The health of your gums is influenced by a number of factors such as oral hygiene, genetic factors, your overall health and nutrition. Many studies have found that a balanced diet plays an important role in maintaining the health of your gums. Additionally, nutritional supplements and a healthy diet have been known to affect healing [...]
Will Nutrition Prevent Gum Disease? A recent German study has found that a healthy diet containing lots of fruits, vegetables (especially legumes), nuts and fish, and minimizing trans-fatty acids, sugar, dairy products and other animal protein helps protect your mouth against gum disease and other inflammatory diseases. The study worked with two groups – one [...]
The Importance of Vitamin D for Your (Dental) Health Normally we think of Vitamin D as “just another vitamin in my daily package,” but the qualities of this vitamin cannot be overstated enough. First off, Vitamin D is not actually a vitamin, it is what’s called a “prohormone” which is a substance that is converted [...]
Sometimes it IS Nice to Fool Mother Nature! Pinhole Gum Rejuvenation Gives You Back What Mother Nature Intended! As the commercial in the 1970’s stated, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature”, and can be true for so many things but when it comes to unsightly and painful gum recession it can certainly be a [...]
Giving New Life to Failing Implants You will find a number of articles on our site talking about the dangers of gum disease and the fact that in the United States alone, this condition has reached epidemic proportions. At our Holistic Dental Center we encounter gum disease almost every day in some form or another [...]
Periodontal Disease and Diabetes - How LANAP Can Help We already know, and as you can read on this website, that keeping your teeth and gums healthy covers more than just having a great smile. Your mouth is a very important part of your body as it is the entrance point of your body energy [...]
Is Your Body Ready for an Implant? When we think of improving our smile with beautiful teeth, we don’t often think what creating that smile with dental procedures may do to our overall health. We just trust our dentist to make the right decision. But, if your dentist isn’t a holistic dentist, he or she [...]
Mercury and Cardiovascular (Heart) Disease If you have been following our blog posts on the subject of mercury fillings, you already will know that mercury fillings can significantly damage your health. Recent studies have found that mercury can accumulate in the heart and has been associated with elevated blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms and increased [...]
How Safe is Amalgam Removal? More and more people consider mercury removal from their teeth, and for good reason. Mercury is one of the most toxic substances in the world and is a powerful poison that causes health hazards. Mercury vapor is continuously emitted from dental fillings, accumulates in the body over time and is [...]
Ozone Treatment for Gum Disease – Does it Work? According to the U.S. Surgeon General, 85% of adults will suffer from some form of gum disease in their lifetime. That’s quite a statistic. Given that gum disease is avoidable and easily treatable, that number is way too high. It is one of the most common medical complications [...]
