Behind a Smile with Dr. Shauntel Ambrose

Crafting Healthier Smiles and a Healthier Planet with Kindbrush

• Shauntel Ambrose • Season 2 • Episode 4

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Chrismarie Barnardt is the oral Hygienist behind the eco-friendly dental care brand Kindbrush. As the founder of Kindbrush, she shares her incredible diversification from oral hygienist to entrepreneur, proving that necessity truly can be the mother of invention. Get ready to be inspired by her tale of resilience and innovation as we uncover the roots of her sustainable healthcare business, highlighting the significance of bamboo toothbrushes and glass-bottled dental floss in our fight against plastic waste.

Ever wondered how an eco-conscious idea evolves into a tangible product on your bathroom shelf? We take you behind the scenes of developing Kindbrush’s unique Bite and Brush Tablets, navigating the hurdles of creating a product that's kind to both your teeth and the planet. From the alchemy of crafting tablets without harsh chemicals, to the bold move into contract manufacturing, our conversation is packed with insights for those curious about the intersection of health, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. Discover how these products are competitively priced to shatter the myth that going green breaks the bank. 
Find Kindbrush at:
www.thekindbrush.com
smile@thekindbrush.com

We wrap up with a peek into the future of oral care that doesn’t  cost us the Earth. 
Plus, we herald the Africa Dental Symposium in Cape Town South Africa, an event not to be missed by dental professionals keen on expanding their horizons in the industry. Join us as we leave you empowered to make eco-friendly choices in your dental routine and dental business, while supporting a business that’s redefining what it means to care for your teeth and your world.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

Hello and welcome to Behind a Smile. I am Dr Chantal Ambrose and I am an artist. I host a healthcare business podcast where I interview healthcare practitioners around the world, sharing tips on how to improve your healthcare practice, innovate and grow, while living your best life. We share products and information from healthcare partners that can help you in your practice journey, be it a startup, a family-based business or a multidisciplinary healthcare team. Most of the information provided here is based on personal experience and opinions, so please supplement what you learn here with approved research studies and professional advice. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed, and I invite you to join our community. If you haven't, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to be on the show, drop me a mail at behind a smile, too, at gmailcom. Let's make it happen together.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

It's Chantal once again, and I want to introduce to you guys an old hygienist, ms Krisvary Barnard, and she is the founder of the kind brush. Now, if you haven't heard about kind brush, we are going to be talking about some most inspiring dental products, and she is kicking off the season of inspiring dental products with her amazing, amazing lineup of their are white and brush tablets that comes in a glass bottle because she's caring for the planet. We have floss in a glass bottle that is also caring for the planet. We have kind lips. We have bamboo brushes for children, we have bamboo brushes for adults, and we're going to be hearing if there's anything else in the production line.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

So Krisvary is grew up in a small town in the free stage, qualified as an oral hygienist from the University of Pretoria, she is a nature lover and she's deeply concerned about the negative impact of plastic pollution, and she realized that oral hygiene products are part of the problem, and so, in May 2020, during COVID-19 pandemic, she got retrenched, and that was the catalyst to this amazing idea that has come to fruition. So I really wanted to talk a little bit about all of products, as well as think about what really do we take as a part in reducing our plastic footprint on this planet and how can we do more. And welcome Chrismarie, thank you. So tell us a little bit about yourself. You know how did you get to enter oral hygiene?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

You know I was 17 18, I had to make a decision on what I want to study and I really didn't know what I want to do. I applied to a few different universities for a few different courses and then I read an article saying that oral hygiene is one of the fastest growing professions. Well, that was now in America and that was early 2000, so they predicted that people will be investing more in their health and wellness, acting preventatively. Okay, maybe that's a good area of field to be in. Then I went to job shadow and oral hygienist for a few hours and I liked her and, maybe naively, I sort of based my decision on, finally, oral hygiene at the University of Pretoria.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

