Oral Cancer Screening Technology

Posted on July 29, 2011 in Uncategorized

The Most Important Part…

Posted on July 6, 2011 in Uncategorized

I REALLY THINK MY MOUTH MUST BE
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ME,
FOR ALL MY PARTS, FROM NORTH TO SOUTH,
GOT INTO ME RIGHT THROUGH MY MOUTH —

EXCEPT THE FIRST FEW PARTS, AND OTHERS,
THAT HAD TO CHOOSE TO USE MY MOTHER’S.

NOT ONLY DOES IT BITE AND CHEW,
IT SIPS AND SUCKS, AND GUZZLES, TOO.
AND WHILE IT DRINKS, I THINK IT THINKS
OF ALL THE WAYS TO SMILE AT YOU.

THERE ARE SO MANY KINDS OF SMILES —
FROM ‘TOOTHY’ TO ‘SERENE’;
AND IT CAN GROWL AND GRIMACE, TOO,
IN CASE I’M FEELING MEAN.

I USE IT WHEN I WHISTLE,
WHEN I SING, OR EVEN HUM.
AND IF I TRIED TO TALK WITH YOU —
WITHOUT IT, I’D BE DUMB!

I BREATHE WITH IT QUITE OFTEN.
I THINK IT KNOWS MY NOSE.
WHEN IT’S STOPPED UP, MY MOUTH STEPS UP,
AND THEN THE AIR JUST FLOWS.

I YAWN WITH IT. I COUGH WITH IT.
AND SNEEZES ARE EMBELLISHED.
AND SINCE IT’S WHERE MY TASTEBUDS LIVE,
JUST THINK OF ALL IT’S RELISHED.

IT BLOWS OUT BIRTHDAY CANDLES,
EVEN WHILE I’M WISHING.
AND WHEN IT’S HELD EXACTLY RIGHT,
I CATCH WHEN I AM FISHING.

OH, IT HAS SO MANY USES,
BUT MY FAVORITE ONE IS THIS.
WHETHER FAMILY, FRIEND, OR LOVER —
IT’S WHAT WE USE TO KISS.

SO IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
MY MOUTH IS ME. IT REALLY IS.
I AM NOT ME
WITHOUT IT!

PS. . . WE RECENTLY DISCOVERED
ANOTHER USE AS WELL:
YOUR MOUTH COULD ONE DAY SAVE YOUR LIFE
IF YOU SAVED A TOOTH’S STEM CELL.

By Lloyd H. Darby, DDS, FAGD