Even Sleep Has an Impact on Your Oral Health
Sure, diet and hygiene are the biggest drivers of oral health, but they’re hardly the only ones. There’s smoking, for instance. There’s exercise. There’s chronic stress. And then there’s sleep. One 2017 study of more than 8300 Korean adults found that those who slept...
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Got Cavities? Don’t Blame Your Genes
Pop quiz: Do you have control over whether you develop tooth decay? If you answered “yes,” congratulations! You passed. And if you answered “no,” you’re not alone. According to a 2016 survey by the Children’s Dental Health Project, more than 40% of American adults...
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Do Essential Oils Really Work When It Comes to Oral Health?
In caring for their patients, holistic dentists make use of both modern science and traditional healing wisdom – including the use of plant-based medicine. Many botanicals have been used for ages, having proven their worth over thousands of years. These include clove,...
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Connecting with Others This Holiday Season
More than any other time of year, the winter holidays are when we really come together. We gather with friends and family for parties, for worship, for gift giving, for feasts. Through our rituals and traditions, we strengthen the bonds that hold us together...
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Your Tongue: To Brush or Not to Brush?
You get up in the morning. You brush your teeth (and floss, we hope!). And then this happens: Yes, by the time you get home from work, your mouth is a mess of biofilm, a/k/a plaque. For bacteria are social critters. They learn to work together and protect each other...
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When Pro-Fluoridation “Evidence” Falls Apart
Once upon a time – a bit more than a year and a half ago – some scientists published a study in which they looked at the rates of tooth decay in two large Canadian cities: Edmonton, where the water had been consistently fluoridated since 1967, and Calgary, which...
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Be Kind to Your Gums: Exercise! (Yes, Really)
As we mentioned last week, though diet and hygiene are the foundation for good oral health, other factors have an impact, too – factors most people just don’t think about. Exercise, for instance. Now, a new study in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology offers some...
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Why Sleep Apnea Is a Very Big Deal – and How Your Dentist Can Help
Sleep is when your body does its maintenance work. Toxins are swept from your brain. Tissues rebuild. Memories are consolidated. Energy is restored. It should be no surprise, then, that lack of sleep can interfere with your health. This maintenance work can’t be done...
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Spinning the Science Sugar Biz Style
As many of us were baking pies and whipping up marshmallow-laden sweet potato casseroles and other carborific dishes for our Thanksgiving feasts, the sugar industry was coming under fire – again – for for operating by Big Tobacco’s playbook. As the New York Times...
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Concerned About BPA in Dental Fillings? What You Need to Know
“But I heard that tooth-colored fillings contain BPA,” you’ll hear some folks say – as if that somehow negates all concern about the mercury in amalgam fillings. And yes, it’s true: Most composite resins available today do contain this endocrine-disrupting chemical or...
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Mercury-Safe Dentistry Is a Must – Here’s Why
When a patient asks us to remove their mercury fillings and replace them with biocompatible restorations, we follow extensive safety procedures. After all, mercury is extremely toxic – on par with substances such as arsenic and lead. Mercury toxicity has been...
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Composite Equal to or Better Than Amalgam, New Study Shows
One of the most common defenses of mercury amalgam fillings you still hear these days is that they last so much longer than tooth-colored composites. This statement from Delta Dental is typical: With more durable resin material available for only a decade, resins...
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