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10/15/2026

If you or your spouse is snoring, please get your airway evaluated, and don’t stop looking until you have answers, and a solution.

Snoring is not benign!!!

Come see us at The Julian Center to get a full airway evaluation.

A cavitation is one of the most overlooked pieces of the chronic health puzzle 🚨The mouth is connected to the rest of th...
10/07/2026

A cavitation is one of the most overlooked pieces of the chronic health puzzle 🚨

The mouth is connected to the rest of the body, and a problem in the jaw can create a biological burden that deserves to be investigated, especially when someone is dealing with persistent inflammation or health issues that don’t seem to have an obvious source.

At The Julian Center, we don’t look at the mouth in isolation — we connect the dots between your dental history, oral microbiome, imaging, immune response, and overall health to understand whether there’s a bigger picture unfolding.

You shouldn’t have to guess what’s happening beneath the surface. If you’ve had extractions, root canals, or unresolved health concerns, let’s take a deeper look!

Comment “CAVITATION” if you want to learn more about this topic!

10/03/2026

When a new patient comes into my office, I don’t just want to look at their teeth. I want to understand the bigger picture, including the airway and the structures surrounding it.

That’s why we always take a 3D Cone Beam scan on every new patient. This gives us a much more comprehensive view of the anatomy than a traditional 2D dental X-ray, allowing us to evaluate the airway, jaw, sinuses, nasal passages, TMJ and other surrounding structures.

A Cone Beam scan can be especially valuable for someone dealing with sleep apnea, snoring, mouth breathing, or unexplained fatigue, because your airway anatomy can play a significant role in how well you breathe while you sleep, and seeing the actual 3D structure gives us information that may otherwise be missed.

I believe dentistry should look beyond the tooth. The mouth, airway, breathing, sleep and overall health are all connected, and the more information we have, the better we can understand what’s really going on.

If you snore, struggle with sleep apnea, or wake up tired despite getting enough hours of sleep, your airway may be worth a closer look.

Killing “99% of your bacteria” is NOT the goal, your mouth isn’t supposed to be sterile.Your oral microbiome is designed...
09/30/2026

Killing “99% of your bacteria” is NOT the goal, your mouth isn’t supposed to be sterile.

Your oral microbiome is designed to be an ecosystem you want to keep in balance! Using harsh antiseptics can be counterproductive to oral health while chasing better breath.

I generally prefer gentler, more targeted approaches over harsh, alcohol-heavy antiseptic mouthwashes. Here are some options I like:

🦷 Spry Oral Rinse
A xylitol-based rinse that can be particularly useful for people who are prone to cavities — studied for its ability to reduce the activity of S. mutans (a major contributor to dental caries).

🌿 Thieves Mouthwash
A botanical option containing essential oils that can provide antimicrobial support without the need for conventional alcohol-based formulas.

🪥 Tooth & Gum Tonic
An herbal option I like when the goal is additional support for the teeth and gums.

👅Silver Tongue Oral Care
An antimicrobial oral-care option that can be especially useful when incorporating tongue hygiene into your routine.

Warm saltwater: gentle osmotic + mechanical action — greatfor everyday use, gum irritation, and after dental procedures.

Baking soda rinse: can help raise oral pH and can be particularly useful for people with reflux or increased risk of tooth decay.

Xylitol rinse or spray: a more targeted strategy for cavity-prone individuals.

Oil pulling: gentle mechanical removal of plaque and debris. Use it as an adjunct before brushing, not a replacement for brushing and flossing.

You don’t need to sterilize your mouth to have a healthy mouth. You want to support a balanced oral microbiome, while maintaining a healthy pH.

Good oral health isn’t just about killing bacteria, it’s about creating an environment where harmful bacteria have a harder time taking over.

09/23/2026

If you have TMJ pain, jaw clicking, headaches, or you’re grinding your teeth at night, it can be tempting to jump online and order a night guard. They’re inexpensive, convenient, and promise to “protect your teeth.”

But here’s the problem: your jaw is part of a biological system, not an isolated body part. Putting a piece of plastic between your teeth without understanding what is driving the problem is treating the symptom, not necessarily the cause.

Bruxism and TMJ dysfunction can have MANY contributing factors. Your bite and occlusion matter, but so do your airway, nasal breathing, tongue posture, cervical spine, muscular tension, nervous system, sleep quality, stress physiology, and even the structural relationship between your jaw and skull.

If you simply cover the teeth without evaluating these factors, you may be protecting the enamel while completely missing the reason your jaw is working overtime in the first place.

Also… not all night guards are created equal. The thickness, material, design, where the contacts are placed, and whether the appliance is designed for your specific bite can all influence how your jaw muscles and joints function. Your teeth aren’t just chewing tools, they are part of a sensory system that provides your brain with constant information about where your jaw is in space. Changing that input can change how the entire system responds.

