Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 184
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-5381-1397-4 • Hardback • September 2018 • $40.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-5381-1398-1 • eBook • September 2018 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Stephen A. Lawrence, DDS, MDiv, is a licensed dentist in California and an ordained mitred archpriest in the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church. He has dedicated his career to helping people achieve and maintain optimal health and vitality. Over the course of his three-decade long professional life, he has become one of America’s leaders in the field of holistic dental health care and nutritional counseling. David Tabatsky is a writer, editor, teacher, and performing artist. He is the co-author of Reimagining Women’s Cancers and Reimagining Men’s Cancers, author of Write for Life: Communicating Your Way Through Cancer, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul’s The Cancer Book: 101 Stories of Courage, Support and Love, and editor of Elizabeth Bayer’s It’s Just a Word. He was the consulting editor for Marlo Thomas’s New York Times bestseller The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2: Your Turn. His memoir, American Misfit, was published in 2017. Please visit www.tabatsky.com and www.writeforlife.info.
Introduction –– Holistic Dentistry: A Comprehensive Approach to Health and Wellness
Part One: Our Physical Body
Chapter 1 –– Dental Healthcare 101
Chapter 2 –– From Our Mind to Our Mouth: Holistic Dentistry and the Medical Health Connection
Chapter 3 –– Nutrition: How “Friendly” Foods Affect Your Teeth and Gums
Chapter 4 –– Chakras, Meridians, and the Heart: How Matter and Energy Affect Your Oral Health
Part Two: Our Emotional Body
Chapter 5 –– Stress Busters: A Roadmap to Inner Peace
Chapter 6 –– Love and Wellness
Part Three: Our Spiritual Body
Chapter 8 –– Love and Healing
I’ve had the honor and privilege to know Stephen Lawrence for over 15 years, as a colleague practitioner of the healing arts and as his patient. He has an extraordinary ability to share his wisdom and integrative experience with his patients. Stephen has written this book to share his wisdom and knowledge with the world; to support, guide and empower everyone. — Daniel Vicario, M.D., ABIHM, Medical Director, Integrative Oncology Program, San Diego Cancer Research Institute Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego President, American Dental Council
First-time author Lawrence, a holistic dentist and spiritual counselor, with assistance from coauthor Tabatsky, questions many commonly held ideas about oral health.... Lawrence offers much to think about as he challenges mainstream dentistry.
— Booklist