Dr. Nammy Patel talks about your thyroid, its importance in immune response, and its role in causing cavities and gum disease. Thyroid is a hormone, T3 and T4. It controls your metabolism as well as a lot of other activities, and it’s so important in your immune response. It is so important in our day…
Dr. Nammy talks about mouth breathing, the problems it causes with your health and its impact on your teeth and gums, and why nasal breathing is better. John Maher: Hi, I’m John Maher. I’m here today with Dr. Nammy Patel, founder of Green Dentistry in San Francisco, California, helping patients recognize the vital connection between…
Dr. Nammy Patel talks about how keeping your teeth can add 10 years to your life. Keeping your teeth adds an extra 10 years to your life, mainly because when you have teeth, you can chew. And when you can chew, you’re able to get the leafy greens in. And as we know, the leafy…
At Green Dentistry in San Francisco you can count on high-quality dental care: the same great care you’d get from most dentists, but with one important difference. We are a holistic practice. We provide the same services you would expect from almost any other dentist office: everything from filling cavities to dental implants to teeth…
Dr. Nammy talks about gum disease, the treatments that are available including using laser treatments, and how gum disease can affect your overall health.
Green Dentistry in San Francisco is a holistic practice that is committed to the dental and overall health of our patients. Every checkup here will include a thorough inspection of your teeth and gums, of course. But the relationship between the health of your mouth and the rest of your body is by now well-established,…
At Green Dentistry in San Francisco we believe that cavities are not inevitable. But we also know they happen, in spite of everyone’s best efforts. When we find them we use BPA-free white fillings to restore them. Sometimes called composite resin, white fillings are an alternative to the metal fillings that were the standard in…
Dr. Nammy Patel talks about natural ways to help prevent and cure gum disease, including brushing with an electric toothbrush, using a Waterpik, and oil pulling. The best and most natural way to help with gum disease is using an electric toothbrush, really making sure the electric toothbrush hits the teeth with 50,000 pulsations per…
Fluoride has been used in dentistry for generations, and to this day many dental professionals recommend it for strengthening teeth and preventing cavities. But at Green Dentistry in San Francisco we consider fluoride unfit for use in humans. We do not, and never will, use it at our practice. Many communities even add fluoride to…
Dr. Nammy talks about grinding your teeth, and some natural ways to prevent it, including deep breathing, baths and showers, and meditation. So a couple of natural ways to help grinding is, number one, before going to bed, doing some deep breathing, doing some Ujjayi breathing, is really key. So that’s when you go [inhales]…
