 Hello everybody, Andrew Maeski here with Dental L. So I did a video a couple weeks ago talking about the convention and how I was so excited to order pretty much everything. But it's so easy to want everything, right? So I kind of had to pick a couple things so I don't spend a million dollars. And I will be highlighting some of my most exciting convention items that I would not have known about unless I went to the convention. And the nice thing is, is if you go to the convention usually at these different areas, they will give you like a promo code. So this guy, I'm so excited. I have been wanting one of these since I saw it in an office where I used to work at in Woodstock. Kids love these things, you guys. Kids love them. How cute is this? They're super expensive. They're over a hundred dollars. But at the convention at SmileMakersCanada.com, they were offering a 20% off coupon code plus free shipping. So that's huge. So I'm super excited. As you guys know, I am a mobile dental hygienist. So I see kids too. And this just makes it so much easier for me to kind of show them how to brush their teeth inside, outside, because there's nothing worse than you trying to explain to the mom, dad, or kids. The kids are running down the hall and you're trying to tell your parent there, well, they had more plaque down here. Well, they're not here right now. So let me show you down here. You don't want to show them inside your own mouth. So use this guy. You can even show parents. It doesn't matter. But it's just so much easier to say to them, hey, they had more plaque here. Or you know, showing your little patient, okay, you need to reach with your toothbrush a little better back here, you know, because you are missing that whole back area. So make sure to get back there. You know, it's just so much easier. Apparently, it does squirt out some water because it comes with this. But I don't know why I would want to squirt out water. But maybe I'll try that. But isn't he so cute? I still need to come up with a name for him. I've been hearing some amazing names so far. I just haven't haven't picked one yet. But how cute is he? So so cute. Okay, you guys. So another thing that I found was gift certificates. This is a great idea because I was just printing my own. So every time I saw like a child patient, they would get a gift certificate. Because why not? You know, like I like to do little things like that. It makes them excited. It makes the mom excited, the dad excited people love that. I was just printing my own. But that takes time. This is so much nicer. From the same company from smile makers Canada dot com, or just smile makers dot com. So they are awesome. I was quite happy to get those. Another thing that I got is Mr. Thirsty. So who here has tried these? So this is a great like isolation, I guess technique. Now for me, since I don't have an assistant when I travel, doing things like sealants, doing things like silver diamine, doing things like temporary fillings. It's so helpful to have this because this helps to retract the cheek, the tongue so you can work in a quadrant at a time, upper or lower pretty much. So you can't do both sides, obviously, but just the one side. So I had got the trial package because it comes with the medium size around the large and the small size. So blue is large. And obviously, the purple is small. I kind of think I'll use the small size a lot more because I do see a lot more child patients where I need the extra isolation. But I had ordered the trial size because you can also get some of the larger ones. But it's so helpful because it does hook up to your slow speed suction or maybe the high speed so I can I think the slow speed. And then as I said, it just helps you keep the cheeks back the tongue back everything very, very helpful without an assistant. And it does help to suction at the same time. This has saved my life, just saying because lately I've been doing a lot of the silver diamine and a Fuji over top of that because I am a restorative hygienist. Sorry, guys, let me just take some water for a second. So I am a restorative hygienist, meaning I can also add that to it. So as a restorative hygienist, I can't prep the tooth, but I can add things to it. I can't add composite amalgam unless I am working in a dental office with a dentist. But on my own, I can add Fuji. So that's what I'm allowed to do. So this has saved my life. I didn't know there was such a thing. Honestly, I didn't know. So this Oh my God, I'm so happy with it. Another thing. I'm talking about like kids again, sorry, I just I have no room. So I just kind of let all my stuff over here. But I had ordered these cute little dental bag because nobody wants to see the same dental bags over and over and over again, you know, the the ones they send you with the like toothpaste like packages, how cute are these from the same company you guys smile makers.com or smile makers canada.com. I'm just put that down for a second. Um, and then I got stickers from Maxill. Kids love stickers. Who knew if you order stickers from Amazon, they're like three times the price. I got like 100 stickers for $4. You can't beat that price but kids loves love stickers. I see a lot of kids. So that's why that helps me. I'm a toothpaste from oral science. So I didn't know this existed either. Um, this is for kids because kids will, you know, probably swallow the toothpaste. This stuff is safe for kids. So check this out because it has xylitol in it. That's the main ingredient xylitol safe for kids. So if you see kids who always get two cavities or more, you know, every single time