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It's All In Your Mouth: How Your Teeth Are Impacting Your Immune System, Sleep, Performance, Inflammation & Much More (& What You Can Do About It With Holistic Dentistry).

Ben Greenfield Life

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What Is the Pelicle and How Do We Protect Our Teeth?

The pelicle is kind of like a thin coat on top of your teeth. The base of it is your saliva and proteins and glycoproteins that just getting attracted by the positive ions in in the calcium  to protect your enamel from grinding. When you bite about 15,000 times a day which also will activate your whole nervous system again to rebuild and remineralize your teeth all the time because whenever you eat your pH level in your mouth will drop into an acidic pH.

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