About Dr. Lon Peckham

Dr. Peckham practices comprehensive whole-health dentistry - known as Wholistic Functional Dental Medicine - in Priest River, Idaho. Both a Fellow of the American Academy for Oral-systemic Health and a Diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine as well as a Dawson Scholar, Dr. Peckham is uniquely qualified to not only help his patients save their teeth and enhance their smile, but also to help them attain both the oral and systemic health that will save their lives as well!

Another Heart Medication Bites The Dust

Here we go again. One more reason to quit depending on drugs to correct major health issues.  Just this morning Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited expanded its existing recall of its Losartan blood pressure medication due to the cancer-causing potential of one of its ingredients. Friends, managing your health with drugs is [...]

By |2021-04-22T17:05:30+00:00September 30th, 2019|Health, Science|0 Comments

New Science Proves Bad Health Can No Longer Be Blamed On Bad Genes

“Doc, I think it’s time for dentures.  Everyone in my family has them. Mom got hers when she was 18 and dad when he was 25.  My brother and sister both got theirs in their 30s. Now I’m 45 and tired of throwing good money after bad!”  It’s a story [...]

By |2021-04-22T17:06:26+00:00August 8th, 2019|Evidence, Health, More Dental Topics|0 Comments

Breath of Life

When was the last time you thought about how you breathe? Newly emerging research is making it increasingly evident that how we breathe can have serious consequences to our health, physical performance, and longevity. We now know that improper breathing – Limits athletic performance Increases blood pressure Contributes to cardiac [...]

By |2021-04-22T17:07:17+00:00August 1st, 2019|Featured, Health|0 Comments

14 reasons you should consider dental implants for you dentures

Loose dentures Chronic sore spots Unacceptable chewing These are just some of the reasons patients are now flocking to have dental implants placed. Although a well made denture with custom engineered bilateral balance will certainly help and often eliminate these problems, there are still situations where even the most well [...]

Anatomy of a Premium Denture

How to recognize a premium from a run-of-the-mill denture. Ever wonder why some dentures look better and last longer than others? Why some cost more than others? And how you can tell whether you’re getting your money’s worth. Well, by the time you finish reading this article you’ll know. Perhaps [...]

Super Sized Immunity

How to Control Inflammation and Maximize Your Immune Function By Dr. Lon Peckham More and more, health care providers are understanding and accepting that all diseases have multiple “causes” and are usually linked to others. In no case is this truer than with dental disease. It has often been said [...]

By |2021-04-22T17:09:06+00:00June 21st, 2019|Featured, Health, Love|0 Comments

What’s Love Got to do With It?

In his book “Love and Survival”, Dr. Dean Ornish chronicles how he discovered that, more important than diet, more important than exercise, more important than temperance, more important than any other life style habit, is the presence of genuine loving relationships in your life. When you stop and think about [...]

By |2021-04-22T17:09:51+00:00February 17th, 2018|Evidence, Featured, Love, Science|0 Comments
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