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As it turned out, we weren’t the only ones who sensed this stream was swimming with fish. Out of the vegetation lumbered a young grizzly bear. We didn’t know he was there at first, but he surely knew we were. We looked upstream just in time to see the grizzly throw his massive paw into the stream and knock a 5-pound cutthroat out of the water. We could hardly believe our eyes (probably the same way the hikers felt during our bike escapade). We were far out in the water, so we were safe enough, but we remember the episode clearly; it was the time we got out-fished by a bear.
in a horseshoe area, and it creates a stunning view of the whole landscape. As the glaciers melt, they create numerous tributaries, and I just knew one of them had to have a lot of fish in it. I suggested to Bill that we make our way over to it. The vegetation here was very dense, and we couldn’t see much from stream to stream. We carried and then paddled our kayaks up close and threw our hooks in the stream about 30 feet from the shore. We were fishing cutthroat, a small type of trout. If you get a 2-pound fish, you’re doing pretty well. We caught half a dozen each in this stream, and we bubbled with pride. Bill caught a 3-pound that he had taxidermied.
The World’s First Dental Hygienist While many dental offices are named after the dentist, most will tell you that their hygienists are an essential part of their practice. In fact, patients often build the best relationships with their hygienists due to the frequency of their cleanings. Despite the significant role they play in modern practices, a lot of people might be surprised to learn that, compared to the overall origin of dentistry, the induction of hygienists into the industry is relatively recent. Fast-forward a century, and today’s hygienists can offer patients more treatment than the first “dental nurses” probably ever thought possible. They carry out their own minor procedures, including polishing and stain and tartar removal, and they can also conduct inspections to update the dentist of any upcoming issues. Many of them can also carry out the preliminary work for fitting braces or take molds of teeth before reconstructive surgery is performed.
All in all, both dentists and patients are fortunate that dental hygienists have taken such huge strides in their field over the last 100 years. Next time you see your hygienist, be sure to give them a big thanks for all they do!
“Dental nurses,” as they were known at the time, began to provide prophylaxis treatment as a means to prevent disease in the late 1880s. Then, in 1906, an Ohio dentist named Alfred C. Fones trained his assistant, Irene Newman, to act as an apprentice so she could scale and polish his patients’ teeth. Interestingly, Fones openly despised the title “dental nurse,” so he dubbed Newman the world’s first “dental hygienist.” By 1910, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery began offering a course for dental hygienists. Unfortunately, many of the existing dentists in the state strongly opposed the formal training school, so even though they had completed their coursework, hygienists struggled to find clinics where they could practice. While the school did eventually close a couple years later, Fones continued training on his own. In the end, he trained 97 dental hygiene students, all of whom were finally licensed and allowed to practice.
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