There are plenty of reasons why breastfeeding matters, starting with the basic fact that it’s naturally our first food. Just as we weren’t designed to eat the hyper-processed junk that gets passed off as food in your local grocery store, we weren’t designed to thrive on manufactured formula and pap through our first years of […]
The Integrative Health Blog
Dental Amalgam? No One Needs Mercury!
Here’s more evidence that mercury-free dentistry is winning: Just last week, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted overwhelmingly to completely phase out amalgam by the end of 2022! While this isn’t yet a totally done deal – according to Charlie Brown of Consumers for Dental Choice, there are still “at least two more stages to […]
Supplements Under Attack – Again!
One reason that industry regulation gets a bad rap, no doubt, is that so much bad regulation seems to get passed. It seems like for every sensible rule that gets proposed – for instance, the one that would require amalgam separators in all dental offices – we get another 9 like the one that’s working […]
A Whole Lot of Infection Going On…
In our office, sterilization is a very big deal – so big, we devote a whole page of this site to how we protect against harmful bacteria, viruses, and other microbes in our day-to-day work. It’s a basic part of supporting your overall health and well-being. The importance of this was underscored last week by […]
Cavitations, Dry Socket, & PRF to the Rescue Once Again!
There are lots of reasons you might need to get a tooth extracted. It might be deeply diseased. Or it could be a root canal tooth – a dead tooth – that’s come to be a source of focal infection. (A focal infection is where the effects of illness show up far away from the […]
Demand Better. Demand Safe. Demand Mercury-Free Dentistry!
Mercury has no business in the human mouth. So it has no business in dentistry, either. Still, there are dentists who persist in using this known neurotoxin to restore teeth. Still, the ADA and FDA insist against science that mercury amalgam fillings are “safe.” Still, insurance companies largely refuse to pay for biocompatible composite (white) […]
GMOs & the Question of Trust
If the thought of having your food created and modified by the world’s largest pesticide manufacturer creeps you out, you’re not alone. The report from a recent analysis performed by the National Academy of Sciences – a private nonprofit that provides advice from experts – isn’t likely to make you feel much better. Par for […]
Peroxide + Mercury Amalgam? Not a Great Mix (Guest Post)
Our thanks to the office of biological dentist Dr. Gary Verigin for letting us re-post this recent piece from their blog Know Thy Health: As long as we’re in this mode of updating past posts, we thought to take a look at the continuing research on how tooth bleaching may affect mercury amalgam fillings. For […]