If you’re like the average American, you made some resolutions for the new year. Over 2/3 of us do – at least sometimes. And the hard truth is this: When we do, many of us have already broken them by now. According to a University of Scranton/Journal of Clinical Psychology survey, only 64% of resolution-makers […]
The Integrative Health Blog
Supporting Healing with Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF)
For about a year and a half now, we’ve been using platelet rich fibrin (PRF) to support our patients’ healing after surgical procedures. And we continue to be extremely impressed with the results! But what we love just as much is that it’s at once so advanced yet so natural. For PRF relies on no […]
A Look Back at Our Biological Dentist Blog, 2013 Edition
When it comes to the end of one year and the start of a new one, there’s plenty of tradition to go around: noisemakers and fireworks at midnight, a chorus of “Auld Lang Syne,” resolutions, college football…and top 10 lists for anything and everything most everywhere you look. Who are we to forgo tradition? And […]
To Our Patients, Clients & Friends This Holiday Season
Recently, I had a dental appointment. My dentist got me numb with bilateral mandibular blocks. For four hours, no tongue or lower lip. I had two gold crowns removed that I was never aware were a problem. It turned out that one had some heretofore unknown decay. Both were on an energy meridian on which […]
Treat the Illness, Not the Symptoms
So many drugs, so many side effects! Why even distinguish between the two? [pb_videoshowcase group=”29″] Click image to play In truth, it’s often misleading to speak of “side effects” at all. It’s more accurate to say drugs have effects, period. Some of them – lowering blood pressure, say, or alleviating pain – are considered desirable; […]
3 Videos: Cavitations & Whole Body Health
Every day more people are becoming aware of the health risks involved with mercury amalgam fillings and root canal teeth. Far fewer, however, are yet aware of one more common type of dental focus (an oral situation that contributes to illness elsewhere in the body): cavitations. “Cavitation” is the generic term used to describe both […]
Naturally Conservative Dentistry
Eight dentists. Twenty-one teeth. Twenty-one root canal preparations. And in each and every case, each and every dentist drilled a larger hole than needed. That was the shocking result of a study published late last month in PLOS ONE. The problem, lead author Robert O’Shea explained, is caused by an “optical illusion which makes a […]
Treating Causes, Not Symptoms
Leo Tolstoy once wrote that “freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking; where it is absent, discussion is apt to become […]