Origin Dental Wellness

On my most recent trip to Kois Dental Center in Seattle, the pilot had to modify his course, which allowed everyone on board (or at least everyone on the left side of the plane) the opportunity to take in the majesty of Mt. Rainier.

Rainier stands 14,411 feet tall. I haven’t hiked it (yet), but I have hiked several peaks in Colorado topping out at 14,321 feet.

When you’re surrounded by other peaks in similar height, it appears a little easier and less daunting. However, when you stand alone, like Mt. Rainier does at sea level, it appears to be an unattainable task.

I can altogether relate this to a person’s journey to better health after years of self-neglect and poor decisions. And maybe they haven’t been poor decisions as much as they’ve been living out ancestral lifestyles.

Either way, there comes a time when people get tired of being tired. And sick. And unwell. When that happens, Blog here: https://origindentalwellness.com/surrounding-yourself-with-14ers/

We are thrilled to welcome Jensen Thomas, RDH to your team at Origin Dental Wellness 💜

Today, she steps into the role as your full-time health-centered dental hygienist.
Gifted with optimism and empathy, it’s difficult to find a time when Jensen doesn’t have a smile on her face.

We know you’ll love your time in the chair with Jensen. 🦷 🔬 🧬 🦠

Origin Dental Wellness The oral-systemic connection is the vital link between your mouth & your body. It’s everything we do!

Our desire for our patients is a beautiful mouth that is a window into a healthy body.

Dentistry should always be approached in such a way to provide beneficial overall health. For this reason, I like to call it health-centered dentistry.

I was honored to present the benefits of ozone therapies utilized by Origin Dental Wellness to the National Study Club led by Dr Bob Frazer.

We stayed in Paradise Valley’s beautiful Hermosa Inn and fully enjoyed three days together. Book study, pool party for birthday celebrations, presentations, cooking class (the crepes were the best), golf, spa and togetherness. I love this group and really can’t imagine dentistry without them.

I LOVE lettuce season!! Yes, that is a picture of my refrigerator from this morning.

When we were leaving Joe’s Organic Farm in Bixby with our 2 CSA bags of greens (which are massive), a woman in line asked how many people we fed with that bag. “Just two,” I said. Did I mention I love lettuce season?

I never realized lettuce had a season because I didn’t eat salads growing up. I knew it was deer, elk, and turkey season because my father hunted. Blackberry and blueberry season were always favorites. Still is. But lettuce? It wasn’t until I met my husband that salads became a regular dinner routine. And, it appears I’ve been making up for lost time with roughage now that I only eat salads 5 to 6 nights per week. So does my husband. He’ll still stare at me halfway through a bowl and say, “I love salads.”

And how about salad dressing?! A lot of people love a little salad with their dressing. All the choices make it so fun. And the simpler, the better. Straight-up oil and vinegar are always delicious. Most grocery store options contain oils you shouldn’t consume, so proceed with caution.

Canola is the worst. Look for dressings that contain extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil. When making your own dressing, the same rule applies. Last week, I discovered a recipe for an oil-free Greek hummus dressing, which I made using hummus I already had. It’s a new favorite. And again, it’s easy to make. In fact, I’m finding a lot of great dressing recipes on Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures. You’ll find numerous oil-free and vegan dressings that make salads even better.

I hope when I mention salads, you don’t think I’m eating a giant bowl of leaves. It does play the primary role, but so many extras make a truly delicious dinner. When the spring shelves start filling up with that dark green curly spinach, it’s hard for me to judge how much I will actually be able to eat before it goes bad.

Usually, we’ll just throw together some of our favorite items and be very happy. Other times, we’ll go international. Joey’s favorite salad composition of all time is a Greek with a Caesar in a close second. It’s hard to beat shaved parmesan and homemade sourdough croutons.

I love a blueberry, walnut, or goat cheese mix, or mixed greens topped with broccoli, sprouts, tomatoes, nuts, or quinoa. Wild salmon or chilled shrimp are a great addition to a heartier salad. And, as you probably know, these suggestions don’t even come close to all the possibilities for making an incredible salad.

Get inventive with your salad creations and dive into making your own dressings. If you have any favorites to share, I’d love to hear from you. Send Origin Dental Wellness a message on Facebook or Instagram and share the love—the lettuce love.

When we talk about ourselves as a holistic/biological dental team and refer to the oral systemic connection (everything is connected), those aren’t just words. We whole-heartedly believe that. We ARE health-centered dentistry.

We spent this past weekend in Kiowa Colorado where we were hosted by Dr Bethany Piziks who created Braveheart. Braveheart is an Equine Gestalt Coaching method for dentists and dental teams. The weekend brought understanding of individual strengths (by way of personality assessments) to the entire team. It’s AMAZING the things we learned about each other after all these years.

Oh, and there were horses. Incredibly intuitive creatures that would help expose and interpret unspoken words and feelings. Seriously! They brought a deeper understanding to many unresolved emotions. It was a very dynamic weekend filled with purpose, togetherness, discomfort, laughter, tears, joy, big and tiny horses, Italian food in an old stone church from 1888 and Mexican food (not that old).

