Our oral health is at risk every time we travel. In this short video, I offer strategies that can help you to protect your teeth and gums while you travel.
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Q&A with Dr. Ellie: What About Good Bacteria?
Every month Dr. Ellie Phillips will answer your oral health questions as part of the Ultimate Oral Health Guide. ———– Q: I have just started using your system and am blown away by it. I have bought your book for other members of the… Read More ›
How to Stop and Prevent Cavities
Cavities are not random! Most cavities happen in “groups of four”. This is because mouth bacteria do not attack one tooth at a time, but attack all the teeth in your mouth at the same moment. The sequence of decay… Read More ›
Dental pain and your clean teeth system
Dear Dr Ellie, Thank you for your response. After reading your site and blog, I havestarted on your system and my tooth/gum pain has now receded by about 90%. I have found Retardex rinse (also available through Amazon) and they… Read More ›
Sorbitol and Xylitol
Dear Dr. Ellie I am reading many articles recent days, which say SORBITOL induces and triggers IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME. Even I experienced the same whenever I changed to high content sorbitol tooth paste, my stomach gets upset. (Because at least… Read More ›
Xylitol and Intestinal Flora
Hi Ellie, I was told by my acupuncturist that since Xylitol kills bacteria, it kills beneficial bacteria in the intestine as well. Is this true? Thank you so much, DP Hi Diane, Xylitol has been used for over a hundred… Read More ›
Q & A: Controlling pH
Hello Dr Ellie,I have been reading the information on your website and have the following questions-D (Ellie’s Answers in Blue) 1. What are the main ways to control the ph during meals so that a chance of decay is reduced?Do… Read More ›
Lots of Cavities!
Dear Dr. Ellie, I came across your website while searching for cavities. I keep getting lot of cavities even though I don’t eat much sugar. What is the reason? I am the only one in my family to get the… Read More ›
Questions about the System
Dear Dr. Ellie, As a nutritionist, I am delighted to learn about your system. Why didn’t any dentist ever tell me about this???? And I have questions: 1. How do we know that xylitol won’t also kill off some of… Read More ›
Staining on the Teeth? – Continue The System and Xylitol
Dear Dr. Ellie: I started using your system in Feb and started noticing a lot of stain on my teeth about a month ago. I stopped using the mouthwashes and moved my cleaning apt up to yesterday. My dentist thought… Read More ›