DIY Solutions - Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics

Spring Cleaning for Your Smile: 5 Tips to Refresh This Season

Transitioning from spring to winter is the ideal time to reorganize and refresh. From cleaning your house to updating landscaping, the spring season is often accompanied...

DIY Antiseptic Mouthwash for Better Gum Health

Posted in DIY Solutions, Oral Health.

Previously we have discussed pH re-balancing mouthwashes and the importance of selecting a mouthwash that is pH balanced, today we are going to cover a do-it-yourself...

What is the Best Kind of Dental Floss?

Posted in DIY Solutions, Oral Health.

Testing your Teeth to Pick the Best Floss Buy some unwaxed Woven Floss at your pharmacy. Don’t be fooled by look-alikes, the real woven floss is a lot like yarn...

Beating Canker Sores with a Food Elimination Diet & Food Diary

Posted in DIY Solutions, Oral Health.

Recurring oral ulcers inside the mouth, or canker sores, are extremely common, and all of you who have experienced them know how painful and annoying they can be. There...

Evaluate Your Oral Hygiene Skills Using a Plaque Scoring Test

Posted in DIY Solutions, Keeping Kids Healthy, Oral Health, Patient Education.

You can’t have healthy teeth without great oral hygiene, and you can’t improve what you don’t measure. Thankfully there is a simple way for you to measure your plaque...

How to Brush Your Teeth with an Electric Powered Toothbrush

Posted in DIY Solutions, Keeping Kids Healthy, Oral Health, Patient Education.

Electric toothbrushes are more effective at cleaning teeth than manual toothbrushes, can help prevent tooth staining, and will lower your risk for toothbrush abrasion....

How to Brush Your Teeth Correctly with a Manual Toothbrush

Posted in DIY Solutions, Keeping Kids Healthy, Oral Health, Patient Education.

The Key to Brushing Your Teeth When learning how or teaching your children to brush effectively, the absolute most important thing is to practice brushing in the...

How to Test Your Gums for Health & Track Your Periodontal Progress

Posted in DIY Solutions, Keeping Kids Healthy, Oral Health, Patient Education.

Score Your Gum Health with a Self Exam Keep track of your Healthy Gums Score with our handy table. Anything less than Good needs to be improved, the less bleeding the...

How to Use a Waterpik Like a Boss

Posted in DIY Solutions, Keeping Kids Healthy, Oral Health, Patient Education.

The most important area of your mouth to clean is in-between your teeth. This is the first place bacterial plaque will form, and it is also the hardest to keep clean....

Re-Balancing Your Oral pH

Posted in DIY Solutions, Oral Health.

The Mad Scientists at FreySmiles got together this week to develop a formula for a pH balancing Mouthwash! Directions for Use: • Rinse for 45s-1min and spit • Rinse...