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By Dr Garth Pettit on November 13, 2008

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• Video: Zorba The Greek Yolgnu Style

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 13, 2008 | No Comments

  Comments by Dr Garth Pettit on The Video Zorba The Greek Yolgnu Style

  MouthWise Oral HealthCare education resources had their origins when, in January 1997, I was accepted for the position of District Dental Officer, East Arnhem Land in the North-West of the Northern Territory of Australia.

  Until my departure from East Arnhem Land in June 2002 I was kept happily, very busy, visiting the main, remote, greatly-scattered Aboriginal communities in that wonderful, unique part of Australia.

  It was during my visit in early 2001 to the Aboriginal community of Numbulwar when I first became aware that the instruction “Brush Your Teeth” was flawed, a cause of oral diseases and needed a major overhaul. So was born my 21st Century oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth”.

  I have many wonderful memories of East Arnhem Land and of it’s inhabitants. When Australian aboriginals live on their natural bush tucker diet they have one of the most beautiful dentitions in the world.

  They are wonderful people and have a great sense of humour as you will note in this video.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MucVWo-Pw

  Frank Djirrimbilpilwuy from Milingimbi has been in the Indigenous Media Industry for many years and has been a long-standing member and supporter of the Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association, TEABBA Radio. He has worked Independently in Music and Film for many years also.

  As the man behind the camera and release of the video, Frank is also representing the dance group who call themselves “The Chooky Dancers”. Frank has said that he filmed the footage at this years Ramingining Festival on the 30th September 2007 and knew it would be “something special” as soon as he saw the boys rehearsing. “The crowd went wild as you can see in the video, and the classic song Zorba the Greek has now become a hit overnight in the communities and now it seems, everywhere else too” Frank said.

  In just one week of being released onto “You Tube” by the staff at TEABBA Media Services, the video has received rave reviews been given a 5 star rating and has now been viewed well over 15,000 times.

  “The phones have not stopped ringing at the TEABBA offices, all from people who want to know more about the footage,” a TEABBA staff member has said “even the honorable Kon Vatskalis with the Territory Labour party has commented on the video and suggested that they perform at the Greek Glenti next year.”

  The Chooky Dancers are a group of 10 energetic young men who had healthy living in mind when they choreographed the performance. Franks son Lionel is the lead dancer in the video footage at front and center.

  “They (the Chooky Dancers) begun working on this just after this years Garma Festival in Gukula and worked very hard on it, they also do a Bollywood style performance which is also fantastic” Frank said. It seems that talent runs in Frank’s family, with Franks Daughter also in an all Indigenous Line Dance Group also who Frank actively plays a role in.

  The “Zorba” video, which has not yet been given an official title, is just a sample of Franks works “I edited that footage on “imovie” at the TEABBA Media Services video workshop and now have plans to make a documentary about my Yolngu families connections to the Greek culture”. Franks feelings towards the Greek culture have been reinforced by his daughter Pricilla, who requires constant care and is currently being cared for by a woman of Greek heritage in Darwin. “Lillian is a selfless woman, who cares for my daughter” Frank said ” she takes Priscilla to church, weddings and all kinds of functions within the Greek community and they are all lovely people with strong cultural identity also which Yolngu people can identify to. I want to show through this documentary how 2 cultures can mix and this dance video is a fabulous start”, Frank said.

  If anyone would like to enquire about Frank’s work or “The Chooky Dancers”, Frank can be reached on f_garawirrtja@yahoo.com or 0427 801 699 or if difficulties are experienced with getting through, messages can be left with TEABBA Radio on 89 390 400.

  The Chooky Dancers will appear on Channel 7s Australia’s Got Talent which is currently screening on Tuesday nights.

  
  
• About Dr Pettit

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 12, 2008 | No Comments

  

  ……Dr Garth Pettit, Dentist, Inventor, Author, Educator
  Hello,

  I was born in Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia on 20th November 1931.

  I was educated at Port Lincoln Kindergarten, then Port Lincoln Primary School, then Port Lincoln High School. I attended Adelaide High School for the Leaving Honours Certificate before beginning my university career at Adelaide University, Faculty of Dentistry in 1949 and graduated as a dentist in November 1953.

  Since then I’ve been practicing dentistry in Australia, then in the U.K. then back in Australia until I retired in November 1992. Shortly before retiring I Received a Graduate Diploma in Management from the University of Central Queensland

  But the most interesting years for me have been between January 1997 and coming up to the end of 2008. In these years I have been back at dentistry again for all but 2 years and 6 months. WITH A PASSIONATE PURPOSE!

  Over the past 12 years I have devoted my time to creating The MouthWise Oral HealthCare Education Resources. Resources for all age groups to educate how to prevent the easily preventable oral diseases such as tooth decay, gum diseases, bad breath and stained teeth.

  I do feel very passionately about condemning the 500 + year old tooth cleaning instruction as a cause of oral diseases and equally passionately about introducing the totally oral, oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth”. The very first totally oral, oral hygiene instruction ever!

  P.S. Wondering about the inventor? You’ll find the information here. At the time there were an estimated 10,000 million vinyl records sold every year. That was also the time when new technology was about to be introduced. Compact Discs were about to hit the market and interest in vinyl records was predicted to dwindle so the invention became a non-profit venture however not  a waste of time, money or effort because I have since then benefited from many valuable  lessons I learned by attempting the venture.

  (WO/1983/000252) IMPROVED PERIPHERAL RIM FOR DISC RECORDS

  Int. Class.8:, G11B 3/68. Applicant:, PETTIT, Garth, Derwood . Inventor:, PETTIT, Garth, Derwood . Priority Data:. PE 9672, 09.07.1981, AU … www.wipo.org/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=1983000252 - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
• Dr Pettit’s PRWeb Press Release 10 June 2005

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 11, 2008 | No Comments

  Dentist Announces New Oral Health Campaign, The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”, Targeting Mothers of Young Children

  Dentist Announces New Oral Health Campaign, The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”, Targeting Mothers of Young Children. Dr Pettit Claims the Dental Profession Has Adopted a Sweep it Under The Carpet” Attitude About His Recently Released Oral Disease Prevention Information and His MouthWise Oral Health Education Resources. Dr Pettit Claims Vital Information is Being Denied to Mothers of Young Children! Recruiting Worldwide, Independent Distributors Will Ensure Campaign Success.

