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Oral hygiene Coverage

How often do you floss? An Oregon dentist has created something to make it easier for you to care for your teeth while helping the environment too. 

as a dentist. I really emphasize flossing. I think it's incredibly important because it is where we see cavities the most in Children are in between the teeth from not flossing pediatric dentist Stacy wittman is about more than dental health. We practice a kind of a more functional and holistically minded practice which includes sustainability and planetary health. To dr Stacy started no po kids dentistry in North Portland in 2015. Here. She's combined two of her passions, clean teeth and less waste. My full time career is a pediatric dentist. So this is just something I felt was necessary to do and that's why I've been doing it on the side and self funding. Um It's not intended to be my new business plan, but there is a need and I really want guilt free flossing for all humans. So Stacy created happy floss. Post consumer recycled paper flosser that can decompose. In about a year. In 2018, she had her ah ha moment at a dental conference in Hawaii. And I was walking to the conference and I was shocked in the marina how much trash and plastic there was in the water. It was was really appalled. And as I got closer I realized there were so many floss picks in the water. Those plastic floss picks, happy floss comes in kid and adult sizes right now. They're only available through a crowdfunding campaign that's already hit 20% of its goal in less than a week. Yeah, the goal is to make them global. And then I have other ideas to launch us into an entire sustainable and non toxic oral health care line for kids and adults. That's the long term goal by raising money and awareness. It will pay for special machinery needed to mass produce the philosophers and find investors to help them get to the public as soon as possible. And we just thought happy made you feel good. So, I mean, we're trying to have happy teeth and a happier planet too.

Biodegradable flosser helps your teeth and the environment 

Dentist creates biodegradable floss

June is Oral Health Month, and the Poe Center for Health Education in Raleigh has been offering up weekly lessons about the importance of keeping a healthy smile for a healthy body.

Poe Center dives into oral health during kid-friendly virtual sessions in June

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Certain things seem totally normal to keep in your bathroom, but five of them actually have no business being there. 

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Wondering how to make the dentist fun - or at least not scary - for kids? Get started early.

Oral hygiene Coverage

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Poe Center dives into oral health during kid-friendly virtual sessions in June

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