EPISODE 17: Whitney DiFoggio, RDH, Teeth Talk Girl
[INTRODUCTION]
[00:00:20] KK: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Risky Business. I'm Kathy Kaehler.
[00:00:23] BL: And I'm Bliss Landon.
[00:00:24] KK: So happy you guys are here to join us on another episode.
[00:00:28] BL: On another episode and it's going to be a great one.
[00:00:30] KK: It is. Yes. Have you been good?
[00:00:32] BL: I've been great. I've been really good.
[00:00:34] KK: Good. And I'm –
[00:00:35] BL: But I'm sad that you're leaving.
[00:00:36] KK: I know. I know.
[00:00:38] BL: Again. You always leave me.
[00:00:40] KK: Out of town. Out of town tonight. But I'll be back in a week.
[00:00:44] BL: Going to Kentucky?
[00:00:45] KK: I am, and you know it is a very, very big time in Kentucky.
[00:00:50] BL: The Kentucky Derby. Yes. Kathy, that's on my bucket list. That is a top 10 item on my bucket list.
[00:00:58] KK: We will.
[00:01:00] BL: Now that you have a house there, I'm going next year, for sure.
[00:01:01] KK: It’s going to happen. It’s going to happen. Okay, let's –
[00:01:04] BL: When this all this COVID crap is over, I'm going to Kentucky for the Kentucky Derby. Okay.
[00:01:10] KK: Hopefully, we'll have a horse.
[00:01:11] BL: Yeah. Your husband.
[00:01:13] KK: You never know. You never know.
[00:01:14] BL: Yeah, with the horses. I know.
[00:01:16] KK: Well, I am excited for our guest today.
00:01:19] BL: Me too.
[00:01:20] KK: So excited and we hope you will be super excited. I think it's something that everybody can always use a little more information, a little more education, a little more know how. So without any more time, I would like to introduce our guest. We have all the way from Chicago, a suburb from Chicago, Whitney DiFoggio. She is the founder, creator, inventor of some cool websites, and she has teethtalkgirl.com. Then you can also find her at Happy teeth. I'm very curious to see what both of those things are about. So, Whitney, welcome to Risky Business.
[00:02:08] WD: Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thanks for having me.
[00:02:11] KK: And your super cute pink chair behind.
[00:02:13] BL: Yeah. Let’s talk about that. When I go to the dentist, it never looks that cute in his office ever.
[00:02:19] KK: It’s so cute.
[00:02:20] WD: And too funny. I know, right? For a podcast, we’ll have to paint a really good visual of what's behind me, right?
[00:02:27] KK: You're doing it great.
[00:02:28] WD: But it's a dental chair and it's pink and it's in my home office. It's wild. It's – I never would have thought in a million years, so I can just like wake up and go into this room and see a [inaudible 00:02:40]. But, yeah, I have a few cool projects coming up filming wise, and it was just kind of easier to have a chair here than to go into the office.
[00:02:50] BL: But pink. But a pink chair.
[00:02:52] WD: Yeah. Pink I just thought, if I'm going to buy one, I want to get one that's like awesome, so I went for it.
[00:02:59] BL: That’s so cool.
[00:02:59] KK: It’s really, really nice.
[00:03:01] WD: I know.
[00:03:01] BL: I love it. I love it.
[00:03:02] WD: Thank you. You’re so nice. It doesn't work though, so it just sits there. That’s okay thought —
[00:03:07] KK: When you say home office, are you doing – Tell us about what you’ve done in teeth. What do you do?
[00:03:16] BL: Besides she has a great smile herself.
[00:03:18] KK: Oh, my god. Amazing.
[00:03:21] WD: When I make YouTube videos, people always like comment. They're like, “Are you trying to show your teeth?” I'm like, “No. I'm so sorry. This is just how I –” Anyway, I am. Yeah, so I have Teeth Talk Girl and Happy Teeth. I'll just start with Teeth Talk Girl. It all started – I'm in dental hygienist when I was waiting for my dental hygiene license to arrive about six years ago now. So you take your board exams. You got to wait for that license to arrive before you can work or at least back then. I know six years ago doesn't seem that long ago but I think it's different now. Things are more digital, and you get it quicker. But back then, I had checked my mailbox like every single day, like wait for my license. It was months.
