Fall is in the air. It’s sunny but cool — time for long pants and sweaters, pumpkin spice and leaves changing colour. It’s time to tidy up after summer and prepare for winter. That means it’s mouthguard season! Above multi-coloured mouthguards. Photo courtesy Barry’s Bay Dental Hygiene Clinic There’s no …
Brooke and I are so excited to announce that we are participating in Gift From The Heart (GFTH) this year. GFTH is a day that dental hygienists around the country volunteer their time to provide free dental hygiene services to their communities. Due to Covid-19 GFTH was postponed and then …
Have you ever taken a good, close look at your teeth in the mirror? Have you noticed how your molars or back teeth appear to have a natural groove or big pits in the biting surface of them? Those aren’t deformities, those fissures and pits are just the natural surface of normal …
Recently both dental hygienists at The Barry’s Bay Dental Hygiene Clinic, Brooke Plebon RDH, and Marcia Rutledge RDH, have enrolled in the Biological Dental Hygiene Accreditation through the International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology (IAOMT). After posting about it on social media there have been many questions and lots …
Now that we are in a stricter provincial lockdown to halt the spread of COVID-19, some of us wonder what businesses are open and what services we can access. Dental hygiene appointments are among those services that many people are so unsure about. Yes, dental hygiene appointments are allowed The …
Spring has sprung! The yard is starting to get a green haze and when I look close, I see the tiny little shoots of grass growing up through the dead brown winter kill. The robins are back, the chipmunks and raccoons have left their hibernation beds. There are so many …
Halloween can be a very difficult time to take care of your teeth. The excitement, the late night, the sugar — there are so many factors working against the mouth. Prevention is the key to oral health. Here are some hacks that will help save your family’s teeth from the …
The Current publishes this update from the Barry’s Bay BIA during Small Business Week. The Barry’s Bay Business Improvement Area (BIA) boasts another successful year in the books. With the busy summer season coming to a close, and the fall colour tourism starting to slow down, the quieter time of …
The Barry’s Bay Dental Hygiene Clinic will be holding the annual mouthguard clinic on Friday, September 20, 2019 from 5 to 8 p.m. It is the one day a year that a custom made mouthguard is available at cost to anyone in the Madawaska Valley and surrounding area. No appointments …
April 6, 2019 marks the eleventh annual Gift From The Heart event. For those who don’t know, Gift From The Heart (GFTH) is the day when registered dental hygienists open their hearts and provide no-cost dental hygiene services to those who can’t afford regular dental hygiene care. The Barry’s Bay …
