How to Take Care of Your Teeth During the Holidays
Learn how traditional holiday cuisine can impact the health of your teeth and mouth. Find out how to keep your teeth healthy during the holidays.
Do White Dental Fillings Contain BPA?
Find out if white dental fillings might have BPA. Learn about the importance of biocompatibility and holistic dentistry when filling cavities.
Whole Health At Green Dentistry
At Green Dentistry in San Francisco we will always provide outstanding dental care. But as a holistic dental practice, our focus is on more than just your teeth and gums. At every checkup we take into account your physical and emotional health, and even your spiritual well-being. That’s because your oral health influences your overall…
More Than A Buzzword: Holistic Dentistry
If you Google the word “holistic” (or look it up in the dictionary) you’ll get a definition that goes something like this: “placing an emphasis on the body’s parts, and their relation to the whole.” The word has been trendy for a decade or more, but at Green Dentistry in San Francisco, “holistic” is a…
Holistic Dentistry and Your Health
More and more people are recognizing the benefits of a holistic approach to dental health. Here in the Bay Area, Green Dentistry in San Francisco is a leading holistic dental practice. Traditional dentistry views the mouth as something that is apart from the rest of the body. Holistic dentistry, on the other hand, recognizes the…
Restoring Teeth At Green Dentistry
At Green Dentistry in San Francisco we use a variety of techniques to restore damaged teeth. These fall into the category of restorative dentistry, which we will describe in this blog post. The most common restorative dentistry procedure is probably the traditional filling. Most people have at least one by the time they reach…
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body
The connection between dental health and overall health is by now well-established. At Green Dentistry in San Francisco we practice holistic dentistry, which means we believe that a healthy mouth has a positive effect on systemic health. To put it another way: since the mouth is a part of your body it should not be…
How Are Gum Disease and Lung Health Related? (video)
Dr. Nammy Patel, founder of Green Dentistry in San Francisco, and author of the bestselling book Age With Style— A Guide to a Youthful Smile and Healthy Living, discusses how gum disease and lung health are related. Gum disease is related to lung health because they share the same airway or the same opening, so…
How Are Gum Disease and Cancer Related? (video)
Dr. Nammy Patel, founder of Green Dentistry in San Francisco, and author of the bestselling book Age With Style— A Guide to a Youthful Smile and Healthy Living, discusses how gum disease and cancer are related. Gum disease and cancer are related in many ways. One thing that is common with cancer patients is that…
Is the Stress of COVID-19 Getting to Your Teeth?
The Coronavirus has lasted longer than anyone thought it would and it’s becoming apparent that COVID-19 is the new normal. Is the stress harming your teeth?