You really haven’t heard from us much since the
HealThy Mouth World Summit back in January.
Like a garden in late winter that seems to be very still,
but under the ground has lots and lots of activity, we have been very busy behind the scenes here at OraWellness.

Let’s get this started with some fun! :)

 

 We’re giving away OraWellness products!

We’re about to introduce a really cool giveaway we’re going to do, but first let’s cover our update…

 

On a personal level…

We were so moved by the information the experts presented at the HealThy Mouth World Summit, we have been applying the information we gathered personally from participating in Dr Hal Huggins’ assist report.

We will share more on this soon and for now we want to say that being able to look ‘under the hood’ at the health of our blood and mineral analysis via extensive blood and hair analysis has been fascinating for us both!  The assist report combines an extensive personal questionnaire, a blood chemistry analysis and a hair analysis into one report.

Incidentally, the reason why we chose to go through the assist report is several months ago Susan stated that she wanted to know the status of the mineral balance in her body so that she could stop ‘guessing’ about which supplements she needed to be taking.  Well, this is one of the many things that the assist report addresses.  Rather than being focused on vitamins, the assist report looks to help a person see where the various levels of minerals are in the body.

Here’s the really fun part…  The blood analysis helps to understand the mineral balance in the blood, thus around the cells and the hair analysis helps to understand the mineral balance within the cells.  So cool!

On a business level…

One of the reasons we have been so quiet since the HealThy Mouth World Summit is because we were completely overwhelmed by the positive response and wave of orders that the Summit created.  I know, a good problem to have! :)   We’ve been very busy keeping up with the increased order demand while building systems to help OraWellness grow and continue to serve you all the best we can.

In this regard, we’re in the process of moving our order processing to a mainland fulfillment center.  As much as we have enjoyed it, we have realized that we simply cannot continue to personally handle each of your orders and share all the new information via blog posts and video tutorials we want to make for you.  This also means that you will get your orders even faster than us shipping them from here in Hawaii!

We want you all to know that we are taking great care to make this transition an awesome shift.  We have received so many wonderful compliments about our ‘Packed with Aloha’ flower that we’ve figured out how to keep this fun, personal touch on every order, even though we won’t be personally handling every package.  Since we realize that Aloha is a state of the heart, a state of connection and love, we feel it still applies to have each order ‘Packed with Aloha’!

We’re also keeping to the recycled mailers as this is a value and ethical statement for our business.  We can have successful businesses that really help others AND that do their best to walk softly on the earth.  We are so grateful to be among this new breed of conscious businesses.

We’ve also figured out how to include a free Bass toothbrush here and there in your orders to continue to exceed your expectations as our wonderful customers!

Please know that we are working very hard to get the systems in place to handle your orders attentively so that we can once again turn our focus to the important (and fun) stuff like researching strategies to create awesome oral health, write blog posts, create new video tutorials and bring you more Summits! :)   If you ever feel dissatisfied with how an order reaches you or have any ideas how we can improve on our ability to deliver awesome products and information to you, we are ALL EARS!!  Please email us at info (at) orawellness (dot) com or call us directly with your ideas.

For those of you who made it this far into this article, here’s the giveaway information! :)

OraWellness Giveaway!

We are going to give away five OraWellness starter kits after we return from a quick trip to the mainland this late May.  (Incidentally, we’re going to be shooting a video with an AWESOME dentist!  More on that later…)

To enter in the giveaway, here’s what to do:

1.  Please comment below this blog post sharing with us what’s the biggest question about oral health you currently have.

2. Share about us.  Post something (positive hopefully :) ) about OraWellness on your facebook, twitter or pinterest pages.

We will pick the winners on or before June 1st and notify everyone here.

Click here to see the OraWellness starter kit

As always, please holler with any questions, we’re here to help!

Thank you and Aloha!

