{"id":6118,"date":"2020-01-10T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/?p=6118"},"modified":"2021-05-20T15:49:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T20:49:20","slug":"up-your-oral-health-game-with-salivary-testing-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/2020\/01\/10\/up-your-oral-health-game-with-salivary-testing-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Your Oral Health Game with Salivary Testing: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aren\u2019t you tired of the same old drill and fill, pumice-pushing lecture about tooth decay, flossing, and bleeding gums?\u00a0 Yet, patients still come back infected and full of plaque.\u00a0 All our great suggestions are for naught.\u00a0 We keep lecturing, hoping for different results.\u00a0 It becomes discouraging and frustrating for our patients and leads to burnout and career changes for us.\u00a0 On top of that – despite all of our efforts, all of our breath, and all of our floss – periodontal disease is still one of the most common diseases in the world.1<\/sup>\u00a0 We need to prevent and\/or heal this infection, not allow it to simmer and continue to infect people.\u00a0 It is time for a paradigm shift!<\/p>\n

American Academy of Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had the honor and privilege to speak to fellow dental hygienists and dentists at the recent AAOSH Health Scientific Congress in Nashville, TN.\u00a0 My presentation reviewed what I, as a biological hygienist, do differently in my dental hygiene and periodontal therapy appointments.<\/p>\n

Biologically Minded<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been a dental hygienist for almost 40 years, and I still love my profession.\u00a0 I work in a biological dental office, Green City Dental in Edmonds, Washington, and while I do many \u201ctraditional\u201d hygiene duties, I do them with a twist.\u00a0 Since 1985, I have used a phase contrast microscope chairside to view the pathogens of every single patient, and at every re-care appointment.\u00a0 Without that tool, I would have left dentistry \u2013 it rescued me from my burnout and helped me fall back in love with my profession.\u00a0 Seeing the spirochetes in action right there on the screen cements the disease in my mind and makes it real for my patients.<\/p>\n

Caries testing, ozone therapy, nutritional counseling, orofacial myofunctional therapy, and Bio-Botanicals\u00ae are some of the more unique tools in my biological toolbox used for the challenge of shifting the microbiome towards health. Each patient is unique and requires a customized path to wellness.\u00a0 I want each of my patients to heal, but more than that, I want to inspire other professionals to join me in finding the true cause of oral disease and not just address symptoms.<\/p>\n

Step Up to Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dentistry has treated dental hygiene as a cosmetic event every six months.\u00a0 A twice a year debridement and floss lecture is not enough to change the microbiome towards health.\u00a0 Let\u2019s move that to the past.\u00a0 We need to look deeper into the mouth, and dental hygienists need to look up from their prophy cups and be the pivotal healthcare provider we are trained to be. We must sleuth out the causes and risk factors to prevent and reverse oral diseases before they do permanent damage not just to the mouth but to the entire body.<\/p>\n

Not every office has a microscope, but every office can still test for the oral pathogens, as well as assess the patient\u2019s genetic risk level.\u00a0 Salivary diagnostics fills that role in a big way.\u00a0 OralDNA\u00ae is at the forefront of this testing.\u00a0 It is a quick and very easy test to do at the start of the appointment and it gives us so much information to move forward towards healing and prevention. Next week, Part 2 will explore more of the why it is so important to step up your game.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

1.https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/331466973_Association_between_periodontal_pathogens_and_systemic_disease<\/p>\n

For more information on how to become an OralDNA Provider \u2013 scan HERE:\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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