Dental braces can sometimes feel like a prison designed specifically for your pearly whites. Sure, it promises to better your teeth by aligning them and getting them in shape, but that doesn’t always translate well for your teeth. The metal wires aren’t just constricting, but they also lead to lots of pain and restrictions over […]

We usually focus on our upper front teeth since they’re the ones we view more often, but the bottom ones matter just as much. So you might not have noticed that you have crooked bottom teeth. If you do, it needs orthodontic treatment not just for cosmetic reasons but for improved oral health as well. […]

Toothaches Resolved through Whole Health Connections Can toothaches be reversed, and root canal treatment avoided? I believe the answer is yes — sometimes, and the earlier the better. Let’s look at AE’s case after we connect a few dots: All parts of the body are connected to one another. The connections can include circulation, respiration, […]

“The oral-systemic connections are accepted at this point by both the medical and dental professions. The strength of the links is still under investigation. It is important to understand that there is not a single connection, but rather links for a variety of organ systems and disease entities… Some connections are well-established, such as respiratory […]

“Oral health is more than healthy teeth.” – US Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona(1). 3D CT imaging of oral airway volume: Example 1: White-Blue: Airway is normal or near-normal: Green-Yellow: Airway is hazardous to healthPain, fatigue, and insomnia drive patients to doctors, and heart disease and cancer head the list of America’s leading killers (2). […]