Of all the links established between oral and systemic health, the relationship between oral health and cancer elsewhere in the body is perhaps the most surprising. Yet research continues to show that the oral microbiome – the community of bacteria living in your...
Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF): A Natural Option for Faster, Better Healing
When it comes to dental work, biocompatibility is crucial. Always, we want to be sure that any materials we use in replacing or restoring teeth are a good match for a patient’s individual biochemistry. This is why, for instance, we use BPA-free composite resins when...
Could Hidden Jawbone Infections – Cavitations – Be Affecting Your Health?
Not all dental problems are obvious ones. Infections in the jaw can go on for years without causing any pain or discomfort – infections that can have a real impact on your overall health. One such infection that not many know about is chronic ischemic jawbone disease....
If You Want Dental Implants, You Want Metal-Free Zirconia – Here’s Why
No one wants to lose a tooth, but sometimes it happens. When it does, you’ve got three options for replacing it: a bridge, a partial denture, or an implant. Implants are the closest thing you can get to natural teeth, and this is because of how they work. Where once...
Why We Practice Mercury-Free, Mercury-Safe Dentistry
Of course, oral galvanism and its tendency to accelerate mercury release from “silver” amalgam fillings are hardly the only problems that dental mercury can cause. Yes, even though you hear people call them “silver” fillings, those metal restorations are actually 50%...
Mixed Metals in the Mouth Can Be Trouble: Oral Galvanism
For all the amazing things modern dentistry has to offer, it still holds forth some pretty bad ideas. Filling teeth with neurotoxic mercury amalgam is one. Another? Placing a variety of metals in a person’s mouth. Now, there are a number of ways you could wind up with...
Triclosan in Your Oral Hygiene Products? It May Promote Colon Cancer
Do you know what’s in your toothpaste? It may include a controversial chemical called triclosan. Numerous concerns have been raised about its safety and effectiveness. Now, a study just published in Science Translational Medicine adds to them by showing that it may...
An Alternative to Periodontal Surgery that Draws on Your Body’s Own Healing Response
Just as gum disease is a progressive disease, so is treatment for it. Where scaling and root planing – “deep cleaning” – or ozone therapy may be enough to resolve it in its early stages, surgical measures may be called for as it worsens. Yet the thought of surgery –...
Why You Really Should Make Oil Pulling Part of Your Oral Hygiene Routine
We’ve talked before about the benefits of oil pulling, an ancient Ayurvedic practice that essentially involves swishing oil around in your mouth. Those benefits are numerous, as a 2017 review of the science neatly sums up: . Oil pulling generates antioxidants which...
How Are Oral & Overall Health Linked? Let Us Count the Ways…
It wasn’t so long ago that orthodox dentistry scoffed at the idea that oral and systemic health could be linked. These days, we have a World Oral Health Day that focuses on that very relationship. For oral health is much more than just a nice smile. Oral health and...
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