Your Computer Is A Great Tool For Having Teeth You Like All Your Life!

This blog is really targeted to my own patients, many of whom have heard this before, but I wanted to share it anyway. Lots of people who are not my patients read this Blog.

So I'm going to tell you all why your computer is a great tool for dental health.

Social Networking. New words in our language.

If you're under 30 you probably know all about social networking. It's old news to you.

If you are much older, maybe it's not (unless your kids have dragged you into this new world of how to communicate).

But fear not! Social networking is not some plot to confuse you or make your life more complicated than it already is. Actually, it's simple. And useful, too.

So read on and I'll tell you why you should use the social networking tools to keep in touch with your dentist (assuming your dentist is one who wants to keep in touch with you).

Here is a sentence you may not have ever thought of: Your computer is an important tool to help you have teeth you like when you get older – or even when you are old.

Yes. I said your computer is a great way – maybe one of the best ways – to help you have teeth you like for your whole life.

I'm not saying you don't have to brush and floss and be reasonable about sugar and all the rest of that.

I'm saying that today there are some new tools that hugely improve your changes to stay dentally healthy. And here's some good news: they are FREE. And EASY. And even FUN.

What a deal! Ready to hear how they work? Here goes. Don't get nervous! Read all the way through.

Social networking is a group of places out there on the internet that allow people to talk to – or even talk with – others. You don't have to talk. You can just listen. This is sometimes called "lurking" by web savvy folks.

This Blog is an example of this. You are listening. You can talk if you want by typing in a comment at the bottom in the place that says "comments". You don't have to. But you are here and learning. And it's FREE. And it was EASY to get here, right?

My office is also on two other social networking places in addition to this Blog.

One is called Facebook (hang in there, don't drop out. Keep going).

Facebook is FREE and EASY. What happens when you get a place of your own on Facebook is that you can hop over to other people's places and read what they write on their place (the place they write is called their Wall). Some people let everyone see what's on their Wall. Some people want to allow only certain people to see. Facebook lets you be a Friend of other people and then you can see what's on their Wall and they can see what's on yours. And if you are a Friend you can write on your Wall and your Friends will see what you wrote and you can also write on their Wall. But you don't have to. You can just lurk.

I let everyone see my Wall, not just those who choose to become Facebook Friends. I write stuff on my Wall that I believe will be helpful and interesting to my patients. And we can also talk back and forth and keep up with one another if we like. Our patients are neat people and we like them. And I don't mind if the rest of the world sees what I share. I like to spread the good news of today's amazing world of 21st century dentistry around.

Here's how you do this. You go to www.facebook.com. And you sign in. If you are not already on Facebook, you just think up a name and a password and that's it. Pow! You have a Wall. Once there, you can search for my Wall. Search for Steve Ross. That's it.

When you finish this Blog, go ahead and check it out. It's FREE and it's EASY.

Another social network place is called Twitter. Also FREE and EASY. You go to www.twitter.com. Sign in (or Sign Up) and there you are. Twitter works with short little messages (called tweets). They are all 140 characters or less. You can see my tweets if you Follow me. I'm DrSteveRoss on Twitter. Sign in, search for me and when you are there, just click Follow. That's it. All my tweets will automatically show up on your Twitter place after that.

You would not believe how much Social Networking will help you to be a Smart Dental Patient. Information is powerful. Why not use all the tools available? Especially when they are FREE and EASY.

Not all dentists are reaching out to help their patients like this. But I believe it's one of our most important jobs as a dental office to educate our patients in every way we can.

So don’t be nervous. Dive into the Social Network world. You can spend as much or as little time as you like there. It's all FREE. And it's very EASY.

Be a Smart Patient. Smart Patients have the best dental health.

Thanks for staying with me this far. And if you want to talk with us, just send us e-mail. You don't have to be my patient; that's OK. We'll be glad to talk with you. And do visit our web site. Lots of good info there.