Got Mercury Fillings?

Natural Dental Care: Biologically Appropriate and Nontoxic

 Those interested in maximum health are switching to alternative medicine in ever increasing numbers. The central philosophy of holistic medicine is to utilize therapies that stimulate self-healing.

Alternative dentists practice in much the same way as other kinds of alternative practitioners. This new breed of dentist may be called by many different titles: natural, holistic, biologic, alternative, naturopathic or homeopathic. Alternative dentistry provides treatment that's biologically appropriate and healthy.

The core standards of holistic treatment were created by the Greek physician Hippocrates about twenty five hundred years ago. He believed each and every medical doctor must strictly abide by these standards in treating patients:

1. 1st, don't do harm ... the therapy should not ever leave the sufferer in worse condition 

2. Respect the curative ability of nature ... provide therapy that stimulates the body's innate self-healing potential 

Mainstream dentistry has lost sight of these simple guidelines. Several of the most toxic elements on earth are used in the materials that typical dentists install in your mouth. Natural dentists appreciate that dental health may affect overall health and wellbeing in both useful and detrimental ways. They utilize effective treatments and nontoxic products that support your body's natural ability to heal. 

 

A few examples of holistic dental care include: 

*Treatments that conserve irreplaceable tooth structure and greatly reduce the requirement for caps and root canal therapy 

*Absolute avoidance of poisonous dental supplies like fluoride, metal and mercury

*Rebuilding teeth with bio-compatible products like composite resin, porcelain or zirconia

*Utilize digital radiographs to lessen your radiation dose to minor amounts

*Honor the Vis Medicatrix Naturae by rendering therapy that stimulates self-healing (periodontal disease and tooth decay are curable)

*Never ever replace an amalgam filling unless strictly adhering to "Mercury Safe Techniques" 

The utilization of mercury-safe protocols is definitely the most significant reason to go natural with your dentist. Amalgam is a terrible filling material. Each and every minute of every single day, amalgam fillings leach unsafe amounts of mercury that ends up becoming stored within the cells of your body. The only problem more dangerous than having mercury fillings in your teeth is getting them removed in an unsafe way. During normal amalgam filling replacement, your exposure to poisonous mercury vapor can easily be 10-times the upper limit established by OSHA. The procedures used by alternative dentists will protect you from that shockingly hazardous exposure. Standard dental practice does not utilize any sort of mercury-vapor precautions. This ignorant omission can destroy your health. 

Becoming a natural dentist isn't simple. It requires courage to buck the status quo and do the things you believe in. A holistic dental clinic differs in numerous ways compared to a standard office ... different supplies, special equipment, different patients and often times different employees. And so, you might have to invest a bit of time doing research before you'll locate a alternative dentist who meets your needs. Just do it... your health and wellness are worth it! 

Do not ever allow anyone replace yet another mercury amalgam in an un-safe manner. Go out and find your brand-new holistic dentist! 

Why You Should Avoid Capped Teeth

Does it surprise you to hear a holistic dentist with more than 25 years experience tell you to avoid dental crowns and caps? After all, crowns are the preferred treatment choice for most dentists. Dental crowns are put on a pedestal as being the most permanent of all dental restorations. So how could a dentist be telling you to avoid caps and crowns? 

If you've ever had a crowned tooth, you may have experienced this scenario: 

* You have decay in your tooth 

* The dentist fixes the cavity with a filling … amalgam or possibly composite resin 

* Over time the restoration fails or maybe the tooth breaks 

* A crown (porcelain, metal or porcelain fused to metal) is now placed 

* Commonly, the nerve kicks the bucket soon after the crown is placed 

* The result will be a tooth ache along with the need to have a root canal or perhaps an extraction 

The crown procedure is very traumatic and often kills the tooth nerve. Crowning involves grinding away all of the tooth's enamel and a substantial amount of the inner, living dentin. The scientific literature reveals that up to 15% of all crowned teeth will eventually need root canals or extractions because of a dead nerve. If you're lucky enough to dodge the root canal / extraction bullet, you may think you've won the battle.

Even though caps are often called "permanent", they don't last forever. In fact, the normal life-span for a cap is only around ten years. Most dental insurance companies will pay to replace a new cap if it breaks down after only 5 years. Most dental customers don't understand how the crown can fail ... how does a product composed of porcelain or gold get a cavity? Nobody wants to fork out another considerable chunk of money to re-fix a tooth that they assumed was already restored in a permanent way. 

When trying to clarify why your tooth has to be treated again, the dentist may say things such as: "nothing lasts forever" or else "the oral cavity is a hostile environment". He Or She may even pass the responsibility on to you by hinting that substandard oral cleanliness and microbial plaque along the gum-line was the reason the crown has failed. The only problem with this explanation is this: assuming bad oral hygiene were to blame, all of your teeth would be damaged by decay ... not only this one capped tooth. 

The truth is, crowned teeth are destined to fail … bio-mechanically they just don't make sense. The details are a bit technical ... the bottom line is that the pressure created during biting or chewing cause your teeth to flex. Porcelain or gold crowns wrap the entire tooth, from the gum-line to the biting surface, with an inflexible material. Every time you chew or bite, your tooth tries to bend, the rigid crown does not. 

Now for the exact reason you'll need a new crown. Any time you close the teeth together, a battle ensues between the flexible tooth and your rigid crown. This causes strain to occur along the gum line that eventually "pops the seal" between the tooth and crown. The defective seal enables bacteria to occupy the open space beneath the crown and eventually a cavity develops. In the field of dentistry we label this bacterial invasion "crown leakage" ... you will have another way to define it! 

There's a small division of dental research named biomimetic dentistry that recognizes and addresses the problem of crown leakage. To begin with, biomimetically trained dentists rarely if ever place caps on your teeth. Second of all, they never place unbending, inflexible materials at the gum line when repairing your teeth. By repairing your teeth with techniques that copy nature, leaky caps along with "surprise root canals" are generally prevented. 

Biomimetic dental treatments are perfect alternatives to caps, duplicate the un-restored teeth during function, provide very long-lasting dental corrections and also dramatically decrease the requirement for root canals.