Anyway, so I was just waiting for it arrive and I just wanted to start, right? My favorite part of dental hygiene is dental education. I love educating my patients, and I love telling them and helping them about what products to use, what's best for their mouth. Dentistry is not a one size fits all, and that's something that I'm really passionate about getting out there because everyone's like, “What's the best toothbrush? What's the best this? What's the best that?” That’s not the – It’s what do you need. How are your gums? How are your – Do you have cavities a lot? Do you –
It’s an individual thing, and I want to get the word out there. I couldn't with my patients, so I was like, “How about I just start a YouTube channel? Maybe someone will watch.” Literally, that's how it happened. Someone did watch. A lot of people ended up watching. It was wild. I didn't expect it. I really just thought it was going to be my mom and a few friends.
[00:04:42] BL: Go mom.
[00:04:44] WD: I know. I was like, “My mom will tell me. She’ll tell me if I'm good at this.” She made me say these things to my patients when it comes time to see my real patients, whatever. Long story short, I made the videos. It actually kind of organically grew, which is awesome. But I do work as a dental hygienist as well, so I work part time in office, cleaning teeth like a traditional dental hygienist. Then I do my videos, so two a week. We do Teeth Talk Tuesdays and Toothy Thursdays. We just have new video topics.
Most of them are for the general consumer, the patient, regular question. But then I do throw in some for the dental professional or student or recent grad, tips and tricks for dental hygienists as well and dental people in general, dental professionals. So that's what Teeth Talk Girl is. It ended up from the YouTube channel. It turned into a website, teethtalkgirl.com, for articles. So I didn't want to just make videos always because like for my patients at work, some people would be like, “Oh, it's a video.” I'm not – Do something to print out for me and I was like, “Oh, I can do that.” So I started turning every video into an article. Yeah, that's going on teethtalkgirl.com. It’s kind of cool. I'm excited.
Anyway, I have two big projects going on with all that. I’m working with different collaborations, so I usually only filmed two times a week and I'm going to be filming like every single day almost. So here is the beautiful dental chair behind me, and that’s the story of that because I can only go into my office, my boss, on days that they're not there. You know what I mean? Or late hours when patients already gone. I need audio and visual. I can't have patients in the background, right? So it was limited for what I need right now. It’s just wild. I know.
[00:06:24] BL: Do you put anybody in that chair and actually like demonstrate things on them.
[00:06:29] WD: No.
[00:06:29] BL: No?
[00:06:30] WD: I haven’t. Yeah. [inaudible 00:06:31].
[00:06:31] KK: You should.
[00:06:32] WD: It’s like a week old, so I haven't done anything yet.
[00:06:34] KK: That's amazing.
[00:06:35] WD: My fiancé keeps joking like, “Am I going to get daily cleanings?” I was like, “No. This chair doesn’t even move.”
[00:06:39] KK: That is so funny.
[00:06:42] WD: Yes. So it’s kind of funny, but we'll see. I might do some like photos and stuff but I won't be cleaning any teeth. I clean enough teeth at work. I won’t be doing that at home.
[00:06:50] BL: Not at home. Okay. Do you gear anything towards children?
[00:06:56] WD: Good question. Yes. It’s funny. A lot of times, it's geared toward parents more than the children themselves, kind of to help parents help their children. However, having said that, I actually have a funny story. My boss, super supportive, is a dentist. Her daughter recently, she's six years old. Whatever. It's a long story. But long story short, my boss is like, “I think she binge-watched all of your videos because she's telling me things. I’m like, ‘Where did you learn that?’” She’s like, “From Miss Whitney.” She calls me with Miss Whitney. How cute is that? She’s like, “I learned from Miss Whitney.” She's like, “When did you see her?” She's like, “I saw her bathroom. She was doing her teeth.” Whatever.
