Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Apr 22, 2013
We are super excited to be able to offer Ice Chips xylitol candy at our booth now! We saw the ladies on
Shark Tank and then ran into Charlotte after the Oregon meeting. What a treat, literally:))
So we get to have a couple fun products at our booth! These Ice Chips taste like candy, but no sugar, or carbs and they are good for us, they are great for our diabetic patients and patients with dry mouth and help to decrease cavities by eating the strep mutans- but you probably already knew that, I think they taste good:))
So the next dental meeting you get to go to come see us and check out the ice candy and our favorite foot mouse :))
And if you ever want any or to resell them in your office go to
www.icechipscandy.com and you can use our code: BLDR or mention Dental R.A.T.
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Jan 17, 2013
Boomer The Foot Mouse is getting some attention! We have been getting a lot of great press the last couple months, here are a couple links to some of the newspaper articles about our new foot mouse in our area. Idaho Tribune We are also anxious to see the cable show that we are being featured on in February! Ion Network’s show “Worlds Greatest…” is featuring us, we don’t have the exact date yet but we are excited!!! They will be talking about the Dental R.A.T. and also our new foot mouse for the medical, surgical or disabled market “Boomer The Foot Mouse”. We’ll keep you posted, it’s a great start to 2013!
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Nov 14, 2012
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So, I have a favor to ask and something awesome to provide! I'm excited because we've been selected as a finalist in the VoltCrowd $50K Challenge, the challenge starts today and we are attempting to raise $50,000 over the next 5 weeks for Boomer the Foot Mouse.
We would love to have you support our campaign by being the first contributors. Without your support as with anything in life, we are unlikely to get off the ground and succeed.
The way crowd funding works is that if you contribute a certain amount, you will receive a perk or reward. We have some fantastic perks available, for example, for $25 you will get a cool tshirt that says "Do it with your foot" OR you can preorder one of the first Boomers for half off what retail will be!!
You can visit the link here: http://search.voltcrowd.com/campaign/detail/581
I can't do this without you! With your support we are going to change many peoples lives!!
Many Thanks and Blessings!!
Becky
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Sep 19, 2012
I was so honored to meet and get to introduce the Dental R.A.T. to several Taiwan buyers. We met with several buyers for health and beauty supplies. They have had a strong relationship with the Idaho Department of Commerce and they enjoy working with Idaho companies. It was a fun day and evening with all of the buyers and several other companies around the Treasure Valley that are interested in international trade.
We got to introduce them to Basque food and they got to see several companies based here in Idaho. Its so neat to meet with so many other companies and learn about their products also! Here are a few Idaho companies I was honored to be amongst:
I really enjoyed learning more about Taiwan and their culture also! Very nice people!
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Feb 09, 2012
We are officially going to be entering Europe with the Dental R.A.T.! So we have signed up for the EuroPerio meeting in Vienna Austria! We are so anxious to take our foot mouse out into more countries and of course very anxious to get to go to Germany! We really feel that a foot mouse will be very well accepted over in Europe as they have regulations requiring infection control in the dental operatories. The EuroPerio dental meeting only happens every 3 years and alternates its location. It is June 6-9 2012. There are 82 countries represented at this dental meeting- yet it is an english speaking conference with world renown speakers! Sounds like a great place to go doesn’t it?
If you would like to read more information about this dental conference just click EuroPerio.
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Jan 09, 2012
As we've gotten more Dental R.A.T.s out there we have had many doctors ask for a smaller one with just a mouse with left and right mouse clicks for opening up x-rays and running intra-oral cameras in their operatories. While researching this new unit, we realized that this new one would work very well also in the disabled market, for the general public that has a hard time using a hand mouse. Since my patent covers this we decided to move forward & we have received an SBIR grant award to move forward. So we are currently in the middle of research & development for our new smaller foot mouse (no name yet:)). There are a lot of people that either have arthritis or carpal tunnel or missing limbs. It would be so fun to have something to offer them that is wireless, simple and easy to use with one foot. Its coming... so keep your eyes out. In the meantime the existing Dental R.A.T. will work for those with upper extremity disabilities, but the new one will be smaller and without the numbers.
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Dec 16, 2011
We always get to learn about new products at all the shows we go to but at the AAP Perio meeting in Miami we had some very interesting neighbors. I thought I'd pass their info on since you might be interested in periodontal products if you are looking at the Dental R.A.T. to help perio chart:) At the time the Periowave was still waiting for FDA approval; by now it could be approved but I thought I would share the info!
