Guide Your Dental Care with Root-Cause Insights
Traditional dental practices often rely solely on x-rays and checkups for diagnosis. Unfortunately, these methods only detect existing oral diseases, rather than preventing disharmony from occurring in the first place.
This reactive approach can translate into dental care and expenses that could have been prevented. Additionally, by failing to address the root cause of the issue, patients often find themselves repeatedly returning for ongoing dental treatments.
At Dr. Dickerson’s office, we are committed to providing our patients with a holistic and preventative approach. As part of this offering, we are delighted to utilize Bristle Salivary Testing.
What Can Bristle Address?
- chronic bad breath
- oral thrush
- gum recession
- inflamed gums
- burning mouth syndrome
- weird tastes in mouth
What is The Science Behind It?
Our teeth serve as solid living structures for various microbes to live in, on, and around. Our mouths depend on a balanced community of microbes, known as our microbiome, to stay healthy. When balanced, our microbiome plays a vital role in functions such as breaking down food, producing vitamins, and fighting off infection.
However, when the balance is disrupted, harmful species can grow in number and cause diseases such as cavities or gum diseases. Furthermore, studies continue to show how our oral wellness is linked to respiratory, cognitive, maternal, cardiovascular, metabolic, and digestive health. In fact, poor oral health is now associated with increased risk of conditions including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
Since your mouth is the gateway to your body and the mirror of your health, it’s important to take care of our oral microbiome through daily hygiene practices and interventions tailored to our unique bodies. Bristle offers personalized recommendations based on saliva testing to help maintain a healthy oral microbiome and reduce disease risk.
Become A Healthier You In 4 Easy Steps
- Let our team know that you’re interested in Bristle
- Schedule your appointment to collect a salivary sample at our office
- Receive your oral health report and action plan from Bristle
- Enjoy a consultation with our holistic hygienist to review your results and explore options for improving your vitality
We provide personalized recommendations to optimize your oral microbiome based in holistic health. We suggest small adjustments to diet, hygiene, and oral care products. With most users experiencing notable improvements within just 30 days, these simple changes can have a big impact on your oral health, and cascade out to other areas of your health as well.
Bristle Testing FAQs
Bristle analyzes your saliva to determine the composition of over 100 bacteria and fungi in your mouth, identifying both beneficial and harmful species that can impact your oral health. Using this information, Bristle offers personalized recommendations for products, diet, and lifestyle changes to address oral symptoms and improve your overall well-being.
Bristle analyzes your saliva to determine the composition of over 100 bacteria and fungi in your mouth, identifying both beneficial and harmful species that can impact your oral health. Using this information, Bristle offers personalized recommendations for products, diet, and lifestyle changes to address oral symptoms and improve your overall well-being.
Both traditional and biological dentists attend dental school and uphold standards of care set by recognized governing bodies. The main difference between philosophies occurs within their approach to patient care. It is generally believed that traditional dentists diagnose and treat dental disease, often with an emphasis on prevention.
Biological dentists approach patient care with a more holistic view, seeking to understand the root cause of oral disharmony, treat the problem with modalities that do not adversely affect the health of the patient, and collaborate with the patient and their health care providers to achieve and maintain the most optimal oral and systemic health outcomes.
Yes. Bristle tests are eligible for reimbursement by most FSA and HSA plans.
Once Bristle processes your sample, you’ll receive a customized care plan in their app (generally within 2 weeks). Next, our team will help you schedule your consultation with our holistic hygienist as soon as possible. Within a very short amount of time, you’ll be on a path towards optimized oral wellness!
Dr. Dickerson has played an integral part in helping healthy patients maintain their well-being. She has also supported health-compromised patients (most notably those suffering from Lyme disease, mold toxicity, and autoimmune diseases) in making positive strides towards vitality by consulting with their medical and alternative health care providers. With this collaborative approach, dental treatment plans can be staged for optimal long-term outcomes for her patients.
“Dr Sharon Dickerson and her entire staff is absolutely amazing! I had been looking for a biological dentist for over a year when I came across her website. The whole office is so warm, kind and caring. They truly want to help you in any way they can. I’ve had nothing short of a positive experience here! The office space is so welcoming with state-of-the-art equipment.
I sought out a biological dentist to investigate the possibility of having infected cavitations following getting my wisdom teeth removed 10 years ago. I was having gut issues, fatigue, brain fog, skin rashes. Dr Sharon listened to my concerns and validated what I was going through. No one tried to up-sell me on any procedure and helped me to get the answers I needed.
I worked with Nicole and she was fantastic–so knowledgeable and also assisted with my surgery! Carly is absolutely wonderful, she is so caring and can answer all your questions as well as put your fears to rest. I would highly recommend this office to anyone looking for answers. Trust me, your health is worth it! I can’t thank Dr. Sharon and her team enough. I feel like I have my life back!”