  (PRWEB) June 10, 2005 — Rostrevor, South Australia, 9th June, 2005: Dentist plans to bypass the dental profession to ensure that children will benefit from his recently announced oral disease prevention information and MouthWise Oral Health Education Resources. Dr Garth Pettit claims children are being denied the benefits of his oral disease prevention information, because they are being swept under the carpet and not being made available to the mothers of young children.

  Dr Pettits PRWeb press releases in November 2004 predicted that the new oral hygiene instruction Treat Your Mouth” would eliminate oral disease in children and that the dental hygiene instruction Brush Your Teeth” has been a cause of oral disease and that it should be banished. In response to continuing worldwide interest in those press releases and three years now of silence from the dental profession, Dr Pettit has now announced an international campaign to specifically target mothers with his oral disease preventive information and oral health education resources. The campaign has been named The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children”.

  Dr Pettit believes The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children” will succeed in drastically reducing demand for ‘patch up dentistry. Campaign promotion combines good old fashioned ‘word-of-mouth advertising, ‘people power, financial incentives and three modern technologies, a C.D., a computer and the internet. MouthWiseLife, a new division in his company 4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty. Ltd., has been created to carry the banner for the campaign. MouthWiseLife Presenters, who will be independent distributors, will directly target the mothers of young children. MouthWiseLife Presenters need only the information packed C.D., The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D” and internet access for additional information if requested, to present new oral disease prevention information and MouthWise oral health education resources to mothers. Presenters have no need to offer, and are instructed to not offer, any additional information to that in the C.D. Financial incentives, for both presenter and purchaser will add zeal and zest to the campaign. But the real winners will be young children, preventing oral disease easily.

  Dr Pettit believes that mothers of children, wherever they are, are childrens best oral health educators and that it is mothers who should be given the opportunity to decide which oral health educator is best for their children and which oral hygiene instruction is best for their children and which oral health education resources are best for their children and which oral health education program is best for their children. Dr Pettit believes that mothers are being denied the opportunities to assess all available information and believes that it will be mothers decisions to become childrens principal oral health educators which will eventually and more predictably eliminate the easily preventable oral diseases of tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath and stained teeth.

  MouthWiseLife Presenters will be anyone aged 18 years or over and will be independent distributors. The MouthWiseLife Preszenter C.D., knowledge of and access to a computer, access to the internet and an email address are their only essentials. MouthWiseLife Presenters could be mothers themselves, health professionals, backpackers, unemployed, students or anyone else. Ideally dentists! MouthWiseLife Presenters could be anyone who wants to help children prevent oral disease or simply anyone needing to make a few extra dollars. The concept is simple. For example, a backpacker could be talking to a mother, a stranger, at an airport terminal, present the information on The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D. to that mother and then assist that mother to purchase, online, MouthWise Oral Health Kit at discount.

  There are just 4 easy steps to become a MouthWiseLife Presenter. 1. Purchase The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D. online at www.mouthwiselife.com 2. From the same website send an email request for an application form. 3. Complete the Application Form and email it back. 4. Check incoming emails for the special discount code needed to conduct 25% discounted online sales. Details of the 25% Presenter Discount Coupon are on the same website. The presenter and the customer are intended to share the 25% discount. Customer receives 10% discount on the purchase. Customer rewards the presenter with the balance 15%. But children are intended to receive the best reward of all. Preventing oral disease easily!

  The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D.” is a Microsoft Power Point presentation that directly addresses mothers. The MouthWiseLife Presentation C.D.” has 24 slides and is easily operated by clicking the mouse to pass from one slide to the next. There is ample information in the presentation itself for mothers to make educated decisions about product purchases. There are links in the presentation to other websites for other relevant information if requested. MouthWiseLife Presenters are instructed to not provide any additional information to that already provided on the C.D. Those are the reasons why anyone aged over 18, untrained in the subject matter, can be a MouthWiseLife Presenter!

  To coincide with the start of The MouthWiseLife Campaign. Prevent Oral Disease in Children”, a new website, MouthWiseLife” at www.mouthwiselife.com has gone live. MouthWiseLife” is the only website where MouthWiseLife Presenters can use the online Shopping Cart system with their 25% MouthWiseLife Presenter Discount Coupon to assist their customers to purchase the oral health education resource, MouthWise Oral Health Kit”, at discount.

  Dr Pettit believes children are being denied the benefits of new oral disease prevention information and the opportunity for mothers to purchase MouthWise oral health education resources. Dr Pettit believes his recently released oral disease prevention information is being swept under the carpet by the dental profession and being denied to mothers of young children. Dr Pettits response to these problems is a new website, MouthWiseLife at www.mouthwiselife.com, a new marketing campaign, The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Disease in Children” and, he predicts, an army of MouthWiseLife Presenters, independent distributors targeting mothers of young children with MouthWiseLife oral disease prevention information and MouthWise oral health education resources. Dr Pettit believes this strategy will succeed in overcoming the bottle necks, will successfully gain access to mothers and most importantly will permanently prevent easily preventable oral disease in children.

  Advice and views expressed in these statements are intended as best advice by the author and in no way are a guarantee for any specific result.

  # # #
• Dr Pettit’s PRWeb Press Release 9 November 2004

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 11, 2008 | No Comments

  New Oral Hygiene Instruction Treat Your Mouth” Predicted to Prevent Oral Disease in Children. ‘Brush Your Teeth” Contributes to Oral Disease and Should be Banished.

