HappyTeeth.Care

Hi, I’m Redi Shuli. I’m a dental student at NYU College of Dentistry, and I’m the person behind HappyTeeth.Care.

I started this site in 2023 because so much dental advice online is marketing or guesswork. My goal is simple: read the research, explain it in plain English and help you make better decisions about your teeth. That includes knowing when it’s time to see a dentist.

I’ve worked in healthcare for years. Before dental school, I was an EMT (emergency medical technician), caring for patients at emergency scenes and on the way to the hospital. I spent four years in medical testing labs, including processing COVID-19 test samples during the pandemic. I also volunteered more than 200 hours in a hospital emergency department.

To prepare for dentistry, I shadowed dentists at multiple New York City practices and completed a master’s degree in biomedical sciences at Rutgers University. Before that, I earned a B.S. in Health and Nutrition from Brooklyn College (CUNY) as a Macaulay Honors student.

Lab work taught me to double-check everything, and I run this site the same way. Every article is a literature review. That means I go through the published studies and official guidelines on a topic, explain what they actually show and list every source so you can check them yourself. I’m not a licensed dentist yet, so nothing here is a diagnosis or a replacement for your own dentist. Think of it as a way to walk into your next appointment better informed.

Outside of school, I’m a second-degree black belt, and I taught taekwondo for more than six years. Teaching showed me that almost anything can be explained simply, and I try to do that in every article. I also like to go biking and work out at the gym, and I keep two large freshwater fish aquariums as a hobby.