Each of us arrives on the path to greater oral health at our own unique place. For some of us, it’s a fateful trip to the dentist where we learn something is wrong. For others, it may be something as simple as finding blood on your floss. Bleeding gums is super, super common. However, as…Read More
Does Flossing Really Lower My Risk of a Heart Attack?
It’s easy to grasp the importance of regular oral hygiene habits for avoiding mouth-based issues, like tooth decay and bleeding gums. But when we stretch the discussion to whether regular flossing can lower our risk of whole-body issues, like a heart attack, the link between the two topics can get a bit fuzzy. After all,…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
How to KNOW if you are heading in the right direction with your oral health – part 1
In this article, we’re going to share a simple strategy to help you navigate to greater oral and whole-body health. It’s important to begin our journey with this relatively easy step. Otherwise, any blind efforts to create positive change in our oral health might not produce any results, or they might even wind up leading…Read More
Customer Q&A – How will I know if I’m benefiting from using your blend?
We just received an excellent question from a new customer that we enjoyed answering so much, we realized that there would be others who would also benefit from reading our answer. This customer asked, “Just wondering when a person would start noticing changes to their gums? I know everyone is different, but what are…Read More
Options If You Have Missing Teeth
One of the options we discussed in ‘I have a root canal- now what do I do?‘ was to have the root canal tooth properly removed. If you have chosen to have your root canal removed, then this is the follow-up article for you. Of course, this article also applies to anyone who is missing…Read More
What 42 days of positive action can accomplish…
We received an email testimonial that we are very honored to bring forward to you here. Customer Anita wanted to share the progress she made using our products and support. As you will see, the testimonial begins with the dentist’s findings during a new patient visit, including how many gum pockets she had and their…Read More
How oil pulling helps improve oral health and whole body wellness
Whenever we can find a wellness protocol that has stood the test of time, we always pay special attention. Call us anti-aggressive marketers, skeptical of newfangled stuff, or just old-fashioned—we simply have an affinity toward those tools that humans have been using for many years. Oil pulling is one of these health-giving traditions. We…Read More
How to create greater oral health for the whole family
As we mention in our article, “How to create a healthy brushing routine with your toddler or young child“, as parents, the oral hygiene routine that we model sets the example for our child’s oral hygiene. When it comes to raising our oral health awareness as a family, we should note that oral health is…Read More
So, you think diet doesn’t impact oral health? Think again!
For many of you, this will not come as a surprise, but it’s been proven time and time again that what we eat has a direct relationship to what types of bacteria are going to thrive in and on our bodies. The bacterial colonies that naturally thrive in and on our bodies change based…Read More