I had a client at the UBC clinic that informed me never flosses and only brushes his teeth when he has food stuck in between his teeth. He told me that it is a waste of time because it doesn’t actually help remove plaque. He was a thirty three year old man who immigrated from […]

In third year I was assigned a new client who was a sixty year old female. Her chief complaint was that she had “sore gums that always bleed”. She also told me that they only bleed when she brushes her teeth, so she stopped brushing over two weeks ago. The assessments revealed that the woman had a […]