Tooth Body Blog
Guest Post: How to Help Your Child Toward a Future of Good Mouth/Body Health
Our thanks to the office of fellow biologic dentist Dr. Sam Parsi out in San Diego for letting us share this post from their blog in recognition of National Children's Dental Health Month… Maybe because dentists are also called “tooth doctors,” many folks don’t...
From Our Archives: The Impact of Mercury Fillings on Kids
Our motto at Rehme Dental Care has always been “keep it safe and keep it simple.” And at the start of this year, we extended that biocompatible, biological dental care to patients of all ages. Being both mercury-free and mercury-safe is especially important where...
Biocompatible, Biological Dentistry at Rehme Dental Care in St. Louis
“Biocompatibility” - literally, compatibility with life (bio) - is something we most often talk about in relation to dental materials. When restoring teeth, for instance, a biological practice like ours opts for materials like ceramic and BPA-free composite instead...
The Food You Eat & the Health of Your Gums (& Brain)
One of the challenges of gum disease is that it’s so easy to ignore - at least in its early stages. Then gingivitis (early gum disease) evolves into periodontitis (advanced gum disease) and the gradual destruction of tissues that support your teeth, including bone....
The ADA Realigns Its Amalgam Position, Consumers for Dental Choice Reports
It wasn’t all that long ago that supporting mercury-free dentistry would, at minimum, brand you as a bit of a renegade, an outsider, an oddball. Then things began changing quickly, starting with the Minamata Convention on Mercury. This treaty was signed by well...
New at Rehme Dental Care: Biological Dental Care for Kids
Supporting kids’ oral health is one of the greatest gifts we can give them toward creating a vibrant, healthy future. Good oral hygiene and regular dental visits are a big part of that, along with things like good nutrition, staying active, and getting enough...
The Best of 2022 on the Tooth/Body Blog
Although there are still a few weeks of 2022 left to go, we’re already looking ahead to the new year. That’s when we’ll be taking our practice to the next level, adding pediatric dental care to the array of services we offer. If you’ve ever searched for a...
Dental Materials & Biological Dentistry
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN I’ve always tried to explain to my patients that the best dentistry is no dentistry at all. Even with all the knowledge, education, and research that has been provided to our dental profession, our best efforts will never be able...
When the Dental Biz Pivoted to Fluoride
“Without sugars,” say the authors of a 2015 paper on the relationship between diet and tooth decay, the chain of causation is broken, so the disease [dental caries] does not occur (Sheiham 1967). So, it is clear that sugars start the process and set off a causal...
Reasons #547 & 548 for Choosing Real Food over Ultra-Processed Products
Healthy eating is simple. Michael Pollan put it most famously: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Healthy eating can also be hard - at least if it involves pivoting from the standard American diet to real food. After all, the ultra-processed products that...
Not News: People Don’t Like the Thought of Root Canals
It’s not news that most people shudder at the thought of a root canal. Still, the occasional polling on the matter can make for interesting reading sometimes. In the latest survey, for instance, over 80% of those Americans polled said that the thought of needing a...
Dental Conditions & Whole Body Health
By Michael Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN If medical treatment, nutritional support, chiropractic, and the like don't improve your health and wellness, don't forget to look in the mouth. A quick and thorough examination of the oral cavity can easily done by any healthcare...
Tooth/Body Flashback: It’s The Season For Sugar-Free Halloween Hijinks
Halloween can be a pretty scary time, especially if you have kids at home. It has nothing to do with terrifying clown masks, fake blood, or even the thorny question of how-old-is-too-old to trick-or-treat. Nope. It’s that Sugar Season is here once again. It’s...
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,...
