Holistic Dental Health

Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) has been around for many decades, although when I was a child, Lou Gehrig was a baseball player. It has been on the increase over the past few decades, but figures of just how much increase are not known.

Dental Dangers We Should Know About... Yes, there are other potential hazards. Maybe not so much in themselves, but when combined with other challenges to your immune system, they can become highly significant. You need to be informed.

Found under a series of names, such as NICO (Neuralgia-Inducing Cavitational Osternecrosis) and Alveolar Cavitational Osteopathy, a cavitation is a hole within the upper or lower jaw bone. This hole is roughly the size and shape of the root that once occupied that space in bone, because that was its origin. It is an area of incomplete healing.

Amalgam is the generic term applied to the silver-mercury filling commonly used in dentistry to restore teeth. Amalgam is also known as the “silver filling” (due to its shiny appearance) or the silver-mercury filling. Amalgam literally means mixed with mercury and in the dental sense that is true.

A few weeks ago, a woman I knew, informed me that her bright, bubbly, 21-year-old daughter had been admitted to a psychiatric ward, suffering from depression, hearing voices and “disordered thinking”. Doctors usually just file these traits under “schizophrenia”.

Everyone knows what a cavity is, but cavitations are much less well known. Both words come from the same root word, “hole.” A cavity is a hole in the tooth, whereas, a cavitation is a hole in the bone that cannot be detected through visual inspection!

Overview

We read and hear about the Dentists’ viewpoint - and that of the Canadian Dental Association - that mercury toxicity affects very few people. It is not toxic enough for its use to be banned in Canada - but has anyone heard from patients so affected? Or even dentists?

FACT: “Silver” or amalgam dental fillings contain from 48-55 percent mercury, 33-35 percent silver, and various amounts of copper, tin, zinc, and other metals. Since mercury is the major component of the material, any representation of the material should include the word “mercury”.

with some text from www.hugnet.com and www.cavitat.com