Will and Susan

 

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Aloha friends,

We recently received an email testimonial that we are very honored to bring forward to you here.  The customer wanted to let us know the progress she had made using our products and support.  The testimonial as you will see begins with the findings of a new dental visit stating how many gum pockets she had and their relative depths among other stats.  This first dental visit occurred on February 28, 2013…

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Whenever we can find a wellness protocol that has stood the test of time, it always gets more attention from us. Call us ‘anti aggressive marketing’, skeptical of newfangled stuff or just old-fashioned, we simply have an affinity to those tools that folks have been using for many years.

We were introduced to oil pulling several years ago. It is a simple way to not only create greater oral health, but to help detoxify the whole body in the process. Given that so much chronic disease we experience as a culture is lifestyle related, oil pulling offers a simple way to help restore greater overall health and wellness, as well as create greater oral health. Continue reading

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When it comes to raising our awareness of oral health as a family, we quickly come to the realization that what we as parents model with our own oral hygiene routine will become the example for our kid’s oral hygiene. And we understand that oral health is not achieved or maintained by the simple acts of brushing and flossing alone. For if brushing and flossing created oral health, Continue reading

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Late Iron Age/Roman woman showing large dental calculus deposit, from Cambridge area, UK. Photo: Alan Cooper

 

For many of you, this will not come as a surprise, but it’s been proven time and time again that what we eat has a direct relationship to what types of bacteria are going to thrive in and on our bodies.   The bacterial colonies that naturally thrive in and on our bodies change based on the foods we habitually eat.  If you think about it, the whole thing makes total sense.

How did we ever think that we could eat processed, mass produced, adulterated foods and live healthy, happy lives anyway?  Surely this type of confusion isn’t born out of our own common sense. Continue reading

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As with many journeys, with the recent completion of the HealThy Mouth World Summit, we find all the solutions often lead to even more questions.  So it is with oral health.  We have always been firm believers in getting help from a dental professional who has been trained in toxin free, whole body dentistry.  Truly, those of you who have had the pleasure of working with a quality dental professional know how precious an asset they can be!

The well trained dental professional can be a wonderful, trusted ally to assist us along our path to greater oral health.  Unless you were raised with a perfect diet as a child and have been blessed with stunning oral health, most of us are doing some form of ‘catch up’ when it comes to our dental health.  A dentist who is functioning within the paradigm of the role that oral health plays in whole body wellness is a tremendous professional to have on your wellness team while we strive for optimal oral health.

We have complied this list of resources to help you to identify someone who has been trained in toxin free protocols and techniques.  Continue reading

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Thank you for participating in the HealThy Mouth World Summit!  It has been a fascinating and fulfilling journey for us to gather this information from around the world to assist each of  you in having the knowledge and information to create positive change in your own oral health.

Below you’ll find a checklist of gems we have gleamed from the expert presenters highlighted here at the Summit.  We offer this so you can look through and make sure you gathered the information you hoped to gain from this event. Continue reading

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Is greater oral health possible in 20 minutes?

Yes and no.

You see, while you can’t undo any ill health in the mouth in 20 minutes, you can accomplish the first (and most important) step in 20 minutes!

In this first step toward greater whole being health and OraWellness, we have to cover the beginning. Here is the bottom line.

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Why is addressing gum disease important?

The grim facts speak for themselves:

  • Over 90% of adults have some active form of gum disease at age 30.
  • And gum disease isn’t just isolated to adulthood–a whopping 65% of 15 year olds already show signs of active gum disease!

Given these statistics, we consider gum disease the elephant in the living room. Mainstream dentistry has by and large dropped the ball on gum disease and has chosen to focus on tooth decay and the drill and fill business model.

What starts as a little tenderness and swelling between molars turns to gums bleeding when flossing and chronic bad breath, then leads to receding gums and loose teeth, and eventually causes adult tooth loss.

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Aloha Friends!

We are so excited to have a blog now integrated with our site!  Yeah!  Finally, a place where we can share all the ideas of articles and videos that come to me at all hours of the day and night about how to support each of you in navigating the path to greater oral health!

In the coming weeks, we will upload all the articles we had posted on our un-integrated blog (you probably never knew we had it! :) to this new fancy-dancy blog!

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