Dec 19, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition, Gum Disease / Periodontal Health
Eating right for good oral health starts with limiting sugar – not just the sweet stuff but all refined carbs and starches, which the body digests as sugar. It’s the favorite food of harmful oral bacteria – the kind that cause tooth decay and gum disease.... 
Nov 28, 2022 | Holistic & Biologic Dentistry
Once you recognize that a healthy body depends on a healthy mouth – and vice versa – it seems obvious that what helps keep a body healthy helps keep the mouth healthy, too. Yet some people are a little surprised by some of the lifestyle factors that can... 
Jul 25, 2022 | Periodontal (Gum) Health
Gum recession isn’t just a cosmetic issue. As your gums pull further away from your teeth, more of their roots get exposed, and they aren’t protected by enamel like the visible part of a tooth is. Because of this, tooth sensitivity is a common companion to receding... 
Mar 28, 2022 | Dental Ozone, Oral Health
Ozone is kind of a funny thing. At ground level, it can be quite harmful to human health, mixing with other pollutants to form smog. Miles above the Earth, though, it protects us by forming a layer that absorbs UV radiation from the sun. What’s harmful in one context... 
Dec 16, 2021 | Gum Disease / Periodontal Health, Mouth / Body Health
Diabetes and gum disease travel a two-way street. Develop one condition and you raise your risk of developing the other. As one 2014 paper put it, Diabetes increases the risk for periodontitis (particularly if poorly controlled) and evidence suggests that advanced...