Our Holistic Approach Sugar Land, TX

Your oral health has a direct effect on your overall health, and vice versa. A poor diet can be the first step toward gingivitis. Gum disease can lead to bone loss and tooth loss. If allowed to progress, inflammation from gum disease can spread throughout the body and even cause systemic conditions like heart disease and stroke. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting over 50% of the U.S. population having some form of gum disease in their lifetime, we don’t ignore this life-altering connection. When we provide care, we take a minimally invasive and holistic approach in Sugar Land, TX.

Traditionally, a condition or symptom is paired with a treatment or drug. That’s ideal for acute concerns or emergency care but for chronic diseases and life-long solutions, we consider more. Using a holistic and biological perspective, we look at the root source of your issues instead of the results they cause. Your genetics, environment, diet, current and past health, and your lifestyle all play a part in shaping your overall health. As a board-certified periodontist with a deep understanding of the oral-systemic connection, Dr. Hiru Mathur leads our practice in taking a truly whole-body approach to your care.

“I feel as a caregiver, it’s my responsibility to learn whatever is out there that can help my patients heal better and feel better. My passion is removing inflammation and disease so I can give patients’ their health back.” – Dr. Hiru Mathur

The buildup of plaque on your teeth can lead to gum irritation and periodontal pockets that harbor bad bacteria. This is what causes gum disease. Although we offer a long list of treatments to treat periodontal disease including minimally invasive laser gum therapy, the real problem here is the kind of plaque, or bacteria, that is accumulating on your teeth and in your gut. An imbalance of good and bad bacteria in your gut is the source.

An unhealthy diet causes damage and destructive changes to the gut lining and the levels of good bacteria. This leads to the formation of a leaky gut where undigested particles of food and toxic substances get into the bloodstream. The immune system then activates and tries to get rid of these foreign elements resulting in inflammation. Recent studies have shown that gut leakage is the reason for several chronic diseases including periodontal disease, obesity, diabetes, diseases of the brain, and nervous system conditions like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS). This is why we consider more than inflamed gums during a consultation, we also consider your gut microbiome.