And now, almost 20 years later, I'm still doing it Well, very well done, because not only are you now the founder and CEO of this amazing company that's put by, but setting the planet, you also are doing clinical work at Pat the Odent as well as Matrix Dental in Cape Town. So we've spoken a little bit in the introduction about the fact that you were a trench during COVID-19 and I want to talk a little bit about that. So tell us, how did COVID-19 affect you as a practitioner? Tell us a little bit about that journey.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

So when COVID hit, I was working at two practices, and then the practice which was my main income. I lost my position there and I had one day a week of clinical work left. And, of course, level five, level four, even level three people were hesitant to visit the dental practice or even oral hygienists, and then we would often have patients that phoned and said they've got symptoms or they were exposed to someone, cancel their appointments, I think, for about six months from when COVID started. It's really, really tricky to see patients and I didn't think any good came out of COVID, but what it did for me was just give me an opportunity to rest, to stay at home, to think and that's something that I find is very, very rare when everything started opening up and the pace of life just increased again. So what I take from that is that stopping and pausing that often feels like a tremendous luxury was very good for me and I'm trying to incorporate that still, but it's tricky, it's very tricky.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

You know, listen, I am struggling to a number of different people, and our show is actually born out of the post-practice distress that a lot of people were going through during COVID. This is a story of sheer determination, it appears. What was it like being retrenched?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

That was very stressful and I think it affected my confidence you know it was and then certainty of the future also. But I've been working this idea in my head and I thought, well, it's now never, so you've got time to create this range. I've always had the dream of creating a competitive alternative to traditional plastic RL-Igene range that I feel comfortable in recommending to my patients. So it took me about, I would say, a month or two where I was just sort of in the dumps and then I thought listen, get up and do something. So I used my savings and I just started to work on this as quickly as possible, get it up and running as quickly as possible, because I knew, or I hoped somewhere I will get back into clinical work and that did happen. And now I'm trying to juggle both the kind brush and my clinical work to pay my rate.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

I think that your store use is so beautiful because it really shows that when you are patient enough and when, even when things don't go the way you ever, ever in your lifetime, would have dreamed of going, there is an opportunity when there's down cycles. If you've listened to any of our other shows, we talk a lot about how business turns over, how the cycles go up, how they go down and how to sustain low seasons, and we often come across. This sheer determination to push through is driven by a lot of inspiration along the line, a lot of dreams, but a lot of mentorship. So has there been anyone that was in your court during that time that you say no, listen, if it wasn't for that particular person or it wasn't for that story or it wasn't for something particular that gave you this burning desire to get yourself up, what?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

was it? No, I think desperation I felt like this is and realizing how fragile life is, how short life is, how I'm getting older and am I going to be doing oral hygiene until 60, 70? Or is it maybe time to explore something new, and that was also quite refreshing for me to do something more creative, get a bit of exposure to the business side of things, and then definitely, I don't think I would have ever been able to do it on my own. So I've got a friend that's an artist and a graphic designer, and then she had someone that's a copywriter, and the three of us got together. When I told her, listen, this is my plan, this is what I want to do, and she said, let's do it. So we sort of started working on the brand identity, exactly what the branch stand for, and that was a very, very exciting time.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

And at that time I thought this is the difficult part. And then someone said to me listen, this is the fun part, until you've got a product and you actually need to sell it. Then the hard work starts and I thought, oh my goodness, how am I going to do that? But what I also realized is that I just need to take every single step, one day at a time, because otherwise you're going to be completely overwhelmed, you're going to be completely paralyzed, and I think I had to make use with the fact that Nothing works out the way you want it, you know so, to constantly pivot, solve problems, be creative and not let that make me feel like it's the end of the world or the end of the kind brush, so just to continue persevering, pushing through.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

But yes, I think the designer played a huge part in the look in the field, because I know nothing about that, but the fact that we could sit together and work on this every day, just work on it for months, that was fantastic. Look at the different colors, look at the different problems, look at the different logos. What are we trying to communicate? And then at the end, we got G3 points. So the one was preventative oral hygiene, maintaining health rather than treating disease, inspiring bite-sized changes to care for the environment and kindness, something that I think we need now more than ever. So that was sort of the basis that we tried to work around.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

