Lon Peckham DMD, FAAOSH, Dip ACLM
Wholistic Functional Dental Medicine Expert
What Would Happen If We Got More Christmassy Some of you may, like me, be old and red-necked enough to remember a skit by Archie Campbell, of Hee Haw fame, called Hockey Here Tonight. In it he hilariously describes following a crowd of people into a big barn built over a [...]
Staying Healthy Through the Holidays Ok, the season is upon us. And let’s be honest, the truth is that we are all going to blow our diets! We are going to eat more than we should - more sugar, more alcohol, more refined, and more processed foods. I don’t care what [...]
Ceramic Implants – right for you? Years ago, the first dental implant I started using was actually made from an industrial sapphire. In fact, I still have a few of them on my shelf. Although the tissue compatibility and healing was actually far superior to the now more popular titanium implants, [...]
Well, that’s a bit personal! If you happen to have filled out one of our Medical and Lifestyle Questionnaires lately, you may have wondered “Why does a dentist want to know that?” Especially some of the questions we ask in the section on stress. Admittedly, some of those questions are personal. [...]
Lack of sleep could be a factor in a “silent epidemic” experts warn One in three Americans have the disease – which often has no symptoms That is the headline today1 from an interview with Hanouneh and Kirkpatrick, authors of the new book “Regenerative Health: Discover Your Metabolic Type and Renew [...]
First of all, it is with more than just a little bit of trepidation that I post this article. It seems like just yesterday that I was before the Idaho State Supreme Court defending another post I had placed highlighting the link between tooth loss and dementia. We won that fight, [...]
The Most Commonly Missed Oral and Systemic Health Factor When talking about and implementing a healthy lifestyle, diet and exercise always jump to the head of the line. Next in line many start concerning themselves with environmental pollutants and food supply toxins. While fresh air, fresh water, and clean nutritious food [...]
Blue Zones researcher says to forget your New Year's diet resolution. Instead, try sticking to this new habit every Sunday. After 20 years of studying the world's Blue Zones, regions where people live into old age with their minds and bodies still happily humming along, Dan Buettner would like to propose a [...]
Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men Take a look at the Cross of Health in the top left corner of this page. Do you see Christmas there? Look close. It’s right there, the bottom anchor arm; Love and Peace. It’s there in that spot because science has proven that [...]
Many of you have been wondering what the deal is with that rinse we often have you use before treatment or prescribe after surgery or periodontal therapy. The truth is that the contents of that blue bottle is much more than the sum of its parts. Inside are millions of molecules [...]
