Patient Education

“My Dentist Would Have Told Me” ORAL D’NILE: When Yesterday’s Reassurance Meets Today’s Evidence

Posted on by Jonathan Evans
Why do patients use yesterday’s absence of a diagnosis as evidence that today’s findings can’t be true? Recently, I heard a sentence familiar to almost every dental professional: “My dentist I’d been seeing since I was twenty-something never told me this. If I had it, he would have told me. We were just that close.” There wasn’t anger in her voice. There was trust. She had known her dentist for years. She went to her appointments. She had her teeth cleaned. Nobody had ever told h...
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Throwback: Children Get Gum Disease Too

Posted on by Barbara Tritz RDH
Parents always ask me, “Does my child have any cavities?” What I also want parents to wonder and ask; “Does my child have gum disease?” People – parents – don’t know what they don’t know! Too often, we dismiss a “little bleeding” or calculus buildup in children (never mind adults) as poor oral hygiene and admonish them to brush and floss. Yet, without addressing the root causes, this inflammation does not resolve. Evolve your practice: look deeper into bleeding gums in children and ...
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Throwback: Leaky Gum Syndrome & The Oral-Systemic Link

Posted on by Cass Nelson-Dooley MS
Few of us think much about the health of our mouth lining unless our gums are swollen and red or if we have mouth pain. But the tissue lining your gums and the inside of your mouth is vitally important to keeping you safe from heart disease, joint pain, and brain disease. How do healthy gums protect you from all of that? Your mouth lining is a critical defense between infections in your mouth and the rest of your body. Bleeding, swollen, or sore gums can point to a weak defense in the mouth ...
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Midlife Health Is About More Than Menopause

Posted on by Erika Schlick
    In our previous post, we explored Erika Schlick’s journey from navigating her own complex health challenges to creating health education platforms that help women better understand and advocate for their health. That journey ultimately led to the Women’s Midlife Health Summit, but the conversation goes far beyond menopause. While hormonal changes are an important part of midlife, they are only one piece of the larger health picture. The Summit brings together experts acro...
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Why Erika Schlick Is Bringing Together Leading Women’s Health Experts

Posted on by Erika Schlick
    For more than a decade, Erika Schlick’s work in health education has been shaped by her own experience as a patient and a desire to help others better understand what is happening in their bodies so they can ask better questions and advocate for their health. Erika’s health changed dramatically in 2012 when she became chronically ill and spent years dealing with Lyme disease, mold illness, autoimmune conditions, gut issues, thyroid health, and many of the overlapping f...
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Why OraBiologics Belongs in Your Referral Network

Posted on by Kim Blaise
    Why OraBiologics Belongs in Your Referral Network A trusted bridge between the mouth and the body, for the practices caring for both. Every month, practices like yours see patients who are looking for something the front desk cannot always provide: certainty. Certainty that the dentist they are being referred to actually practices what their website promises. Certainty that the mouth is being treated as part of the whole body, not as an isolated set of teeth. OraBio...
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OraBiologics: Supporting Patients Through Salivary Testing, Education, and Guided Care

Posted on by Kim Blaise
As salivary diagnostics continue to play a growing role in periodontal and oral–systemic care, one of the ongoing challenges for clinicians is ensuring patients fully understand their results—and are prepared to take meaningful next steps. OraBiologics was created to support this exact need. Rooted in biologic dentistry and oral–systemic health, OraBiologics is a member-based platform designed to help individuals better understand the connection between oral pathogens and whole-body he...
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Throwback: Words of Wisdom by Sheena Hinson, RDH

Posted on by Sheena Hinson RDH
Every patient is different. Overcoming a patient’s obstacles to treatment may take some finesse. The diagnosis and treatment plan are typically the easier task. In this series, we have asked the experts from our Protocol Directory, “How would they help the patient overcome their obstacle(s)?” Patient: “Will my insurance cover this?” This is one of the greater dilemmas in the dental industry. It’s a roadblock disguised as access to care for many patients. For years, they have been misle...
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The Secret Weapon – Part Two

Posted on by Michael Goldberg DMD
In Part One, we explored how salivary analysis changes the patient conversation – helping patients better understand their health and why treatment matters. But its impact goes even further – empowering both the clinical team and the practice, which we explore below in Part Two. The Real Secret Salivary analysis isn’t powerful because it’s advanced. It’s powerful because it changes the story. It moves dentistry from:“Here’s what you need.” To: “Here’s what your body is telling us—...
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The Secret Weapon – Part One

Posted on by Michael Goldberg DMD
Every practice owner I know is chasing the same three outcomes—whether they admit it out loud or not. Better patients. Higher acceptance of the right care—free from insurance constraints. And referrals that happen naturally, because marketing has become expensive, exhausting, and unpredictable. Yet most practices are still reaching for the same familiar tools to get there: Better scripts. Prettier brochures. Tighter financial conversations. Hel...
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