Instruction Brush Your

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. (more…)

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. (more…)