Now, how did it all come together? So? Was this something, a product that you always thought about, maybe when you were in clinical practice? Where did it actually come from? So?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

initially, the first sort I heard about it was when I read an article in the National Geographic magazine that said every single toothbrush you've ever owned still exists today, and that I couldn't understand because I knew nothing about plastic. I was indigested about that. But then I realized that plastic never goes away. It just breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics, and I was recommending a plastic toothbrush for my patients. After I see them for a cleaning, I tell them to get a new toothbrush and change it every three months. And then I moved to C point and I would go for walks on the promenade and then go onto the beach and just see, my goodness, amounts of plastic being washed up on the ocean and oftentimes toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, interdental brushes flushing. I remember one particular patient, her sort of kiddie patient, and we had three toothbrushes that we gave her and I gave this girl a toothbrush. She and her mom left, they went and fed and then she came back to me and she told me her mom says she's not allowed to take this plastic toothbrush and I was sort of taken aback by that. But from there the penny dropped that you should start refusing plastic, and then I wanted to get a eco-friendly alternative and I think bamboo is a fantastic material for a toothbrush. You know it grows one meter a day, it doesn't need face to sides fertilizer and within six months it's just integrated If you throw it in the compost.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

So I started looking for bamboo toothbrushes in South Africa, but I couldn't find one that I like. You know the head was often too big or the bristles too hard or would leave it on my basin and it could get moldy. So that's where the idea of the standing toothbrush came from, and one with a small head and soft bristles that I would feel comfortable and recommending to my patients. But then you've regret the toothbrush. Now you need to look at the floss in the toothpaste. So there wasn't and I don't think at the moment there's any other range that doesn't have any other plastic products and offers a full range of oral care products, including the electric brush head for the philipsonic care brush, and I've also got a bamboo head, the kind brush for that. So that is how it started.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

That's amazing, that it really is amazing. I think so many of us think that, oh, you know, listen, there's nothing we can do when there's somebody like you that in your lowest artist moment, you're saying, no, but I can do something about it, and I will do something about that. Well done to you. And I'm wanting to know, from the time that you got the dream, how long did you get to the actual product? Can you share a little bit of that? Sharing with us? So?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

like I said, to be honest with you, I actually haven't been on this zero waste, less buying journey for a long time. It maybe came to me in 2018 when I realized this huge problem we've got when I saw the plastic on the beach. But before that, I was also actively taking part in this frenzy of consumerism and throwaway culture. The initial time when I started working on the product was from, say, june-july 2020, and then the website went live in November 2020 with the toothbrush and the floss.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

The formulation of the Byton Brush Use Based Tablets took about two years because that was very, very tricky and I wanted to make it locally. So first buying a manual press machine, tablet press machine and then realizing it's quite tricky to make tablets and then it must be as close as possible to Toothpost when people use it. So getting that process right of it not disintegrating when I career it, but dissolving very quickly when patients bite, so that it doesn't feel like biting a pannado or a this, and so you wanted to. People must bite two, one or two times and then it must dissolve immediately. You wet your toothbrush and you brush. But again, with that it was a lot of iterations on how to get that right.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

How to get the taste right so that tell us a little bit now. Do you I'm imagining that you have somebody on board to actually check your formulations and do you work as a team? And where do you manufacture? You know, give us a little bit of an idea of how you actually get draw it out in your mind and then get it out.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

Well, I found that patients are trying to move away from toothpaste that contains fluorosodium lorosulfate and then they opt for a more natural toothpaste. That it was as if I know. I've seen this patient for years now. Suddenly they've got more blood buildup, they've got a gingivitis. So I found that their natural toothpaste wasn't always as effective at maintaining oral health. But again, I wanted to respect the patient's decision to use products that move away from chemicals because I remember when I started they didn't really take these patients seriously. You know, it would often be times patients would come in with severe smoking stains but then they didn't want any fluoride, so it was a bit of a controversial topic. But now I'm seeing so many patients with autoimmune diseases, young patients with cancer, and then they're really trying to change their lifestyle completely and I wanted to respect that.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

