Dr Wotherspoor’ has also developed a dental appliance specific sanitizing liquid that thoroughly cleans and will even dissolve existing calculus and stains with regular use. There’s a lot of science that clearly links poor oral hygiene to oral and systemic disease,” says Dr Wotherspoon. ‘Dirty sports mouth guards have been connected to sports- induced asthma. As dentists we’ve all seen the lack of care and hygiene.” Dr Wotherspoon attributes his innovative thinking to his engineer father, Gordon. He’s not only incredibly resourceful but stubborn and determined and never gives up,” says D” Wotherspoon, “Those traits have definitely rubbed off onto me.”