Holistic Dentistry
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Holistic dentistry (biologic dentistry), is an alternative holistic approach that uses non-toxic restorative materials for dental work.
Traditional dentistry considers only the areas above the neck where
as, holistic dentistry looks at the patient as a whole system and how
the mouth relates to the rest of the body. mercury (amalgam) fillings
have the harmful effects when placed as an implant in the body.
Dentist Weston A. Price, a
former director of research for the American Dental Association,
conducted research that involved implanting teeth from the root canals
of individuals with symptoms of severe heart problems and kidney
disease under the skin of healthy rabbits
One of the article published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, Price claimed that, the degenerative diseases as heart
troubles, kidney and bladder disorders, arthritis, rheumatism, mental
illness, lung problems, and several kinds of bacterial infections
arise from root canal therapy, or endodontics. In Holistic dentistry
Most holistic dentists emphasize wellness and preventive care while
avoiding silver-mercury fillings.
A holistic dentist uses physiologic and electronic methods to locate
areas of chronic disease that are difficult to locate by current
standard methods.
The benefits of holistic dentistry are said to be the result of its
incorporation of hypnosis, homeopathy, aromatherapy, nutrition, and
herbology.