[00:07:36] KK: That is so cute.
[00:07:38] WD: I know. So cute. I do some just morning routines, nighttime routines, just showing what I'm doing. Like ever so often something more fun, instead of so, so hard on the education. Just like this is me in my bathroom. I guess she did – So what I like to do is with my electric toothbrush, the top can come off. If you've ever used electric toothbrush, the top comes off. It's the head, and I always clean it out. I take it apart. I clean it. I clean it out every night. I like rinse it and then I don't push it all the way back on, so like to reduce like bacteria in your toothbrush. Whatever. She said she saw her daughter doing that.
[00:08:12] KK: Really?
[00:08:12] WD: She’s like, “Why are you doing that?” My boss just didn't think of it. She's like, “Oh, from Miss Whitney.” So anyway, my point is yes.
[00:08:19] KK: So you're getting the point across.
[00:08:21] WD: I guess the kids are watching and I didn't know. Yes. I have a lot of –
[00:08:24] BL: But isn't that great? Sometimes, they learn better from watching than you just telling them, “Now, brush your teeth and floss and –” To actually see it might make a bigger impact on them. Yeah.
[00:08:36] WD: Totally. I tell parents a lot that when parents are asking like, “How can I make this fun for my kid? My kid doesn't want to brush their teeth. Is it just the simple video of education that will help?” I'm like, “Sometimes, yes.” I've seen wild – I have a video. I dressed up as a leprechaun, and it was all about leprechauns have teeth too. It was for St. Patrick's Day and it was cute. So I'm just in the dental chair doing all this leprechaun stuff. I've had patients that are like, “They just watched your leprechaun video and they were like, ‘I want to brush my teeth, like the leprechauns doing it.’” I was like, “Oh, my gosh. Okay.”
[00:09:11] BL: Isn’t that funny?
[00:09:12] WD: I didn’t even intend for that to be like making kids want to brush their teeth. It was just like funny for me.
[00:09:17] BL: You're just a natural then. You know what they like. You're a kid at heart, so you know what you like.
[00:09:23] WD: That's probably very true.
[00:09:25] BL: Are you working with any schools or anything like in their health education?
[00:09:32] WD: Pre-COVID, I would go to schools and I would dress up as a tooth fairy. I would do health education and stuff. We'd play some games. I have like magnetic boards and all these fun things to show like which foods will stick to your teeth and which foods won't and whatever. So there's all these fun games.
[00:09:51] BL: How fun.
[00:09:52] WD: So I used to do that as a tooth fairy. So fun, yeah. I have one friend of mine that’s a preschool teacher, and her students every year ask because she has preschool. So it's like the same class twice, right? So the younger preschooler, like whatever, they're there twice. Yeah. I'm like, “I don't know about preschool well.” She has the same students. The same students the next year will be like, “Is the tooth fairy coming in this year?” I’m like, “Oh, my god.”
[00:10:17] KK: That’s sweet.
[00:10:17] BL: That’s great.
[00:10:19] WD: It makes me happy, so we're teaching. But that's a good actually segue or transition into what Happy Teeth is. My other brand company that I have is – There's kind of a whole story about – Sorry, I feel like I'm just like talking, talking, talking. Interrupt me if I’m –
[00:10:35] KK: No. We want you to talk. No. Talk, talk, talk.
[00:10:38] BL: That's okay.
[00:10:40] KK: We wanted stuff.
[00:10:3900:10:39] BL: We want to hear your story. Yeah.
[00:10:42] WD: Interrupt me if you’re like, “Okay, [inaudible 00:10:44].” Teeth Talk Girl, I was getting a lot of comments like, “Make t-shirts. Make merch.” I just never was feeling it. You know what I mean? So I just [inaudible 00:10:55]. I just want to teach. I don’t want to make merchandise. There was a while I was looking for a purse. You know those purses that I feel like everyone – It was really trendy when people used to go out, but I feel like nobody's anymore. But still due to COVID. They’re like in the shape of something. I have like a little cupcake purse. I have a taco purse, like a hamburger backpack. I was looking for a tooth purse for myself because full circle kid at heart, and there was no tooth purse on the market. I was like, “Oh, my gosh. I think this is what I have to make.”
