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Fluoride & the Developing Brain
For decades, community water fluoridation has been promoted as one of dentistry’s great public-health achievements. We were taught that adding fluoride to drinking water would strengthen teeth, reduce...
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Well, Look Who Made the Cover!” 😂❤️
There are some days when the mail is considerably more exciting than bills and advertisements. This was one of them. Two issues of The Conscious Smile Magazine arrived — and there I was, smiling back...
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Let Purple Reign: Unleashing the Full Potential Of Dental Hygiene
At RDH Under One Roof, Katrina Sanders, RDH, delivered a powerful closing mega session that did far more than end the conference—it opened a door. With energy, courage, and unmistakable passion for...
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Hormones and Oral Health
What Every Dental Professional Should Know About Women’s Oral Health In my last post, “A Real 5G Network: Gums, Guts, Glands, Germs & Genes,” I introduced hormones as one part of the oral-systemic...
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A Real 5G Network: Gums, Guts, Glands, Germs& Genes
The Hidden Connections Between Oral Health and Whole-Body Biology For decades, dentistry and medicine largely treated the mouth as separate from the rest of the body. Teeth were viewed as isolated...
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I had the pleasure of joining Dr. Kelly Tanner for a powerful conversation about hormones, oral health, and why some women continue to struggle with bleeding gums, dry mouth, inflammation,...
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Bleeding Gums? The 1-2-3’s of Getting Your Oral Health Back on Track
Recently, a lovely gentleman reached out to me with a question I hear often: “I am doing what I have been told to do. I see my dental team every three months. I brush. I floss. I use a prescription...
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Healer.Detective. Clinician. BioLogical Navigator.Teacher.
What If That’s What Dental Hygienists Have Really Been All Along? Looking Beyond Plaque: Healer For decades, dental hygienists have been viewed primarily as the professionals who “clean teeth.” But...
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The Women’s Health Rescue Summit
If you missed the free premiere of the Women’s Health Rescue Summit, or didn’t get through all the sessions you wanted… Women Empowering Women The encore weekend is here: May 29–30, 2026. This is your...
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Burn Baby Burn: Putting Out the “Mouth Fire”
The Hidden Role of Pepsin, Silent Reflux, Hormones, and Saliva Dysfunction in Burning Mouth Syndrome Many patients describe Burning Mouth Syndrome exactly the same way: ‘It feels like my mouth is on...
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What If Dental Hygienists Are Really Brain Health Hygienists?
The Mouth Knows First When I place oral biofilm on a phase-contrast microscope slide, patients are often shocked to see spirochetes twisting, spinning rods darting across the screen, and an ecosystem...
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The Mouth, Midlife, and the Missing Conversation in Women’s Health
The Mouth, Midlife, and the Missing Conversation in Women’s Health There is a conversation that has been missing from women’s healthcare for far too long. Not just about hormones.Not just about...
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Part Two: When the Implants are Failing but the Patient is “Doing Everything...
This article is a follow-up to my previous discussion on bleeding gums, implant bone loss, dysbiosis, and the biology beneath the biofilm. The response to that article highlighted something important:...
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When Implants Bleed: Looking Beyond Plaque to the Biology Beneath the Biofilm
The Patient Who Is “Doing Everything Right” One of the most frustrating situations in dentistry is the patient who appears to be doing everything right, yet continues to lose bone and experience...
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The Fluoride Debate: Exploring Uncomfortable Truths in Dentistry
What we’ve been taught, what we’ve accepted, and why it may be time to take a deeper look at fluoride through a biological lens A Familiar Story—But Not the Whole Story The story of fluoride we...
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Xylitol:Rebalancing the Biofilm Naturally
A Biological Dental Hygiene Perspective on Xylitol and the Oral Microbiome Rebalancing the Biofilm Starts Here As I prepare to spend the weekend connecting with dental hygienists at the Washington...
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When the Pain Stops… the Problem Is Just Beginning
A Biological Look at Dental Abscesses and Silent Infections There is a dangerous misunderstanding I see every day in clinical practice: If it doesn’t hurt, it must be fine. But in dentistry—and in the...
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When Teeth Hurt but “Nothing Is Wrong”: A Biological Framework for...
A biological framework for understanding tooth sensitivity beyond the surface Pain Is Communication—Not Confusion Tooth sensitivity is one of the most common concerns we hear in clinical practice: “My...
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The Power of Dental Hygiene: Owning Our Role in Healthcare and Advancing...
Reclaiming the Word “Diagnosis” For too long, dental hygienists have been conditioned to soften our language or hesitate when it comes to the word diagnosis. But let’s be clear: diagnosis is not...
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Sticky Blood, Silent Signals: When Blood Stacks Instead of Flows
A Change in Flow We often think of blood as something that simply flows—smooth, effortless, and automatic. But what if that flow begins to change? What if, instead of moving freely, the cells within...
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