Narrator: Welcome to the Just Do It podcast hosted by Anne Duffy. Dental entrepreneur women is here to dive deep and share stories with the mission to inspire, highlight, empower, and connect all women in dentistry.
Anne: Well, good morning, everybody. It is Anne Duffy and welcome to the Just Do It podcast with my special guest and dear friend, Ms.
Lynda Sherman. Hi,
Lynda: Lynda. How
Anne: are you?
Lynda: I'm great. Oh my gosh, I'm doing great and I'm spending the morning with you. Life could not get better. I mean, what a wonderful way to start to start the week. So thank you for having me on and just having a nice morning chit chat is great.
Anne: Yeah, we're just gonna have a conversation.
I'll tell you how this all started. Everyone is we were on our doing coffee chat last Wednesday. And Lynda started to share what she's up to. And everyone on the coffee chat was very intrigued on the information that she had to share. About, um, saving the planet and she stands for save it to save the planet, save the teeth.
What is it, Lynda? Tell us, tell you, tell your story. Introduce yourself. If you would, for all of us.
Lynda: Well, I am Lynda Sherman. So initially my start in dentistry is as an EFTA and expanded functions, dental auxiliary, and I practice in Ohio. So it's very hands on, you know, progressive skill sets in Ohio. So obviously there's the dental connection there.
And as an entrepreneur, there's several things, you know, that I have an interest in, but one of the things that I've always practiced myself is, um, you know, recycling or reusing things, just being very conscientious of me being here on earth and my contribution to the earth. And the last thing I want to do is to leave the earth a mess.
Because of me. So I practiced that in my own life. And as I was looking into, you know, entrepreneurship and establishing my own businesses, one of them happens to be, you know, the dental subscription box. And when I was looking into this and thought I would be used, utilizing some of my connections in dentistry and going really frou frou, you know, right.
And big and putting some of these big brands in there and, you know, The influencers I've met, that's kind of what I thought I'd go into, kind of, you know, competing with the ipsy kind of concept of making a dental box. But then as I did that, I'm doing research, right? And I'm really thinking about dentistry and the earth.
And what I'm finding out is that not only are we finding cavities in people's mouth and people's teeth, but you know what? We're putting a big cavity here on earth because we're not being conscientious. about what we're doing with our daily supplies that we're utilizing and I don't myself want to contribute to that with dental products.
So there's so many other things that we can do to save, save the earth and save your teeth to go with it.
Anne: Oh my gosh. Well, it was so interesting and that is a great, um, combination, isn't it? Because, you know, just the love that we have in dentistry for people's smile and healthy mouth and the oral systemic.
And as you just said, leaving this cavity in the tooth is kind of like having, when you're not recycling or sustaining what you have and using what you have, you know, you can create a big cavity in the earth that you can't, that you'd have to drill it out. And what would you do with it? All right. I mean, it's, it's, it really kind of makes sense and goes hand in hand.
Um, and I love that you have had your other thing that is so really neat in your nonprofit Is and tell us about that because that kind of goes hand in hand with your get mouthy box
Lynda: Well the non profits, you know again, we we leave with our passion and in dentistry, you know I'm watching children really suffer suffer from You know, dental disease, as we know, is still a leading cause of childhood illness, but yet it's preventable.
So I want to make an impact in the world, which happens to be one of my, um, CliftonStrengths, of course. Um, yes, yes. Um, so I started a nonprofit organization and I was fully tax exempt and implemented last March of 2020. So it's called the Dental Oral Care Project. And though I have a loud mouth and I enjoy socializing, I thought that fundraising For a nonprofit would come naturally and it's not quite as easy.
And then throw in, of course, you know, the recent, you know, COVID concerns and having to kind of flip the way that we practice business, but anyhow, I need to come up with some fundraising. I mean, to. You know, help, you know, the dental disease issue with our, with in pediatrics. So for a cash flow, I'm thinking of putting a dental subscription box.
