Gardens Dental Care - May/June 2021

Gardens Dental Care - May/June 2021

MAY/JUNE 2021

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Angels Exist … and on Earth, They’re Called ‘Friends’

July 8 Is National Best Friends Day

Well, right or not I handed them my work and turned around to face the teacher. It was a decision I came to regret, and soon thereafter Rusty and Tommy did, too! You see, faithful to my work, the two knuckleheads had copied my answers so well that our teacher smelled a rat as soon as she graded them. The fate that awaited them was worse than a bad grade would have been, because now they got a paddling — and to add to it, I did too for helping! Are these sorts of friendships preordained? Are they fate? I sometimes believe so, and I think about a story I heard a while back, where a little kid went up to an old man at the store and started to talk to him. It turned out that from a simple act of kindness, a friendship bloomed. The old man was lonely, and the kid ended up building a relationship with an old person who really needed something to hold them onto this Earth. A widower, the old man ended up becoming part of the girl’s family. It’s pretty common for friends to become part of each other’s family. Rusty’s mom, Mrs. Allen, was someone I got close to as a boy. As Rusty’s closest friend, I was usually the only other kid in the house. To this day, she says, “David might as well be my son. He’s as much a son to me as Rusty.”We always tried to stay out of trouble while she was around, because we loved and respected her a lot. It was like that all the way through high school. It was hard knowing that when we left for college, Rusty and I wouldn’t be around each other as much. We were distant, but it never felt like that. In fact, looking back, I feel just as close to Rusty as ever, although we haven’t really lived in the same town since we became adults. Rusty majored in horticulture and ran a nursery for a while, and I became a dentist — but when we get back together, we just pick up where we left off without a hiccup. Do you have friends like that? I hope so. Friends are valuable, and we should hold onto ours whenever possible. This month, to celebrate National Best Friends Day, reach out to your own friends — especially if you haven’t talked in a while. People may grow apart, but it’s always possible to open the book again and turn to a new chapter with someone you love. –Dr. David Yates

“The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’”

–C.S. Lewis

So many people over the years have thought about and commented on friendship for a simple reason: People love their friends. We recognize that with them, someone who sees us “warts and all,” as the saying goes, and loves and cherishes our company all the same. That’s a very empowering feeling, and if you find someone who makes you feel that way, it’s important to keep that friendship going. That is certainly the case with my best friend, Rusty Allen. I know not everybody can point to one person and say, “That person there is my best friend,” at least not without a minor war breaking out amongst their other friends. But with Rusty, it’s a little easier simply because he’s been around the longest. Before I met my future colleagues in dental school, or my college buddies, or even the kids I knew back in high school and elementary school, there was Rusty. We’ve been best friends since we were 6 years old! Rusty was an only child growing up, which was hard for me to imagine as the youngest of six. Still, my family had a pretty wide spread, so sometimes I felt pretty alone, too. Don’t we all? When those moments happened, Rusty was always there.

Of course, he was there for the good times and the “getting into trouble” times, and every other moment of our childhood it seems like. I remember once, back in elementary school, I showed up to class a little later than Rusty did. He and Tommy — another of our good friends — had their heads together, and looked up at me with relief in their eyes. As it turned out, they hadn’t done their homework the night before. Could they look at mine?

Now I know what you’re supposed to do in this situation. Heck, I knew it back then! But when your best friend in the whole wide world is asking for help, well, you help them.

Right?

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Before Dentists Were Doctors TOOTH WORMS, BARBERS, AND THE ROCKY ROAD TO DENTAL SCIENCE

They also cut hair and performed minor surgeries like lancing boils and removing blemishes.

Today, being a dentist, hygienist, or assistant requires years of schooling, training, exams, licensing, and insurance. But while experts resembling today’s dental teams have long practiced medicine, dentistry itself wasn’t always that way. In fact, many “dentists” before the 1900s were self-taught, self-proclaimed, and dubiously qualified for their work! In ancient times, dentistry was limited to a few basic procedures, the most advanced of which would have been fillings of silver and gold. While common, those procedures and the physicians who offered them were not usually available to the common people. For the everyday folk, extractions were the solution to dental problems, often after already drilling into a painful tooth to “let out the tooth worm.” You see, they believed worms dug into teeth and caused pain — not realizing that the thin, wormlike tissue emerging from a drilled tooth was, in fact, a piece of the patient! Things began to change when dental textbooks and manuals first emerged. Now, anybody who had a toolbox (and the ability to read) could claim to be a dentist — and many did, seeking a better life than farming or other trades. These traveling “barbers”were not usually educated at physicians’ colleges (which still taught the most advanced dentistry of the time) and often traveled around to offer their services.

