Over the past few years, Meliors Simms, also known as the Holistic Tooth Fairy, has embarked on a journey of learning about the impact of emotions on oral health. She has dedicated herself to research and exploration of alternatives to conventional oral health practices, while offering her clients natural oral health coaching. With a long history in this field, she has now published her first book, The Secret Lives of Teeth.
Meliors initially found inspiration in the work of Weston A. Price, an American dentist. Price traveled across the globe in the 1930s, including New Zealand, where he studied indigenous populations who were still adhering to traditional diets and lifestyles. Price observed that these communities exhibited remarkable resistance to tooth decay. His resulting theory looked at the importance of nutrition and diets in influencing oral health.
(Listen to the full interview below or keep reading for the rest of the article) Next Meliors encountered Ramiel Nagel’s book, Cure Tooth Decay, a contemporary take on Price’s nutrition-focused protocol. The discovery came at a crucial moment for Meliors as she was on the verge of her seventh root canal. This shift to a holistic approach proved to be life-changing for her with her oral health quickly becoming much better.
Taking this approach to the next level, Meliors delved into the interconnectedness of emotions and mental habits with oral health. In her own book, she explores the notion that teeth are influenced not only by nutrition and oral hygiene practices but also by the profound impact of our emotions and energy. Through this perspective, Meliors illuminates a new understanding of oral health and its intricate ties to our overall well-being.
“I’d been looking for a book like this for years and there just wasn’t anything, certainly not in the English language. And other people were coming to my website from all over the world, looking for this specific subject too.” Said Meliors.
“Stress impacts teeth through the mechanism of the hormones, for example, the stress hormone cortisol can inhibit the flow of blood and other fluids and nutrients into teeth and gums,” explains Meliors.
She further adds that when we are stressed, our teeth can shut down their natural remineralisation processes and that our digestive system can become less effective at processing the nutrients that teeth need to stay strong.
Meliors goes on to explain the role of tiny tubules in your teeth. These tubules act like channels, transporting blood and nutrients to nourish the enamel with essential minerals from the food we consume. This process, known as dentinal flow, plays a crucial role in maintaining strong teeth.
Under stress and challenging emotions, this flow can be disrupted. The tubules become absorbent and end up resembling sponges. As a result, the enamel becomes vulnerable to bacterial attacks and decay caused by sugars and other damaging elements. Meliors adds that when you introduce sugar in these situations, the sugar feeds the bacteria, causing more damage.
“If you have a lot of sugar – it raises your blood sugar level, which in turn switches off the hormones required to drive dentinal flow. Then you’re in a situation where your body has stopped its natural process of resilience and so it’s not able to reject that bacteria.” Exploring the impact of stress on oral health, Meliors also mentions that historic stressful situations from when we were children can also impact adult’s oral health, for example – from something like the changing dynamic of a new sibling around the time a new tooth was developing.
“If you know which tooth has got a cavity or receding gum or whatever symptom, you can start to ask the right questions to understand what’s the underlying emotional influence. Now, that doesn’t mean there’s not also the influence of your diet, your hygiene and so on.” Meliors says that a healthy well-rounded diet eating lots of organic fresh fruit and vegetables can foster an environment in your body that supports healing. More specifically, things like butter, unpasteurised raw milk and Vitamin K2 (from things like animal organ meats) can be helpful for your teeth.
She also mentions a myriad of other things – like mouth breathing – that can impact oral health, proving the further complexities of the topic. However, lately her focus is mainly on the emotional and energetic influences and she is currently writing her second book; the Empowered Dental Patient – a book for people with dental anxiety.
If you are interested in finding out more about Meliors’ work, visit her website https://holistictoothfairy.com/ where you can also purchase her book, The Secret Lives of Teeth. The book is also available to purchase locally at Zinnia and the Well Read Bookshop. https://raglanradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meliors.jpg