they need a different toothpaste to help them because clearly the toothpaste they're using isn't working. So this is from oral science. A couple things here. Okay, have you guys heard of gum chucks? I had not heard of them before. Have you guys heard of these? So these help to get in between the teeth for those who obviously have trouble flossing. So I just sent an email to the company said, Hey, I saw about your lovely product at the convention. Can you send me some and they and they did. So I didn't even have to pay for them. How nice is that you guys? So I didn't even have to pay for them. And the best part is, did I show you guys that that it can work under ortho and that lingual retainer. So I have special ortho ones that just help to fit underneath. And then just normal ones. And the attachments here come, come off. So you would keep the handle that is reusable and the attachments that comes off. So you would buy the refills and they do sell them on Amazon. They're awesome. You have got to try these. What I should do is I should leave a link for you guys on the bottom to see the video. Okay, so have a look because I'm probably not explaining it perfectly without actually showing you guys how to use them. So have a look at that. Okay, guys, something else. I bought a topical anesthetic. So as I've said, I am a mobile dental hygienist. So I do not see like 10 patients every single day. But I have patients that are sensitive, you know, that the gums are sensitive. I don't like using or kicks because I don't typically use a whole cartridge per person. So I feel like if I only use a little bit, well, that's a waste of a cartridge, that's expensive. The nice thing with this is it is a spray so that I can attach the little nozzle. And I can spray it in like a vapid dish or something, use a q tip and then just put it on where I need it. It was about $70 some Canadian. So how awesome is that? I just noticed it's kind of like half full. So I'm going to ask if that's normal. I haven't used it yet, but I'm going to actually email them now and just see if that's normal because yeah, helpful. Anyways, but I'm really excited to use it you guys super, super excited. So that is awesome. That will save me a lot of money. Another thing that I got from oral science, of course, is the silver diamine fluoride. Sorry guys, so silver diamine sorry, it's kind of blurry, right? So this is a bottle form, they do sell it in a single dose form too. But it's cheaper you guys to get the bottle because with the single dose, it is only 30 of them like per package, but it costs more to do that. Get this and and you use a drop at the most for several teeth. So it's more cost effective, you guys. This was about $240 Canadian expensive. Yes, but this stuff's amazing because this is the stuff where if you see a child with a tiny cavity, they don't want a needle. They're nervous to go to the dentist. Maybe you can actually apply this and that will stop their cavity from getting larger. So what I do is I use wherever that went Mr. Thirsty to help to isolate. I will apply a drop of this it does stay in the teeth black. And then I put um, what do I call it um, eq, eq a fort. It's kind of like a, a Fuji glass ionomer like over top of it because I can do that. And that actually covers up the black area. So that's what I do in my practice. It is amazing parents love it because they don't need a needle. They do not need to actually drill into the tooth. It just stops the cavity from getting larger. So this was an amazing, amazing purchase. I am so happy. I did buy an amalgamator from the convention to because it was on sale because I did need one for my Fuji capsules, but that's downstairs story because it's I didn't even think to bring it up, but it's just an amalgamator. What else did I buy? I want to show you guys this. Okay, so this is from Maxel. It just helps to keep me organized. So it's kind of like a organizing trait, I guess they sell like tubs to and something like this with a lid to put your instruments into this sort of like keep them protected. But I did not buy that because I just went to the dollar store. I bought like a big like Tupperware container with a lid. I think I think it's used for like muffins. But that was four dollars. So I bought that instead. But I got the idea from Maxel. But I did buy this. So this is about $20 Canadian. But this will just make my life so much easier to keep things organized on my tray, especially when I am doing this silver diamine and the capsules, like I can put my gauze here, I can put like the bottle, you know, here, I can just put Mr. Thirsty here. So it just helps to keep things organized for me. I like to be organized. Because when I'm with with without an assistant, I don't want to be searching on my tray for what I need. So this just helps me keep everything organized. So I was super excited. You can't find this anywhere else. I tried to look for it at the dollar store. I just couldn't find it because I kind of wanted like smaller compartments like longer one like medium one. So I'm really excited about this too. And I just kind of keep it in here to like keep it nice. Because I do a lot of traveling. But yeah, you So that was those were the main things I did buy a ton of stuff to be honest. But those are the main things that I just kind of felt that you guys would want to see. Let me know if you have any questions, and I'll put some links on the bottom of the video for you so you can kind of see what everything's all about. But if I forget a link, let me know. And thank you guys so much for watching. I'll see you in the next one.