Root Canals: Patient Choices, Patient Experiences
Biological Dentistry Offers Our Patients Choices By Michael Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN In the beginning of my dental career, I was taught that the importance of saving teeth was to provide a healthy, stable dentition that would support the chewing of food. If a tooth is...
Eating Right: The Foundation for Good Tooth/Body, Mouth/Body Health
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN In my biological dental practice, I focus on the oral cavity as well as the rest of the body in relation to it. After all, mouth and body are intricately connected. The illness of one affects the other. Over the years, hundreds of...
Biological Dentistry & Biocompatibility
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN If you were building a new house, would you be concerned about the materials being used to construct your home? Years ago, asbestos was used in insulation products, fireproofing, acoustical materials, and floor tiles. We now know...
Can Essential Oils Help with Gum Disease?
In our office, we believe the best dentistry is the least dentistry; that prevention is preferable to treatment; and that when treatment is needed, biocompatibility is a must. That’s because biological dentistry respects the complex relationships between oral...
PFAS, PFAS Everywhere – Quite Possibly in Your Dental Floss
Once upon a time, folks were kind of smitten by the “miracles” of science brought to us by the likes of Monsanto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOOqlUx1lVU It’s practically impossible to be so innocent anymore, as countless synthetic chemicals have been...
Saturated Fat: New Study Sums Up What the Science Shows
Although dietary fat has been pegged as the bad guy for years, the truth is that your body needs it just like it needs protein and non-refined carbohydrates not just to survive but to thrive. This is no less true for the health of your teeth and gums. For instance,...
From Our Archives: Both Mouth & Body Can Benefit from Naturally Nitrate-Rich Foods
Originally posted April 14, 2021 “Avoid nitrates,” we’re told, as if all nitrates were alike. But plenty of perfectly healthy foods contain them naturally: beets, radishes, turnips, leafy green vegetables, onion, garlic, apples, watermelon, grapes, and more. No,...
Link Found Between Fluoride Exposure & Larger Birth Size
We’ve heard a lot through recent years about the relationship between prenatal fluoride exposure and lower IQ. Fluoride is neurotoxic, after all. But, crucial as it is, that isn’t necessarily the only reason for concern. A study just published in Environmental...
Mercury-Free Dentistry Awareness Week 2022: Many Victories to Celebrate!
The past couple years have been great ones for mercury-free dentistry, starting with the FDA finally updating their guidance on a material they once insisted was safe for pretty much everyone. Today, they recommend against its use by certain groups who,...
Insight: Understanding the Mouth/Body Relationship
Some folks discover biological dentistry because they’re healthy and want to stay that way. Choosing nontoxic, minimally invasive dental care that supports their whole body health and well-being is a part of that. Others come to us only after having suffered for...