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The Power of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy

Queen of Dental Hygiene

In periodontal disease, periodontal pathogenic microbes and their toxic byproducts freely circulate not only within the dental sulcus but into the body as well, creating a cesspool of pathogens within our blood vessels, causing bacterial showers that translocate from the mouth into the body, entering the joints , brain , heart , and other organs.

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Everything You Need to Know About Root Planing and Scaling

Broomfield Dentists / MountainAire

It’s an essential procedure in the battle against gum disease, but it can be intimidating. How Gum Disease Develops Gum disease is an infection of the soft tissues surrounding your teeth, caused by plaque that has built up over time. Root planing and scaling is a common procedure used to treat periodontal (gum) disease.

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Nineteen Nuggets of New Information for You, for a Fabulous 2021 and 22

Queen of Dental Hygiene

The real home of gum disease bacteria is down underneath the gumline- where the bugs live. See an integrative medicine physician for blood work if you have tooth decay or bleeding gums (which may indicate gum disease) – look at gut health, vitamin and mineral levels. That will guide your treatment protocols. Find the cause.