[00:11:30] KK: That’s a shocker. There’s my merch.
[00:11:31] WD: I know. But seriously, I couldn't find it anywhere. I was going over. I was on Amazon. I was online. I was in the stores. So, yeah, I was like, “Okay, we're going to make this.” So I started designing a tooth purse. We actually launched October 2020 online. It was a virtual lunch with the purse and for every – It turned into a whole company since then. Now, we make bags and different type of health care —
[00:11:55] BL: Do you have any samples there that we can see?
[00:11:57] WD: Yeah, good question. Oh, my gosh. In my new little office here, I will look for them. I know that they're all in my car right now, so [inaudible 00:12:04].
[00:12:05] KK: That’s so funny.
[00:12:05] WD: It’s super cute. It's a tooth purse. It's white. It looks like a molar. It's a cross body. It's cute.
[00:12:14] BL: How cute.
[00:12:15] WD: That's where it all started and it all turned into a whole company that makes bags and accessories for healthcare providers. So it's not just for dental people, even though most only dental people will care about the tooth purse. But other than dental pharmacists, nurses, doctors, we make a backpack that I'm very proud of because it has everything you need for a healthcare provider. It has like an insulated front pouch for snacks, or you can put – There's just so many cool I could go on and on about the backpack.
But long story short, to go back to the students, for every item purchase on Happy Teeth, and the website is, again, happyteeth.com, for every item purchase, we donate a dental health kit to someone in need. So the dental health kit is it's like a goodie bag you’d get from your dentist, except it's a one-year supply. So it's toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss, and it lasts for one year. Different organizations could go on to the website and request the dental kits such as – It could be nursing homes. It could be women and children's shelters, homeless shelters, schools. Yes.
[00:13:22] BL: That's fantastic.
[00:13:23] WD: Sometimes, I just started bringing –
[00:13:23] KK: That’s amazing.
[00:13:25] WD: Now, it's all virtual though. So I don't go into the school but I dress up, and we Zoom as the tooth fairy. We shipped the goodie bags to their schools. It’s kind of cool.
[00:13:37] KK: That's so great.
[00:13:38] BL: That’s super.
[00:13:39] KK: You'll be the tooth fairy again in the school. I know you will.
[00:13:42] BL: I think next year, you'll be going back to school. So that'll be great. That's awesome.
[00:13:47] KK: That’s so great.
[00:13:47] WD: I hope so because for the homeless shelters and the women and children’s shelters, since we've launched, I haven't been able to do any in person. Those have all been virtual. So, yeah, I'm really excited to – I want to not just give the kits and be like, “Here you go. Here's a toothbrush.” I want to really show and explain how to properly brush, how to properly floss. My videos on youtube.com/teethtalk, I do have instructional like tutorials on how to brush, how to floss. However, a lot of the people that we're donating to don't have access to the Internet. So we want to show them what they might not be seeing on my videos. I'm really excited to get back in person. But until then, we'll keep doing it virtually, and I'm glad that there's clinics that offer that to help people have access to the virtual instructional videos.
[00:14:33] KK: Whitney, I have a question for you. This past year, we were all kind of conditioned on how long we needed to wash our hands. Can you clarify or what is your best advice on how long do we need to brush our teeth?
[00:14:51] BL: Good question.
[00:14:51] WD: I love it. I thought you're going to ask me about [inaudible 00:14:53]. But I’m right for the teeth too. Two full minutes.
[00:15:00] KK: No way.
[00:15:00] WD: You should be brushing your teeth two full minutes and three times a day.
[00:15:02] BL: That's a really long time. I don't do that. I don’t do that.
[00:15:04] KK: It’s so damn terrible.
