Why Is Preventative Dentistry Important For You?

Preventative dentistry is a concept that few people understand. We tend to think that the only thing that we have to do to take care of our teeth is to brush and then floss before sleeping. This is not enough if you want to have perfect oral health. Preventative dentistry is actually very complex and you should try to learn all that you can about it. We can say that it is a necessity for most people out there. There are even dentists that are specialized in preventative dentistry. You can contact them for full information but the basics will be highlighted below. 

Defining Preventative Dentistry

Preventative dentistry’s main goal is to eliminate or at least minimize the possibility of ending up with dental disease or illness. This includes gum disease and the really common tooth decay. Dental problems make people have to go through a complete dental treatment. This is something that is painful and expensive. The simple facts that you manage to avoid many serious interventions from the dentists and serious toothache is enough to warrant considering the use of preventative dentistry. 

Preventative dentistry will basically reduce how serious conditions become. Occurrence is actually reduced and the great thing is that it is not at all difficult to get the help that you need to avoid those serious dental problems from appearing in the future if you just go through this preventative process. 

Prevention Process

Preventative dentistry basically involves various different procedures that can be conducted by the dentist on a patient in order to guarantee dental health maintenance. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Dentists examine and assess current teeth condition in order to determine the dental treatment that is necessary. 

• Hygienists or dentists will scale teeth and polish them, if needed.

• Hygienists teach patients how they really have to brush and floss, based on personal tooth structure. It is also possible to prescribe special dental care measures. For instance, a specific mouth wash may be recommended. 

• Specific dental products are prescribed in order to get the best results. 

• Habits and diets will be discussed in order to reduce the possibility of ending up with problems in the future. 

• Generalized dental check-ups are conducted with the purpose of being sure that tooth overall condition is as great as it has to be. 

Dental care is complex. You do not need to simply check teeth and clean them. There is so much more that has to be done. Patients have to be educated by dentists about dental care process with the main goal of having long term perfect oral health. 

Daily Care

Teeth need to be brushed whenever they come into contact with food or drinks. Alternatively, mouth washes or chewing gum is necessary. The goal is to prevent the appearance of plaque. Preventative dentistry will educate the patients to go through proper daily dental care schedules that will be respected and that will lead towards the best possible results. This is definitely much more complex than what you feel right now.

Crafty Containers

Leftover plastic containers are normally thrown away. This is not a great idea because of the fact that they are hard to recycle. It is always better to do something that would enhance creativity and be useful in the future. So many crafts exist at the moment and believe it or not, many can be connected with plastic containers as a material of choice. Here are some recommendations. Make sure that you also talk with children as they can take a part in this project.

Creating An Octopus Out Of Plastic Containers

If your child loves the sea, you can take a plastic container and turn it into a colorful octopus. All that you have to do is put the container upside down. Add it to newspaper and paint it to create the body of the octopus. When the paint is drying, take colored paper and cut 8 long strips. These will be the tentacles. You want to fold around 1 centimeter from the bottom back and then turn it. Measure 1 centimeter and fold it on itself. The result is basically a wiggly leg. Add 8 and then choose what you add to create the eyes. Everything can be attached with glue. If you want to, you can even add some hair to make everything even more interesting.

Use The Container To Grow Flowers

This is something that is quite interesting and that is perfect for people that love flowers. You can even grow some herbs that will help you deal with varicose veins treatment in the future without the intervention of doctors like Dr Gregory. In this case you just want to make sure that the container is in a proper condition. Paint containers in a bright color and then leave it out to dry. Take suitable soil for the plants you want to grow. Then, add it to the container together with the seeds. Take care of the new plant and you are left with a great new, cheap addition to your home.

How About A Birdhouse?
Cut out a simple circle from the container’s lid. Take your scissors and pierce lids under the circle. Push dowel rod through it. You only need around five centimeters. Take the lid and stick it to your container with the use of glue. Just leave the new birdhouse out to dry. Decorate it however you see fit. You can even do so with crayons instead of paint. The roof can be done out of a plastic container lid.

As you can so easily notice, there is no reason to throw the plastic containers away. It is actually a really good idea to sit down and think about what you can do with them. The ideas that were mentioned above are just some of a literally endless list of options! You want to focus on something that the entire family can work at. Alternatively, get your  little ones involved! The idea is to have as much fun as possible while you transform the containers.

Behind the Scenes of Hochanda TV!

Hochanda is a brand new exciting TV channel, the new home for hobbies, crafts and arts. It can be found on Sky 663, Freesat 822, Freeview 39 (6am-4am) or you can watch on the live stream on their website, Hochanda.com

Hochanda launched on 27^th August 2015 at midday and from now on we can expect lots of shows from cake making, to card making, to DIY!

I interviewed Hochanda’s first Technical Operator, Claire Dennis, about her experience of launch week at Hochanda.

What do you do at Hochanda?

I am a technical operator, which means I deal with any technical issues such as getting microphones ready for guests and presenters, organizing the equipment in the studio, operating the equipment, monitor the output and general running around like a crazy person!

What is a regular day at Hochanda like?

There’s no such thing as a regular day at Hochanda. I start at 8am, we go live at 9am, so I have to get the studio ready to go live. Then anything can happen from there! It can be quite a slow, no emergency day and I’m chilled out or it could be a day where I have to be in 5 places in the building at one time! This goes on until 9pm, when the live day is finished, I have to close down the studio and make sure the overnight output is broadcasting.

What challenges do you face as a Technical operator?

