The Weekly Grind

Mother's Day always seems to be fraught with having to figure-out what to get Mom for her special day. So I'm here to help.

Why not show her you care about her and her health by giving her one of ClearClub's custom-fit dental guards? They're the perfect gift! Actually, not just for mom but for everyone on your all-year list!

Since we at ClearClub care about not just your dental health, but your overall health, let me tell you that two days from now, May 1, Skin Cancer Awareness Month begins. So let's all honor it by scheduling our annual skin checks right away.

Doing that is so important! And it's one of the easiest medical things you can do for yourself.  You just go to the dermatologist, and he or she looks over all your skin. (With your underwear on, of course. So rock the good stuff that day!) If there’s something you’re worried about, just point it out, because you know your own body better than anyone else! (Make sure they even check your scalp!)

Yesterday was National Tea Day, so I figured I'd honor it by imparting the properway to “take” Afternoon Tea, which is the most delightful repast ever!!!

As you know, I'm always looking-out for your dental health by making sure you're preventing jaw pain and headaches by using your ClearClub custom-fit mouth guards, but I also love to share my knowledge about other things in life. And Afternoon Tea is one of the few things I'm really an expert on. (Accent on “few.”)

April Fool’s Day is actually my favorite day of the year, and I’m always amazed that so many people either don’t pull pranks at all or do them the wrong way. So I'm here to explain how to do April Fool's jokes correctly.

But first, realize that either way, there's stress involved. So you may want to be rocking your ClearClub dental guards all day, whether you'll be pulling the pranks yourself or are worried that others will be out to get you today. They'll absorb all that grinding and clenching that you're sure to be experiencing. 

As I'm sure you're aware by now, the purpose of our ClearClub night guards is to absorb some of the day-to-day stress that we all experience, especially while we're sleeping. 

Nothing will work better than those to help with all that, but I have found that during waking hours, occasionally indulging in mindless individual games, like uber-easy Solitaire, (as opposed to using-your-brain games like Word Cube,) can quiet my mind and calm my stress a bit. 

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has a few crazy food rules. And even after all these years, Mr. X still can’t keep mine straight. They all seem so self-evident to me, although obviously not to everyone else. But my one non-crazy rule is to make sure I pop in my ClearClub night guard after consuming, (or not), all this food and drink. (And brushing my teeth, of course.) After all, dental health is of the utmost importance at all times. And clenching our teeth without the guards on can lead to so many more problems.

This is one of the most important health lessons that you will ever learn—you have to be the one person to stick up for your own health! No one else will do it for you.

If you really feel that something is amiss, because we each know our own body better than anyone, insist that your doctors and dentists investigate further, or keep looking until you find someone who will.