Nutritional Supplements

In their August 2002 bulletin, the Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA) began advising that all American adults take nutritional supplements, citing that "recent evidence has shown that suboptimal levels of vitamins, even well above those causing deficiency syndromes, are associated with increased risk of chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer and osteoporosis."

For years, our society was taught that vitamins and other nutritional supplements were a waste of time and money. We believed that, so long as we ate a reasonably healthy diet, our bodies would absorb the nutrients they needed to function well and stay healthy. Unfortunately many Americans know they do not eat enough of highly nutritious food on a daily basis. While the most health-conscious segment of our population took supplements, unfortunately it's been something of a fringe practice, not taken seriously by the majority.

Today we also know that a systemic connection exists between oral health and overall health. Studies show the link between gum disease and many serious medical conditions from cardiovascular to diabetes to premature birth.

A 2000 double blind study at Loma Linda University showed Pharmaden's products reduced pocket depth, bleeding, and plaque.

The Pharmaden line is available only through dental professionals. Pharmaden products are not vitamins and they are not prescription medications, they are pharmaceutical grade nutritional supplements. A dental professional offers them through his or her practice. These nutraceuticals are dispensed under the dentist's supervision as part of the overall plan of care for that patient.

Think of Pharmaden in much the same way you might view an obstetrician prescribing pre-natal vitamins to an expectant mother. We've simply eliminated the pharmacy's mark-up by having the dentist giving them to their patients. Many dental professionals who offer Pharmaden let their patients know that the proceeds go to a local charity or are used for continuing the education of the staff.

Pharmaden nutraceuticals are not an over-priced, self-administered vitamin regime or a multi-level marketing scheme. These supplements offer a long overdue adjunct to dental treatment and daily home maintenance.

Nutritional therapy is modern dentistry – not a variant. Pharmaden is an advancement in conventional dentistry.