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Dr. DiTolla’s
Patient Product Review
ou don’t have to be in dental practice too long
to realize that men and floss don’t mix. I always
laugh as I walk by and hear my dental assistant
say, “Alright, Mark, let me show you how to use
the floss threader for cleaning under your new
bridge.” Those might be the most wasted words
in the English language. If an assistant talks and the patient
doesn’t hear it, did she really make a sound? Why is
it we can give the patient three floss threaders, and a year
later when we ask him if he needs any more he says he
still has them. Really? After a year? Are you putting them
in the dishwasher? Having them dry-cleaned? Or perhaps
you never used them in the first place!
Getting any male to floss is a tricky deal. You really need
to catch males while they are young, say around 13, and
let them know that chicks dig guys who floss. Drop some
floss in the pocket distal to tooth #2 or tooth #15, and
then hold it under his nose and let him smell some anaerobes.
Inform him that if a girl ever were to smell that, the
entire school would know about it in about 90 seconds.
Floss every day, and it goes away.
But for men who are out of adolescence, there is a need to
make floss a little more exciting. With every baby boomer
being told to eat steel-cut oatmeal with fresh fruit for
breakfast, here’s a way to kill two birds with one stone:
delicious breakfast dental floss. Bacon, waffles and coffee?
Either I’m watching an episode of “Mad Men” or I’m
using that great new floss my dentist recommended! Go
to accoutrements.com and let the people who brought
you Inflatable Turkey improve the periodontal health of
your male patients. CM
Breakfast Floss from Accoutrements ® , LLC. For more information, call 800-886-
2221 or visit accoutrements.com.
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