And that's kind of how things led one to another. It's kind of funny how one thing leads to another. So I started off with this nonprofit organization. Again, I want to change the world and I want to get it out. There really is an easy thing to do to prevent dental disease. We all know that. And I don't feel that patients are people.
The public really is educated the way that they should be. You know, I've been watching it for 30 years in dentistry, the way that there's a communication inside of the office. And you know what? Dentistry still talks to the patients as if they know what we know. They have no freaking clue and it's obvious.
So that's where the non profit came from, but I need to fundraise, right? In order to speak to the crowd, I need money to do that. So here came the dental subscription box as a way to fund it. So I've set it up that every dental subscription box that is purchased, there will be a toothbrush kit donated. To the nonprofit.
So that's kind of where the dental subscription box was born.
Anne: And, and through that, you started to do your research on, um, the earth and, um, sustainability and, uh, recycling. And that was what really intrigued us as like I said, last Wednesday, because there were so many things that you were saying about, um, like for instance, the toothbrushes that we use.
They still are in the earth and we're like, what? Tell us more about that. Tell us what you've learned about that so that we can actually do our part because you know, as you know, well, you've got a young daughter. Um, and of course, you know, that's top of mind for you to save a beautiful earth for you, uh, to, to leave behind for the next generation.
And I've got grand granddaughters and I want to leave the earth in a better place than I found it. So, uh, we don't get started and share this. This, this word, this word about what is, uh, you know, recyclable, how to do it, right. And, uh, how to do it wrong. And most of us found out that we weren't doing it right at all.
Lynda: So you're right in the wrong way. You're right to recycle. And that is, I was doing my research about this, you know, the subscription box and realizing that every single toothbrush, every plastic toothbrush you have ever bought in your life. It's still here on earth. So I'm 47. So statistically, I have used 188 toothbrushes.
And you know what? It's still here. It's still here on earth. And they're either in a landfill or they're in your ocean, in the ocean. I mean, that's just where they are. So people, whatever you're using, when you throw it into your garbage, it does not disappear. It just goes somewhere in a landfill. All right.
It's in the ocean. So don't think your garbage just poof, you know, right. The city comes and picks it up from your driveway and you think it just magically disappears. It doesn't like they just take it to a dump and it's still here on earth. There's many other ways that we can help the planet, but yet still live our daily lives very well.
I mean, there's alternatives to everything. And being conscientious, but not only the toothbrushes in the dental floss, you know, dental floss is not, it does not decompose. It is not biodegradable and it's not recyclable. So all that dental floss, and we know patients don't use it as much as they should, but beside the point.
So not only is it not recyclable in any way, it's still here on earth, but it's chemically treated. So when I really thought about dental floss and all the chemicals on the floss, And you know, that's even worse, like that gets into our water systems too. And there's alternatives that do decompose and they're completely natural.
Now let's go to our toothpaste, right? So now you have your tubes of toothpaste, but you have a plastic tube and they put it in a box. They put it in a box to put it, you know, on the shelf. Now we talked about the box. So it's cardboard and so many people think, Oh, it's cardboard, right? It just naturally will decompose over time.
However, when you put that cardboard box. into your plastic garbage bag. There is a difference about the bacteria, right? So that's what we talked about. We're talking about dental people, dental professionals. We understand aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, right? We have different bacteria in different pocket depths, right?
So this is kind of easy to talk to dental people. They understand this. So you put that cardboard box into your plastic trash can. Well now you're changing the environment and now nothing decomposes inside of that plastic because there's not an oxygen relationship there anymore. So it's just sludge inside of this plastic bag.
So why put it in a box? But people are like, oh those tubes are recyclable. But this is what you talk about doing it the right way. In order to recycle that tube, you must open it up. You must clean out all that residual toothpaste inside of that tube. It's going to be squeaky clean and take the plastic cap off.
