Holistic Hygiene

Dear Patient, Client, Friend,

As a biological dentist, I believe that a hygiene program is much more that just cleaning teeth. Cleaning every tooth surface daily, in fact, is what you must do at home. An appropriate hygiene appointment includes coaching each patient individually on optimizing their home hygiene. We choose to focus on prevention: preventing bleeding gums, preventing bone loss, and preventing mobile teeth. On a grander scale, people who do not have bleeding gums, which is the clinical sign of inflammation, live longer. Really, bleeding gum tissue is a marker for a cardio-vascular event, still the leading cause of death of Americans.

For our healthiest clients and our clients who are experiencing any of these conditions, we customize a treatment plan that specifically addresses their particular situation. We might use…

  • A phase microscope to discover which kind of bacteria are in your mouth. We can treat them specifically and find out how these bacteria can affect your gums as well as your full body health. Customized, natural irrigation solutions for your specific needs.
  • Herbal complexes and supplements in addition to traditional hygiene methods to build healthy bony support and gum tissue… which happen to be the structures that hold your teeth in your mouth.
  • A laser assisted procedure that removes bacteria and diseased tissue, saving teeth and healing gum tissue.
  • Oral DNA Testing from patient saliva is helping to identify the specific problem causing bacteria and ways to treat.

Because helping you maintain your best periodontal (gum and bone tissue surrounding teeth) health is crucial to maintaining and improving your overall health, early diagnosis of problems and your full understanding of your condition is crucial. This is more than a causal relationship: Periodontal disease has been directly related to an increase in strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, premature/low birth weight babies, and more. We now have computer-assisted ways to displaying results of periodontal charting on a monitor for your personal understanding.

For people whose periodontal condition is not healthy, I have been using an incredible, new laser technology. With our Periolase, we are saving teeth I formerly thought were unsavable and are conservatively treating teeth that formerly would have been candidates for extreme surgical intervention. This Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure (called LANAP) has become another aid to keeping more of the original parts God created us with: An amazing aid for people to keep their teeth in a healthy state.