I always used to recommend hydroxyapatite toothpaste so when I created the client brush range, I knew I wanted hydroxyapatite as the main ingredient, together with Arletal and Sink Citrate. I think Hydroxyapatite is an incredible ingredient. You know, 97% of our enamel is made up from Hydroxyapatite and it was used in the 1960s by NASA and then in Japan in a tooth base since the 1970s, so it's not a completely new ingredient. It's not toxic and scientifically it has very similar effects in terms of remineralization, treating of sensitivity, preventing plaque holdup and even filling up small spaces in the enamel, so it's completely biocompatible. I always loved Hydroxyapatite, so I knew what I wanted the active ingredients to be in the bite and brush.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

And then I went to a company that does contract manufacturing. Again, I knew nothing about it, but I knew some of the other products that they make and I knew it's quality products. So I asked them to help me with the formulation, get the raw materials. But then we had to find a company that would assist us with the pressing of the tablets, because you know my quantities are quite small and to set up the production of the tablets you're competing with the pharmaceutical companies and I didn't have the capital to buy enough raw materials. And then you need to buy bottles and labels and then you need to pay for the pressing of the tablets. Then you must make sure that it sells and that it doesn't expire.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

So the challenge was working with someone that would, you know, not laugh at me for a small amount of quantities that I could produce, but it actually went very well and it is also difficult to gauge the market with a new product like this, and it was tricky because last year December, january and February I was completely out of stock and that I also realized that's a problem for a business. It doesn't help. You spend so much time and energy and money getting everything right and then when people finally want to buy the product, you don't have enough stuff. So I must say the public is responding very well to this and I think people are becoming more and more aware, which is wonderful of them, just about their own health and then also the environment, and we know in the dental field, you know our small changes say something like flossing can make a big impact, and I am just hoping that more people will learn that our collective efforts does matter.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

I think that the more you speak about it, the more we become aware that it's just tiny little changes make a difference. It's tiny little contributions that make a difference. And so just even if you one single toothbrush, if you're able to purchase that and use it for three months and use that as compost you're not even going to be putting it into a landfill You've contributed in a tiny little way. It makes up for a bigger hole. So I love the idea that you know you start with the tiniest bit in order to just make the start and then it really does become part of a habit and a lifestyle. And I wanted to know just a little bit about now can you give us an idea of how are we contributing to plastic waste from just from our current purchase habits? So can you give us a little bit of an idea how each of us actually do contribute to plastic waste?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

Well, say, if you take our recommendation of changing the toothbrush every three months, then it's four toothbrushes per year and you can't recycle toothbrushes. So if you multiply that by the number of people on the planet, it's tons and tons and tons of plastic waste that we send to landfill or that end up in the ocean. Plastic is an incredible material. You know, it's cheap and it's virtually indestructible, but I think it's our relationship with plastic that needs to change and we need to look at the material when we buy any product. And it's difficult because if you go into a store, everything is plastic. So there's still a lot of work that needs to be done.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

But in South Africa and it's also difficult to get exact statistics, but our landfills are filling up the main towns in South Africa at the landfills have reached capacity and it's estimated that by 2030, we won't have clean drinking water in our rivers because people live near these landfills or there's toxins. The plastic ends up in the water, releasing toxins, and if there's a burning at the landfill, it's also these chemicals that people inhale. So it's definitely a huge problem and I think you know you don't only save money when you buy less, but it's just so easy for us to throw things away and we need to ask ourselves and there's this thing that this quote is no such thing as a way. When you throw anything away, it must go some way. So it doesn't only take huge amount of resources to create anything.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

