đź“š THE LIBRARY
Books that put the forgotten mouths back on the page.
Three decades on the front line of geriatric oral health — distilled into books written for caregivers, clinicians, and the families who love someone aging at home or in a facility.
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New · 2026
#1 Amazon Best Seller · Oral Health & Longevity
The Forgotten Mouths
Dr. Sonya Dunbar, RDH
The complete guide to geriatric oral health in long-term care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living and mobile dentistry — part clinical playbook, part call to conscience.
- Evidence-based protocols for long-term care, nursing homes & assisted living
- A mobile dentistry blueprint — from logistics to billing
- Scripts for caregivers, CNAs and families who fear the mouth
- Case studies on aspiration pneumonia, dementia care & dignity at end-of-life
- A reform roadmap policymakers and DSOs can actually implement
✦ CO-AUTHORED
The Tooth and Nothing but the Truth
with Dr. Alisa Kauffman, DMD · AuthorHouse, 2021
Format
Softcover · eBook
Pages
118
ISBN
9781665524728
A geriatric dental hygienist and a geriatric dentist sit down and tell the truth — about dentures that don’t fit, mouths that don’t get brushed, and the small acts of dignity that change a senior’s entire day. Written for hygienists, students, CNAs and family caregivers.
PRAISE
Words from readers and the field
“Sonya doesn’t just write about geriatric oral care — she rebuilds the entire system around the people we forgot. Required reading.”
Dr. Alisa Kauffman, DMD
Geriatric House Call Dentist · Co-author
“Every administrator, every DON, every hygiene student should read The Forgotten Mouths. It is a moral document as much as a clinical one.”
Long-Term Care Director
Skilled Nursing Facility, Florida
“Practical, fierce, and full of heart. Sonya gave language to something our profession has avoided for decades.”
RDH Reader
Verified review
From the Author
A NOTE FROM SONYA
“I wrote these books because the silence was getting louder.”
For thirty years I have walked into nursing homes and met mouths the system had stopped seeing. These pages are my receipts — the protocols, the stories, the policy fights, and the love. If you care for someone aging, this library is for you.
— Dr. Sonya Dunbar, RDH
Bring The Forgotten Mouths to your team, school or facility.
Bulk pricing for hygiene schools, DSOs, long-term care groups and caregiver associations. Author keynote add-ons available.