If it has one, if it, if you did not do any of that, it's not going to get recycled and also your dental floss container. There is, I don't know if I should say them, so I won't, but there is a very well known dental floss company that we all like in dentistry. You know, it definitely is, uh, the uppity up of dental floss, and, um, they promote themselves, you know, as being eco friendly.
However, two things, their dental floss does not decompose, it's still plastic, though they make it from recycled plastic, it's still plastic. You know what, so good for you that you've used it from recycled plastic, but you're still using plastic again. So that floss is not decomposing regardless. And also your floss containers, the plastic containers with the little metal clip on it, right, to tear your floss, you have to take that metal clip out.
You do not take that metal clip out of that plastic container. It now is not recyclable. So you're not doing any good. So you have to do these things the right way. But again, we have other alternatives. We don't have to use the plastic and the plastic and the plastic. There's so many other alternatives that we can actually be vegan.
We can reduce our carbon footprint. We can help the earth and we can still obviously maintain our dental health that way. So there's so many other alternatives than what we're used to. We're just so conventional in dentistry. We really need to start thinking outside the box. Well, I think
Anne: we're conventional in everything.
I mean, we were all our mouths were dropped open like You mean everything we, I mean, just about everybody on that call, if they look at their recycle, recycle bin, which, you know, we have a recycle bin and it comes every other week, and almost everything in mine would not be recyclable. So we're, we think we're doing right by the, by the earth.
But actually, and who is going to take everything apart like that, I, that's the thing that there has to be. A better way, but I guess there isn't I mean the way you're you're talking about like you were talking even about pizza boxes and about jars of Often, I'll rinse out a jar, but there's residue of food in that and you're saying that doesn't work either.
So I mean, you know, give us a little bit of more of a clear picture on what we can do like, just from day to day, as far as putting something in our bin that we are sure is going to get recycled. Recycled. And who makes those? Oh, there's so many questions I have. I can go answer that one
Lynda: first. So let's start off with the pizza boxes.
So if it has any grease from the pizza, any food, obviously the key is that there's any food on your container. It is no longer recyclable. So you've got a pizza box. What you do, I know it takes a few seconds, but literally people, it's a few seconds. You spend more time scrolling on Facebook, you know, come on, like seriously.
So take the pizza box and tear off the top of it. That doesn't have any of the grease on it. Recycle that. But when you put the other part in your trash, leave it open. Do not put it into a plastic bag. Leave it open because if it's open to the air, it will eventually over time decompose. So that's your pizza box.
Your to go containers, your plastic containers. If you're like grandma, you're going to wash them out and put them, you know, to reuse them again anyhow, which is great. I mean, I do that during camping season to put them in the cooler or, you know, when people come over, you can give them as leftovers, but they are recyclable as well, but you have to clean them.
And I mean, they don't have to be squeaky clean. You don't have to get soap and water out. Just make sure there's no more food debris on them to recycle it. Um, water bottles. I don't know if anybody, um, my husband does this, I have to remind him, but the plastic lids to the water bottles, he likes to put them back on and put them in the recycling bin.
I think almost everybody does. Nope. Those plastic lids have to be off. In that little security ring, I guess that you would call it. Those have to come off. They give people these, it just literally takes seconds. I mean, it takes seconds to pop that ring off and then throw them away. So those are, and then Ziploc bags.
I mean, that's one of the things, um, I think most people really need to get away from. There's a great alternative to Ziploc bags. I showed you guys the other day. They're just reusable bags. I have found them at Giant Eagle, which is our grocery store, you know, up here in the Midwest. Um, I have found them on Amazon.
I found them at Target. I'll find them on clearance. I mean, I have them all over the place, and they're just easy to clean. Now, don't clean them with really, really hot water, because they will, I learned that the hard way, boiling water, what have you, it does, um. You know, kind of melt them a little bit, but there's so many, I mean, your aluminum foil.
