Did you catch the terrific article Dr. Mercola posted last week on the science of the relationship between positive emotions and health? (If you didn’t, go check it out now. We’ll wait for you.) Yet all too often in such discussions, oral health tends to get overlooked – even as we know that negative emotions […]
Oral Health
Oral Health & Living a Long, Healthy Life
Dr. Reinhold Voll, the German physician whose work provides a good deal of the foundation of biological dentistry, famously observed that 90% of all physical illness can be traced to the mouth. Instantly, you might be thinking of things like mercury amalgam fillings, root canal teeth, and cavitations. After all, these are some of the […]
A Role for Green Tea in Keeping Your Teeth & Gums Healthy
It’s kind of weird how we can think that chemicals we conjure up in the lab are necessarily superior to what nature provides – especially as science continues to prove that natural compounds can be just as, if not more, effective. Case in point, green tea, which we’ve known for years as a great source […]
Why Coconut Oil Rocks
Last week, we talked about oil pulling for healthy teeth and gums – a practice for which coconut oil is especially well-suited. Why? Evidence continues to mount with respect to its antimicrobial effects, particularly with respect to oral pathogens. For instance, a 2012 study by scientists at the Athlone Institute of Technology found that enzyme-modified […]
Oiling Pulling: Magical or Mythical?
It seems everyone’s talking about oil pulling these days – from mommy bloggers to fashionistas to the Huffington Post and plenty more in between. But what is it? And why is it? And why have Dr. Glaros and many of us here in the office happily taken up this ancient Ayurvedic practice? What Is Oil […]
Foods that Promote Good Oral Health
This is not the first word nor the last word about nutrition, but it has good advice and information. Teeth go through a cyclical process of ‘mineralization’ or building and strengthening of tooth and bone, and ‘demineralization’ or loss of tooth minerals. Quite literally the food we eat will either help build strong teeth and […]
Knowing When You Have a Tooth Abscess
Most commonly caused by dental decay, untreated gingivitis or gum disease, an abscessed tooth is a painful infection that no one wants to encounter. One way to avoid an abscess is to follow a strict oral health routine that includes brushing, flossing and regular checkups. Some tooth abscesses are not so easily avoided and those […]
A Breakthrough in Treating Gum Disease: Oral DNA Testing
Did you know that periodontal or gum infections are the most common chronic infection among people in the U.S. today? It is shocking to realize that nearly two thirds of Americans over the age of 35 are suffering from some form of periodontal disease. It’s even more concerning when you consider the connection between chronic […]