Which one is NOT linked to:

Allergies
Alzheimer's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Antiobiotic resistance
Autism spectrum disorders Autoimmune disorders/immunodeficiency
Brain fog
Cardiovascular problems
Chronic fatigue syndrome Complaints of unclear causation
Digestive disturbances
Hearing loss
Kidney disease
Micromercurialism
Multiple Sclerosis
Memory loss
Oral lichenoid reaction and oral lichen planus
Parkinson's disease
Periodontal disease
Psychological issues such as depression and anxiety
Reproductive dysfunction
Suicidal ideations
Symptoms of chronic mercury poisoning
Thyroditis

Origin Dental Wellness is your SMART (Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique) certified dental team in Oklahoma (and for anyone else that loves to travel).

I am so thankful for the CT scan.

I was recently heard saying this as I walked down the hall in my office. I had just reviewed a Cone Beam CT scan of a new patient who simply wanted to be established as a patient at Origin Dental Wellness.

She had very little dentistry (only two fillings in 36 years), no complaints, no pain, and a beautiful smile.

Not expecting to see anything of concern on her CT scan, I reviewed it before entering the treatment room to perform her exam.

What I found was just as much a surprise to me as it was to her. What we found here 👉🏼 https://origindentalwellness.com/i-am-so-thankful-for-the-ct-scan/

When you know better, you do better. And the only way to know better is to seek out teachers who are passionate about making people be better. Thank you, Dr. John Kois, for making me know better, do better, and be better.

“Managing the Restorative/Periodontal Interface and Advanced Functional Occlusion”

So true

Food is information. How are you programming your cells and DNA?

We want to thank Amanda for her commitment and passion in keeping patients focused on a better life.
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After a routine breast exam in 2014 indicated atypical dysplasia, which is a precursor to breast cancer, I had two separate lumpectomies. This led me to reevaluate the way I practiced dentistry. How could I apply my discoveries in helping patients in their own health? That’s when we started Origin Dental Wellness.

We understand the health of your mouth is intimately related to the health and wellness of your overall body. We believe that we are privileged to walk beside our patients in pursuing their overall health. We believe that we do and how we do it makes a difference. We are health-centered dentistry and our patients lives are being changed.

While traditional dental radiographs are still useful for early detection of cavities, the cone beam CT scan is the most state-of-the-art equipment useful for early detection of infection. If the infection is detected early, once it is treated, healing can occur much faster and easier. This makes the cone beam CT scan the standard of care at Origin Dental Wellness. It is an invaluable tool for early detection of dental infections.

The following are ways we utilize Oxygen/Ozone in house:

Ear/Nasal Insufflations
Subgingival Ozone Gas Flow
Ozone Water in Ultrasonic Scalers
Ozone Gas Injections
Ozone Gel Trays
Ozone Gas Microbaric Trays

We utilize ozone in everything we do at Origin Dental Wellness. Ozone gas, water and oil are highly effective tools in the treatment of periodontal disease and tooth sensitivity.

We also help your patients using ear insufflation as well as injections of low concentration ozone gas into the loose areolar tissues on the buccal surfaces along the sinus wall. Since easily 25% of sinus infections are fungal in origin, the indiscriminate disinfecting power of ozone seems to outshine the uses of antibiotics.

Mercury is a toxic chemical that has been recognized as such by every other industry that uses it, except dentistry!

Sean is now mercury free and we celebrate him!!

These remarkable dental hygiene students from Tulsa Community College visited Origin Dental Wellness yesterday to learn and continue their research about the use of ozone in dentistry. They will be delivering an ozone presentation to their future colleagues in the dental field next week at the TCC table clinic.

Thank you ladies for exploring the benefits that offer your future patients exceptional care. 💜

What’s Inside a Root Canal and Why It Can Be So Deadly

A root canal is basically another way of saying a root filling. When a root canal is performed, the nerve, blood vessels, and immune support of the tooth are removed from the central canal in a tooth and then replaced with a root canal filling material called gutta-percha. Gutta-percha is actually a purified latex that is taken from a tropical tree which grows in Indonesia and Malaysia. It is considered to be bioinert and is thermoplastic.

SO, what happens when this root canal filling material actually goes through the root and into the bone? We'll tell you: https://origindentalwellness.com/whats-inside-a-root-canal-and-why-it-can-be-so-deadly/

Pillars for Success in today’s private dental practice.

I was invited to attend the Academy for Private Dental Practice (APDP) meeting this year in Ft. Lauderdale. This highly influential group of private dental practice professionals seeks to improve the field of dentistry and have been doing such since the 1950s.

The Academy has always focused on patient communication, which has been lost in the world of corporately owned dental practices.

Now an active member of this illustrious organization, I’m looking forward to gaining and sharing insights with colleagues from across the country.

. . . risk of fetal exposure during pregnancy, advising against amalgam fillings for women from fetal stage to menopause.