I mean, there's nothing wrong with using it over and over again. If you have to use aluminum foil, but again, there's alternatives to that as well. Glass is wonderful to use. You know, we really need to get back to using glass, whether it's Pyrex glass, it's reusable, but glass does it decomposes on its own.
It's a natural process. Eventually it will go back to its original state. So if we put anything in glass, you know, your spaghetti sauce in glass, your dental floss. Get those containers in glass, you know, again, because, you know, even if they're, even if they break, you can recycle them and they will, they'll, they'll decompose naturally.
How does
Anne: somebody in the, when they're going through the garbage, I mean, how do you, I mean, there's not a little, a person there that's like saying, this is good, this is not good, because as far as those caps go, I mean, I, of course, put the cap on and put it in the recycle bin. So how do we know that what we're even working on is, is actually, um, saving the planet?
I mean, that's what makes me kind of crazy. I'm thinking I've been doing this wrong for so long, um, that every, and if I'm doing it wrong, there's so many people that are, are, are following in my footsteps. And so how do we know that we're doing the right thing?
Lynda: Well, they actually do have, you know, um, individuals kind of like a little assembly line that when your recycling does go into a center, there are some people that will pick out some items, primarily your plastic bags.
I mean, plastic bags can not go in your regular recycling, not at all, nothing of plastic. Um, but you just keep it separate. You know, um, we have a plastic bag that we just collect all of our plastic in, um, you know, over, and then I just, Take it up to the grocery store, you know, like Myers and get giant eagle.
They have it to recycle. No big deal there. Any house let's recycle that. So recycling plants, they do do that. But of course with technology machines, they kick out. Most things so recycling as a business really isn't something that's extremely profitable for them because people don't recycle appropriately.
If we recycle it appropriately, it would obviously, you know, be better on the earth and more profitable for the business owners who are doing it, which it needs to be because we need more people to do that. You know, one of the things I watch is like in the mole dives. That's on my bucket list, right? I want to go to Bora Bora so bad.
I see those and I want to go but they have a touristy area that they do clean up. But there's another side of the island of the mole dives. You know how gorgeous it is, right? It's just so gorgeous. But the currents, the currents in the ocean tends to collect trash. We've seen that, right? It collects trash and The mole dives is a, is an area of that.
So one side of the ocean, there is nothing but trash, plastic bottles, laundry bottles, things like that, that go onto this island. Again, things just don't disappear. Eventually they make their way back somewhere. It's in a landfiller in the ocean and all that plastic again. And it's just, it's covering this beautiful island.
Of the mold die. So you'll have, you know, organizations that do come and clean up places like that. You know, I know for ocean is one that I follow a lot and they spend time cleaning up the oceans, the best they can. But you'll see when that clean up. There are things that we could have either eliminated water bottles.
It's rare that we have a plastic water bottle in my house. I mean, once in a while you'll you'll have one, but we have so many Reusable water bottles. My daughter takes one every day to school. Like it's just a common thing around us. We'll even put them in the freezer or you put water halfway in that water bottle, freeze it.
And then when you're ready to use it the next day, we'll have you, you fill up the rest of the water. So you'll have ice cold water, you know, all day. So just things like that, get back to a metal water bottle.
Anne: Well, not to give me there. That's, that's really a good, a good tip right there. So let's get back to, uh, dentistry because you're talking about, you know, floss, it's plastic and I'm like, what?
Um, and then, so what will we use? What, what do you recommend? And as far as the plastic toothbrushes, like, I just can't even think about like, what would I do with my Oral B or my Sonicare or my Burst, uh, brush when I'm finished with it? Do I put it in the trash? Do I put it in the recycle? And what do I use for floss?
I mean, these are little, these are questions that I have that, um, are making me think, uh, into the future. I'm
Lynda: glad you brought up the electric toothbrush. Cause that's something, um, I was all for initially. My husband has his, you know, Sonicare, and so does my daughter. Um, I was a firm believer beforehand with pediatric dentistry that using a spin brush, you know, for small children was great because not only was it excitement for them, but I also kind of thought it got them ready for a prophylaxis in the office, right?
