Stamford native Jerry Zezima writes a humor column for Tribune News Service and is the author of seven books. His latest is “The Good Humor Man: Tales of Life, Laughter and, for Dessert, Ice Cream.” ...

Ultrasonic cleaners are used for cleaning dental instruments and medical implants in medical industry, machines and assembly parts in heavy industry, and laboratory instruments made of plastic ...

If you have clear braces such as Invisalign, you'll know that the retainers can be a pain to keep clean. This is the one thing you need to keep them looking as good as new ...

and another for the Zima Dental Pod – supposedly the world's first ultrasonic oral appliance cleaner. Billed as a “revolutionary product that cleans aligners, retainers, Invisalign ...

I went to the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine on Long Island ... The best way to clean retainers, he said, is with an ultrasonic cleaner, a small, plastic and stainless steel ...