The dangers are real!

https://www.facebook.com/share/xrYJW1UWGo228XZi/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Mercury Safety Limits are Exceeded in Pregnant Women with Dental Amalgam Fillings, Reveals Alarming New Study Once again mercury amalgam dental fillings are shown to expose individuals to levels of mercury that exceed safety limits.

Looking for a Holistic Dentist in Oklahoma? Your Origin Dental Wellness team in Tulsa has a biological approach to dentistry. We offer Ozone & PRP Therapies, Biofilm Analysis, Safe Mercury Removal, CBCT, Sedation, Implants, Oral DNA Testing, 3D Printing, Clear Aligners and more. We are Mercury & Fluoride Free and offer an array of dental products with your total health in mind. Contact us today at 918.74.SMILE

Final week to schedule your CIMT at Origin Dental Wellness:
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Another infection from a failed root canal wreaking havoc through this patient’s body.

When bacteria from an infection gets in your bloodstream, the infection can burden a persons immune system for years to come and take a destructive toll on one’s overall health.

The best advice we can offer is to be proactive in your dental care. Many “reputable” institutions still prescribe copious amounts of fluoridated drinking water, toothpaste/mouth rinse as prevention methods, but we STRONGLY DISCOURAGE those suggestions.

More info here: https://origindentalwellness.com/root-canals-can-your-immune-system-handle-it/

"Porphyromonas gingivalis, the keystone pathogen in chronic periodontitis, was identified in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease patients. Chronic periodontitis (CP) and infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis—a keystone pathogen in the development of CP - have been identified as significant risk factors for developing Aβ plaques, dementia, and AD . . . "

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.aau3333

Very informative website presents evidence based, independently tested and self funded studies on all things fluoride.

Fluoride In Kombucha: Ranking & Guide (32+ Bottles Tested) 32+ bottles of kombucha have been BOUGHT and TESTED for fluoride. Some contain TRIPLE the amount found in tap water, while others are safe to drink.

Biological dentistry is not a specialty in the field of dental care. It’s a method and it’s the way I decided to live my life that led to the way I wanted to treat my patients.

I wanted your dental care to be an extension of purposeful decisions that influence a healthier lifestyle.

I wanted the care you received to be founded on the principals of cause and effect rather than drill and fill.

I wanted our patients to understand the vital roll they play in either the health or illness of there current lifestyle.

Dentistry should be SO MUCH MORE than cavities and cleanings. For decades, it’s been boiled down to 6 month cleanings, cavity prevention with fluoride and horror stories from the chair. Let’s change the perception. Let’s give dentistry a seat at the adult table. The table where important ideas are discussed and big things happen.

Origin Dental Wellness is inviting you to our table. We’ll make room.

Origin Dental Wellness The oral-systemic connection is the vital link between your mouth & your body. It’s everything we do!

Be like Steph. Get your mouth guard made on our in-house 3-D printer with digital scans.

Everyone needs to hear Lorie’s story:

Nearly 15 years ago with a previous provider, Lorie had root canals in three teeth and after the crowns were placed, she started experiencing immediate discomfort. Over the course of the following week, they ran numerous tests, x-rays and check ups to determine the source of her discomfort. The end result was being told that the root canals and crowns were great and to “give it some time.”

Time wasn’t the answer. Over the next 13 years, 22 well-intentioned medical professionals, including dentists, endodontists, an ENT, an oral surgeon and even a neurologist found nothing to relieve Lorie’s pain, but did suggest she had trigeminal neuralgia or maybe could benefit from a minor brain surgery.

During those 13 years, Lorie experienced major fatigue, facial swelling, compromised eyesight and breathing with debilitating headaches several times a month. Time and again, standard x-rays were showing nothing wrong, and she was told not to remove her root canal treated teeth because she needed her teeth.

She began thinking maybe it was all just in her head because people suggested maybe she was depressed, or was willing it to be wrong, which cast doubt.

Once a very positive and energetic person, Lorie was overcome with a sense of doom with no answers.

A last ditch effort impelled Lorie to pursue plausible solutions through holistic dentistry. Her internet search led her to Origin Dental Wellness, which was only an hour and a half away. From the website, Lorie felt the video of Dr Toler was speaking directly to her so she made the call for an emergency appointment.

After her cone beam scan, Dr Toler walked into Lorie’s consult meeting expecting her news to be hard to hear, but instead Lorie shed tears of joy knowing there was an answer. The scan indicated infection present in all 3 root canal treated teeth. Once Dr Toler removed the infected root canal treated teeth, Lorie experienced instant relief and unbelievable joy.

The days and weeks that followed, Lorie regained her health and all side effects vanished. She is back to the positive, energetic, joyful person she was 15 years ago. Not a month goes by that we don’t get a beautiful praise report or encouraging note from Lorie and her husband.

This picture was celebrating another step of Lorie’s health journey where she had her failing mercury amalgam fillings removed.

Want to know the simple truth about root canals? https://origindentalwellness.com/root-canals-the-simple-truth/

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Origin Dental Wellness The oral-systemic connection is the vital link between your mouth & your body. It’s everything we do!