Category: Dental Disease
Drugs That Cause A Dry Mouth
One of the most common causes of dry mouth (xerostomia) are pharmaceutical drugs since most work by blocking biochemical pathways within the body (eg: anti-histamines). In fact, over 1,800 different drugs are known to cause xerostomia as a side-effect. The … Continue reading
Video: Digital X-Rays
A brief explanation of the advantages of digital dental x-rays. 2 mins Relevant products: For more information about maintaining a healthy mouth read 7 Steps to Dental Health: A Holistic Guide to a Healthy Mouth and Body. Click the relevant … Continue reading
Video: How Toothpaste is Made
This video shows how toothpaste is manufactured. It turns out my best guess as to how they got the stripes in the toothpaste was wrong! 5 mins Relevant products: Read Holistic Dental Care by Nadine Artemis for tips on caring … Continue reading
Research: Dental Foci of Infection – The History
Thus article offers a link to the book Oral Sepsis in its Relationship to Systemic Disease by the eminent Professor William Duke MD PhB which was published in 1918. It has recently been digitised and made available as an Open Library … Continue reading
Video: What To Do About a Dry Mouth
The role of saliva, the causes of a dry mouth and practical strategies for managing xerostomia. 3 mins Relevant products: For more information about oral hygiene read Great Teeth for Life: The Secret to a Lifetime of Good Dental Health … Continue reading
Video: Plant-Based Diets and Dental Health
This video by Dr Michael Greger MD (who has a special interest in nutrition) examines whether consuming fruits and vegetables (although protective against oral cancer) is good for our teeth. Research showed that fruit juices and whole fruit fared about … Continue reading
Video: Probiotics For Your Mouth
Professor John Tagg of Otago University, New Zealand, tells the story of his own childhood illness with a streptococcal throat infection and associated rheumatic fever. His experiences motivated him over the course of his career to search for a probiotic … Continue reading
Video: Flosser or Non-Flosser?
The dentist, Dr Sandra Moldovan, explains the necessity to floss, shows how, and correctly identifies the flosser and non-flosser on The Doctors TV show. 4 mins Relevant products: For more information read Holistic Dental Care by Nadine Artemis. Click the … Continue reading
Research: Enhancing the Tooth’s Own Repair Mechanism
Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) conducted by Dr H. Ralph Rawls PhD of the biomaterials department of restorative dentistry, and Dr. Mary MacDougall PhD, associate dean for research and professor of paediatric … Continue reading
Video: An Interview With Kathleen Bernardi 4; Effective Treatment of Oral Disease
A Mouth-Body Doctor interview with Kathleen Bernardi RDH, the first independent dental hygienist to achieve a Silver Eco Dentistry Award. In this final part Dr Alison Adams talks with Kathleen about the systemic nature of oral disease and the prospects … Continue reading