The Power of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy
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by Barbara Tritz
3w ago
As dental professionals, our goal is to help enable our patient to have a healthy oral cavity. One of the very best tools in our dental therapeutic toolbox is unknown to most of the dental profession. It is not a medicine but rather the essence of life itself- oxygen- but even better- super oxygen- in the form of oxygen-ozone therapy.  It is the safest medical therapy ever derived, it plays an important role in health, healing, and our wellbeing. Oxygen-Ozone Energy and Sunlight make Super Oxygen-Ozone O2-O3 is one of the greatest oxidizers in nature. It is formed when high energy electr ..read more
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Journey to Become a “BioLogical” Healer
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by Barbara Tritz
3w ago
Ten years ago this month, I started my dental health blog. The most important part of my patient care is giving my patients information. Appointment times are far too short to scrape tartar, polish teeth, take x-rays or perio probe gums, and get the doctor to do an exam AND do patient education.  So, thanks to my lovely daughter and editor, I started writing weekly articles for my patients.  Queen of Dental Hygiene was born.    I love being a dental hygienist. More specifically, I love being a biological dental healthcare healer.  How is biological dental healthcare di ..read more
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Children Get Gum Disease Too
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
Parents always ask me, “Does my child have any cavities?” What I also want parents to wonder and ask; “Does my child have gum disease?” People – parents – don’t know what they don’t know! Too often, we dismiss a “little bleeding” or tartar buildup in children (never mind adults) as poor oral hygiene and admonish them to brush and floss. Yet, this build up of plaque and bleeding are actually signs of infection and inflammation which cannot resolve on its own with more brushing or different toothpaste. They won’t outgrow it. It is a disease. February is Children’s Dental Health month so today’s ..read more
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Defeat Dry Mouth
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
We need to talk about dry mouth or as we call it in the profession: xerostomia. Not a day goes by I don’t have a patient or two that is affected by it. If you have it, you know how very uncomfortable it is, and are desperately seeking relief and solutions. Dry and Parched For those with severe dryness, it means life is uncomfortable. Without that elixir of life- saliva-things in the mouth fall apart rapidly. Burning mouth, bad breath, tooth decay, and gum disease rear their ugly head. It leads to a round-robin of dental treatment and continuous repair. Dental appliances don’t fit well. Sleepin ..read more
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The Truths About Fluoride
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
This blog has been a little quiet of late. I have been invited to give a two-hour presentation to the San Joaquin Valley Dental Hygienists’ Association on the controversies surrounding fluoride. It has taken time to unearth the real, hidden truths surrounding the most used tool in dental hygiene. The information I will be sharing may shock you. Learn the facts. That innocent looking tube of toothpaste may be the root of many of your health problems. The contents of which we have been assured are safe, as well as critical to the health of our teeth, may in fact be poisoning you. Do we even nee ..read more
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The Whole Tooth
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
Group Smiles are the best! Today’s post is about some teeth “basics”. What their functions are, what they are made of, and their inner workings. For most, this may be just a review, but important information because the next few articles will be about tooth sensitivity: its causes, and how to help stop or at least reduce it. For that, you need this basic information first. Tooth Basics So, for those new to the whole “teeth” thing: They have some very important jobs to do and often they get no respect. They literally start the process of digestion. They help you speak clearly. They develop and ..read more
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The A, B, C’s of Oral Health
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
Food IS Medicine What if we, in the dental profession, are doing dental healthcare all wrong? We continue to scale, polish, and lecture about oral hygiene, and our patients do their best to comply. Yet, dental disease is still at epidemic levels with at least 40% of the population having gum disease. By age 34, 80% of folks have had at least one cavity. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rita Mae Brown I had a patient that had uncontrolled bone loss, red, bleeding tissues, and was losing teeth. She wo ..read more
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Day 28: The Mighty Tongue
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
Tongue can’t reach “the Spot” An oldie from 2015 but a really important goodie! Bringing it back out to remind you how important the tongue is in facial growth and development. The Tongue is the Ruler of the Body. Where he goes determines your oral and facial development and that affects the rest of the body. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your tongue is a very mighty organ!  It controls you.  It dictates the shape of your face, the way you talk, your posture, your sleep, even your jaw joints, and total body health!  Got pain ..read more
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The Truth about Tartar
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
Tartar Buildup Behind the Front Teeth Why, Oh Why do some teeth (people, actually, but poetic license here) build up tartar and others never do?  I’d always secretly blamed it on folks just being lazy and going to bed without brushing.  But, I may have been totally wrong, and I am so glad!  It’s not you- well, yes it is – but not in the way you’d think.  (I love aha moments!) In a previous post, I discussed nutrition and how food is our best medicine.  When we eat acellural carbohydrates it can cause what’s termed “leaky gut.”  This inflammation in our digestive t ..read more
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Day 25: Let Food Be Thy Medicine
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by Barbara Tritz
1M ago
Healthy food- Eat the Rainbow In dental hygiene, we focus so much on being “antibacterial”. We worry about all the bad bugs and what they do in the mouth to create and foster tooth decay, gum disease, and bad breath. We polish, scrape, brush, floss, and swish away the plaque and calculus (tartar). What if we are doing it all wrong? Prehistoric man didn’t have a dental hygienist pestering him to floss and brush yet dental diseases were rare. If we want to defeat dental disease maybe it’s time we work with the good bacteria, viruses and other microbes instead of trying so hard to outfox them. Le ..read more
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