  Dr Pettit believes the ideal oral hygiene instruction to give children to prevent oral disease is ‘Treat Your Mouth with mouth paste and a mouth treater. Treat Your Mouth” was created following 5 years observing children misinterpreting an oral hygiene instruction but dramatically preventing oral disease. ‘Treat Your Mouth” will prevent oral disease in all age groups, not just childrens. Dr Pettit believes the current childrens oral disease crisis in countries across the world will not be resolved if children continue to be instructed to ‘Brush Your Teeth to prevent oral disease. ‘Brush Your Teeth is a flawed oral hygiene instruction and contributes to oral disease in children and in adults.

  Rostrevor, South Australia (PRWEB) November 9, 2004 - Dr Garth D Pettit is a second-time retired dentist. Instead of the golf courses he chose to follow his passion to be a full time oral healthcare educator to help children to prevent oral disease. He passionately believes he knows how to prevent oral disease in children. The ’secret weapon he believes he has in his armory to prevent oral disease in children is his new oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth. ‘Brush Your Teeth, he claims in his recently launched web blog site ‘Prevent Oral Disease in Children, is flawed and even contributes to oral disease in children. He believes ‘The Colgate-Palmolive and American Dental Association October 1, 2004 Launch of ‘Save The World from Cavities Campaign to Prevent Tooth Decay in Children will also fail in its objective if it too has been based on the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth.From 1997 to 2002 Dr Pettit was responsible for the annual screening (recording decayed, missing and filled teeth) at several remote community schools. Rampant tooth decay was the norm for most children in all schools. One school was regularly different. In this school there was a dramatic reduction in the incidence of childrens oral disease but only in the children in two particular classrooms. The two teachers of these classrooms provided their students with a wholesome breakfast each morning. Following breakfast each student was given a tooth brush on which the teachers placed some tooth paste. The teachers then instructed the children to ‘brush your teeth and rinse and rinse your brush under the tap. Then the first lesson of the day began

   

   

  Dr Pettit recalled that Aboriginal people take instructions literally. The children interpreted the instruction ‘brush your teeth and rinse and rinse your brush under the tap as meaning two, not three, instructions; first ‘brush your teeth, next ‘and rinse and rinse your brush under the tap. Children did not ‘brush your teeth, then ‘and rinse (your mouth), then ‘and rinse your brush under the tap. By not rinsing their mouths they left a coating of toothpaste ingredients on every surface in their mouths. The ingredients in the toothpaste were doing as intended; killing bacteria, preventing decay, preventing gum disease and bad breath. Had they rinsed their mouths with water, the dramatic reduction in their oral disease would not have occurred.

  Dr Pettit concluded the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth was flawed, could be a cause of oral disease and there was need for a new oral hygiene instruction for children to prevent oral disease. Even the words ‘brush and ‘teeth are unsuitable in a 21st Century oral hygiene instruction for children. He created the following truly ‘oral hygiene instruction, included the word ‘treat to imply clean then apply, and named it ‘Treat Your Mouth”:
  �Firstly, treat surfaces of teeth, then gums, then tongue, to clean away plaque and debris. Then thoroughly rinse the mouth with water. Then spit out the debris.
  �Secondly, treat all surfaces a second time to apply the paste. Then swish the foam thoroughly around the mouth. Then spit out excess foam. NOTE: no rinsing with water.
  �Finally, rinse the bristles under the tap.

  Dr Pettit believes the terms ‘tooth brush and ‘tooth paste, should be banished along with Brush Your Teeth”. Throughout the extensive array of MouthWise oral healthcare education resources developed by Dr Pettit for children, their parents and their teachers, Dr Pettits main educational theme is to instruct children to Treat Your Mouth” with a mouth treater and mouth paste to prevent oral disease.

  Dr Pettit believes the ideal oral hygiene instruction to give children to prevent oral disease is ‘Treat Your Mouth with mouth paste and a mouth treater. Treat Your Mouth” was created following 5 years observing children misinterpreting an oral hygiene instruction but dramatically preventing oral disease. ‘Treat Your Mouth” will prevent oral disease in all age groups, not just childrens. Dr Pettit believes the current childrens oral disease crisis in countries across the world will not be resolved if children continue to be instructed to ‘Brush Your Teeth to prevent oral disease. ‘Brush Your Teeth is a flawed oral hygiene instruction and contributes to oral disease in children and in adults.

  For additional information Contact:
  Garth Pettit
  admin@4yoursmile2shine.biz

  Details on product availability:
  MouthWise Oral Health Education Resources:
  �The oral health website where all MouthWise Oral Health Education resources can be viewed and purchases made at www.oralhealthhelpsite.com
  �The MouthWise oral health information website 4 Your Smile 2 Shine at www.oralhealthcare.info
  �The kids oral health website All About A Smile where children can learn the oral health song ‘4 Your Smile 2 Shine, the song lyrics of which are the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth, at www.allaboutasmile.com
  �Book previews of the ten MouthWise Oral Healthcare books for children at www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/394498
  �Track information of the MouthWise Oral Health C.D. at www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/product/ISBN-1-920712-12-7
  �’The MouthWise Oral HealthCare School-on-the-Web for childrens parents, teachers and anyone teaching children oral health or oral healthcare. Great also for older children in the 5 to 11 years old bracket to teach themselves. www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/260688
  �’Lesson Guidelines for ‘The MouthWise Oral HealthCare School-on-the-Web at www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/292398

  About 4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty. Ltd.:
  4 Your Smile 2 Shine is a 4 year old, sole owner company run by a retired dentist. The company ’s focus is on the production and distribution of oral healthcare education products and information. Oral healthcare education products that children can use on their own or that parents and teachers can use as teaching resources. The companys mission is to banish easily preventable oral disease in children and in adults.

