Holistic Dentistry Articles
Seasonal Stress and Dental Health-Part 1
Each year, starting around Daylight Savings Time, everyone’s schedule becomes even fuller and more stressful, and in the dental office we often experience people calling in with more dental issues and emergencies. Most of us know how the time change can affect us, and...
Know the Cause TV: Interview with Dr. O’Rielly and Doug Kaufmann
I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the TV show and podcast Know the Cause hosted by Doug Kaufmann. It was a lot of fun. Here is the clip that aired Tuesday and a screenshot of the show that was posted on YouTube.com yesterday. During this segment Doug and I...
Can You Get Rid of Parasites in Your Mouth in 30 Days?
In my practice it's been proven with a high definition microscope that you can definitely get rid of parasites in the mouth in 30 days. Why should you care? If you have traveled much or have had pets in your life chances are that you have been exposed to parasites...
How Stealth Pathogens are Linked to Systemic Diseases
As a holistic dentist who has viewed hundreds of videos showing the microbiome in the mouth, the idea of stealth pathogens causing autoimmune disease is very familiar to me. Thanks to my wife Victoria’s interest in herbal medicine, we were in Los Angeles last week at...
5 Microbes That Cause Gum Disease
A healthy mouth is a complex ecosystem and like any ecosystem, is susceptible to imbalances. Microbes causing gum disease creates imbalances that results in local and systemic inflammation, affects heart function and compromises overall health. It’s important to know...
Bio-Friendly, Non Metal Fillings
What do health conscious people need to know about non metal fillings like composites? Here is a quick rundown: Whenever possible avoid metal (especially mercury) for restorations like fillings or crowns Use composites (white filling material) that have no BisPhenolA...
Why I Don’t Offer One-Step Cerec Crowns
In-office Cad Cam technology is generically called Cerac for short. The crowns are milled in the office from a block of porcelain, and then placed and adjusted on the same day. People see this as an advantage, since there is only one dental appointment necessary....
Biocompatible and Beautiful
This photo is of a porcelain crown seated with a newer generation dental cement made to be strong and biocompatible. Can you tell which tooth has the crown on it? It is very difficult even with a close up lens. This result is only possible when I do 3 very specific...
Implant Meetings Showing Titanium Implant Failures – What You Need to Know
Whenever I go to an implant meeting these days a lot of what's being discussed is titanium implant failures and what to do about them. I went to two high level conventions in 2016 and I was surprised at all the case studies presented highlighting failures of titanium...
Hidden Root Canal Infections – How We Uncover Long Standing Infections Using 3D Imaging
This image shows a hidden root canal infection and is a follow up to my post earlier this week showing an infected tooth that was not visible on a normal dental Xray. This is actually happens more often than I could have thought possible without high resolution 3D...
How to Confirm a Root Canal Infection
The best way to confirm if a tooth is infected is if the tooth hurts and if the tooth has extreme sensitivity to hot or cold that lingers for a long time rather than seconds. The second way to tell if your tooth is infected and needs a root canal is to take an xray. ...
The Root Canal Epidemic
According to the American Association of Endodontists more than 15,000,000 root canals are done every year in this country alone. Root canals are an attempt to keep a tooth when it becomes infected or 'dies.' This is praiseworthy, however I've seen many root canals...
Is Root Canal Failure Inevitable?
As a dentist of thirty years, I am always in alignment with wanting to save teeth. That is, almost always. Weston Price, who was the “Leonardo da Vinci of dentistry” wrote in the 1930’s that whether or not someone was a candidate for a root canal was a function of...
5 Additional Things to Consider Before Getting an Implant
1- What are the most common reasons for a tooth or an implant to fail? The same factors that cause you to lose a tooth may cause you to lose an implant as well: infection, clenching and grinding, or a high crown that causes stress on the bite. Failures are also...
5 More Things You Wanted to Know About Implants
1- If I’m told I need an implant, will I also need bone grafting? Upon reviewing your Xrays, your dentist will be able to determine whether there is sufficient bone to do the implant. If necessary bone grafting will be recommended as part of the overall treatment....