Oral Care

Oral care concerns the health of your mouth, including your teeth, gums, throat, plus even the bones around the mouth. Our oral health articles discuss oral diseases and problems, the respective causes, risk factors and symptoms, and finally the conventional and natural treatments. Meanwhile, we discuss many natural ways to improve your oral hygiene.

Gingivitis Symptoms and How to Get Rid of Gum Disease

Gingivitis is the most common type of gum disease. It is rare in children but often starts during puberty or early adulthood, and it can come and go throughout life. According to the Centers for Disease ...

How to Get Rid of Canker Sores — 13 Natural Ways

I bet you didn’t know that women are actually more likely to get a canker sore than men. It's true. Canker sores can also run in families — possibly due to heredity or to a ...

Home Remedies for Toothache Relief

If you've ever had a toothache or you have a young child or a teething baby who has a toothache, you know that it can be painful and make things miserable. Thankfully there are several ...

18+ Natural Ways to Help Treat Oral Thrush

Uncomfortable and unattractive, oral thrush is both painful and problematic. It can easily be passed from one person to the next before oral candida symptoms even begin to appear. To make matters worse, there are ...

12 Natural Sore Throat Remedies for Fast Relief

A sore throat can come on at any time, and it's caused by a number of reasons. Thankfully, there are natural sore throat remedies that you can use at home and don't require an antibiotic ...

Is Eating Ice Bad for You? Pagophagia Symptoms & Causes

Ice is made up entirely of water. That means that consuming it is hydrating, but is eating ice bad for you when it comes to maintaining dental health or for other reasons? If you occasionally suck ...

What Your Tongue Appearance Means for Your Health, According to Chinese Medicine

The following is an adapted excerpt from my new book “Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History" (Little, Brown Spark) Thousands of years ago, TCM practitioners ...

What Is the Oral Microbiome? How to Balance It to Improve Overall Health

The mouth (aka the oral cavity) is considered to be a major gateway to the rest of the body. Oftentimes, what's happening in the oral microbiome is representative of what's happening elsewhere in the body. It's ...

Is It Bad to Whiten Your Teeth? (Beware of Hidden Collagen Killer)

Is it bad to whiten your teeth? As it turns out, reaching for those over-the-counter whitening strips could actually be damaging your teeth in unexpected ways. Emerging research released in 2019 suggests teeth whitening dangers now ...

Worse Than Gingivitis: Periodontitis Causes & Symptoms (+ 5 Natural Remedies)

Periodontitis is an infection or inflammation (swelling) of the bones and ligaments that support your teeth. It happens with gum swelling or infection, also known as gingivitis, goes untreated. The problem spreads from the gums ...