The Artemis Blueprint for Self-Dentistry

Dutch Health Store’s guide to self-dentistry, botanical tooth care and the Living Libations products that make it easy.

Why listen to Nadine Artemis?

Canadian botanical formulator Nadine Artemis founded Living Libations and wrote the best-selling manual Holistic Dental Care: The Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth & Gums. Her work is cited everywhere from Vogue to The New York Times, and biological dentists around the world keep her serums in their treatment rooms.

What sets her apart is a simple question: If we’ve spent a century brushing, flossing and rinsing with ever-stronger chemicals, why are cavities, root-canals and gum disease still rising? Her answer is to stop fighting the mouth’s bacteria and start farming them.

The mouth as a microbiome

Modern mouthwashes, peroxide strips and antibacterial pastes “carpet-bomb” the oral ecosystem, wiping out friendly flora and letting the hardier pathogens bounce back stronger. Artemis calls the mouth a “microbial menagerie” whose balance directly influences immunity, digestion and even the endocrine system.

From that insight she built the Stop → Seal → Seed framework:

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Phase	Goal	Practical swap
Stop	Retire biome-bombing products (alcohol rinses, SLS, triclosan, fluoride if you choose hydroxy-apatite).	Replace with a simple salt-water or baking-soda rinse plus a drop of peppermint oil.
Seal	Strengthen enamel and gums so good bacteria have a secure home.	Brush with mineral-rich pastes like Living Libations Frankincense Fresh and massage gums with Happy Gum Drops.
Seed	Repopulate beneficial strains.	Swish probiotics (Artemis’ “One-Minute Mouthwash”) and use xylitol or chicory-root prebiotics.

Essential oils such as clove and frankincense can knock quorum-sensing (the “group chat” that lets pathogens form plaque) down by up to 70 %, yet leave friendly flora intact

The Eight-Step Self-Dentistry Ritual

Artemis knits the philosophy into an eight-step routine timed to beat plaque’s six-hour regrowth window. Adopting even half the steps can make your hygienist raise an eyebrow—in the best way.

Alkalise with salt water.
Tongue‐scrape biofilm away.
Brush with a rounded-bristle brush and a mineral paste (e.g. Frankincense Fresh or Neem Enamelizer).
Botanical floss. Dip un-coated silk floss in a drop of Yogi Tooth Serum or clove oil.
Gum-drop massage. Work two drops of Happy Gum Drops along the gum line with your fingertip or a rubber tip.
Oil pull for ten minutes. Sesame or ozonated coconut oil plus a dash of peppermint does the heavy lifting.
Probiotic swish. Open a capsule of a broad-spectrum probiotic into water and swish, then swallow.
Sip alkaline mineral water. A pinch of bicarbonate or magnesium keeps saliva pH in the tooth-friendly zone.

All the oils above are available in Living Libations blends we stock; look for them under Dental Care → in our shop.

Frankincense Fresh Toothpaste
Rated 4.88 out of 5 based on 8 customer ratings
~~Price range: €17,00 through €29,00~~ Price range: €15,30 through €26,10
Neem Enamelizer Toothpaste
Rated 4.43 out of 5 based on 7 customer ratings
~~Price range: €17,00 through €29,00~~ Price range: €15,30 through €26,10
Yogi Tooth Serum
Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 2 customer ratings
~~Price range: €42,00 through €161,00~~ Price range: €37,80 through €144,90
Happy Gum Drops
Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 9 customer ratings
~~Price range: €32,00 through €141,00~~ Price range: €28,80 through €126,90

Hero botanicals in the ritual

Clove-bud oil (eugenol). Calms sensitivity and interrupts pathogenic quorum-sensing.
Frankincense (boswellic acids). Anti-inflammatory; helps gums tighten and regenerate.
Mastic resin. Traditionally used in the Mediterranean to firm tissues and balance oral flora.
Peppermint (menthol & limonene). Suppresses Streptococcus mutans and delivers instant freshness.
Sesame oil (lignans). A gentle solvent for oil-pulling that draws fat-soluble toxins from the mouth’s crevices.

Frankincense Fresh Toothpaste
Rated 4.88 out of 5 based on 8 customer ratings
~~Price range: €17,00 through €29,00~~ Price range: €15,30 through €26,10
Happy Gum Drops
Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 9 customer ratings
~~Price range: €32,00 through €141,00~~ Price range: €28,80 through €126,90
Neem Enamelizer Toothpaste
Rated 4.43 out of 5 based on 7 customer ratings
~~Price range: €17,00 through €29,00~~ Price range: €15,30 through €26,10
Yogi Tooth Serum
Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 2 customer ratings
~~Price range: €42,00 through €161,00~~ Price range: €37,80 through €144,90
Mint + Myrrh Oil Swishing Serum
Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 1 customer rating
~~Price range: €34,00 through €59,00~~ Price range: €30,60 through €53,10
Tooth Truth Powder Polish
Rated 4.83 out of 5 based on 6 customer ratings
~~Price range: €24,00 through €36,00~~ Price range: €21,60 through €32,40

Getting started with Dutch Health Store

Ready to experiment? Build your first Self-Dentistry Kit:

Frankincense Fresh Toothpaste – hydroxy-apatite paste that remineralises while you brush.
Happy Gum Drops – a clove-, mastic- and frankincense-rich serum for step 5.
Mint + Myrrh Oil Swishing Serum – upgrades your oil-pull to spa status.
Truth Tooth Powder Polish – weekly mineral scrub for stubborn stains.
Silk or corn-fibre floss – un-coated, ready to dip in serum.

You’ll find all five in our Living Libations Oral Care collection.

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Ultrasonic Electric toothbrush – rechargeable

~~Price range: €9,95 through €79,95~~

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Perfect Pearl Powder

Rated 4.50 out of 5

~~Price range: €36,00 through €53,00~~

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Mint Condition Mineral Tooth Powder

Rated 4.67 out of 5

~~Price range: €26,00 through €37,00~~

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Wild Child Happy Gum Drops

Rated 4.80 out of 5

~~Price range: €24,00 through €85,00~~

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Yogi Tooth Serum

Rated 5.00 out of 5

~~Price range: €42,00 through €161,00~~

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Frankincense Fresh Toothpaste

Rated 4.88 out of 5

~~Price range: €17,00 through €29,00~~

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Curaprox Hydrosonic Pro Electric Toothbrush

~~Price range: €24,95 through €209,00~~

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Frankincense Fresh Floss

~~Price range: €13,00 through €18,00~~

The take-away

Artemis invites us to trade “drill, fill and disinfect” for feed, seal and flourish. Treat your mouth as a living garden, give its microbes the right soil and seeds, and the result is teeth that polish themselves and gums that hug each tooth like healthy pink pillows. Try the ritual for thirty days and watch how quickly your smile—and your next dental check-up—transforms.