  Contact Information:
  Garth Pettit
  4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty Ltd
  Tel: 618 8165 2144
  Fax: 618 8165 2155
  http://www.oralhealthcare.info
  http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com
  http://www.allaboutasmile.com
  http://www.prevent-oral-disease-in-children.blogspot.com

  Advice and views expressed in these statements are intended as best advice by the author and in no way are a guarantee for any specific result.

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• Dr Pettit’s PRWeb Press Release 8 November 2004

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 11, 2008 | No Comments

  New Oral Hygiene Instruction Set to Prevent Oral Disease in Children

  Dr. Garth D Pettit is a second-time retired dentist. Instead of the golf courses he chose to follow his passion to be a full time oral healthcare educator to help children to prevent oral disease. He passionately believes he knows how to prevent oral disease in children.

  Rostrevor, South Australia

  (PRWEB) November 8, 2004 — Dr. Garth D Pettit is a second-time retired dentist. Instead of the golf courses he chose to follow his passion to be a full time oral healthcare educator to help children to prevent oral disease. He passionately believes he knows how to prevent oral disease in children. The ’secret weapon he believes he has in his armoury to prevent oral disease in children is his new oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth. ‘Brush Your Teeth, he claims in his recently launched web blog site ‘Prevent Oral Disease in Children, is flawed and even contributes to oral disease in children. He believes ‘The Colgate-Palmolive and American Dental Association October 1, 2004 Launch of ‘Save The World from Cavities Campaign to Prevent Tooth Decay in Children will also fail in its objective if it too has been based on the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth.From 1997 to 2002 Dr Pettit was responsible for the annual screening (recording decayed, missing and filled teeth) at several remote community schools. Rampant tooth decay was the norm for most children in all schools. One school was regularly different. In this school there was a dramatic reduction in the incidence of childrens oral disease but only in the children in two particular classrooms. The two teachers of these classrooms provided their students with a wholesome breakfast each morning. Following breakfast each student was given a tooth brush on which the teachers placed some tooth paste. The teachers then instructed the children to ‘brush your teeth and rinse and rinse your brush under the tap. Then the first lesson of the day began.

   

   

  Dr Pettit recalled that Aboriginal people take instructions literally. The children interpreted the instruction ‘brush your teeth and rinse and rinse your brush under the tap as meaning two, not three, instructions; first ‘brush your teeth, next ‘and rinse and rinse your brush under the tap. Children did not ‘brush your teeth, then ‘and rinse (your mouth), then ‘and rinse your brush under the tap. By not rinsing their mouths they left a coating of toothpaste ingredients on every surface in their mouths. The ingredients in the toothpaste were doing as intended; killing bacteria, preventing decay, preventing gum disease and bad breath. Had they rinsed their mouths with water, the dramatic reduction in their oral diseases would not have occurred.

  Dr Pettit concluded the oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth was flawed and could be a cause of oral disease and there was need for a new oral hygiene instruction for children to prevent oral disease. He created the following oral hygiene instruction and named it ‘Treat Your Mouth”:

  �   Firstly, treat surfaces of teeth, then gums, then tongue, to clean away plaque and debris. Then thoroughly rinse the mouth with water. Then spit out the debris.
  �   Secondly, treat all surfaces a second time to apply the paste. Then swish the foam thoroughly around the mouth. Then spit out excess foam. NOTE: no rinsing with water.
  �   Finally, rinse the bristles under the tap.

  Dr Pettit believes the terms ‘tooth brush and ‘tooth paste, should be banished along with Brush Your Teeth”. Throughout the extensive array of MouthWise oral healthcare education resources developed by Dr Pettit for children, their parents and their teachers, Dr Pettit main educational theme is to instruct children to Treat Your Mouth” with a mouth treater and mouth paste to prevent oral disease.

  Dr Pettit believes the current childrens oral disease crisis in countries across the world will not be resolved so long as children continue to be instructed to ‘Brush Your Teeth to prevent oral disease. The oral hygiene instruction ‘Brush Your Teeth is flawed and probably contributes to the incidence of oral diseases in children. The new childrens oral hygiene instruction is based on the result of 5 years of observations that revealed dramatic reductions in the incidence of childrens oral disease. The ideal oral hygiene instruction to give children is ‘Treat Your Mouth with mouth paste and a mouth treater to prevent oral disease.

  Details on product availability:
  MouthWise Oral Health Resources:

  �   The oral health website where all MouthWise Oral Health resources can be viewed and purchases made at www.oralhealthhelpsite.com
  �   The MouthWise oral health information website 4 Your Smile 2 Shine at www.oralhealthcare.info
  �   The kids oral health website All About A Smile where children can learn the oral health song ‘4 Your Smile 2 Shine, the song lyrics of which are the oral hygiene instruction ‘Treat Your Mouth, at www.allaboutasmile.com
  �   Book previews of the ten MouthWise oral healthcare books for children at www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/394498
  �   Track information of the MouthWise Oral Health C.D. at www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/product/ISBN-1-920712-12-7
  �   ’The MouthWise Oral HealthCare School-on-the-Web for childrens parents, teachers and anyone teaching children oral health or oral healthcare. Great also for older children in the 5 to 11 years old bracket to teach themselves. www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/260688 and
  ‘Lesson Guidelines for ‘The MouthWise Oral HealthCare School-on-the-Web at    www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/site/708332/page/292398

  About 4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty. Ltd.:
  4 Your Smile 2 Shine is a 4 year old, sole owner company run by a retired dentist. The company’s focus is on the production and distribution of oral healthcare education products. Oral healthcare education products that children can use on their own or that parents and teachers can use as teaching resources. The companys mission is to banish easily preventable oral disease in children.

  Contact Information:
  Garth Pettit
  4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty Ltd
  Tel: 618 8165 2144
  Fax: 618 8165 2155
  http://www.oralhealthcare.info
  http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com
  http://www.allaboutasmile.com
  http://www.prevent-oral-disease-in-children.blogspot.com

  Views expressed in these statements are intended as best advice by the author and in no way are a guarantee for any specific result.

