“Antibiotics are frequently overused and misused in dental practice,” note the authors of a recent paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. According to one 2019 study, “nearly 81% of all antibiotics prescribed before dental...
Does your family follow the tradition in which each person at the Thanksgiving dinner table names one thing they’re thankful for? It’s a beautiful thing to pause and reflect on what really matters most to us, what feeds our minds and spirits, and keeps us going -...
While many of our readers already subscribe to news alerts from Consumers for Dental Choice, we want to be sure that as many people as possible get the news following the latest meeting of the Minamata Convention on Mercury - it's prettty big. Here's the...
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN I found out a long time ago that if you want to make a new friend and patient for life, get them out of dental pain and as quickly as possible. As a dentist, there's nothing more gratifying than helping a patient completely...
Although most people have never heard of cavitations, they’ve been known in the dental world since the 1860s. Even one of the most towering figures in the profession, GV Black - nicknamed “the father of modern dentistry” - wrote about them in his 1915 textbook on...
When you’re a kid, Halloween usually means only two things: costumes and candy! Lots and lots of candy! So. Much. Candy. It’s not just all the sugar that can be a fright. Many treats also come packed with artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and other...
A lot of people, maybe even most people, think dental exams and cleanings are solely about taking care of their teeth. In reality, they’re about taking care of your total health, oral and systemic alike. It’s a point that’s driven home by research just published in...
A while back, an Arizona TV station ran a troubling investigative report on dental implants. Reports of problems with the devices were up. Way up. Analyzing yearly data, there were less than 13,000 reports of problems in 2018. In 2021, reports skyrocketed to...
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN A concerned mother once called my office with an intriguing question: "Is it possible that my daughter can get sick from brushing her teeth with her toothpaste?" I asked what type of toothpaste she was using. It was one of the...
It’s one thing for a dental office to be “mercury-free,” which means that they don’t place “silver” amalgam fillings. Those fillings are actually 50% mercury, and mercury is extremely toxic. Creating them can expose both the patient and the dental team to very high...
Our thanks to the good folks at Pride Dental in Arlington, TX, for letting us share this recent post from their biological dentistry blog. You can view the original here. When you think about the consequences of obesity, you might think about things like diabetes,...
Although a mercury-free future for dentistry seems closer than ever now, research continues to document the effects of dental amalgam, as well as removing it. After all, even if every dentist in the world stopped filling teeth with this neurotoxic material today,...
One of the problems with mainstream mouthwashes is that they’re a little bit too powerful. They not only “kill the germs that cause bad breath;” they kill plenty of beneficial bacteria, too, while also drying out your mouth. Over time, this can actually make bad...
When we talk about the problem of mercury amalgam fillings, root canals, or cavitations, or even the links between gum disease and various systemic conditions, we’re mainly talking about the physical aspect of mouth/body health. But there’s an energetic aspect, as...
Like most biological dentists, Dr. Mike began his practice doing conventional dentistry. Then he happened upon a book that changed everything… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOL8hZvRgJ0 Our office has now been mercury-free for decades, and through all those years,...
We recently stumbled across a kind of interesting study on how patients understand gum disease and how dentists address it. A fairly impressive 74% of the 224 patients who took part said that they understood gingival health to be very important. (“Gingiva” is the...
While there’s still a good stretch of summer left to go, it’s not all that long before the kids will be headed back to school - which makes now the perfect time to bring them in for an exam and cleaning. If there’s decay or other problems, you’ll still have plenty...
Late last week, some very big news came from Europe: The European Commission has proposed to ban mercury amalgam completely, with the phase-out to begin January 1, 2025. The European Union currently bars the use of this highly toxic material in pregnant and nursing...
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN It’s often said that it takes about 21 days to introduce a new routine into our lifestyles, though truth be told, science has shown that it actually takes about 66 days, on average. Either way, repetition and commitment are two...
When it comes to mercury amalgam - the stuff that’s been used for almost 200 years now to make “silver” fillings - the changes we’ve seen over just the past few years have been pretty astonishing, to say the least: The FDA updated its guidance and now advises...