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09/21/2026

For too long, we’ve treated the mouth like its own little island.

Cavities are treated as tooth problems.
Bleeding gums are treated as gum problems.
Jaw pain is treated as a jaw problem.

But your mouth is LIVING tissue, connected to your:
* immune system
* nervous system
* blood vessels
* airway
* gut microbiome

So what happens in the mouth can affect the rest of the body. And what’s happening in the rest of the body can show up in the mouth!

That doesn’t mean every systemic disease is caused by your teeth. It means we need to stop looking at teeth in isolation.

A healthy mouth isn’t just about having healthy teeth. It’s about having a healthy body that happens to include teeth.

That distinction changes everything.

Have you considered this connection?

09/18/2026

I’ll say it until the cows come home: Your mouth is not separate from the rest of your body!!

For decades, dentistry has largely operated around a simple model: you have a problem with a tooth, we fix the tooth. But your oral cavity is a living ecosystem, and what happens in the mouth can influence inflammation, immunity, digestion, breathing, cardiovascular health, and the overall physiology of the body. The mouth is often the first place I look when trying to understand what may be happening downstream.

This is why I practice comprehensive dentistry. I’m interested in more than whether a tooth has a cavity or whether your gums bleed.

I want to understand the relationship between your teeth, gums, airway, bite, oral microbiome, inflammation, nutrition, and the rest of your biology. Your oral health can provide important clues about your whole-body health, and your whole-body health can also influence what is happening in your mouth.

The takeaway isn’t that every dental problem causes a problem in another organ.

The human body is far more interconnected than that. It’s that we should stop treating the mouth like an isolated compartment. Whole-body health starts with looking at the whole body, and that includes the mouth.

09/12/2026

Oil pulling can be a useful addition to an oral health routine, but it’s important to understand what it actually does (vs does NOT).

Swishing oil in your mouth may help reduce certain oral bacteria, plaque, and inflammation, and some people find that it improves breath and the overall feeling of cleanliness in their mouth.

However, oil pulling does NOT remineralize a tooth that has a cavity, rebuild lost tooth structure, or “pull” decay out of a tooth.

There’s an important distinction between supporting a healthy oral environment and reversing established structural damage. Early enamel demineralization can sometimes be remineralized when the underlying causes are addressed.

Once a true cavity has formed, the tooth has lost structure and needs to be properly evaluated.

I’m a big believer in looking at the biology behind dental disease. Nutrition, saliva, the oral microbiome, inflammation, airway health, and daily habits all matter!

Oil pulling can be one small piece of that picture, but it isn’t a cure for cavities.

09/12/2026

Oil pulling can be a useful addition to an oral health routine, but it’s important to understand what it actually does.

Swishing oil in your mouth may help reduce certain oral bacteria, plaque, and inflammation, and some people find that it improves breath and the overall feeling of cleanliness in their mouth.

However, oil pulling does NOT remineralize a tooth that has a cavity, rebuild lost tooth structure, or “pull” decay out of a tooth.

There’s an important distinction between supporting a healthy oral environment and reversing established structural damage. Early enamel demineralization can sometimes be remineralized when the underlying causes are addressed.

Once a true cavity has formed, the tooth has lost structure and needs to be properly evaluated.

I’m a big believer in looking at the biology behind dental disease. Nutrition, saliva, the oral microbiome, inflammation, airway health, and daily habits all matter. Oil pulling can be one small piece of that picture, but it isn’t a cure for cavities.

The jaw is one of the hardest-working joints in your body — and one of the most overlooked. In 40+ years as a biological...
09/05/2026

The jaw is one of the hardest-working joints in your body — and one of the most overlooked.

In 40+ years as a biological dentist, I’ve seen how much of what we call “stress” quietly settles into the jaw: the clenching, the tension headaches, the clicking, the mornings you wake up already sore.

For a long time, the options were nightguards, medication, or surgery. Helpful for some — but often masking the problem instead of addressing the muscle driving it.

That’s why I’m excited about EMFACE® Functional TMJ. It’s FDA-cleared to treat TMJ dysfunction and associated pain by pairing gentle radiofrequency (to ease muscle spasm and improve circulation) with HIFES® stimulation (to re-educate the jaw and restore healthy range of motion).

No needles, no downtime — just a comfortable 20-minute session that feels like a warm facial massage.

Because in biological dentistry, we never treat the mouth in isolation. It’s a window into the whole body — and relief in the jaw often ripples outward into how you feel everywhere else.

If jaw pain or tension has been wearing you down, book a consultation at The Julian Center today.

Individual results may vary. Ask us whether EMFACE® is right for you.

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