Trying to be in 5 places at once! If one thing goes wrong then I have to be in the gallery, and the studio and the office and backstage because of the knock on effect technical difficulties can have!

What has been your favourite product so far?

The Oekaki sewing machine, it’s awesome!

Who is your favourite presenter and why?

Lee is my favourite, he is very easy to get on with and I have worked with him before so we just fell back into our stride again! All the presenters are equally as lovely though.

Who is your favourite guest and why?

Hayley West, for a similar reason to Lee, I have worked with her before and I always get a great big hug from her when she walks into the studio!

What do you love about Hochanda?

I like the variety of products and the high level of demonstrations. I’m a crafter myself so I enjoy learning new things each day!

What made you want to work in the TV industry?

From a very young age I was always interested in TV and how it worked so I started pursuing that interest in college and university. It all just went from there! It took a while but it was worth it.

What advice do you have for people wanting to work in the industry?

Make yourself available! All the time! Experience is what counts!

What do you think your first Hochanda purchase will be?

I have come quite close to buying a few things actually because the call centre is in the same office! I think I’ll be getting something from Creative Expressions first!

Hochanda are live 9am-9pm and can be found on Sky 663, Freesat 822, Freeview 39 (6am-4am) or you can watch on the live stream on their website, Hochanda.com

The C Word!

No, no, no! Not the rude word.. I'm talking about CHRISTMASSSSSS!

Last week at Ideal/Create and Craft towers, the Christmas trees appeared in reception, decorative scattered baubles and Santa Claus was hanging around the green room. 

Basically, Christmas crafting mania has started and this year I'm going to go with one of my all time favourite craft brands, Craftwork Cards.

I saw the kit teased on Facebook by Julie Hickey (who I recently met at work and is absolutely lovely and talented) and it is stunning and SO me! One of my favourite Craftwork Cards kits is the chalkboard collection and they've done a Christmas version! Perfect! And the price is very affordable, which always helps!

You can catch what all the fuss is about and watch Julie's demos this weekend at  9am onwards on Create and Craft.

Which Christmas craft collection will you be going with this year? It's never too early for crafters to think about the C word! ;)

Inspiration Station: Making Memories Last

Holiday photos. These days, we just take photos, put them on facebook and then kinda.. forget. Not like the old days when they used to get printed out and you'd put them in your handbag and show everyone you visited and shared the stories behind the photos, you'd be lucky to get a caption on Facebook!

This means the stories behind the photos are lost and generations to come will have a look on Facebook and wonder why Auntie Sheila was wearing a sombrero in Skegness.

Anyway. This is where my new baby comes in. (Not literally, no babies here, just a loud toddler.)

This is a memory planner by a wonderful woman and brand, Heidi Swapp. At the moment it's very hard to get hold of them in the UK so I had to order this from the Netherlands. The store was a website called Scrobby.nl and they got this to me within 48 hours! Impressive! 

Inside is lots of ways to record special days, months pictures and almost scrapbook your days. A perfect place to stick all those reciepts and special something's that you take with you because 'you'll stick that in a scrapbook someday.'

A lot of people use the memory planners as a way of recording 'capture 30' where you journal something every day. It's a great tool to get you started.

There's a bunch of amazing accessories to buy for it, including washi tape book (AHH!), a pouch full of embellishments and lots of pockets for all your photos, a little bit like a mini project life.

I even took it on holiday! It's so compact it's a great way to journal on holiday without taking a huge case of crafting goodies. All you need is a pen and some glue!

I really recommend all Heidi Swapp items but this one really is opening up new ideas for scrappers! :)

Check out my Instagram: http://Instagram.com/mamamakesandbakes to see lots of pages I have made in my own planner.

Happy planning!

A very quick Heidi Swapp!

I had so much to do today (including a cheeky overtime shift) but my Heidi Swapp stamps arrived in the mail and I was desperate to try them after waiting for long for them to arrive from the states.

First of all I got some old backing paper and put it on a 15cm by 10cm card stock. Next I folded and scored in half and I was ready to decorate.

A girl at my craft class last weekend was saying she was 'scared of stamping' as one mistake could ruin a whole project. I recommend stamping on scrap pieces of paper that are plain. Stamping on pattern pieces of paper can distract the eye, especially if it's text, it can become unreadable. 

This simple happy birthday stamp went on great and was really bold and the beautiful traditional Heidi Swapp font is to die for.

I topped it off with some bunting made from We r Memory Keepers bakers twine and Dovecraft bunting die cuts with Heidi Swapp bunting stamps in the background to give t that 3D effect.

Finally I added a little flower with some bling and my card was complete! It took around 10 minutes and it looks so sweet and simple!

I really recommend ALL of Heidi Swapp's products.. Her stamps are great, her project life cards are beautiful and I just LOVE that font! Don't we all?

Comic Relief Crafternoon

On Sunday, I held a Crafternoon where friends and friends of friends came over to mine and I taught them my skills in crafting and got them to make a Mother's Day card, gift bag, gift tag and gift box.

We used a variety of products and they were persuaded to bring their own craft stuff too, one lady nearly brought her entire craft room which was lovely as some of the things were unopened as she had no idea how to use them, and helping her was fab.

There was even a gentleman crafter who put us all to shame and set the creative bar high!

 

We made so many lovely things and ended up making £40 for Comic Relief/Red Nose Day which is fantastic! 

They even said they want to come again! Maybe this is the start of something new and exciting as I've always wanted to teach craft classes!

Watch this space ;)