[00:15:07] WD: I was going to say there's a crazy statistic. I don't know. I’m going to make it up, but it's something like 70%. It's a lot of people that do not do two times a day, two minutes.
[00:15:14] BL: My husband does it though. My husband watches his teeth forever. He brushes his teeth like four times longer than I think he needs to. But his teeth are gorgeous. He has beautiful teeth. He says, “My dentist says that I have an awesome set of teeth,” and he's very proud of his teeth.
[00:15:32] KK: Look at that.
[00:15:32] WD: See.
[00:15:33] BL: But I always think he's ridiculous. But he's probably right on the money of two minutes.
[00:15:39] WD: Totally. It's a thing. So it feels like forever, and that's relating back to kids. It's really hard to get kids to do the full two minutes. I know there's a lot of videos online that show like a two-minute song or a two-minute – You can't – You’re not done brushing your teeth till that song’s up. You need to find something to –
[00:15:58] BL: Or it’d be like an hourglass, like one of those. Like a two-minute hourglass that you switch over and watch the sand drop out.
[00:16:03] WD: Exactly, exactly. Right. Now with phones, I know you can just set the timer and stuff. There's a lot of cool toothbrushes that actually have timers on them now too. That if they're electric, they vibrate or spin the whole time. They just shut off when you're done, so you know when you're done. But, yeah, a lot of people don't do the full two minutes.
[00:16:21] KK: I need to.
[00:16:21] WD: How you were saying your husband probably does and some people. I feel like you either don't do the full two minutes or you go over. It’s like a lot in our –
[00:16:29] BL: He may go over sometimes. He really enjoys brushing his teeth, so I don't know. But imagine for us if that's a long time. Kids, that's like an eternity, right?
[00:16:40] WD: Totally. There are so many techniques to help, right? Like make it a party in the bathroom. Like who’s going to do the two minutes, who finished like. There’s a lot of fun ways to make it like a family affair, I guess. But it's hard because it has to come from the parents. If we're not doing it, what are our kids going to do.
[00:16:57] KK: I'm a horrible example. I’m just horrible.
[00:16:58] BL: I am such a bad example. I feel terrible about myself right now.
[00:17:01] KK: Here's the other thing along that. Here's the other part that I have to that. I think if I brush hard and fast, it's better. That is so bad. Look at her face. She is like, “You are –”
[00:17:15] BL: That was not a good – She gave you a bad face.
[00:17:19] KK: You need an appointment.
[00:17:20] BL: She does not approve.
[00:17:21] KK: Not approve.
[00:17:23] WD: I always say to people like –
[00:17:23] KK: Gentle, right?
[00:17:26] WD: What was that?
[00:17:26] KK: Gentle. You’re supposed to –
[00:17:28] WD: Gentle, yes. So gentle. I always say to patients who are brushing really, really hard. I'm always like, “I'm so happy that you're like getting in there and want to keep them clean. That's great for your teeth but bad for your gums. You can cause gum recession. You can literally brush your gums away.” Unfortunately, they don't grow back. You know what I mean? They're not going to just pop back up. So there's a lot of different things that can cause gum recession, but the probably the number one reason is aggressive tooth brushing. So always use a soft toothbrush and always use a gentle hand. You just go to really subconsciously remind yourself because I used to do it too. Something that helps me is electric toothbrushes with pressure sensors. Some of them have a pressure sensor where they either light up red, and so you're like, “Uh-oh, I'm brushing too hard.” Or they just turn on when you’re brushing too hard.
[00:18:16] BL: Where do you get all these fancy toothbrushes that do all this stuff?
[00:18:20] WD: They sound so fancy. None of them are fancy. You can get them at the store.
[00:18:22] KK: Tech toothbrush.
[00:18:24] WD: Anything that's at the store, the main ones are an aisle.
[00:18:28] KK: Really? Okay, we need to go to the drugstore.
