by Office | Jul 15, 2020 | Mouth-Body Health, Periodontal Health
By now, you’re probably well aware of the risk factors for complications from COVID-19 – age, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and such. Yet as a recent paper in BDJ notes, such risk factors “do not account for the other 52% of deaths arising from COVID-19 in...
by Office | Jul 8, 2020 | Dental Health
Making a statement. Feeling different. Looking cool. Defying parents. There are plenty of reasons why people choose to pierce their tongue or lip. There are also lots of reasons not to, especially when it comes to your mouth/body health – reasons highlighted in...
by Office | Jul 1, 2020 | Cavitations
Cavitations – areas of dead, decaying tissue in the jaw, often at old extraction sites – are both extremely common and an often overlooked factor in an array of chronic inflammatory health problems. We’ve blogged before about how they can develop and...
by Office | Jun 24, 2020 | Fluoride / Fluoridation
The legal battle over water fluoridation is facing another delay after Judge Edward M. Chen of the US District Court in San Francisco postponed his ruling regarding the EPA’s regulation of fluoride. The case, filed back in 2017, pits the EPA against a group of...
by Office | Jun 17, 2020 | Diet & Nutrition, Mouth-Body Health
Last week, the Sugar Association – an industry group – filed a petition with the FDA, asking them to “ensure all sugar content claims related to sugar and sugar substitutes are truthful and non-misleading.” To this end, they want every ingredient that...