They're used to this electronical thing in their mouth, so it's an easy transition once they came to see the hygienist. But you know what? Not now. Not now. Like, um, those batteries do just think of those batteries, right? They are going in the landfill and there's chemicals inside of those batteries. And I love bursts, you know, right?
In dentistry. I mean, I is the people and everything about birth, but sorry, not recommending it. I mean, I'd recommend if you really needed an electric toothbrush, but I would really prefer people go back to a manual. toothbrush. I mean, it's my preference. I have the agility to do so. I know how to brush my teeth.
I know it's easier said than done, perhaps, but proper technique, we can go back to a handheld, you know, manual toothbrush. Um, I know that there are some companies that they promote, that they have a little bit of a recyclability program with their electric toothbrushes. But again, you're still making it when you make a product.
There's emissions that are involved. I think people forget about that. The product isn't again made by fairies and poof. Here it is. There is a process to manufacture things. And there's carbon emissions. I mean, just the ink, the plastic. There's so many things involved. You know, so let's even just try not to manufacture those things.
Like it's kind of crazy. Um, You're not gonna find me out like naked and afraid. I'm not that crazy, but I mean Yeah, I mean, where do you where do you start? Where do you stop? Well, what about the floss Lynda? How about wait back back up back up? What yeah So we have the bamboo alternative, which is the common sense, right?
Bamboo is, you know, it's a natural product. Uh, very natural. It's easy to grow. You know, we're not going to hurt the rainforest by doing the bamboo. I mean, it grows very rapidly and it's a very hardy product and it does decompose on its own. You can even have fun with it. I have a daughter. So when you're done with your toothbrush, you can take that in, you know, do markers in your garden.
I mean, there's so many fun things you can do with that. Now, I will say that the bristles on the bamboo toothbrush, unfortunately those are not recyclable. It is nylon. There are companies that have tried to get outside of those nylon bristles to increase, of course, um, the recyclability or make it decomposable, but there just really isn't something that's adequate.
You know, you can use boar hair. I don't know about you, but I am not brushing my teeth with animal fur, like animal hair. I ain't doing it. Like, I ain't roughing it that bad. No, no, no. You draw the line. Yeah. I don't think anybody else will. And then there are some bristles that they can use castor oil. I think it's like a 35 or 40 percent castor oil mix, but again, they're just not, um, sustainable in the fact of using it long term, right?
They're softer bristles and they don't last very long. And they're not easy to come by. Again, to manufacture those takes a little bit more effort. There are, there was one I researched that it was a vegetable product. However, within the first use, the bristles went bad. And after just a few weeks, like two weeks max, You're on to a new toothbrush.
No, I don't think that's really feasible. You know, we still need to brush well. So you have your nylon bristles. So what you'll do with that toothbrush is you just snap off the head. You just snap off the head of it. So the bristles are separate, but make sure that that handle itself, you're going to recycle it, put it in the recycling bin, or again, it'll decompose.
Don't put it in your plastic trash can. Again, we don't want to put it in plastic and throw it away. We want it to be on its own. Or use it in the garden for a little marker or your house plants or something with it. Be crafty. Um, so now let's move on to our floss, right? What alternatives do we have? There are fully natural alternatives.
You can use silk. Silk is a great alternative, which is a product that I'll be utilizing in my dental subscription box. And it does decompose on its own, and we just don't use chemicals to, um, to process it, or to adhere. So you can use a little bit of coconut oil, which is common, and we all know that dental floss is better if it has, um, a little bit of, I'm going to use abrasiveness, because you know, if you use like glide floss, you know, it's more like a tape, and they're all wax coated, and that wax is chemicals.
