Holistic Dentistry Articles

As a holistic dentist in practice for more than 30 years, I still find myself referring back to the first thing I learned at USC Dental School, first do no harm.  The Hippocratic Oath remains the Golden Rule of health care:  First do no harm. This is the timeless...

In our last blog we discussed the importance of pH and how stress, especially at this time of year, can impact a healthy mouth.  Another area where stress can affect the mouth is with clenching and grinding, also known as bruxism that can cause pain in your jaws and...

Each year, starting around Daylight Savings Time, everyone’s schedule becomes even fuller and more stressful, and in the dental office we often experience people calling in with more dental issues and emergencies. Most of us know how the time change can affect us, and...

I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the TV show and podcast Know the Cause hosted by Doug Kaufmann. It was a lot of fun. Here is the clip that aired Tuesday and a screenshot of the show that was posted on YouTube.com yesterday. During this segment Doug and I...

As a holistic dentist who has viewed hundreds of videos showing the microbiome in the mouth, the idea of stealth pathogens causing autoimmune disease is very familiar to me.  Thanks to my wife Victoria’s interest in herbal medicine, we were in Los Angeles last week at...

A healthy mouth is a complex ecosystem and like any ecosystem, is susceptible to imbalances.  Microbes causing gum disease creates imbalances that results in local and systemic inflammation, affects heart function and compromises overall health. It’s important to know...

According to the American Association of Endodontists more than 15,000,000 root canals are done every year in this country alone. Root canals are an attempt to keep a tooth when it becomes infected or 'dies.' This is praiseworthy, however I've seen many root canals...