We are exposed to so many sugar temptations on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sweet beverage, cake at a company party, a paleo delectable, or a vegan pie, sweets are everywhere. And with overindulgence in sweet foods comes the increased risk of canker sores. If you aren’t familiar with canker sores,…Read More
What Causes an Abscessed Tooth and How You Can Avoid Them
A tooth abscess, also called abscessed tooth, is right up there with root canals, subjects that we all need to be aware of in order to have a clear understanding of what to do if we have an abscess as well as how to avoid ever having a tooth abscess. Anyone who has ever had…Read More
How to Balance Your Oral Flora and Be a Good Conductor of the Symphony in Your Mouth
Are you ready to go on an adventure? This journey requires great courage and an open mind. Today we want to explore one of the most common oral health myths in our culture: that all plaque is bad. It seems that modern culture loves to over-condense issues and subjects, categorizing things as right vs. wrong,…Read More
What Your Receding Gums Could Be Telling You…
Is there a connection between receding gums, snoring, and feeling less-than-energetic? Today we’re going to put several puzzle pieces in place to help us navigate not only to greater oral health but also to whole-being wellness. In a recent article titled, ‘What causes receding gums and how to stop it’ (which happened to be our…Read More
One Test You Definitely Want to Get from Your Dentist
Here at OraWellness, we talk a lot about the importance of feedback loops to help us successfully address gum disease. Feedback loops help us to know whether we are heading in the right direction on our path to optimal oral health. There are many things we can do in the comfort of our own…Read More
Are Dental Sealants Safe?
Dental sealants are heralded as one of the ‘great hopes’ to stop tooth decay in modern culture. Numerous research studies about sealants for teeth over the past 20 years have shown that sealants decrease tooth decay. But what’s really going on here? Are the results of the studies accurate or being manipulated to paint…Read More
How to Stop Receding Gums
This is the follow-up to What Causes Receding Gums and How to Stop it. In that article, we explored how gum recession can only happen when the underlying bone tissue of the upper and/or lower jaw has diminished through the process of demineralization. Today, we will explore various strategies for supporting and optimizing jaw bone…Read More
What Causes Receding Gums and How to Stop it
Like so many subjects in medicine and dentistry, the internet is full of misinformation and misunderstandings around receding gums. It can be super confusing. Some resources will say you can grow back gum tissue while others will say you can’t. One site might tell you that receding gums are a result of brushing too hard…Read More
How Nutrition Plays a Foundational Role in Stopping and Reversing Gum Disease
Have you ever had a dentist tell you about the importance of nutrition? Not just the rhetoric of, ‘Don’t eat sugar,’ but have they really wanted to educate you about the critical role of nutrient-dense foods for creating optimal oral health (and whole-body wellness)? We’d never had this experience until years ago when we…Read More
How to Straighten Teeth Without Braces
We all want a radiant smile. While much of the radiance of a smile comes from within, whether we are letting our ‘Light’ shine or not, many of us still want a physically nice smile too. So when we turn our attention to dental braces, we come across another highly controversial subject in the oral health…Read More