No Tweet Required

We were more than a little amused to read about the new promotion Colgate has going for their new Slim Soft toothbrush. "There's Something in Your Tweet" allows consumers who spot something in a friend's teeth to inform them via Twitter when they spot a stray piece of food that's gotten visibly stuck. Apparently, the idea is that most of us would like to be told when that happens but many of us are fearful of bringing it up, even to a close friend. You don't have to be a dentist in North Hollywood to not want to look at something like that or been seen with it, but you also don't have to be Emily Post to be concerned about the etiquette of the situation.

At Hamlin Dental Group we get the idea. In a group situation, it certainly might be embarrassing for the recipient of such a message to be told something like that. Better, in fact, to send a quick text or tweet than to interrupt the Vice President of your company in a middle of an important meeting because she has some bell pepper caught on one of her central incisors.

On the other hand, there's a time and a place for bluntness. We know people who are fearful to mention things as trivial as stuck food, even in an one-on-one situation where it's really no big deal. We'd rather just be told. Indeed, as an outstanding dentist in Van Nuys, Northridge and North Hollywood, we hope that our patients can be honest with us if we've made a mistake of some sort and have the equivalent of a telltale piece of pepperoni stuck in our metaphorical teeth.

If you come to offices and something isn't quite right, don't be afraid to tell us nicely but right to our face. No tweet required!

Teeth to the Future: Smart Sensor Could Track your Eating and Drinking Habits

At Hamlin Dental Group, our patients have come to trust us to provide the gentlest dental care possible, and always with exquisite skill and expert knowledge. However, despite our reputation as the premier dentist in Van Nuys and throughout the San Fernando Valley, we are not ashamed to admit that at times, even our world-class dental team find themselves surprised by the latest oral innovations.

A perfect example of this is a high tech smart tooth sensor that brings the internet to one of the last frontiers possible...your mouth! New York Daily News reports that the Wi-Fi enabled tracker, developed and tested by scientists at National Taiwan University, is designed to track how much you eat, drink, cough, chew, and more.

No doubt, there are some who are wondering why the heck anyone would want to gather all this data regarding the mouth's every activity, but as our team featuring the top dentist in Northridge all the way to North Hollywood is well aware, the importance of the mouth to overall health can scarcely be overstated. "Because the mouth is an opening into human health, this oral sensory system has the potential to enhance existing oral-related healthcare monitoring applications such as dietary tracking," researchers wrote in a report.

The results of the study found that the tooth sensor was accurate regarding a subjects oral activities 93.8% of the time, which, while impressive, suggests their is likely further calibration necessary before the results can be fully utilized. However, at the speed that technology seems to move these days, we won't be surprised if we see these tooth sensors leading to substantial shifts in dental care in the coming years.

Of course, whether your teeth are online or analog, you can always trust Hamlin Dental Group to provide truly top-notch dental care!