Lon Peckham DMD, FAAOSH, Dip ACLM
Wholistic Functional Dental Medicine Expert
One of the hottest topics in healthcare these days has to do with our symbiotic biome, the bugs (I guess I should say “bacteria”, though my favorite term is actually the Swahili word “wadudu”.) that inhabit nearly every nook and cranny of our bodies. Trillions and trillions in just our guts [...]
Originally “invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea. But it wasn't a runaway success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for "chronic halitosis" — a then obscure medical [...]
This year, with all the divisiveness and “cancelling” we are bombarded with, I think it is high time we take a much more introspective look at the true meaning of Christmas. Dig a little deeper into what it really means to live the spirit of Christmas, of Christ. And to do [...]
Oral-Systemic health is a term to showcase the rising and increasingly important research-based links, or connections, between oral health and whole-body health. Research has shown countless health issues caused by poor oral health. Oral-systemic health is connected to - Cardiovascular disease Alzheimer's disease Diabetes High-risk pregnancy Cancer Obstructive sleep apnea Obesity [...]
It’s just about that time of year! Kids, grandparents, aunts, and uncles… shopping and parties… lots of our favorite foods and no time to exercise! All leading to 5 extra pounds by the time New Years is done and over. And that’s on top of last year’s 5 extra that you [...]
The foods found most protective against oral cancer include raw and green/leafy vegetables, tomatoes, citrus, and carrots. Citrus fruits are acidic, though. Fine; less oral cancer. But, what about the health of the teeth themselves? Might eating lots of sour fruit eat away at our enamel? Well, early case reports that [...]
Eighty-five percent of Americans have never heard of it, and yet even more (7 out of 8) have it to one degree or another. Ninety-nine percent of obese people have it. It affects about half of those over 60 but is most rapidly increasing among 20–30 year-olds. Millions are undiagnosed and [...]
According to a recent study, the antioxidants in green tea could be the key to preventing periodontal disease. Green tea is a popular beverage choice in Asian culture. It has been around for more than 4,000 years, and is becoming more popular in the United States. Ancient Chinese and Japanese medicine consider [...]
And the essential test no one is doing. I was wrong. Remember in one of last summer’s newsletters I said that I believed that dental/oral infection was a significant “underlying factor” in COVID fatalities, but that we will never know because no one is looking. As it turns out, someone actually [...]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that good teeth provide us, humans, with beauty and confidence. But even with this in mind, most of us take our teeth for granted. We’ve been taught a lot about oral hygiene and optimal brushing three times a day since we were all kids, [...]