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• Dr Pettit’s PRWeb Press Release 26 May 2007

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 11, 2008 | No Comments

  Dr Pettit’s PRWeb Press Release 26 May 2007

   

  Dentist, Dr Garth Pettit Campaigns Again to Not Advise Children ‘Brush Your Teeth;’ Dr. Pettit Seeks Campaign Publicity Through The Next Internet Millionaire Contest

  Dr Pettit has persistently pursued, in a 6 year long battle against authorities of Dental Profession and Education Departments, banishing the oral hygiene instruction “Brush Your Teeth” and replacing it with “Treat Your Whole Mouth”.

  Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia (PRWEB) May 26, 2007 — Dr Pettit has persistently pursued, in a 6 year long battle against authorities of Dental Profession and Education Departments, banishing the oral hygiene instruction “Brush Your Teeth” and replacing it with “Treat Your Whole Mouth”.

  Education Departments take advice from the Dental Profession and use resources provided by them or by dentifrice manufacturers when preparing oral health and oral healthcare education lessons for children in classrooms. The advice they give, “Brush Your Teeth”, is a 15th Century tooth cleaning instruction.

  To gain publicity for his campaign to banish oral disease in children Dr Pettit has auditioned for The Next Internet Millionaire Contest.

  Dentist, Dr. Garth Pettit’s previous campaigns with resultant world-wide interest are documented in these three previous PRWeb press releases:

  • Dr Pettit’s PRWeb press release, November 8th 2004, titled “New Oral Hygiene Instruction Set To Prevent Oral Disease In Children” has a reading count of 118,478 and has been picked up by 3,395 consumer/ media persons. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176228.htm
  • Dr Pettit’s PRWeb press release, November 9th 2004, titled “New Oral Hygiene Instruction “Treat Your Mouth” Predicted To Prevent Oral Disease In Children. “Brush Your Teeth” Contributes to Oral Disease and Should be Banished.” ” has a reading count of 122,711 and has been picked up by 2,582 consumer/ media persons. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176585.htm
  • Dr Pettit’s PRWeb press release, June 10th 2005, titled “Dentist Announces New Oral Health Campaign, “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Diseases in Children”, Targeting Mothers of Young Children” ” has a reading count of 202,003 and has been picked up by 3,556 consumer/ media persons.

  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb249613.htm

  Dr Pettit, encouraged by the impressive responses to these 3 press releases, had been looking for an opportunity to step-up pressure, on authorities responsible for oral health education for children, to make changes. Dr Pettit believes children should be advised to ‘Treat Your Whole Mouth”, a totally oral, oral hygiene instruction and to banish forever the 500 year old, passed-it’s-use-by-date, tooth-only-cleaning instruction “Brush Your Teeth”.

  That opportunity came on Saturday 12th May 2007 when Dr Pettit received an email from a well known internet marketer, Ben Mack, alerting him to the contest for The Next Internet Millionaire announced on 9th June 2007 at the website www.NextInternetMillionaire.com. Dr Pettit believed publicity surrounding the contest would be valuable publicity for his campaign.

  The winner of The Next Internet Millionaire Contest, a Reality TV contest conceived by internet marketing guru Joel Comm, would receive USD$25,000 cash and the opportunity to do a year-long, large scale, internet marketing Joint Venture with Joel Comm. This JV offered an amazing opportunity to maybe earn USD$1 Million and massive publicity.

  The Next Internet Millionaire Contest would provide contestants with massive free publicity throughout the contest with publicity increasing at each round of the contest

  Dr Pettit believed the opportunity to take his campaign into The Next Internet Millionaire Contest was not luck but simply a matter patience, perseverance and persistence and opportunity Also the opportunity to learn from twelve eminently successful internet marketing entrepreneurs augured well for his campaign to banish oral disease in children.”Garth’s Next Internet Millionaire Audition” audition video was submitted for The Next Internet Millionaire Contest on 25th May 2007 at the website www.NextInternetMillionaire.com.

  Dr Pettit wishes to thank, for full video production, Richard Coburn, Acoustics in Art Media Productions, Tel: 618 8971 1922

   

  A vote for ‘Garth Pettit’ is a vote for children’s oral health at www.NextInternetMillionaire.com

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• What Readers Say About STOP THE ROT Stop Telling Chil...

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 11, 2008 | No Comments

  What Readers Say About STOP THE ROT Stop Telling Children “Brush Your Teeth”

  What readers say about ‘Stop The Rot! Stop Telling Children Brush Your Teeth’……

   

  ‘As a semi retired itinerant Dentist for the last two years I have worked in many practices in four States.  I am yet to find a practice which educates people in the correct use of the so called “tooth” brush.  A private dentist would have to charge about $150 to give the full story on how to use this brush - most people wouldn’t pay it so they don’t ‘get’ it.  This book has it all.  Read it.  Spread the Word - teach yourself, your kids and your parents.

  Richard Conn BDSc 

   

  Reading this outstanding book taught me how to ‘treat my whole mouth’ which I should have done since I received my first toothbrush. It teaches you so many lessons that everyone should learn. Dr Garth Pettit showed me in person how to do this and reading this book is even better!!

  QLD Griffith University Student, Thea J. de Leon

   

  I am the mother of two children aged 11 and 14 years. When I started reading this book, initially I was horrified. Do not tell my children to brush their teeth?

   After I read this book I was totally awed. Wow this book is amazing. It made me realize that go brush your teeth doesn’t mean anything. Education is the key. This book makes you open your eyes and realize that there is more to oral health care. I hope now after reading this book I can now educate my children and then they can educate their children. I now know that oral health care is more than just brushing your teeth. This book is fantastic and a wonderful insight into looking after my teeth and my children’s teeth and my grand children’s teeth.

   Lisa Dawes, Mother of 2 children.

  The quotations above have been taken from the Back Cover of the book titled: STOP THE ROT Stop Telling Children “Brush Your Teeth”.