[00:18:32] WD: ADA-approved is a big thing. If they have the ADA, there's like a little sticker that'll say like ADA seal of acceptance. No going wrong there. But always ask your dentist or dental hygienists. Like I said, dentistry is not a one size fits all, so there are a couple different types of toothbrushes that are ADA-approved. Then you're like, “Which one?” Maybe ask them what they think is best for your mouth, right? Some people need different ones, depending on what they got going on in their mouth.
[00:18:57] KK: Well, I think what you were saying too is also seeing your dentist. Now, I think I'm a professional. I go every three months.
[00:19:07] BL: That's actually really good.
[00:19:08] KK: I just got good approval.
[00:19:11] WD: Yeah, see. You know your stuff.
[00:19:12] KK: I do go often but I have to work on the on the intensity. But have you found with COVID that people really kind of nixed that appointment?
[00:19:23] WD: Yes, unfortunately. Yeah, go ahead.
[00:19:25] KK: I was going to say there's people that have got to catch up now. They’re a year past.
[00:19:31] WD: Totally. So there are so many patients that maybe were already behind, and now there's super behind. Do you know what I mean? We have a batch of that. Then we have a batch of like they were really trying to get in. But then like with their kids school schedules, like going in half days and here and that, like they just couldn't get in. They wanted to try. Then some people were at the beginning and really fearful to come in. They still weren't comfortable, which is fine too. I get it, right? So there's a lot of different reasons why people were nervous to get in, but I think now is the time, if you're listening, and this is the sign.
[00:20:04] BL: I just went and I hadn’t been for a while. But this was kind of not pleasant I will say.
[00:20:10] KK: Are we getting gross?
[00:20:12] BL: I went in, and they made me gurgle with hydrogen peroxide for like 30 seconds.
[00:20:19] WD: That’s a COVID protocol.
[00:20:20] BL: Yes. It was horrible.
[00:20:23] WD: It tastes horrible.
[00:20:24] BL: So then I'm in the chair, and she's about to clean my teeth, and I have this like – It reminded me of something out of like Mr. Grinch in his house. It was like this long tube that came up and it was a vacuum, like a sucker. So you had your mouth sucker in this other vacuum, right? That’s part of –
[00:20:43] WD: Yes. It’s an aerosol reducer.
[00:20:45] BL: Yes. It was kind of strange but it was fine. My –
[00:20:51] WD: Not every office has that. [inaudible 00:20:53].
[00:20:53] BL: Wait, what did you call that? Aerosol?
[00:20:54] KK: Is that a good thing?
[00:20:56] WD: It's a very good thing. That big thing that you're talking about your tube?
[00:20:58] BL: Yeah.
[00:20:59] WD: The aerosol reduction system. That's super fancy and cool. I mean, I don't want say fancy, but not every office is able to get that. So that's so cool, hearing that your office had that.
[00:21:10] BL: That I was able to have that.
[00:21:11] WD: That's so great. Oftentimes, what offices that can't get one of those for whatever reason, they're reducing water, so there's less water spraying. I don't know if you've ever had that like ultrasonic scaler. Maybe they're not using those right now. So they're making other means of reducing aerosols. But if you have that big sucker thing, great, that’s awesome that you have that. Then the hydrogen peroxide, it’s funny you said that because I would say that 50/50 across the board, some patients are like, “I hope this never goes away. I loved that.” Then I have other patients that say “I never want to do that again!”
[00:21:43] BL: So it wasn't the first time it happened to me. I had to go to the dermatologist for something. I forgot. It was something on my face. I don't know. Anyway, so I had to go to the dermatologist, and he made me do it. He made me do the hydrogen peroxide.
[00:22:00] KK: Really?
[00:22:00] BL: Yes.
[00:22:00] WD: Really?
[00:22:03] BL: That was the first time I was introduced to that. So I'm like, “Okay, this is really weird because I am not here for my mouth. I'm here for dark-skinned spot on my face, like not for that.” But he had we do that, and so I did. Then the second time was at the dentist's office, which is more expected at the –
[00:22:25] KK: Because your mouth is open.