In the 1700s, Pierre Fauchard and others modernized dentistry with new tools and procedures, which was the beginning of a regulated dental profession based on science. The barber-dentists moved on to the NewWorld, where their mobile business model allowed them to reach large sections of a spread-out population — and, for the charlatans, to get out of dodge when their victims caught on! By the 19th century, the age of the barber was over in Europe, but on the ever-moving American frontier, the profession stayed alive and well until modern regulations put them out of business. It’s hard to imagine, but until the modern era, most people could expect tooth loss starting at a young age; even rich people were affected, like George Washington with his famously horrible dentures. Decay and injury were common, and letting a “barber” work on you was better than enduring the debilitating pain of having an aggravated cavity. It makes us grateful for modern flossing and brushing — and that we have access to regulated, educated dental professionals who represent the long line of brilliant, caring visionaries like Pierre Fauchard and not the charlatans who had pliers and dental wagons!

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Good NEWS “It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.” – Psalm 74:17

Easy Tuna Poke Bowl

Inspired by TheKitchn.com

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp cilantro leaves, chopped

2 tsp soy sauce

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1 scallion, finely chopped

1 tsp sesame oil

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1 cup rice, cooked and cooled

2 tbsp orange juice

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1/4 cup avocado, cubed

1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced

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4 cherry tomatoes, quartered

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10 oz canned tuna, drained

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1 tbsp sesame seeds

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DIRECTIONS

1. First, make the dressing. In a jar, add soy sauce, sesame oil, orange juice, and ginger. Secure the lid and shake until emulsified. 2. In a small bowl, empty the drained tuna and pour the dressing over top. Add the cilantro and scallions and stir until well coated. 3. Divide rice between two serving bowls. Top with the dressed tuna, avocado, tomatoes, and sesame seeds.

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Inside This Issue

Angels Exist … and on Earth, They’re Called ‘Friends’ PAGE 1

Easy Tuna Poke Bowl PAGE 3

The Good News PAGE 3

Dentists Weren’t Always Doctors PAGE 2

Get the Word Out! PAGE 3

Welcome, New Patients! P AGE 2

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4 Kitchen Gadgets That Work AN EXPERT’S RECOMMENDATIONS

Coco Jack. It requires some force, but it’s much easier and less dangerous than using a knife, especially a dull knife. Just align the circular tool on your coconut and slam with a hammer to create a hole. Chef’n Strawberry Huller Let’s say you want to remove the pithy center and leaves of a strawberry to create a whipped cream-filled strawberry. Why? Well, why not? This strawberry huller tool is easy to use and highly effective for dessert makers or anyone who wants to make attractive and creative strawberry treats. ICU Egg Topper and Cracker Do you want to present a soft-boiled egg to your guests in an aesthetically pleasing way? With just a pull of a handle and release, this tool cracks the top of the egg so cleanly that you can lift it in one piece with your hand! Then, add your toppings and serve. Kitchen gadgets are best when they help us make our food preparation just a little easier and fancier, and these definitely get the job done. We hope you love these as much as we do!

A great kitchen gadget (like a food processor) should save you time and effort. But not all kitchen gadgets deliver that, especially for people who suffer from dexterity problems or arthritis. Thanks to kitchen product design expert Dan Formosa (his past designs include many OXO products), here are a few gadgets he’s tested and loves — and will definitely make anyone’s life a lot easier.

ZYLISS Easy Pull Food Chopper and Manual Food Processor Hate the noise of traditional processors? This manual food processor works like a charm: Put food in its 26-ounce container, close the lid, and pull the cord with its easy-to-hold handle (which connects to a blade inside the container). Voila!

Your food is chopped. It only takes a couple of pulls to finely dice your veggies into a delicious salsa. Formosa especially loved how compact it is for storage. Coco Jack Eating coconut can be a healthy treat, but it might be intimidating for most home cooks — how are you supposed to open it? Enter the

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