The Role of the Tongue Our tongues are in motion a lot during the day, helping us talk, chew, and swallow, but our tongues play a much bigger role than most of us are aware of. Our tongues have an influence on the position of our teeth, how we breathe and sleep...
A Brief History of Braces Before the Agricultural revolution Human Jaws Were a Perfect Fit for Human Teeth The emergence of agriculture initiated major changes to the jaw structure of ancient humans, leading to the dental problems we are experiencing today. Our...
Your nose is essential for conditioning the air you breathe and for maintaining a disease-free body. You probably have heard me say at one time or another that we cannot survive without oxygen for more than 6 minutes. You may not be aware of it, but your nose...
As parents, we all want the best for our kids. I took my daughter to the orthodontist, and I heard a parent say to the assistant, “I want my child to be one of the beautiful people.” I was thinking to myself, what did he mean by that? I now know he meant he wanted...
Today I'm going to share my Healthy Mouth Academy. I am launching this month as part of National Children's Dental Health Month. This is a program that I've created. It is a membership site that walks you through how to care for your teeth and your child's teeth...
Today I interviewed Dr. Shereen Lim! Dr. Shereen Lim is a Perth-based dentist with a postgraduate diploma in dental sleep medicine from the University of Western Australia. She has been involved in the team management of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea since...
National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM) began as a one-day event in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 3, 1941. The American Dental Association held the first national observance of Children’s Dental Health Day on February 8, 1949. The single-day observance...
I have worked in the dental field since I was 16 years old. It has been quite the evolution of learning so many things that we were not taught in school about the body and how it functions. After seeing patterns and trends of well over 50,000 patients, I believe...
Many people will say it begins in the gut. The Greek physician Hippocrates - also widely known as the Father of Modern Medicine, is famous for saying: "All Disease Begins in the Gut." But I say the mouth comes before the gut! Oral bacteria colonize the gut more...
Saliva is another important part of having a healthy body for many reasons, one being. Saliva contains special enzymes that help digest your food. An enzyme called amylase breaks down starches into sugars, which your body can then more easily absorb. Saliva also...