[00:22:26] BL: Because it's your mouth, and I had a mask on pretty much the whole time at the dermatologist, except for when he said, “Take it off, and let me just scan your whole face.”
[00:22:35] KK: Maybe anything with the face that they’re doing those extra – Or some offices are doing extra protection.
[00:22:42] BL: Extra precautions. Yeah.
[00:22:44] WD: That's great to hear. That's cool. That makes me feel good. I'm glad to hear that.
[00:22:49] BL: Okay, let me let me ask you one more question. Sorry, I have questions for my own personal care.
[00:22:54] KK: Of course.
[00:22:55] BL: But you’re mentioning gum recession. So is that what that is when all of a sudden you get food stuck in a certain spot that you never used to get food stuck in? Is it because your gums have recessed in that area?
[00:23:09] WD: Maybe, not always. Oftentimes –
[00:23:11] BL: And my second question, is it because I drink wine?
[00:23:16] KK: Please say no. Please say no. Please say no.
[00:23:17] BL: Pretty much on a regular basis.
[00:23:23] WD: Oh, boy. So recession generally isn't caused from wine. I will tell you that.
[00:23:27] BL: Thank God.
[00:23:31] WD: If you already have recession, maybe the wind could cause erosion and maybe like an abfraction area. Sorry, I'm using all these words. But maybe it can make the enamel thinner in an area that you already have recession. But wine, if anything, is going to kind of put more cavities and –
[00:23:48] BL: Because of the sugar. Because of the sugar in wine.
[00:23:50] WD: Mm-hmm, and erosion, the acids. It’s more the acids. Yeah. You got to be careful with wine. You also want to wait. So this is a good thing if we're really – You want to wait 30 minutes after drinking wine before you brush.
[00:24:05] BL: Really?
[00:24:07] WD: Mm-hmm. Actually, after anything technically, but wine is so acidic that like it's one of those things that you definitely want to –
[00:24:13] KK: You want make sure it’s out of your mouth before you brush.
[00:24:16] WD: Or you should drink water. Yes. You would drink you water, swish, wait 30 minutes, and then brush. Or else you can actually hurt your enamel because the mouth is not neutral at that time. You want a neutral pH in your mouth before you brush. Or else, your enamel can actually be affected.
[00:24:30] BL: That’s a really good tip.
[00:24:32] WD: Yeah, 30 minutes. It should be after anything. Most foods have some kind of carbohydrate, some kind of fermentable carbs, some kind of sugar acids, so should be done after all foods, except for water.
[00:24:44] BL: Is there an alcoholic beverage better for your teeth than wine?
[00:24:48] WD: This is a good question.
[00:24:48] BL: I just thought I’d ask.
[00:24:48] KK: Say scotch. Say scotch
[00:24:49] WD: I love that. I should make a video about that. [inaudible 00:24:51]. I made a video for Halloween. What’s the best and worst candies for your teeth?
[00:24:57] BL: Yeah. I mean, it’s got to be something.
[00:24:58] WD: Really, I did some research. I had to look into that for alcohol. I honestly don't know what to look at, what the most – I would say the worst would probably be mixed drinks because you're getting like pop and alcohol. You know what I mean? So this is like a lot going on if you get pop or soda. I don't know. Whatever –
[00:25:15] BL: Pop. That’s a Chicago name.
[00:25:17] KK: Well, I’m from Michigan. You can say pop.
[00:25:18] BL: She says pop too.
[00:25:21] KK: Give me some pop.
[00:25:23] WD: But yeah. So that's probably – I’m going to write those down. That's a good video idea. [inaudible 00:25:28].
[00:25:27] BL: Okay. Well, when you find out, we'll just have you come back on and tell us because we need to let everybody know. It's important.
[00:25:35] KK: Whitney, you're so cute.
[00:25:37] BL: She is. She’s adorable
[00:25:38] WD: That’s so nice of you. Again, we have to paint this picture for the listeners. I'm sorry you can’t see my chair.