I know its usually very overwhelming at the meetings to visit all of the exhibits and often people feel so "attacked" by the "sales people". But most of us have new products that we are paying big bucks for a booth to show you and we want a chance to get to talk to as many people as we can to get the word out. I know before I branched into the other side of hygiene into sales I didn’t realize that people paid thousands of dollars to have a booth at these meetings just to talk to me, nor did I realize most have been flying all over the country from show to show pretty much every week! I just knew I was being treated by my doctor to get to go to a meeting and learn what I could- and have fun with the team:)
I realize a lot of offices haven't been traveling as much lately and so I thought I'd pass on a little of what I saw new at the AAP perio meeting:)
PerioWave -
Periowave.com - photodisinfection for the treatment of gum disease - Periowave™ is a non-antibiotic therapy that, unlike antibiotics, quickly destroys gram negative bacteria without promoting the development of bacterial resistance. Periowave™ does not exhibit many of the issues commonly associated with antibiotics, such as allergic or sensitivity reactions, opportunistic infections such as oral yeast infections, or the requirement to take prolonged doses of medication. As Periowave™ utilizes a cold (non-thermal), low-power diode laser as the activating light, it does not cause damage to root surfaces or surrounding tissues. There is no heat involved in this process.
NovaBone -
Novabone.com - NovaBone® is a calcium phospho silicate composed of elements naturally occurring in the body and has the proven ability to signal genetic pathways to accelerate natural bone growth.
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Jun 24, 2011
We were just honored with the recognition from the Pride Institute for Best of Class for 2011!! When Dr Lou Shuman- president of the Pride Institute called to let me know I was so surprised! We got to be on the cover of Dental Product Reports and there will be a large booth at the ADA Technology Expo that we get to be a part of. This will allow offices to have a hands on section at the ADA- Wow! What an honor and I’m sooo excited!
There were several products honored with this award, each in their own technology class. He mentioned that these companies all were ahead of the game and have an impact on industry and leaders in the industry. Here I’ve listed a few…Gendex GSX-700, F-Secure, Acteon Soprolife, Sesame Communications, Cadent iTero, LED Dental Velscope Vx, Air Techniques Spectra, Sirona Cerec with Blue Cam, Lares Lightwalker, Dentsply professional NUPRO, Carestream Dental Kodak, Curve imaging software, Kerr SonicFill, Somnomed Matrx, Orascoptic Freedom. Congrats to all in their own class! As Dr Lou Shuman says, “The process is strictly unbiased and non-profit provided by the leadership in technology. The dental community can rely on these selections with complete confidence.”
I’m honored to be among this group!!
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Dec 16, 2010
So I get this a lot since the Dental R.A.T. is an odd name. When I first was inventing the foot mouse and thinking of a name we thought of a lot (Rugrat, dental mouse, perio mouse, perio pedal) but basically the foot pedal was a foot mouse with numbers. So what do you call a large foot mouse? Ok a large mouse? A rat! And it just felt right to call it a Dental rat! Then we thought the acronym of Dental R.A.T. was fun, so it stands for Remote Access Terminal. Believe me, we have gotten a lot of flak over the name, several people have told us it was a horrible name. I even had a cute logo with a cute rat dentist running a computer with his feet, but marketing agencies told me to get rid of the rodent. Nobodies afraid of the computer mouse and we don't think of it as dirty and yucky, so why is a foot mouse called a Dental R.A.T. a bad thing? I don't know, anyway, the more we tossed it around we did change the logo but kept the name because we have learned that its easy to remember and people can see it just once and it sticks. Once we explain that it’s a big foot operated mouse and that’s why we call it a Dental R.A.T., they get that we have a sense of humor and they like it. And whats funny is several offices have named their Dental R.A.T.s- Viola (for violet color) or Blackie, they don't have to call it a RAT in the office if they don't want to.
Posted by: becky
in MyBlog on Jun 04, 2010
We are excited to be involved in a bunch of great dental conferences this summer! We start out in Florida next week in Patti DiGangi and Judy Bendit’s Hygiene Mastery program and then go to the Pacific NW meeting in Seattle then ADHA in LasVegas and then UOR back in Florida in August! These dental conventions are always such a great opportunity for the office staff to get caught up on all the new products and of course their CE’s, but its especially nice for us when we can show hands on how the Dental R.A.T. actually works! It helps so much when the hygienists can actually touch and feel and see how easy it is to use! Once they see that its a foot operated mouse and has all the same capabilities the light comes on. So if you are at any of these definitely come say hi!!!! Dental R.A.T. will be sharing booth space with MirrorGear and BlueBoa- two more hygienists that have invented money saving, useful products that are made right here in the good ol USA!! Hope to see you!
