated May 2001, since when little has changed, at <a href="http://www.prevent.org/Priorities/PinP_0501_oralhealth.pdf">http://www.Prevent.org/Priorities/PinP_0501_oralhealth.pdf</a>
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<br />Children's oral health is undoubtedly in crisis. Children are suffering three major oral diseases, not just tooth decay, but also gum diseases and bad breath. These diseases are the most prevalent of all diseases suffered by children. Skeletal remains from thousands of years ago prove enamel on teeth can and will remain, intact, well beyond a lifetime. But early in the 21st Century we are unable to help young children prevent oral disease.
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<br />Early in the 20th Century oral health was virtually non-existent. Children’s deciduous teeth were considered of little importance because the then prevailing attitude was more permanent teeth would follow. Then when permanent teeth became diseased it was almost fashionable to have all teeth extracted, even healthy teeth, and to be replaced by vulcanite based dentures which had porcelain teeth and which did not rot. It was about that time the dental profession initiated research into the causes of tooth decay.
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<br />In the second half of the 20th Century, the dental profession succeeded in drastically reducing the incidence of oral disease in children. They made fashionable the statement ‘ tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath are easily preventable diseases’. Evidence, however, has proven they have not been ‘easily’ preventable diseases and not totally preventable diseases. Reports quoted above in the opening paragraph clearly state children’s oral health remains in crisis in the 21st Century. More alarmingly, the Australian report in May 2003 proves a trend showing reduction in tooth decay in children can be reversible.
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<br />There have been numerous campaigns to prevent oral disease in children. Major types of campaigns include; public oral health and healthcare awareness campaigns, introduction of school dental services, improved oral health and oral healthcare education in schools, fluoridation of public water supplies, introduction of fluoride in tooth pastes, fissure sealants placed by dentists, introduction of oral hygienists, introduction of dental therapists and creation of more university places for dentists.
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<br />The major contributors involved in these campaigns have been National Dental Associations, Governments at different levels, Multi International Manufacturing Companies of tooth pastes, tooth brushes and mouth washes. Many minor contributors have also been involved. Thankfully, the number of campaigns to prevent oral diseases in children continues unabated in the 21st Century. These are well documented in all media, in press releases and especially in web pages.
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<br />The most recent campaign to come to my attention is from a press release Friday October 1, 2004; “Colgate-Palmolive and The American Dental Association Launch ‘Save The World from Cavities’ Campaign to Prevent Tooth Decay in Children”. This press release can be found at <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041001/nyf038_1.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041001/nyf038_1.html</a> In this article I particularly noted and agreed with the objective to ‘help children how to take charge of their oral health’. This closely mirrors my own publicised, ‘ educate children to become self motivated to prevent oral disease’. Unfortunately for children needing to prevent oral disease, if this campaign also is based on the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’, then it will fall far short of ‘Save The World From Cavities.
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<br />21st Century oral health campaigns need 21st Century oral hygiene instructions for children if children are to successfully prevent oral disease. Now is an opportune time for all campaigns and campaigners whose aim is to prevent oral disease in children, to seriously consider their continuing efforts in the light of the revelations I first made public in mid 2002 regarding the inadequacies of the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’ and my reasons for recommending a more suitable oral hygiene instruction for children, ‘Treat Your Mouth’.
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<br />I believe, to permanently prevent oral disease in children, the following considerations should be implemented:
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<br />Oral health and oral healthcare awareness campaigns to alert the public to the problems associated with the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’.
<br />Oral health and oral healthcare awareness campaigns to alert the public to the advantages associated with the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’.
<br />Oral health education programs for children to be updated to include the latter information, made more comprehensive and made mandatory.
<br />Teachers of children between the ages of 5 years and 11 years must be recognised as children’s ideal oral health educators. School oral health education programs that depend on the dental profession for advice should make certain the advice they receive is the best advice available.
<br />Parents must be recognised as being children’s ideal oral healthcare educators and be given adequate support and resources for that role.
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<br />The advice I have continuously made throughout this article that the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth’ significantly contributes to oral disease in children equally applies to people of all ages. Likewise, my recommendations for the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’ to prevent oral disease, equally applies to people of all ages. Children instructed in the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’ will translate into adults preventing oral disease!
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<br /><em>PART FOUR</em>:
<br /><strong>MouthWise Oral Health Education Resources to Prevent Oral Disease in Children.</strong>
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<br />Several MouthWise oral health education resources are currently available. All resources have been prepared by the author of this article. All resources are based on the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’. All resources aim to educate children to become self motivated to prevent oral disease. The resources have been prepared for use by children’s parents and teachers in their roles as oral healthcare and oral health educators. Older children can use the resources with less help.
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<br />MouthWise oral health education resources include:
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<br />· A set of 10 children’s oral health books.’ Visit 1 to GarGar The Dentist’ through to ‘Visit 10 to GarGar The Dentist’.
<br />· An oral health C.D. for children titled ‘4 Your Smile 2 Shine’, the song lyrics of which are the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’.
<br />· The oral health website where all MouthWise Oral HealthCare Education resources can be viewed and purchases made at <a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/">www.oralhealthhelpsite.com</a>
<br />· The MouthWise oral health information website 4 Your Smile 2 Shine at <a href="http://www.oralhealthcare.info/">www.oralhealthcare.info</a>
<br />· The kids oral health website All About A Smile where children can learn the oral health song ‘4 Your Smile 2 Shine’, the song lyrics of which are the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth’, at <a href="http://www.allaboutasmile.com/">www.allaboutasmile.com</a>
<br />· Book previews of the ten MouthWise oral healthcare books for children at <a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/394498">www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/394498</a>
<br />· Track information of the MouthWise Oral Health C.D. for children at <a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/product/ISBN-1-920712-12-7">www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/product/ISBN-1-920712-12-7</a>
<br />· ‘The MouthWise Oral HealthCare School-on-the-Web’ for children’s parents, teachers and anyone teaching children oral health or oral healthcare. Suitable also for older children in the 5 to 11 years old bracket to teach themselves. <a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/260688">www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/260688</a>
<br />· ‘Lesson Guidelines’ for ‘The MouthWise Oral HealthCare School-on-the-Web’ at <a href="http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/292398">www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/292398</a>
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<br />Anyone anywhere interested in helping any children to prevent oral disease such as tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath, could start RIGHT NOW with these resources. All MouthWise oral health resources are free except for the MouthWise Oral Health Books and the MouthWise Oral Health C.D.
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<br />Hopefully, information in this article ‘New Oral Hygiene Instruction Preferred to Prevent Oral Disease in Children’, has stimulated sufficient interest to trigger active campaigning on behalf of children who deserve a better deal in all aspects of their oral health education.
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<br />Comments most welcome.</div>Garth Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924470040030922872noreply@blogger.com4