Dr Tom and Dr Mike take a dip into ozonated water. They talk about ozone carried in water and its benefit for our patients. The improved periodontal health, cleaner waterlines, surface disinfection, decreased pathogenic aerosols, and more can't be overlooked any longer. 

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S:02E0:6 Dive in to Ozonated Water

Dr Tom and Dr Mike reflect on the past year and discuss the opportunities to elevate our care in 2022.

S02:E0:5 Implementing Advanced Hygiene in 2022

Dr Mike and Dr Tom have been thinking about the post-pandemic landscape. What will stick, what should stick? Will we take this opportunity to improve or go back to business as usual? 

S02:E0:4 Post-Pandemic Ponderings

For those that develop COVID-19, high cytokine levels like IL-6 have been shown to be associated with a significant risk of ending up on a ventilator. In study after study, who has been successfully lowering these levels for their whole career? Yep, you, the hygiene superstar.

S02:E0:3 The Mouth/COVID Connection

Get ready for a new revolution in dental office infection control. Dr Tom and Dr Mike discuss the battle against infectious aerosols using ozonated water.

S:02E:02 Coronavirus: Lessons Already Learned

As we fight the spread of the Coronavirus, it's easy to overlook our very important contribution to this fight. Dr Tom Larkin and Dr Mike Czubiak discuss this in the Season 2 opener of the Hygiene Superstar Podcast.

S:02E:01 Dental Hygienists help fight off the Coronavirus

When should I come back to see you? Dr Tom and Dr Mike take on recare intervals. How many months is right? Just what is the magic number?

S:01E:09 The Magic Number of Recare Intervals

Dr Tom and Dr Mike discuss a study that shows us that our periodontal pathogens cause cardiovascular disease. But what it really says is that dental hygienists should be revered by all as the lifesavers that they truly are.

S:01E:08 Love Goes Out to Our Heart Attack Risk Reducers

So many choices. Dr Mike and Dr Tom discuss their favorite mouthrinses. Spoiler alert: they both hate Chlorhexidine.

S:01E:07 Mouthwash: Listen, Rinse and Spit

Dr Tom and Dr Mike look at Perio Protect for the local delivery of hydrogen peroxide. What do you have in your bag of tricks to help your patients fight periodontal disease? Should Perio Protect be there?

S:01E:06 Is Perio Protect in your Bag of Tricks?

Focus your attention on diode dental lasers and you will be focusing on a technology that is ideal for reducing the bone ruining, heart attack causing bacteria that we want to specifically target.

S:01E:05 Laser Focused on the Oral Systemic Connection

Confessions of a non-flossing dentist. Interdental cleaning with floss alternatives is discussed, challenging the status quo of oral hygiene recommendations along the way.

S:01E:04 Dr Mike doesn't Floss

Our hopes were high when we saw a documentary featured on Netflix called Root Cause. As hygiene superstars, we love to get to the root cause of not only dental problems but overall health issues as well. This episode we explore our disappointment and now we can use this much-watched movie to help us initiate a conversation on inflammation reduction.

S:01E:03 Finding the root cause of the Root Cause Documentary

Add Alzheimer's disease to the growing list of medical conditions that are looking to dentistry for a solution. Could we cure Alzheimer's by controlling the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis?

S:01E:02 Alzheimer's Disease and our unforgettable foe- P. gingivalis

Saving a tooth... good, saving a life...Better! Dental hygienists and preventive dentists stand right in the middle of a growing healthcare crisis holding in their hands and brains the solution.

S:01E:01 The battle for great health has found you. Yes, you the Dental Hygienist are the solution to our healthcare crisis.

Dental Hygienists and prevented minded Dentists are the real heroes in the fight against chronic inflammatory diseases. Dr Mike Czubiak and Dr Tom Larkin explore the mouth-body connection and talk about implementable strategies that will help your patients live a happier, healthier life.

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