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
“Can Brushing After a Meal Damage My Teeth?”
At some point in the journey each of us takes toward optimal oral health, we wake up to realize that we have to take better care of our teeth and gums. Unfortunately, at this point, most of us simply increase what we are doing, assuming for example, “I must not be brushing my teeth…Read More
The First Step How to Whiten Your Teeth Naturally
The smile… the universal way we communicate health, beauty, friendliness, confidence, success, acceptance. It’s no wonder that we all want a healthy smile. Tooth whitening commercials and dental treatments are all too eager to give us one of those smashingly white smiles we see on all the ads on the internet, TV and in…Read More
4 Steps to Help Your Kids Live a Cavity Free Life
We recently received an email from a caring mom asking for ideas what she can do to help her son who has dentinogenesis imperfecti (DI). DI is a genetic issue where the teeth come in very weak and crumble easily. Think, tooth decay on steroids. This mom shared with us the challenges she faces watching…Read More
Can Diet Alone Improve Existing Gum Disease?
Our friend, Dr. Al Danenberg, has 40 years of experience as periodontist (a dentist specializing in the treatment of gum disease). Over the course of 40 years, you can imagine that he has ‘been there, done that’ with all kinds of gum disease treatments. However, a twist of fate provoked him to question everything he…Read More
19 Pearls for Overall Health
The following is a guest blog post from a professional friend of ours, Dr. Al Danenberg. Dr. Al is a wonderful resource because he is a dentist who specializes in the treatment of gum disease AND he has awakened to the foundational impact that diet has on our oral health. You can learn more from…Read More
Tracking your saliva pH – part 2 of ‘How to Know that You are Heading in the Right Direction’
In part 1 of this two-part article series, we explored the importance of feedback mechanisms / feedback loops. In other words, we need a way to evaluate whether or not the actions we’re taking are helping us create positive changes in our oral health. This seems pretty straightforward. However, we do things all the…Read More
What Foods Undermine Our Oral Health and Why
It’s an unfortunate reality that most people in western culture still consider oatmeal a healthy way to start the day. In part 1 of this 3-part article series, we discussed the role that diet plays in tooth decay. In part 2, we explored foods that we should eat to help support greater oral health. In…Read More
What TO eat to support greater oral health
This article is part 2 of a 3-part series exploring the fundamental role that diet and nutrition play in our ability to create optimal oral health. In the first article in the series, “What Causes Tooth Decay? (AND How Can We Stop it?)“, we explored how our diets have a big impact on our dentinal…Read More
What Causes Tooth Decay? (AND How Can We Stop it?)
To us, it’s critically important to help heal the misunderstandings that our culture has around how to navigate the path to greater oral health. After all, tooth decay has deep implications about the level of whole-body health that each of us experiences on a daily basis. In this 3-part series diving into the role of…Read More