The Healing Power of Salivary Testing with a Biological Dentist

In our quest for a healthier and natural lifestyle, we tend to forget the importance of oral health. The mouth, after all, is the window to the rest of your body. Dental care goes beyond fixing cavities and straightening teeth: the overall wellbeing of your oral health can profoundly impact your overall health.

You may wonder, "How do I know if my mouth is affecting my health?" I challenge you to ask not IF it's affecting your health, but HOW is your mouth is affecting your health. As a biological dental office, we use salivary testing as one of our tools to answer that question, identifying key players that can contribute to oral disease and deteriorate overall health. In conventional dentistry, we typically measure only what we can see. Salivary testing allows us to measure what we can't, catching disease before it destroys, saving you time, money, and your smile.

What is Salivary Testing?

Your saliva contains clues about the health of your teeth, gums, and body, often before we see any signs or symptoms of disease. Salivary testing is a non-invasive diagnostic tool that provides valuable information about the oral microbiome, inflammation, nutrient levels and even DNA biomarkers that can impact your oral health. These tests allow your biological dentist to evaluate your oral microbiome, which is made up of millions of bacteria that can influence your immune system, gut health, and general health. If these bacteria are not in balance, they can organize a hostile microbiome takeover, genetically modifying healthy bacteria into pathogenic species. This pathogenic army works to destroy bone, create inflammation, and enter the bloodstream to infect other organs, leaving more destruction and inflammation in their wake. Without salivary testing, we can only act after the bacteria infiltrates the microbiome and creates damage that we can detect using conventional clinical methods. The consequences of waiting can be costly and often irreversible.

Why You Should Consider Salivary Testing with a Biological Dentist

As a biological dentist, I focus on methods of treatment that fit within an integrated whole-body approach to wellness. We customize your therapy to your individual microbiome. Your care plan could include guided biofilm therapy, non-surgical periodontal therapy, ozone, dietary supplements, and even an evaluation of your airway, your blood glucose levels and a visit with your cardiologist. After all, it's all connected, and the underlying causes of oral diseases often lie somewhere else in the body! The traditional deep cleaning and maintenance routine, paired with toxic mouth rinses, antibiotics and a clean sweep of your entire microbiome, and a quarterly lecture about brushing and flossing more just doesn't work well for most people.

What can salivary testing reveal?

Salivary testing can help detect the presence and levels of harmful pathogens in the mouth, identifying any imbalances in the oral microbiome, which can affect your oral health. Some tests can also identify nutrient deficiencies or excesses, which can influence overall health. We use salivary testing in biological dentistry as a powerful tool to providing a personalized comprehensive oral health plan. This may include nutrient supplementation, probiotic therapy, or the use of specialized products to promote health and discourage disease.

The Benefits of Salivary Testing with a Biological Dentist

Salivary testing as part of your biological dentistry journey provides you with personalized information and recommendations, and a baseline from which to measure your progress. These results can aid in preventive care, disease diagnosis, and the development of a long-term maintenance plan for optimal oral health. It is safe, quick, effective, and non-invasive, making it easy to incorporate into your routine dental wellness check-ups. This allows us to catch problems earlier and treat them holistically and less invasively.