Sit Down & Enjoy the Ride!

Hold on to your seats! We're going for a wild ride through dental chair past!

Ever wonder what sitting in a dental chair was like 100 years ago?  Before 1790, most dental procedures were done while sitting on the floor!  The dentist would sit cross-legged and rest the patient's head in his or her lap.  In 1790 Dr. Josiah Flagg decided it was time for a better system and invented the first dental chair.  The hard wooden seat and tipped head rest looks oh so cozy!  The chair had specialized rubber stoppers to keep it in place and a nice little tray to rest instruments.  
Fast forward a few decades and things were getting pretty fancy!  Chairs were now soft and cushy! This chair from the 1830's had the ability to tilt back and also offered a foot rest to kick up them boots. Check out all of the other fancy equipment this practice had to offer.  A mechanical, foot pedal driven drill, a light, and a cuspidor for rinsing and spitting!
Move in to the 1900's and find this rendition of something more like what we see today! Chairs were becoming more streamline and functional.  I don't know about you, but I miss the fancy fringe! This chair allowed a dentist to lay a patient completely flat to reach those tricky maxillary molars.  With full leg support and longer arm rests, a patient may just want to take a nap!

The next gem came to us in the early 1950's. The trend of having an all inclusive dental operatory was booming just as much as light pink poodle skirts!  This mint green beauty offered electric headpieces and ultra bright nights to make dental treatment in the dark a thing of the past.

As we zoom into present day and admire just how far things have come, lets not forget all that it took to get here!  Next time you get cozy in one of our Brosy Family Dentisty chairs, send a little love to the late Dr. Josiah Flagg!  We could all be sitting on the floor!

Rodeo Teeth Facts!

The Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West!

What a better way to prepare for a night at the rodeo than by learning some fun  facts about all of the animals and their teeth!

One of the main attractions of the rodeo is the cattle. Bulls and cows have thirty-two teeth, just like us! However, cattle have no front teeth in the upper jaw. Instead their bottom teeth come into contact with a thick, hard area of gum tissue in the front.  

What rodeo would be complete without horses? Horses, like humans, have a set of baby teeth that are usually lost and are replaced with permanent teeth. Horses have anywhere between 

thirty-six and forty-four teeth depending on their gender. A really interesting thing about horse teeth is they grow continuously at a rate of about a quarter of an inch every year!

Mutton busting is an  attraction that is fun for the whole family! Sheep have twenty baby teeth that are replaced with permanent teeth usually by age four. They have twenty-four molars and eight incisors. Similar to cows, sheep do not have upper front incisors. Instead the bottom teeth come into contact with a hard, toothless pad in the upper jaw. 

Hopefully when you visit the rodeo you can impress your friends and family with all of these fun rodeo teeth facts!

Yeehaw! 

Dr. Lynn's Retirement Fun!

On May 14th the office staff and their families celebrated Dr. Lynn & her retirement from dentistry. It was a day filled with sunshine, fun, laughter, & games! We enjoyed playing a version of jeopardy all about Dr. Lynn.
Did you know that she graduated from dental school at the age of 23? She was also the first female president of the Northern Nevada Dental Society. Dr. Lynn served five years active duty in the Navy and is a huge fan of baseball. She is one of the most devoted Cubs fan and is very excited that they currently have the best record in baseball! All goats in Reno better watch out (http://www.billygoattavern.com/legend/curse/)
Dr. Paul & Dr. Lynn have been visiting major league ballparks over the years, and in one week they will cross off the final park on their list as they watch the Cubs take on the Braves at Turner Field.
During the game if you did not answer a question correctly, you had to play a game called pie face and take the chance of having a face full of whip cream!

Here's to you Dr. Lynn!

Ugly Scrub Top Competition

This year the office kicked off the holiday season with an ugly scrub top competition. Everyone decorated their scrub in their best holiday fashion and we ended with some amazing results. Check out our facebook https://www.facebook.com/BrosyFamilyDentistry/ to see all of the photos and vote on your favorite scrub top!

Shark Week!

Shark Week is an annual event on the Discovery Channel. We got into the spirit here at Brosy Family Dentistry by sharing facts about sharks and by giving away a shark in our "Name a Friend" contest.
 Just in case you missed it here are some shark facts to sink your teeth into:

1. Sharks average about 15 rows of teeth in each jaw. Most sharks have 5 rows of teeth, but some can have up to 50 rows!

2. Sharks continually lose and grow new teeth all throughout their lives. The number of teeth a shark grows and uses during it's life can be enormous. Some sharks can use up to 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. That's roughly 937 times the number of teeth for the average human!

3. Sharks are born with complete sets of teeth and swim away from their mother, soon after being born, to fend for themselves.

4.  Tiger sharks are often referred to as the "garbage cans of the sea" because they will eat anything. They have rows of 24 identical teeth on each jaw that  have both cutting and sawing regions located on them. The unique shape of these teeth allow it to maintain it's eat anything and everything diet.

                                                            HAPPY SHARK WEEK!

Whiten your teeth for charity! #whitenforacause #whiteteeth #itsforthekids #brosyfamilydentistry

Help a child and whiten your teeth! 100% of proceeds for office teeth bleaching will be donated to local Alice Maxwell Elementary School and the Smiles for Life Foundation. From March to June all whitening procedures will benefit children nationally and in our community. Take advantage of this great offer by getting your teeth whitened for a great cause! 

Call our office to schedule a whitening now through June for this great cause, 775-826-1988.

Toothpaste! #brosyfamilydentistry

In a world of different toothpastes, what do 9 out of 10 dentists recommend? Why is there always one practitioner that never agrees with the group? Which toothpaste do they pick?

First, let’s look at what makes up a tube of toothpaste. Most contain mild abrasives, stannous fluoride, glycerol like substances, flavoring agents, sodium lauryl sulfate, water, phosphate, and other inactive ingredients.[1] The goal of combining these ingredients is to reduce the formation of biofilm. The biofilm that forms over teeth is made up of food particles, bacteria, and substrates in your saliva. Formation of this film allows bacteria to form a home on the surface of your tooth. Without mechanical removal this film will continue to grow and can cause cavities[2].

It is very important to look at which ingredients make up the toothpaste you use. Many patients exhibit allergic reactions to sodium lauryl sulfate and require a toothpaste free of this ingredient. The ingredients added to increase water retention vary between products as well as the ingredients to create a mild abrasive.

I believe that the best toothpaste is based on individual preference, effectiveness, and use. Many patients dislike the taste of certain brands. Others feel their mouth is not as clean with different flavors. To find the “perfect” toothpaste one should look at ingredients, but most importantly one should be using a toothpaste that will encourage brushing for two minutes twice a day.

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[1] http://www.ada.org/en/science-research/ada-seal-of-acceptance/product-category-information/toothpaste

[2] Action of food preservatives on 14-days dental biofilm formation, biofilm vitality and biofilm-derived enamel demineralisation in situ. Arweiler et al. German Society of Dental, Oral and Craniomandibular Sciences. 02 Aug 2013