[00:25:43] KK: You are. You are.
[00:25:45] WD: My mouth that everyone makes fun of on YouTube for showing my teeth too much. [inaudible 00:25:48] . It’s so funny because I do talk showing my teeth, and comments are always like, “Is she trying to show off her teeth. She’s probably got all veneers.” No. That’s my teeth. I just talk like this. That’s how my lip moves.
[00:26:02] KK: That’s so great.
[00:26:03] BL: It’s great. It’s great.
[00:26:04] KK: You're meant to be doing what you are doing.
[00:26:06] BL: Absolutely.
[00:26:07] KK: You’re good at it.
[00:26:09] WD: And you guys too. This is so fun.
[00:26:11] KK: Before you go, we want to make sure people can find you. So teethtalkgirl.com, that’s where all your articles are and just kind of an extension of your YouTube. Givehappyteeth.com is all your fun products, backpacks.
[00:26:29] BL: Merchandise.
[00:26:29] KK: Merchandise and give back. So great.
[00:26:34] WD: Thank you.
[00:26:35] KK: You’re wonderful.
[00:26:37 WD: Thank you. You're so nice. My YouTube channel is youtube.com/teethtalk. No girl. No girl on that one.
[00:26:43] BL: No girl.
[00:26:45] WD: If you type in girl, you’ll find it. But that one is very — generalized.
[00:26:49] KK: Fantastic. That’s so great.
[00:26:50] BL: Well, thank you so much. It was so nice to interview you and just talk about all the great things that you have going on. You're busy, so thank you for taking the time to talk with us. We really appreciate it.
[00:27:02] WD: Thank you. Thank you for having me. This was so fun. Like I said, I love a casual chitchat about teeth. It’s my life.
[00:27:09] BL: We got some good tidbits.
[00:27:10] KK: We did.
[00:27:10] BL: And we need to go shopping for new toothbrushes.
[00:27:12] KK: And I have to brush longer.
[00:27:15] BL: I'm going to be checking up on you. I’m going to be checking in. So how's the toothbrush, teeth thing going?
[00:27:23] KK: We’ll do it.
[00:27:23] BL: Are we getting the two minutes?
[00:27:24] KK: All right. Thanks, Whitney.
[00:27:26] BL: Thank you, Whitney. Take care.
[00:27:27] WD: Thank you.
[00:27:28] KK: Bye.
[00:27:29] BL: Bye-bye.
[00:27:29] WD: Take care.
[00:27:30] BL: Bye-bye.
[00:27:30] KK: So good.
[00:27:31] BL: Wasn't that great?
[00:27:32] KK: Okay. Now, I have to do some stuff. I got to do some changes.
[00:27:35] BL: Me too.
[00:27:36] KK: Where do we get these – I mean, we got to go toothbrush shopping.
[00:27:39] BL: Drugstore. Drugstore. That’s what we need to do.
[00:27:41] KK: And timer.
[00:27:42] BL: And a timer. Like an egg timer. An egg timer.
[00:27:46] KK: What if I brush with my left hand? I will not be as good. I'm not strong.
[00:27:53] BL: But then why would you do that?
[00:27:54] KK: Because I'm going like this. I could do it really gently because my arm is –
[00:27:59] BL: You might like miss your teeth because you're not left-handed. I don't know. I don't know. We’ll figure it out.
[00:28:04] KK: Stay tuned for what we are going to do about our teeth, anyway. Thanks so much for joining for us. We had so much fun talking with our guest, Whitney, and we'll have all of her information on our website. Also, if you missed some of this episode, you can come check it out on our website. If you have questions or comments or have some ideas for our show, please reach out to us at riskybusiness@coveragequeens.com. You can also follow us on Twitter, @CoverageQueens. We're on Facebook at Risky Business with the Coverage Queens. We’re all over the place. But anyway, stay tuned for another episode coming next week, and we'll see you then.
[00:28:47] BL: Thank you so much. Bye-bye.
[00:28:49] KK: Bye.
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