
In fact, some products fortunately take into account the fact that wetness is present, and these products bond in either a dry or moist field.

Surprisingly, an absolutely dry field is not always required when working in the confines of a moist mouth. By naturally increasing saliva production, sufferers find relief while speaking, chewing, and swallowing when they use the Spry line. Available in natural-flavored spearmint, the mouthrinse is mild and pleasing to the palate. With insufficient saliva flow, mouth bacteria can thrive and cause decay and other infections. Xlear has an all-natural mouth spray, Rain, that includes a dose of the natural sweetener xylitol. When the mouth feels less than watery from xerostomia and requires nourishing moisture, try a product designed to bring rapid relief. When a fog’s humidity reaches the 100% mark due to large water drops, rainy drizzle occurs. Sometimes precipitation occurs in the form of drizzle as a result of droplet-filled fog. Both cool mint and fresh citrus mist are sugar-free and leave the mouth feeling clean and fresh. Listerine offers two types of PocketMist. Each unit delivers more than 140 breath-freshening blasts that eliminate 99.9% of odiferous germs with a finger-activated trigger. The Listerine oral care PocketMist is a handy, palm-sized breath freshener in a nonaerosol spray which may be fastened to a keychain for easy dispensing. For a germ-killing mist for your mouth, look to Listerine brand. Fog, however, is distinct from mist (which may also be found in higher elevations) only in density. The antifog solution cleans and protects the mirror face with a defogging agent when the mirror face is wiped across the wick and reservoir from the no-spill dispenser.Ī cloud that is not yet true fog lingering on the ground surface may still become fog when it reaches a higher elevation, such as a hilltop or mountain rim. This system has a wick that is saturated by cotton rolls complete with a dispenser. When merely wiping the mirror face is too time consuming, try the Mirror-Wipe System from Holmes Dental. Sunstar Americas has a defogger product called Clear Dip which is available in a 16 ounce bottle. Liquid preparations may be applied with a moistened 2x2 when needed or simply dripped evenly on the glass. Preventing fogging with these simple products is inexpensive, and they last quite awhile once they are applied. This spray has an agreeable, mild taste so there is little objection from the patient when the clinician uses the product. Cetylite Company has a product called Dee Fog available in a convenient spray, making application on the mirror surface simple. This makes it impossible for the clinician to work, because he or she has to rinse the mirror with water or keep wiping the reflective face of the mirror on the patient’s inner moistened cheek repeatedly throughout treatment.Ī quick solution is to apply mirror defogging products to coat the mirror and improve viewing. When patients inhale and exhale, the breath may form condensation, fogging the mirror and distorting tooth and tissue images. Fog develops on dental mirrors as well, making visibility in the mouth difficult. Because fog can be dense and difficult to see through, automobiles can come equipped with fog lamps, which provide a low-beam headlight to see better through the fog layer. Visibility HazardĪs anyone who drives a motor vehicle during foggy conditions knows, visibility is reduced and extreme caution must be taken. This type is formed by dew evaporating as the sun rises, burning off the fog at first light. In the morning, evaporation fog is common. Fog forms over the cold water and rolls over onto land. Another type of fog is that which floats over water. After a rain, evaporating moisture on the surface of the ground gives rise to precipitation fog. With no wind, fog settles close to the ground a breeze will cause the fog to spread and likely form in low-lying areas. Because the droplets are close to the ground, fog forms.

Air becomes thick with water droplets and condenses.

Another way to figure the formation of fog is more fundamental in nature. When fluffy clouds come down from overhead and touch the earth’s surface, they are no longer called clouds but fog.įog arises when cool air reaches a dew point along with a multitude of amassed moisture the water vapor floating in the air then becomes the familiar thick fog. By Karen Kaiser, RDH Click here to enlarge image