   
• Dr Pettit’s PRWeb Press Release 1 May 2008

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 11, 2008 | No Comments

  Dentist Dr Garth Pettit’s New Campaign, “Sensational Smiles Petition”, to Prevent Oral Disease in Children is Detailed in Book, SENSATIONAL SMILES, to be Released on 1^st May 2008.

  Author, Dentist Dr Pettit hopes for end to 7 year long battle with authorities of Dental Professions and Education Departments to banish the 500 + year old tooth cleaning instruction “Brush Your Teeth” and to replace it with his 21^st Century oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth”.

  Dr Pettit’s latest campaign the “Sensational Smiles Petition”, announced in book titled SENSATIONAL SMILES, subtitled SIMPLE ADVICE 4 YOUR SMILE 2 SHINE FROM TEENAGE TO OLD AGE with release date 1 May 2008, will be conducted at his MouthWiseLife.com site

  The “ Sensational Smiles Petition” reads, “Oral Health Education Based on ‘Treat Your Whole Mouth’, Not Based on ‘Brush Your Teeth’, Should Be Mandatory For All Children”.

  Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia (PRWEB) April 22 2008 – Author, Dentist Dr Pettit continues 7 year long battle with authorities of Dental Professions and Education Departments to banish the 500 + year old tooth cleaning instruction “Brush Your Teeth” and to replace it with his 21^st Century oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth”. He has announced the “Sensational Smiles Petition” in his new book, SENSATIONAL SMILES.

  Dr Pettit believes readers of “SENSATIONAL SMILES” who adopt his ‘Treat Your Whole Mouth’ advice will be supportive of his ‘Sensational Smiles Petition’ which reads; “Oral Health Education Based on ‘Treat Your Whole Mouth’, Not Based on ‘Brush Your Teeth’, Should be Mandatory for All Children”. Petitioners are requested to visit the MouthWiseLife.com site , to click the link Sensational Smiles Petition then to complete a simple petition form.

  The “Sensational Smiles Petition” will increase awareness of the oral health education resources for children he self-published in 2002; the “MouthWise Oral Health Kit”, 10 books and a C.D., and The MouthWise-Oral-HealthCare-School-on-the-Web at the OralHealthHelpSite.com site. With these resources teachers need no special training to provide oral health education programs based on ‘Treat Your Whole Mouth’.

  In September 2007 Dr Pettit signed a book publishing contract with New York book publisher David Hancock co-founder of Morgan James Publishing. Their first book, titled “SENSATIONAL SMILES”, subtitled, SIMPLE ADVICE 4 YOUR SMILE 2 SHINE FROM TEENAGE TO OLD AGE, ISBN: 978-1-60037-282-7, was scheduled for release on May 1^st 2008.

  “SENSATIONAL SMILES” offers the same simple advice as did his “MouthWise Oral Health Kit” self-published in 2002 for children; The oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth” is a much better oral hygiene instruction than “Brush Your Teeth”. “SENSATIONAL SMILES” will be distributed by worldwide distributors, Ingram Publisher Services, initially to book stores in USA, Canada, UK and Europe.

  Pre-release discounted sales of “SENSATIONAL SMILES” are now available from many online stores including the MorganJamesPublishing.com site, the BarnsandNoble.com site and from Amazon stores USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, China and Japan.

  Dr Pettit believes his contract with New York Book Publisher Morgan James Publishing, the release of their first title “SENSATIONAL SMILES” and the “Sensational Smiles Petition” campaign augurs well for a mutually agreeable outcome with authorities of Dental Professions and Education Departments. Dr Pettit passionately believes all children will benefit from a mandatory oral health education based on the oral hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth”. He believes this education will self-motivate children to prevent common oral diseases for the rest of their lives. Common oral diseases such as tooth decay, gum diseases, bad breath and stained teeth will be prevented with far greater certainty. Children, educated to understand why “Treat Your Whole Mouth” is a much better instruction than “Brush Your Teeth”, will enjoy oral health throughout their entire lives.

  Dr Pettit’s previous campaigns, listed below, created world-wide interest:

  • Dr Pettit’s PRWeb press release, November 8^th 2004, titled “ New Oral Hygiene Instruction Set To Prevent Oral Disease In Children”: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176228.htm 

  • Dr Pettit’s PRWeb press release, November 9^th 2004, titled “ New Oral Hygiene Instruction “Treat Your Mouth” Predicted To Prevent Oral Disease In Children. “Brush Your Teeth” Contributes to Oral Disease and Should be Banished.”: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb176585.htm 

  • Dr Pettit’s PRWeb press release, June 10^th 2005, titled “Dentist Announces New Oral Health Campaign, “The MouthWiseLife Campaign to Prevent Oral Diseases in Children”, Targeting Mothers of Young Children”: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb249613.htm 

  • Dr Pettit’s PRWeb press release, May 26^th 2007, titled “Dentist, Dr Garth Pettit Campaigns Again to Not Advise Children ‘Brush Your Teeth;’ Dr. Pettit Seeks Campaign Publicity Through The Next Internet Millionaire Contest”: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb529014.htm 

  For Review Copies of “SENSATIONAL SMILES” Contact:

  Margo Toulouse

  Author Relations Manager

  USA: 516-620-2528

  margo@morganjamespublishing.com

  For Book Sales contact:

  Ingram Publisher Services

  USA: 800-648-3036

  Dr Pettit’s Company, 4 Your Smile 2 Shine Pty Ltd, Websites:

  http://www.oralhealthcare.info/

  http://www.oralhealthhelpsite.com/

  http://www.allaboutasmile.com/

  http://www.mouthwiselife.com/

  http://www.prevent-oral-disease-in-children.blogspot.com/ , original blog site. http://www.drgarthpettit.com/ , new blogsite.

  http://www.mouthwiseshopping.com/

   