But where does it end? I just appreciate that you've been able to give us a little bit of something to think about and Just again be a change agent from. From your perspective, is is something that is really inspiring. So you know the perception Christmas is that to eat healthy is more expensive. To eat or think about plastic waste it's more expensive because people are a verse. We are under great economic pressure. You know we have a lot of challenges in South Africa that even amongst the most Motivated households they have to look at their costs perspective. Now what we would like to know is what do you say to those people that say listen, to think about plastic alternatives Is just too expensive for me, and what can you give us in terms of the advice of the price point for your product?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

You're absolutely right. I completely agree with you. I felt the same way. You know, to live healthy or to live plastic free always felt more expensive to me, and that's one thing that I didn't want to do. So I'm trying as much as possible to keep the price point competitive with plastic products. So the adult kind brush retails for 89 round, the floss also and the Biden brush. So for if you compare that to the higher-end plastic products, I think that we as dental professionals usually recommend to our patients. I feel it is a competitive alternative. And then you know just small changes that we can make in the surgery as well. There, if you look at those cups that we let our patients rinse with, we can buy paper cuts instead of the plastic ones, and it costs the same. Or the ear buds, you know, instead of plastic earbuds rather going for baby earbuds, and and that's also the same. So I agree, there's definitely some products that are more pricey.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

You can also try and find Competitive alternatives here and there now I really respect the idea that, from what I can hear and please correct me If I'm wrong, because I could be you found your product, you've created your product and you're currently using. Are you using on South African Manufacturers and providers for bamboo?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

So bamboo isn't grown commercially in South Africa.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

So, bamboo and the floss is Important, and then the two space tablet is manufactured here, bottles labeled, everything here. The design was done here, the packaging is done here. So whatever I can get in South Africa, I tried to get. But that's also challenging because, like I said, the minimum order quantities with everything is much more, price is much more and then people aren't always willing to pay more. But I love our country and as much as possible I want to support our economy, to create as many, and the lab arm. That's also part of the range I actually make myself, so that's also made it so you with 50% of the range is manufactured in South.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

Africa. That is mind-blowing to me, because when you do think about cost and think about our manufacturing process, you, even with the individuals that are able to afford more, you'll find that they choose cheaper products and cheaper manufacturing Processes, simply because I think, then bulk becomes possible and it's like looks as though you you're still able to put a lot of who you are in the product.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

So I want to share a little bit with our listeners that Chris Marie was kind enough to send me a little bit off what she has to offer. It says healthy teeth, happy planet. You know you have a lovely smile Tells you that it's bamboo in the box. Even in the box there's there's nothing plastic in. Now, sometimes it's so ironic. I get, I get to review products from time to time and I'll get something that is meant to be very eco-friendly but then it has a plastic packet that is just keeping it from moving around in packaging and it's counterproductive to the actual aim of a whole product. But I often do get it and you know I'm lucky enough that we do do a lot of reviews for a lot of Deadpool products and I just love the fact that you've put in such a lot of thoughts into not only the brand but the way you've done. Your packaging is really very easy to use. You know you get sometimes great brushes and they just lie on your sink and you just you know you do get mold on them and the fact that you can actually just lean your brush up makes it so ergonomic and just so useful. So it's such a well thought out product. You're still able to support South African products and people here in order to also contribute to the bigger whole of the economy. We haven't spoken about your kind lips and I'd love to hear a little bit more about how you came about with kind lip. But before I do I must talk about your floss.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

To allow a person, or to actually convince a person who's not a flosser, to floss is an uphill battle and you know they're almost in disbelief because you know if you have a toothpick, why use floss. It's often you know where somebody's dental education lies, especially if they've never used floss before. And then you go. You know you may get to a point where you actually go to the supermarket aisle and then you realize that floss is really expensive and when you're looking for floss there's a whole range of different flossers. But you never think what's gonna happen to this in the end of it, and we've been. I mean it's an absolute necessity. You know people say the only floss that you want to keep.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

