Episode 584 · July 22, 2024

Those Pesky White Spots: Now You See Them, Now You Don't

Those Pesky White Spots: Now You See Them, Now You Don't

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Irene Iancu, BSc, RRDH, CTDP, OM

Irene Iancu, BSc, RRDH, CTDP, OM

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BSc, RRDH, CTDP, OM

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Irene Iancu is a Canadian based practicing Dental Hygienist, Clinical and theoretical Dental Hygiene instructor at Oxford College, Quality Assurance Mentor with the College of Dental Hygienist's of Ontario, Key Opinion Leader and International Speaker.

Irene knows that it's every person's destiny to SHINE in the dental profession. Yet we all struggle with putting the pieces of a comprehensive dental experience together. Irene is an inspirational speaker, practicing dental hygienist, quality assurance mentor for the CDHO, theoretical and clinical dental hygiene instructor. Upon graduating with Honors from Oxford College in 2007, Irene then followed her curiosity into the various aspects of dental hygiene practice, working her way through each specialty and ultimately finding her passion connecting the effects of the dentition on the body and the importance of proper occlusion. Her passion has led her to many speaking engagements as an educator but her desire for learning continues. Moving forward in her career Irene strives to push the envelope with creative teaching methods to engage her learners and create a fun, interactive and open learning environments. In her spare time Irene and her husband Chris take very unique trips where her love for photography gets an opportunity to grow.

Episode Summary

We've all seen the white spot lesions on our patients teeth. By any measure, they're not particularly aesthetic and most patients would love them to disappear. So why is it that for a large majority of patients that are actually visiting their dentist regularly, these lesions persist and essentially detract from their smile. The only logical answer I can come up with is that many dentists are not utilizing something called resin infiltration. It's a simple procedure that is remarkably effective in essentially making white spot lesions disappear. To tell us all about it is our guest Irene Iancu. Irene is a Canadian RRDH and entrepreneur with experience in various specialties like Pediatrics, Orthodontics, and Periodontics, she has combined all these elements in her start-up dental practice in Toronto, Toothlife Studio. Irene is an international speaker, key opinion leader, host of the Tooth or Dare podcast and creates educational content on all social platforms under the handle @toothlife.irene.

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Those Pesky White Spots: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

We’ve all seen the white spot lesions on our patient’s teeth. By any measure they’re not particularly aesthetic, and most patients would love for them to disapp...

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