And I, you know, most people have gingivitis, right? So when you are flossing and you have an open wound, those chemicals are going straight into your body. Now I'm someone that I tend to be very conscientious about that as well. You know, I'd like my fruit to be organic if I can't peel it. Cause I don't want those chemicals inside of my body if I can help it.
So that's what floss does. You got plastic floss, it's treated with chemicals so we can get to like a silk floss. Again, there's other alternatives and we treat it with, again, just natural oils. And that's a great cleansing, and it'll just decompose on its own. Boy, you're so blind. I was going to move on to the toothpaste.
I mean, there's other alternatives to that. Yes. So, I know with the toothpaste, we get away from plastic tubes, and I've done, you know, fun research, and finding different, you know, toothpaste that is eco friendly or sustainable, but they still all put it in a plastic tube. And a lot of times we'll put it in a cardboard box.
So let's just get away from that if we, if we can. Now I know there's a company called Byte that's out there that they have the little chewable tablets. And that's great. I mean, I've never tried it myself. It's not something that I really want to do. You want a tablet? I think of, I don't taking vitamins while I was younger, you know, chewing on those tablets, but at least that's sustainable, which is great.
But I have a product that's actually, it's a soap, it's a dental soap and it's all natural. And what my product is, is my product's vegan. So like bite, you know, those little tablets that you chew, they're, they're not vegan. And because they have the hydroxy appetite in it. And that's something I didn't realize at first, because when you go holistic, they like to take fluoride out of things.
So my soap, my product, does not have fluoride in it. Also, fluoride has to be FDA regulated. So you have to go through some hoops to utilize fluoride anyhow. Because at that point, now it's treated like a prescription. But I think we're dental people. We love fluoride. But if you're more of a holistic tree hugger, you probably don't like fluoride.
I love fluoride. I think it's great. Whoever's listening. I mean, not, not everybody likes it, but I think it helps the teeth. A topical application. You don't need it in your water, but my dental soap, it is, it's a bar and it is fully obviously sustainable. There's nothing to really recycle because you're going to use it all.
And it's not in any special container, it will be delivered in a little linen pouch, which itself will decompose on its own over time, you can wash it, you can reuse it, which we like to do as well. And again, it's all natural has just nothing but your essential oils in it, a little bit of xylitol. And again, it's all vegan.
There's no animal product in it whatsoever. It's not animal tested. And again, everything inside of my box will be completely, again, it's eco friendly and it's sustainable. The dental floss, again, like I said, it's going to be in a glass container so that way you not only can you reuse it, it is a thick container.
So I don't want people to think you're going to drop in the bathroom and it's going to break because it's thin. I mean, it's thick, but you know, if you wish to recycle it, it's fully recyclable. It's decomposable as well. Cause glass naturally is. And it's refillable. Those are the things that we can do. We can just be a little bit more conscientious that plastic really is, it's, it's difficult to make.
There's emissions involved to make it. And then you've got to recycle it too. I mean, there's a lot involved.
Anne: Yeah. So, I mean, it's like, it's just one more way that we can do our part. And one more way we can spread the word, uh, to people that, you know, are maybe thinking that they can take their batteries or their, their plastic and throw it in the recycle bin and that it's going to, and they're somehow they're, uh, you know, saving the earth that way.
And what we know now from, you know, what you just said today. That's not happening. That's not helping anybody.
Lynda: So I talk about batteries, like, you know what? Just a little tidbit. Anybody that's listening, you know, all right. I told you to do crew your, your batteries around the house, your household batteries, your triple A's, your double A's and ones you use in your remote recycle those, I know I have a batteries, et cetera, I think it's called, or something like that here in town, it's a franchise.
And you know what? Now with your batteries, you do have to take, um, like scotch tape or tape the ends up because they will touch each other and they can explode. So you don't want to do that, but I'll just put them in a bundle, like a stack of three or what have you, and just take some shipping tape and just make sure the ends are taped.
