Today’s episode of “Your Dental Top 5” podcast with Amanda Hill is all about biofilm! Amanda talks with Annie Harris, RDH about biofilm and the 5 highlights you need to know!
Episode Highlights:
- Annie’s professional background
- What is biofilm?
- How to visualize it
- Thresholds
- Dormant Infections
- Instrumentation
Quotes:
“I never heard of biofilm in school”
“He noticed that the water running over the rocks has a higher bacteria count than the free flowing water”
“Biofilm is everywhere in nature, its earth’s oldest inhabitant”
“Biofilm is everywhere, it’s in nature, it’s in our dog water bowls, it’s in our showers, its pond scum and its dental plaque”
“90% of all chronic infections in the human body are a result of biofilm infections”
“The best visualization tool is the blood”
“Go home today, put a little peroxide in your dog’s empty water bowl and see what happens”
“We have biofilms as old as we are”
“What’s happening is you just popped one of those biofilm bubbles”
“If the tissue doesn’t look healthy, its not”
“What I will tell you is that it can take you 30 second with one patient, and 10 hours with another”
Links:
Annie’s Email: annielaurieh44@gmail.com
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
Amanda’s email: amandahillrdh@gmail.com
More Dental Top 5 Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentaltop5/