  Dr Pettit’s Comments on Press Release of Surgeon General’s First-Ever Report on Oral Health in U.S.A.
  Press Release of Surgeon General’s First-Ever Report on Oral Health in U.S.A. An Oral HealthCare Educator’s thoughts. In my opinion the following report is absolute proof that the dental profession, who undoubtedly had a major input into the report, have never ever considered that the oral hygiene advice they offer, “Brush Your Teeth”, can also contribute to oral diseases, the very thing they supposedly are helping to prevent. “Brush Your Teeth” is a 15th Century tooth only cleaning instruction, is well past it’s use-by-date and has no place in this the 21st Century as an oral hygiene instruction. In my book SENSATIONAL SMILES, scheduled for release 1 May 2008, I condemn the instruction “Brush Your Teeth”. I explain why the instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth” offers a far more predictable opportunity to prevent easily preventable oral diseases such as tooth decay, gum diseases, bad breath and stained teeth. Furthermore, there is not a mention in the Surgeon General’s Report of oral healthcare education for children. In my view oral healthcare education for children is the single most important and the first issue to address in order to change the course of history. To prevent the numerous long term and current woes as outlined in the Surgeon General’s Report there has to be a new beginning. An elementary, mandatory oral healthcare education for children, based on my 21st Century oral hygiene instruction, would immediately impact, for children, on oral disease prevention, would immediately offer, to children, long term oral health outlooks and would immediately spread rapidly into the wider community and thus would impact immediately on all age groups in all socio-economic groups. There have been oral healthcare education resources available since 2002 to anyone to instigate an oral healthcare education program. The resources were created for teachers of young children, for parents of young children or indeed for anyone interested in helping young children to prevent oral diseases. Key features of these resources are that there is not any need for special training for would-be-oral-health-educators, nor for any need for teacher-lesson-preparation time before beginning to teach children NOW. To teach children HOW to prevent oral diseases. To teach children NOW and HOW to enjoy a lifetime of all the benefits associated with ORAL HEALTH as outlined in the Surgeon General’s Report. Katherine, N.T. Australia, 22 April 2008 Dr Garth Pettit, Oral HealthCare Educator.

   

  News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 25, 2000 Contact: Damon Thompson 301-443-4000 FIRST-EVER SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT ON ORAL HEALTH FINDS PROFOUND DISPARITIES IN NATION’S POPULATION The first-ever Surgeon General’s report on oral health identifies a “silent epidemic” of dental and oral diseases that burdens some population groups and calls for a national effort to improve oral health among all Americans. The report, commissioned by Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala, also focuses on the relationship between oral health and overall good health throughout life, the mouth as a “mirror for general health and well-being and the association between oral health problems and other health problems.” “During the last 50 years, there have been dramatic improvements in oral health, and most middle-aged and younger Americans expect to retain their natural teeth over their lifetimes,” said Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. “However, this report illustrates profound disparities that affect those without the knowledge or resources to achieve good oral care. Those who suffer the worst oral health include poor Americans, especially children and the elderly. Members of racial and ethnic groups also experience a disproportionate level of oral health problems. And, those with disabilities and complex health conditions are at greater risk for oral diseases that, in turn, further complicate their health.” Satcher announced the report’s findings at a press conference today in Washington, D.C., highlighting that good oral health and general health are inseparable. “The Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health provides important reminders that oral health means more than sound teeth. Oral health is integral to overall health,” Shalala said. “Furthermore, safe and effective disease prevention measures exist that everyone can adopt to improve oral health and prevent disease.” The report calls for a national partnership to provide opportunities for individuals, communities, and the health professions to work together to maintain and improve the nation’s oral health. Satcher also urged broadened awareness and use of common preventive tactics, including personal daily oral hygiene habits such as brushing with a fluoride toothpaste and flossing daily, community programs such as community water fluoridation and tobacco cessation programs, and health care provider-based interventions such as the use of dental sealants and examinations for oral and pharyngeal cancers. “Ignoring oral health problems can lead to needless pain and suffering, complications that can devastate well-being, and financial and social costs that significantly diminish quality of life and burden American society,” Shalala said. “Together we can affect the changes we need to maintain and improve oral health for all Americans and remove known barriers that stand between people and oral health services.” Dr. Satcher noted that major barriers to oral health include socioeconomic factors, such as lack of dental insurance or the inability to pay out of pocket, or problems of access that involve transportation and the need to take time off from work for health needs. While 44 million Americans lack medical insurance, about 108 million lack dental insurance. Only 60 percent of baby boomers receive dental insurance through their employers, and most older workers lose their dental insurance at retirement. Meanwhile, uninsured children are 2.5 times less likely to receive dental care than insured children, and children from families without dental insurance are 3 times as likely to have dental needs as compared to their insured peers. Living in a community that lacks a fluoridated water supply may also exacerbate oral health problems, and people with disabilities and complex health problems may face additional stumbling blocks, Satcher said. Yet another barrier to seeking and obtaining professional help is a general lack of public understanding and awareness of the importance of oral health. Oral diseases and craniofacial disorders are linked to total health and well-being throughout life. Oral problems may include dental caries or tooth decay and periodontal or gum disease, oral infections such as cold sores that occur at any stage of life, as well as birth defects in infancy and the chronic facial pain conditions and oral cancers seen in later years. “Serious oral disorders may undermine self-image and self-esteem, discourage normal social interaction, and lead to chronic stress and depression as well as to incurring great financial cost,” said Satcher. “They also may interfere with vital functions such as breathing, eating, swallowing, and speaking. The burden of disease restricts activities in school, work, and home, and often significantly diminishes the quality of life.” The report reiterates that general health risk factors, such as tobacco use and poor dietary practices, also affect oral and craniofacial health. The evidence for an association between tobacco use and oral diseases has been clearly delineated in every Surgeon General’s report on tobacco since 1964, and the oral effects of nutrition and diet are presented in the Surgeon General’s report on nutrition. Moreover, recent research findings have pointed to possible associations between chronic oral infections and diabetes, heart and lung disease, stroke, and low-birth-weight premature births. The report assesses these emerging associations and explores possible mechanisms that may underlie these oral-systemic disease connections. “Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General” charts a broad course of action including: enhancing the public’s understanding of the meaning of oral health and the relationship of the mouth to the rest of the body; raising the awareness of the importance of oral health among government policy makers to create effective public policy that will improve America’s oral health; and educating non-dental health professionals about oral health and disease topics and their role in assuring that patients receive good oral health care. Also recommended is an expansion of the science base to determine the people and populations most at risk for serious oral health conditions, an acceleration of the application of research findings into targeted and effective health prevention methods, and promotion of their adoption by the public and health professions. Expenditures for dental services alone made up 4.7 percent of the nation’s health expenditures in 1998%u2014$53.8 billion out of $1.1 trillion. The national health expenditures for dental services is expected to exceed $60 billion in 2000. The report says these expenditures underestimate the true costs to the nation, since data are unavailable to determine the extent of expenditures and services provided for craniofacial health by other health providers and institutions. ### ________________________________________ Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news. Last revised: January 8, 2007
• Morgan James Publishing Press Release May 2008

