Lon Peckham DMD, FAAOSH, Dip ACLM
Wholistic Functional Dental Medicine Expert
OK, let’s be real. This virus is not going to just up and disappear, and civilization will not survive if we continue to “isolate” as we are. Even if a miracle drug or vaccine gets invented, it won’t be soon enough, who knows what the side effects are going to [...]
According to the International Diabetes Federation, around 463 million adults between the ages of 20 to 79 years old were living with diabetes in 2019. These figures are expected to escalate to 700 million people by 2045. In a sample size of 232 million people, half are expected to have [...]
“What you are is what you eat.” That has been a common saying since who knows when. Diet plays a crucial role in how our body grows and develops, and how it fights off all those bad and pesky diseases that would never stop trying to get into our systems. [...]
When you first take a moment to think about your teeth and mouth in general, the heart may not be the thing that you would correlate to it. But for some time now, research has been suggesting that they are more related than they seem. But wait, let’s backtrack a [...]
Breathing is an instinctive and natural process. Air goes into the lungs, and it goes out the same way it went in- either through our nose or mouth. People rarely think about “how” they’re breathing unless exposed to certain stimuli, or when they’re experiencing extreme emotions such as distress. At [...]
Unless you truly have your head in the sand, you are all aware that corona virus (COVID-19) is more than likely coming your way. First of all, for most of you, RELAX! It’s a flu virus, and unless you are somehow immunocompromised (not as resistant to disease and infection as [...]
One of my earliest childhood memories is of me and my cousin Luan trying to shoot peas through straws across the room into my grandfather’s open mouth as he sat snoring in his easy chair. Fortunately, we were not very good shots! But we thought it was hilarious and has [...]
If you are a smoker there is probably no single more important thing you can do to improve your health, extend your lifespan, ensure your ability to “keep-up” with friends and family, and to keep your teeth for the rest of your life, than to quit smoking. We all know [...]
There is unfortunately lots of confusion and misinformation on the web regarding what holistic/wholistic dental care really should include, or whether it is even a viable approach to dentistry. In this video, part 1 of a 2-part series, Dr. Peckham uses the Cross of Dental Health to explain key aspects [...]
