Great Dental Hygiene meeting as usual!! We had a great time in Vegas at the RDH UOR meeting! It’s not just your average Dental Convention, it’s a definite education and a lot of fun!

So by now you know that I invented the Dental R.A.T.; but I wanted to blog about a couple other hygienists that have been working really hard to get where they are too! These gals have invented pretty cool products too and I want to help get the word out for them also!

The first inventor I met this year is Laura Morgan, RDH who invented the Platypus Flosser. It’s the coolest flosser for braces, very innovative! Her website is PlatyPus, check it out!! It is going to help sooo many kids and adults!! So simple and yet effective!! I hope soon our patients can find them in places like Walmart and Walgreens!

Then I got to meet Marie Wickman-Dykes, RDH who invented Mirror Gear. It’s a simple cover that protects your mirrors on your tray so they don’t get scratched while going thru the ultrasonic or autoclave. Remember how we used to wrap them in a two by two, this is even better and cool colors!! Her website is Mirror Gear USA, check them out! These will be on every tray soon!! And what a sweetheart, she is due to have a baby any day now and was such a trooper at the Dental Conventions!

And then I got to meet Ann Arrington, RDH who invented the Blue Boa. It’s the coolest suction tubing that helps while using the ultrasonic or projet or sealants! It give the hygienist two hands while working! I love the simple solutions!! Her website is the blue boa, check it out too!

And I can’t forget Vonda Manley, RDH; I was so lucky that I got to share the cover of Modern Hygiene magazine with Vonda! She invented the Edge Ease for making x-rays more comfortable, even digital x-rays! Check out her website at Strong Dental Products. I shared my first RDH UOR booth with Vonda. Since then her company has been acquired by Crosstex! Congrats!!

I know there are so many more that I didn’t mention; I just love innovative hygienists and I’ve been so blessed to get to know a few so I thought I’d share.