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Protecting Tooth Enamel

Activated Charcoal and Your Tooth Enamel

There seems to be quite a bit of disinformation out there on the Interwebs as to the impact of activated charcoal (AC) on your tooth enamel.  There is an easy scientific way for anyone to arrive at the conclusion that your tooth enamel will remain cleaned, whitened, and completely smoothly intact after it’s brief skirmish with a […]

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Stevia as a sweetener and plaque reducer

We use Stevia in our product lines both for it’s sweetening effect and for it’s ability to reduce the amount of dental plaque.  Here is a link to a study performed by Professor at the Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul C.D. Cassiano Scapini, Porto Alegre, Brazil .  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00003-010-0555-5

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Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children

From the Harvard University Web Site:  http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/ Excerpt: In a meta-analysis, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and China Medical University in Shenyang for the first time combined 27 studies and found strong indications that fluoride may adversely affect cognitive development in children. Based on the findings, the authors say that this risk should […]