Essential Oils for Dental Health

• Explores the benefits of and best methods of use for well-known dental care oils such as peppermint, tea-tree, and clove as well as the lesser known oral benefits of oils like cinnamon, manuka, and oregano• Offers many simple practical techniques to easily incorporate essential oils into your daily oral care routine• Includes recommended oil mixtures targeted to alleviate specific dental and oral ailments, such as periodontitis, oral herpes, ulcers, teething, dry mouth, bad breath, teeth grinding, and toothacheIn this comprehensive guide to holistic dental self-care, authors Karin Opitz-Kreher and Jutta Schreiber, D.M.D., detail how essential oils offer many effective and natural ways to support our oral health. They explain how daily use of essential oils in our oral care routine supports the alkaline-acid balance inside the mouth, which is a basic prerequisite for healthy teeth, good breath, and preventing infections. The authors explore the most important essential oils and their