Fri, Jan 19, 2024
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Holistic Oral Care 101: The Mouth/Body Connection
The term ‘holistic’ was first coined back in the 1920s – from the Greek word holos, meaning “whole.” Today we use it to describe the basic interconnectedness of everything. In medicine and healthcare we use it to mean “the treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of a disease.”