Your Oral Environment is the Key Indicator of Health
By Yuriy May, DMD T
he basic tenets of holistic dentistry are simple: dentistry should do no harm, and dentists review mouth,
sinuses, airway, teeth, jaw bones, gums, gingiva, tissues ties, and TMJ as integral parts of a larger, whole-body system. Holistic dentists as they have developed over the last 20 years have understood the oral environment as the key indicator of health, far more than than just a process- ing station for food. One of the founda- tional aspects of the interplay between the full body and the mouth is the focus on meridian tooth charts.
To understand the basic tenants of holistic dentistry, one must first understand the meridian tooth to organ chart which aligns each individual tooth to acupunc- ture meridians or “energy highways” that have endpoints in organs, spine vertebrae and whole body systems (see chart on next page). Indeed, the health and structural integrity of the mouth both influence and are influenced by everything else going on in the body — from skeletal mechanics to nutritional biochemistry and the gut microbiome.
Beyond those basic tenets, there is
great diversity in how holistic dentists prac- tice their craft. They may employ a wide va- riety of approaches to support and improve their patient’s overall health and historically have focused on safe amalgam removal, removal of metals and fluoride free care. But holistic dentistry is changing and evolv- ing into being one of the most transforma- tive medical vocations in the industry. This evolution has successfully morphed into a field known as “biological dentistry” which focuses on much more than just metal aller- gies, the potential toxic effects of mercury in metal fillings, and avoiding root canals.
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Over the years, I have been privy to patients seeking holistic and/or biological dentistry from all over the country and even the globe. I will share the knowledge and opinions from patients seeking alternative dental care from all over the world, to help local patients in Connecticut understand the proper things to consider when choos- ing a biological, holistic dentist and know- ing what to expect.
1. Safe Amalgam Removal
The
IAOMT.ORG accreditation and the S.M.A.R.T Certification program ensures your holistic dentist has been properly educated and trained to remove amalgam in the safest way possible for both you, the patient, and the dental staff. In addi- tion, ask questions and compare what the dental office does in practice, once you’ve established the training and certification is completed. While some holistic dentists train properly, they may not apply all the tools available for the maximum safety during amalgam removal procedures due to the time and cost of the additional precau- tions. Ask about items that reduce patient and staff risks like air evacuation, alterna-
tive air source for patient, room pressure, rough burrs, respirators, air filtration and patient protection gear. At our office, we use all the aforementioned items in addition to full face shields, full head to toe suits and three different sources of air filtration, air suction and air evacuation.
2. Root Canal Procedures
While most dentists can agree that root canals pose minimal risk to the healthy individual with a strong immune system, opinions begin to vary among biological/ holistic and conventional dentists when faced with compromised individuals and those with multiple health risks. Many of the biological dental schools like the ACIMD - American College for Integrative Medicine and Dentistry and professional holistic dental associations like IABDM. ORG and
IAOMT.ORG do not promote the use of root canals and often, biological dentists that are fully holistic and biological do not perform such procedures. At Natural Dentistry, we screen every root canal for possible signs of infection and always dis- cuss risks with patients if an abnormality is found. We take the possibility that some-
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