It is with sadness and respect that we acknowledge the passing of Ramiel Nagel. Those of you who have been on the holistic oral health path may know Rami because of his excellent book, Cure Tooth Decay, which he first published in 2010 (incidentally, that’s the same year we launched OraWellness.com). Despite condemnation from many…Read More
“Can fruit play a part in a cavity-free diet?”
We regularly get emails from people in our community who are asking some really great questions. Many of our answers become posts on the ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ board on our site. We recently answered this question and thought you might benefit from hearing our reply as well (thanks to Emma G. for reaching out to…Read More
“Can I use the HealThy Mouth Blend and Shine together?”
Thank you for all of the positive feedback from everyone regarding the milestone of getting our HealThy Mouth Blend certified organic! In the many ‘congrats’ emails we received, we had a handful of people ask us to share how we use our HealThy Mouth Blend and Shine together. So, today let’s explore two helpful, high-level…Read More
How to rebalance your oral microbiome and remineralize your teeth
With the launch of our new product solution, OraWellness Shine, we have been getting a lot of questions on what’s the best way to use our products, particularly how to use our products with one another to provide the most support. So, while we normally like to dive into all sorts of other subjects in…Read More
Does tooth decay follow a pattern?
What do traditional architecture and tooth decay have in common? At first blush, maybe nothing, right? But as you’ll find in this article, our teeth are built very similarly to the way traditional arches were constructed by our ancestors. While it seems that cavities in teeth happen in a random pattern (wherever we allow the…Read More
Putting together the pieces to reverse tooth decay and remineralize cavities
This article wraps up our series on how to stop tooth decay and remineralize cavities. This series has taken us through how teeth decay, what creates the ‘perfect storm’ for decay, how to reverse tooth decay with diet, and the safety of fluoride, to name a few. Behind the scenes here at OraWellness, for several…Read More
Is Fluoride Safe to Use?
You know us—we really like to stay focused on solutions to help you navigate to greater oral health. Goodness knows there is plenty in this industry to ‘cry foul’ about, but that’s not our style. That’s why we avoid writing lots of articles that simply identify problems. We prefer to share solutions to problems instead…Read More
How to reverse tooth decay with diet
Recently, we have been talking a lot about the various pieces of how to stop cavities and reverse tooth decay. Understanding the structure of teeth and how teeth decay are parts of the puzzle. Grasping the significance that pH, sugar, saliva and the microbes implicated with tooth decay have is another piece. Today we want…Read More
The perfect storm for decay – the interplay between pH, sugar, saliva and plaque
Welcome back to our series on tooth decay and remineralization. In the first two articles in this series, we explored the chemical structure of our teeth and how the decay process occurs. Overall, we established that trying to rid our mouths of bacteria is both folly and downright unhealthy. The goal is to ‘balance our…Read More
How teeth decay – part 2 of ‘How to stop cavities and reverse tooth decay’
Here’s the bottom line… Decay occurs because acid (mainly lactic acid) interacts with the minerals in our teeth (mainly calcium and phosphorus in a crystalline form) and, over time, causes these mineral crystals to literally dissolve from our teeth into our saliva. So that’s what causes tooth decay. But to really know how to ideally stop…Read More