And here we are, pushing this floss. We pushing this last day, but you never think about where is the end result really. So to have something that's thoughtful in that process and to offer it with a refill so there's a refill option and you're keeping the glass bottle, so it really does solve the sustainability of the product is actually really well thought of. I commend you on it tremendously and everyone that was involved in the making of your product. And then with these phenomenal bite and brush tablets, you know it's such a nuance to be able to take a tablet and bite into it. I mean, we've been using disclosing tablets for a while but we never really would consider that you could use a single equivalent of what you would as a toothpaste. Now I forgot to ask you. But those people that now are fluoride sensitive, how do you solve that problem?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

Firstly, most of toothpaste is. If you look at any toothpaste tube, it's aqua, so it's basically water. 70% of toothpaste is water. So if you just remove the water, you take the dry ingredients and then you can compress it into a tablet and then there's no need for the plastic tube. Bite and brush is completely 100% natural, vegan friendly. So that's why I put in the Hydraxy Abagym together with Xylitol, to prevent the plastic buildup, of help with the remineralization.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

There's two types of Hydraxy Abagym. You get micro and nano. So I opted for the micro because nano is also synthetic. And then there's a smaller type of micro Hydraxy Abagym that will seal the dental tubules for sensitive patients. So it does cover all the areas because a lot of the patients well, mostly, if you look at what patients want, you know I also wanted, I know in our daily lives it's you want to all in one. So it does have something that sinks into for fresh breath. It does prevent the blood buildup and give that long mouth feeling Immediately. If you've got this blood buildup in the dental, obviously out there there's resuscitation, that type of thing. So I wanted to make it a all-in-one two-space that doesn't only treat sensitivity or prevent the buildup or rocket for the comes, but a all-in-one, comprehensive variety, free alternative.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

I would love to hear a little bit, before we close the show, on your hind lips. So tell us a little bit about what your hind lips has in it.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

So that was quite easy to make, and so initially, when I opened with a website in November 2020, that was also part of the product range, with a nice travel bag, you know, just to make everything a bit more exciting than just the brush and the floss. So it's also 100% natural. I make it myself in small batches, and it contains Sawyer wax, avocado butter, coconut oil, vitamin E oil, and then it's just got a very light mandarin scent to it.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

That was also something that was with a formulation you know not to make it too soft, not to make it too hard it mustn't melt too much in summer, but it mustn't be too hard that you feel you can't, you know, scrape it off and get it on your lips. So it was trial and error loss of trial and error.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

I want to commend you. I really do, but I think that before we end the show, you have to let us know. I'm a recycling freak. I've been encouraging every single person that I know to try to save the planet in one way or the other, and it's really an honor and a privilege to speak to people who have done something about it. So I feel very, I feel very grateful for you making the time to have a little bit of time with us and share a bit of your amazing line. Is there anything else that we are needing to look out for in the near future, or are you able to let us know about it?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

So I would love to actually have a kitty spite and brush, and I don't think it would be so difficult to do, because I've been through the painful process of creating this now and I actually just want to keep the formulation the same and change the flavor, so hopefully in the near future I will be able to do that. That would be my next step. Let's see.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

Yeah, you know, listen. I want to encourage you, every one of our listeners, to just go and look us up, go to your website. Where can they get hold of you? Where can they get hold of these amazing?

Chrismarie Barnardt:

products. So I've got a website called wwwkindbrushcom and my email address is smile at the kind brushcom, but it's also available. I'm take a lot and faithful to nature, small independent retail stores, health shops. I would then also does offer products to dental professions and display units, so hopefully I can increase the footprint a little bit. But people are more than welcome to contact me directly and I'll try and respond as soon as I can.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

I really think that you're doing your bit on the planet and congratulate you for still being able to do some clinical work, and I encourage everyone to go and have a look and see From open disclosure. It's really important to mention that, although I love these products, I'm not getting any percentage of sales or anything like that. Today really is about education. It's about education of people have put their foot forward to make a difference on the planet with great products and you are one of them. So congratulations and thank you.

Chrismarie Barnardt:

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the exposure. For a small business, something like this is priceless. So thank you, dr Chantel, also for your time and for quitting.

Dr Shauntel Ambrose:

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