The Oral Health Foundation have announced plans for a new campaign to help people make safer choices when it comes to their dental treatment. The charity campaign will stress the importance of having dental treatment in dental practices and the benefits of it being carried out by trained and registered professionals. Safe Smiles is a dental industry response to concerns about the growth of direct-to-consumer alternatives, with the campaign’s organisers worried about more people performing treatments at home – potentially putting themselves in danger. Research by the Oral Health Foundation reveals one-in-four (25%) UK households
Day: September 16, 2021
How Does Oral Microbiome Affect Gum Health?
> One of the most flattering things is knowing that there are fellow functional dentists who listen to the show. Today’s question is from an aspiring functional dentist, and Dr. B dives into the oral microbiome. We hear about an article published in the Journal of Dentistry that looked at the plaque pH of caries-free versus caries-active individuals. Despite what conventional dentistry wants us to do, we cannot isolate one bacteria as being the culprit. It is all interrelated, which is why it is so important to have a dentist who understands the oral microbiome. Tune in