“The Tooth And Nothing But The Tooth”
By Chris “Dr Smile Maker”
Branfield
Put A Lid On It!
Hello, I hope that you are well. It’s been another busy month with Castle Park
at two fundraisers for our Dental Mavericks Charity. The first was in Leeds and
we were all dressed as pirates. The week
after we had our own 70’s Boogey Night at Armstrong’s in Beverley. Thanks Sally Anne, this is a great
venue. Thanks also to all our amazing
sponsors who donated prizes. We raised
just over £1000 on the night. Amazing.
100% goes to the charity with “Nowt Taken Out”, just like the Hovis advert.
Mucky
Toilet Talk
Now, I don’t want put anybody off his or her
breakfast, lunch or tea/dinner, but I’m going to talk toilets.
It’s very common
these days to have a bathroom with a toilet close to the washbasin and
therefore your toothbrush. It has been
shown that when you flush the toilet with the lid up that is a great big
aerosol or spray like the toilet sneezing.
It has been suggested that a toothbrush should be a
minimum of 6 feet away. That may be
quite difficult or even impossible unless it is kept in a different room. My en suite shower room is compact to say the
least so no chance of a 6 feet distance.
Nasty
Beasties
You can imagine that there are a lot of nasty
beasty bacteria in the toilet bowl. One
such beastie is Enterococcus Faecalis.
Sometimes a root canal treatment on a tooth can fail and research has shown
that this can often be due the bacteria species Enterococcus Faecalis and this
is a difficult bacteria to get rid of in a tooth. The bacteria is not naturally in the mouth so
must have come from somewhere. One
obvious way to get there is from toilet to toothbrush. So what can you do? 
“Dr.
Smile Maker Top Tips”
Put the lid down on the toilet before you flush. This
not only helps keeping the tooth brushes clean but also think about towels and
everything else. You really don’t want
to breath in those aerosols.
If you have a cupboard maybe put the brushes
away. Or you can put a travel cover on
the toothbrush. Keeping the toothbrush
in a different room is ideal but a bit of a faff.
All food for thought though eh?
Feng
Shui
I worked with a nice lady years ago who was into Feng
Shui. Apparently the area of the house
on the far left from the entrance is the money or wealth area. If the toilet is
there then you could be flushing your money away. This is another reason to put
a lid on it!
C’mon
You Hull
The football is getting exciting. As I write Hull City
are top of the League but have played an extra game. Keep going lads you can do it.
Until next time.
Take care and be good.
Chris Branfield is Principal Dentist at Castle Park
Dental Care, Castle Villa, 28 Castle Road, Cottingham, telephone 01482 772550. He has been in dental practice for 23 years
and has a special interest in life changing, pain free dentistry with dental
implants, rapid teeth straightening and cosmetic dentistry. And, not only that
Chris is founder member and trustee of Dental Mavericks charity- ending the
daily dental pain of Moroccan kids. For more patient success stories and Chris’s
charity work go here now www.castleparkdental.co.uk
