Dr. O, Carey O'Rielly, DDS, Holistic Dental Health

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Dr. O’s articles on holistic dentistry and nutrition

DIY Ways to Adapt to the Challenge of the Coronavirus Covid 19 – Part 1
April 11, 2020
DIY Ways to Adapt to the Challenge of the Coronavirus Covid 19 – Part 1
This article is about do-it-yourself ways to adapt and still manage to thrive in these unusual times. As long as the ‘shelter in place’ mandate remain...
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Alert: High Blood Pressure Medication and Covid 19 Infections
April 6, 2020
Alert: High Blood Pressure Medication and Covid 19 Infections
A new research paper, just out as of March 23rd, states that high blood pressure medications called ACE inhibitors negatively affect people with Covid...
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DIY Ways to Keep Your Mouth Healthy During the Coronavirus Mandate
April 1, 2020
DIY Ways to Keep Your Mouth Healthy During the Coronavirus Mandate
I wanted to get out some DIY ways that my subscribers and patients can use to meet the challenge of the Coronavirus. So, over the next couple of weeks...
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How Dentistry Can Meet the Challenge of the Coronavirus
March 21, 2020
How Dentistry Can Meet the Challenge of the Coronavirus
Due to the changing global landscape caused by the Coronavirus, dentistry has had to adapt as well. Based on the ‘shelter in place’ mandate issued by ...
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Hidden Microbes in Your Mouth Affect Your Gut, Heart and Brain: Part 1
February 27, 2020
Hidden Microbes in Your Mouth Affect Your Gut, Heart and Brain: Part 1
Can the microbiome in your mouth affect the microbiome in your gut? The answer is yes, according to a study in the Journal of Oral Microbiology, publi...
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What Causes Root Canal Infections and Failure?
January 19, 2020
What Causes Root Canal Infections and Failure?
What causes existing root canals to become infected and fail? In the photo to the right you can see a common presentation of an infected tooth. In thi...
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Titanium Implants, EMF’s and 5G: How Electromagnetic Fields May Impact Dental Health
August 20, 2019
Titanium Implants, EMF’s and 5G: How Electromagnetic Fields May Impact Dental Health
How do EMF’s affect dental health, and should we be concerned? In my experience the answer is yes. If you have titanium dental implants, cell phones p...
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The Mouth as a Barrier System
August 18, 2019
The Mouth as a Barrier System
At Integrative Dentistry one of the first things we do is look for infections in the mouth so that your body and barrier systems remain healthy. What ...
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3 Truths in ‘Root Cause’ Movie on Root Canals
April 30, 2019
3 Truths in ‘Root Cause’ Movie on Root Canals
The Netflix movie “Root Cause” caused quite a stir and not a day goes by that someone comes into my practice and says, ‘I watched that movie on root c...
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Is The “Root Cause” Movie Right About Root Canals?
February 4, 2019
Is The “Root Cause” Movie Right About Root Canals?
A lot of my patients have seen The Root Cause movie on Netflix about the perils of root canals. Does the movie have it right when it comes to root can...
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What’s the Most Important Vitamin for Dental Health?
August 19, 2018
What’s the Most Important Vitamin for Dental Health?
What’s the most important vitamin for dental health? Many nutrients play a role in a healthy ‘ecosystem’ in the mouth. However, there is one vitamin t...
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How To Heal Root Canals and Infected Teeth with Photon Induced Photoacoustic Streaming
August 14, 2018
How To Heal Root Canals and Infected Teeth with Photon Induced Photoacoustic Streaming
There has been a lot of controversy over the last decade or two about root canals. The disagreement is usually between dentists and root canal special...
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