But we just collect it around the house. We have a jar. And we collect them around the house as we go through batteries. And then I will just take a bulk of them up to the batteries. I think it's called batteries, etc. Something like that. And recycle batteries. So again, don't throw your batteries away. I mean, look really around your household and see what you have and what can be recycled and what you can transition, you know, transition out of, you know, paper towels.
Let's not be using so many paper towels. I mean, I've gotten to the point where I'll cut up old t shirts or the socks that don't have a match. Those are really great for cleaning. I find them easier to clean with because they're over my hand. I can dust in my blinds much easier than a towel that just tends to slip out of my hands onto the floor.
So there's so many, you know, and being, you know, sustainable, sometimes a little cheaper to save yourself some money. Again, use those socks that don't have a match and some old t shirts instead of buying paper towels over and over again.
Anne: Well, you know, I really hope that anyone is listening to this today will maybe take a look at their, their, um, ways of recycling and putting their things in garbage and buying things.
And maybe somebody else's is going to have that, that aha moment that'll be able to, um, invent something that we could use in dentistry, because just the fact that all the, Plastic toothbrushes I've given out in my 46 years of dental hygiene. I'm thinking they're still on this earth. That just blows my mind.
And your hands have
Lynda: touched thousands. Can you imagine the thousands of toothbrushes that your hands alone have have touched in the containers of floss? And then what do you do? And you put them in a freaking plastic bag to hand them to your patient, right? And then they toss the plastic bag and everything else.
And then, you know what? And that's a good point. Cause in the dental office, there's so many things that we can do. Also those sterilization pouches, those are recyclable. I mean, they are, and we are using so many of them. I say. You know, not only do you have a set up, you know, as an after more, you know, as a clinician, we have a setup for composite and then your high speed is a one another bag.
Then your slow speed is in another bag and then you're necessitizing syringes in another bag. Right. And then you have a special instruments in another bag. I mean, for the love of God, people, put them all in one freaking bag and learn to recycle it. Like, come on, you don't need. Five different bags for one patient setup, right?
I mean, guilty for that. And just some basic things of changing out your lighting. And if you still have paper charts, get rid of your paper charts. If you're using paper routing slips, learn to go digital. Like, come on. Like people can sign. You know, digital consent forms, you know, um, our dry race. I mean, that kind of concept.
So, you know what, we're in 2021 now, get away from the paper charts, get away from all these paper routing slips and all these paper notes throughout the office. I mean, there's so many ways just in your dental office alone. I mean, even have your, your lights on the timer and when it's lunchtime, have those lights go off.
I mean, again, people, electricity. Not poop. It's not free. Like you have to harness electricity. I don't think if you guys realize you have to harness electricity somehow. So there's a cost and it does, it contributes to, um, the negative effect on our environment by producing electricity. So turn your lights off in your house and your dental office.
Turn your lights out whenever you can. Those are small little tidbits,
Anne: small little things that we all can do to make the world a better place, more sustainable for our kids and our grandkids and beyond. So Lynda, I want to close to this really fun time together with your mantra, which is Well, save your teeth, save the planet, save your teeth and save the planet by Lynda Sherman.
Thank you so much. You're a, you're just a delight and so much fun. So thanks for making this fun. Everybody take a listen, do our part. And, um, we love you and not only do do your part, but keep doing you. So Lynda, tell us how we can get in touch with you.
Lynda: So I have a website for my dental subscription box.
So please jump on there and get on my email list. And it is pretty simple. It's www. getmouthybox. com. So jump on there, get on my email list. And as soon as the product is ready to launch, which hopefully it should be within about 30 to 45 days, your first box will be in the mail to you. I'll let you know when it's ready.
Anne: Oh, my God. I love it. All right. Well, thank you so much. Loved having you today, everybody. Keep doing you. We'll see you next time at the, on the Just Do It podcast. Thanks everybody. Thank you
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