Halloween Is No Holiday For Teeth

We all know is that sugar is the enemy of your teeth because it eats away at the protective coating (called enamel) that surrounds the tooth. The more sugar you have in your mouth, the more your enamel is eaten away.

This is especially true on and after Halloween when our kids are overdosing on candy as well as other kind of sweets. Still, if your kids are going to eat lots of candy there is still some advice they can take to minimize the damage they will do to;

"Don't keep grazing (for sugar) during the day," suggests Caron Nelson, a dentist in Duvall, Wash. "If you are going to eat sugar, get it done quickly. Don't eat something that will sit in your mouth for a long time."

Now that's some sweet advice we can all swallow.

A Whole New Tooth

I recently updated my web page on Cosmetic Dentistry to include more information on the four most popular cosmetic procedures (Porcelain Veneers, Professional Tooth Whitening, Tooth Shaping, and Gum Lifting) people have done on their teeth as well as what you should expect to pay for each procedure. Interesting reading. Check it out.

What's Hot "Dental-ly" For 2006?

Let me take a short break from my bitching and complaining about my web site to let you in on some information that few people know about and even fewer care about and that's "What's Hot "Dental-ly" For 2006?"

Smile makeovers are the buzz these days. No longer do you have to be content with your mishapen teeth. Cosmetic dentists across the nation are changing smiles with various cosmetic dental treatments. Porcelain veneers have been the big buzz over the past few years. There are different types of porcelain but the veneer that's getting a lot of publicity these days is Lumineers by Cerinate. Their porcelain is exclusively made. Their unique difference is they are applied to the patient without having to remove tooth structure as they can be made contact lens thin. This new dental procedure is a non invasive and can be reversed wheras traditional veneers cannot as tooth structure has to be removed.

A few questions that come to mind with Lumineers are the limitations of their use. Its seems that only those that have fairly straight teeth qualify as in many cases tooth structure has to be removed to obtain an esthetic fit so that they look very natural. Time will tell with this new dental procedure. Information regarding the esthetic effectiveness and longevity will be more available as time moves on. For now, lumineers may be worth looking into for consumers that are unhappy with their smile.

Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Up Sales, Down Sales

Anyone who has ever been associated with sales knows that you have your good times and your bad times. What no one tells you is that there is frequently nothing you can do about your bad times and that sometimes you're bad times lead to no-more times!

This is the dilemma that has plagued my online business since the end of September as since then my sales have been down by 60%-70%... and for the life of me I can't figure out why. I haven't done anything different, there isn't any new competition and I have not decreased my advertising budget. This "slump" is so severe that if I do not find a new way of attracting new sales I'm simply going to stop advertising altogether and slowly let my business die on the vine.

That's what I mean by "sometimes bad times lead to no-more times".

Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of my web site and have recently added a couple of new pages, one dealing with easily classifying all the different dental procedures there are while the second page is a step-by-step guide to resolving dental complaints between a patient and a dentist. I'm even planning on adding an additional page or two on the different types of dental coverage available to individuals these days as well as an article on the rising cost of dental care in America.

If I am so damn proud of my web site, why am I considering giving it up? Pure and unadulterated frustration with my online dental plan business, that's why.

A Link Too Far

Well, it's official. I have finally sold some advertising space on my web site. Seems some Internet marketing company wanted to place links on 2 web sites in their network on 2 different pages on my web site DiscountDental4u.net for $40. We finally agreed to three links for $100. I guess I drive a hard bargain but the reality is that I can use the $100 as businesses has sucked this month.

Dental Plan Ahead

Welcome to my blog. I must confess that I hate blogging and that anyone reading this now should have their head examined because instead of spending time living their own life they waste their time reading about someone else's. But I degress.

I would like to ask your advice on this one question; "does anybody pay attention to instructions anymore?" For instance, one of the most visited pages on my web site, DiscountDental4u.net, is a page dealing with dental emergencies, specifically those looking to see a dentist ASAP but don't have any dental insurance. I endeavor to show how such a person can not only see a dentist either today or at worst tomorrow but also how they can save a few bucks as well by enrolling in what's known as a discount dental plan.

However, when they call my voicemail number --which exists solely to assist people who have joined such a dental plan-- they think I'm 1-800-Dentist or something and try to make an appointment with me! My voice mail's instructions clearly state that one should only leave a message if they need help in enrolling in one of the many plans are made available to them.

Don't people listen to my message? Of course they do... they just don't follow it because they're too stupid! How do I know that they are stupid? Because, first, they don't have any dental coverage and second, they are stupid enough to let what almost inevitably starts out as a minor dental problem escalate into a painful oral event requiring a dentist if not a dental specialist.

That's what I think, today, October 15, 2006.