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  Australian Dentist advocates change from “Brush Your Teeth” to “Treat Your Whole Mouth

  New York , N.Y. —May 2008

  Oral health education traditionally relies on the old adage “brush your teeth” to maintain good oral health. Oral health educator Dr. Garth Pettit says that by raising children to just brush their teeth has not yet proved to eliminate preventable oral diseases. He maintains that it’s this instruction that has created the high demand for dental services whereas if people were taught from an early age to care for their entire mouth there would be less need for those dreaded visits.

  For more than fifteen years, Dr. Pettit has advocated new oral hygiene instruction for children that involves a fully comprehensive program for treating the whole mouth. Instructions for brushing your teeth have been around since the 15^th century yet there has been to prove that brushing alone can completely eliminate easily preventable oral diseases.

  Based on his research, Dr. Pettit has created what he calls Mouthwise ^™ Oral Hygiene instruction “Treat Your Whole Mouth” to help everyone become self-motivated to prevent oral diseases. Sensational Smiles: Simple Advice 4 Your Smile 2 Shine From Teenage to Old Age is filled with pithy quotes, photos, and easy-to-understand information about caring for your mouth. He gives detailed instruction on how to correctly use toothpaste to clean your mouth and also offers up the latest facts on fluoride, mouthwash, flossing and electric toothbrushes along with essential data about the effects of certain foods and sugar on your smile.

  Dr. Garth Pettit was raised and educated in South Australia. He was in private dental practice in Australia and the UK before retiring. Since his retirment he has been tirelessly researching oral healthcare. He has discovered the shocking lack of updated educational resources available in treating preventable oral diseases, particularly pertaining to children and teenagers. He continues to advocate better mouthcare for people of every age. For more information go to: http://www.mouthwiselife.com/

  For Review Copies contact:

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• MouthWise Membership Levels

  By Dr Garth Pettit on November 11, 2008 | Comments Off

  MouthWise Membership Levels

  You may choose from any of the following Memberships.

  You may, at any time, choose to upgrade or downgrade your Membership level.

  Please note accessible content for any level may be upgraded or added to with new content. 

   

  MouthWise Membership FREE

  Yes, it’s FREE, simply sign up, let your children have fun and watch them as they begin to become MouthWise.

  Teach children the lyrics and the melody of The MouthWise Oral Hygiene song, 4 Your Smile 2 Shine.

  The lyrics are the instruction MouthWise Oral Hygiene instruction “Treat Your Mouth”.

  There is no better fun way to begin teaching children the basics of good oral hygiene than with this catchy jingle. They’ll remember for the rest of their lives.

   

  MouthWise Membership BRONZ

  BRONZ Membership costs just USD$1.00 for LIFETIME.

  MouthWise Members BRONZ  have access to resources specific to:

   

  • MouthWise Members FREE

   

  Resources specific to MouthWise Members BRONZ  are:

   

   

   

   

   

  • Quarterly Newsletter
  • Articles on oral hygiene
  • Articles on oral health.

   

  MouthWise Membership SILVER

  SILVER Membership costs just USD$10.00 per month.

  MouthWise Members  SILVER have access to resources specific to:

   

  • MouthWise Members FREE
  • MouthWise Members BRONZ

  Resources specific to MouthWise Members  SILVER are about the extremely important topic every child must know about; ORAL HYGIENE.

   

   

   

   

   

  Contents concentrate on helping parents, teachers, schools or whoever teach children the ideal, MouthWise oral hygiene.

   

  MouthWise Membership GOLD

  GOLD Membership costs just USD$15.00 per month.

  MouthWise Members GOLD  have access to resources specific to:

   

  • MouthWise Members FREE
  • MouthWise Members BRONZ
  • MouthWise Members SILVER

  Resources specific to MouthWise Members GOLD  are are about the extremely important topic every child must know about ORAL HYGIENE for adults

   

   

   

   

   

  Contents concentrate on advising teen agers through to golden oldies with the very best MouthWise oral hygiene habits.

   

  MouthWise Membership PLATINUM

  PLATINUM Membership costs just USD$20.00 per month.

  MouthWise Members PLATINUM have access to resources specific to:

  • MouthWise Members FREE
  • MouthWise Members  BRONZ
  • MouthWise Members SILVER
  • MouthWise Members GOLD

  Resources specific to MouthWise Members PLATINUM are about children’s oral health education.

   

   

   

   

   

  Contents concentrate on providing children’s (aged between 5 years and eleven years) parents, teachers, schools, or whovever with the MouthWise Oral Health education resources they need to give children an ideal oral health education that will make children self-motivated to prevent for the rest of their lives the common oral diseases; tooth decay, gum diseases, bad breath and stained teeth.