Does cutting down on sugar help to treat yeast infections?

About 50 – 80% of all healthy persons have this yeast in their mouth and digestive system. If stool is found to contain large amount of this yeast, then you have a “candida infection”. This is believed to disturb normal intestinal processing of water, sugar and natrium and cause diarrhea.

Dental treatment under general anaesthesia

Some people are terrified of going to the dentist. Can they get help?
What used to be the exception years ago has now become a common procedure – dental treatment under general anaesthesia.
We’ve found out that one dental team in Austria goes even further and offers such patients not only treatment under anaesthesia, but also help [...]

Jaw pain – what now?

It has been found that the jaw is perfectly capable of adapting to a new set of teeth, this just takes some time. So nowadays doctors like to wait before starting any treatment. Only one device has been found to help in the acute phase of jaw pain – the Michigan rail.

Can teeth grow back?

Researchers speculate that if the trigger for tooth growth is found then one day teeth might be stimulated to grow back in adults. Although mammals only possess one set of teeth, some vertebrates have several sets of teeth that grow!

Dentists and hygiene

Have you ever found yourself sitting in the chair at the dentist and asking yourself who had those instruments in their mouth before you? Have they been properly disinfected and sterilized?

Help, do I have too many acids in my body?

Posted by Dental News Team On February - 15 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
Let’s make our bodies less ‘acidic’! The media are full of ads on how to „purify and detoxify“ your body or remove excess acids from it. Is it even possible for our bodies to have too many acids or bases in them? Yes, but if that ever happens then you’re dead. - The electrolytic balance and the related pH value of your body is very closely monitored and regulated by your lungs and kidneys. A normal pH value ranges between 7.35-7.42. The pH value can neither get too low...

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Can your intestines fill up with excess waste?

Posted by Dental News Team On February - 12 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
Can your intestines fill up with excess waste? No! Our intestinal membranes are renewed every 3-5 days, the small intestine taking slightly longer than the large intestine. Today we will start at the end of our digestive system – in the intestines! Simply think of the upper layer of the intestinal membrane as consisting of many little cells, which are stacked on top of each other. New cells form in the base layer and move to the top, pushing away the old cells in the process. The more roughage...

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Mercury in amalgamate fillings and alternatives

Posted by Dental News Team On February - 11 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
Are there alternatives to amalgamate fillings – and if so, what kinds? We have already talked about mercury poisoning, and also on how the level of mercury in saliva is measured! - Amalgamate traditionally has been, and still is, the most popular material used for fillings. Amalgamate fillings seal teeth better than do plastic fillings (in the side teeth), last longer, and do less damage to the teeth. - But we still advise patients to opt for other types of fillings, assuming they have the money ...

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Detoxification

Posted by Dental News Team On February - 8 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
Can the human body accumulate toxins? No, but there are ads everywhere promising thorough cleansing. So why do we all feel so „toxic“ and furthermore, whoever said that things like drinking urine is „healthy“? We will discuss this all next days… Extracting heavy metals, alternative medicine, homeopathic medicine – You’ve already watched a video on homeopathic treatment and read about medical statistics – if not, then simply click the links, these reports are just brief introductions… - Don’t...

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Using toxins – good or bad?

Posted by Dental News Team On February - 5 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
Using toxins is bad! But why is it done? The answer is simple: time! You walk into the dentist’s office with a toohache, but without an appointment, since you cannot plan for a toothache. But getting rid of the pain for good requires thorough root treatment, for which there is just not enough time right then and there. So the tooth is opened up and a toxin injected in the hope that the tooth, and you as a patient, will not cause any more trouble before your next appointment. This process is...

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