Through the many years of practicing dental hygiene, there has been a common, significant issue. This issue seemed to have an overall health connection. It would consistently show up in my patients' gum tissues. Patients would have inflammation and bleeding in their tissues. This would happen even when they were doing all the right things, brushing with an electric toothbrush 2 or more times a day and flossing once or twice a day.  My only resource was to send them to their medical doctors for testing and physicals. Many, many times they would come back diagnosed with pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, thyroid disease, and even on some occasions, cancer. This is what we refer to in dentistry as the ‘oral intrinsic connection’.

 

Obviously, the mouth is connected to the body and is the start of the digestion process. It is also a way to see inside the body. The gum tissue can give us clues to what is happening inside. I have always wanted to know “why” this is happening. What is causing or driving this reaction? What is the ROOT CAUSE? I have always been interested in how the body works, and what makes it tick.

 

I learned a lot about this through my college and dental school training, and my advanced training in gum therapies to treat gum disease. These trainings mainly focused on the mechanics, not in depth ‘whys’. The ‘whys’ led me down a path of holistic and natural alternatives. When you really understand how the body works and how it is designed, it really is designed for self-preservation. Why can’t there be more natural ways to get the body back in alignment? Natural ways to support the bodies systems that encourage these 'self preservations'. Gently guiding the body's systems back into a more harmonious state so it can do what it is designed to do. Just giving a ‘pill’ to address symptoms isn’t really getting to the root of the problem.

 

Through all my education and research, paths kept leading me back to the digestive system. How we nourish our body is so important. How this system is functioning is also very important. Look at it this way; the digestive system is the ‘mother’ of the body, nourishing it, fueling it to do all that it needs to do to survive. If the ‘mother’ can’t nourish the body, there will be a downstream effect. One or more of the systems of this process will not work right. This starts the problem that will soon surface. This is what I would see in the gum tissues.

 

Many of my patients were already on many medications, many to counteract the symptoms of other medications. There has to be another way. Covid happened and our dental offices were shut down for 3 months. When we opened back up, many of my patients were coming in really sick. They had experienced many illnesses during and after Covid shut downs.  Many with digestive issues, anxiety, skin issues, cancer diagnoses, etc..the list goes on. Just so many people were so sick. I would talk to them about natural and alternative ways to help them. They would ask more questions. I would research and finally decided it was time to really learn how I can help them.

 

I went back to school and this is how I ended up here today. I have always had a passion to help people feel better. I have always ‘geeked out’ on health, nutrition, and how the body’s systems work and function. It’s the best feeling when someone comes back in to see you and is feeling so much better through the suggestions and recommendations I gave them. Knowing that I was able to help them feel better is very rewarding.

 

I believe in using food as your medicine and lifestyle choices as your tools. I will help you work with your body, not against it. I do not diagnose or treat disease but support your body in ways that encourage healing. I believe in using tests as tools to find the drivers or root causes of your health struggles. These tests are an important piece of the puzzle in designing your individualized plan.  I will work with you to help unravel your health struggles and provide you with tools to improve your well-being. 

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