The biomechanics of the oral cavity has more bearing on dental caries and gum disease than the amount of sugar and starch we stuff in our mouth. Contracting the masseter muscles (having an outward pull of 40 millimeters) and the temporal muscles (also having an outward pull of 40 millimeters) has... Read More

Joseph L. Greenstein (The Mighty Atom) regularly demonstrated his jaw power by biting in half iron chains, fifty-cent coins, and railroad spikes. To prove no tricks or hidden devices were involved to a skeptical dentist, he submitted to an examination, then bit the surgical steel handle of the de... Read More

One man's table manners are another man's dental caries. Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) said … "People with Elsa Maxwell syndrome are over-locked into ethics. If Elsa Maxwell can do something for your health, I'll join you." Henry Percy Pickerill (The Prevention of Dental Caries and Oral ... Read More

A bacterial infection manufactures tooth-dissolving acid in the presence of fermentable carbohydrates such as sucrose, glucose, and fructose. That's the scientific-sounding baloney you're likely to hear at your local dentist's office. But the Bugs & Sweets theory is flawed. Henry Percy Pick... Read More

Sepsis is a bacterial infection in the bloodstream or body tissues. Suppuration is the process of pus formation. Toxemia is blood poisoning from a local bacterial infection. Henry Percy Pickerill (The Prevention of Dental Caries and Oral Sepsis, 1919) wrote … "During the first stage of... Read More