Holistic Dental Care The Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums

What a great book! Truly so helpful to have on hand. Read more

I love the tips in this book for keeping healthy teeth for my whole family. My dentist is very impressed with our improved whole mouth health! I highly recommend this book. Natural health has been my passion for over a decade and working with top notch naturopaths for our family’s health. Our NMD likes what we have taken away from this book too. Buy it! Read more

This book is amazingly informative & educational. I learned so much about teeth that I have had no idea how, or what teeth were. I never knew the living life in enamel & how teeth are able to grow back when cavities are detected with the correct herbal com Read more

I take everything with a grain of salt. Chapter 8 nicely lays out "8 steps" you can do for natural tooth care every day. I like "Chapter Nine: Beneficial Botanicals"; it outlines what herbs may be the best for various oral issues. "Chapter 10: More Tooth Tips" is equally helpful and continues to point out helpful herbs. The most helpful advice I've taken from the book (so far) is to use plain baking soda for brushing teeth, gums, tongue, (and I decided to brush my cheeks too), because it neutralizes acidity in your mouth, creating an environment that is not conducive to the bacteria/plague that rot your teeth and can ruin your health. My teeth feel way, way, way cleaner, my breath is fresher, and my whole mouth stays cleaner throughout the night and well into the day - when I use baking soda as opposed to normal toothpaste on my teeth, tongue, gums, and cheeks. I truly appreciate info on toothpaste ingredients in Chapter 3; I will never use toothpaste again - because certain ingredients prevent re-mineralization. The beginning chapters have some good information on teeth in good health and poor health, children, selecting a dentist, etc. but I am more focused on what I can do to minimize cavities and gum disease. I have a few complains which, sadly knock my rating down to 4 stars: The author advocates gargling with salt water, but doesn't tell you not to use sea salt, until Chapter 10, and I need to brush up on my chemistry to fully understand her explanation. On page 86 "Iodine Mouth Gargle" is suggested, but the author does not include a warning about the ill health effects of consuming too much iodine - which a few people WILL do! Page 87 states "the Keyes technique" "swishing undiluted apple cider vinegar around in the mouth" - WTH?! Do not try that - it will burn your mucus membranes - I cannot even believe this is in the book! :( Overall though, I am quite pleased with my purchase and I have found Artemis's book to be helpful and insightful. I recommend it to others, but if I gift it to anyone who may be naive about science - I will have to write in caution notes next to "Iodine Mouth Gargle" and "Keyes technique"! Read more

This book was kind of what I expected, and I loved it. It confirmed my suspicions from several years, wondering why we have an entire epidemic of tooth decay, constant need of professional dental care, and even crooked teeth in our modern times. As with everything, it all goes back to diet. The word "Holistic" in the title may scare some people off, but don't let it. It just means that you can make and keep your teeth and gums function at optimum health by simply eating real, healthy foods. The secret is not in the right toothpaste, the amount of professional cleanings, or the sealants and fillers your dentist uses. The secret is in your overall bodily health. This is a quick little book to read; I finished it in one evening. It gives the WHY, WHAT, and HOW of natural dental care in simple terms. In fact, I plan to add this to my (homeschool) students' reading list for high school, and explain it in simple terms for the younger children. The suggestions in this book are not going to be things you can't implement or purchase; the general suggestions for healthy eating, and simple cleaning of the teeth and gums are all that's required to repair or maintain your teeth and gums without unnatural chemicals or procedures. Highly recommended! Read more

I love this book. I didnt know alot of this in order to take charge of my oral health.. Anything wrong in your mouth?, This is a must read!! Read more

Before I discovered this book, I had searched for a natural and holistic products that would help my dental health (gums and teeth) naturally as well as easy to find products. This book is worth every penny that I spent on it! In this book, there are 19 totally useful helpful chapters in this book, and while I found them all very helpful for my dental health, these are the sections in the chapters that I found the MOST HELPFUL and worked right away to restore my dental health: Below are my favorite chapters in this book: + Chapter 2 - Your Teeth Are Alive - Gums Turtlenecks for the Teeth---This explains how swollen gums, gum disease can be treated and gums restored to pinkness and health! This + Chapter 8 - This has given great helps and what tools are needed to care for the gums (all with easy to use products). + More on Chapter 8 - This has Self Dentistry in 8 steps for using at home. This is the chapter I use the most! + Chapter 3 - The Truth About Toothpastes, Toothbrushes, and Mouthwashes. This helped me greatly as I never knew that was supposed to lightly apply a toothbrush again my teeth and gums! Also had not idea that commercial toothpastes are so harmful! The same with many commercial mouthwashes! This is a MUST HAVE BOOK on dental health in my opinion. And what I like the best is that I can follow the helpful guidelines at home. Have been doing so and they really work to help me with my dental health! Read more

One of the best books about Holistic Care I have ever read! Excellent resource for information and techniques to help heal and/ or maintain good oral and overall health. As Holistic Principles teach us, the body is a whole, you can’t separate one part to the other. This book helps us realize that our oral health is closely related to the rest of our body. Highly recommended! Read more