Humans aren’t the only animals that take care of their health. Researchers have seen how chimpanzees will go out of their way to find medicinal plants to chew when ill. Long-tailed macaques have been seen using strands of hair and plant fibers in ways that...
Some topics come up repeatedly in biological dentistry – biocompatibility, for instance. And fluoride. And root canals. And “cavitations.” Then, of course, there’s amalgam. You know the stuff: the material used for what are often still called “silver”...
With the start of a new year, quite a few of us get health goals in mind. Even if you didn’t make any formal resolutions, you still may have found yourself thinking at least occasionally about ways you can improve in 2025. Maybe you’ve thought about how it might...
Root canals are often a last resort attempt to save diseased teeth. They’re also potential harbors for toxic bacterial infections. Research in the journal Dentistry offers further evidence of the link between root canal teeth and systemic illness. The root canal...
One of the most gratifying things about providing biological dentistry is knowing the profound difference it can make in our patients’ lives. Many come to us after many years of seeking elusive solutions for their health woes. At some point, they learned about the...
It’s not news that most people shudder at the thought of a root canal. Still, the occasional polling on the matter can make for interesting reading sometimes. In the latest survey, for instance, over 80% of those Americans polled said that the thought of needing a...
Biological Dentistry Offers Our Patients Choices By Michael Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN In the beginning of my dental career, I was taught that the importance of saving teeth was to provide a healthy, stable dentition that would support the chewing of food. If a tooth is...
Ozone is powerful stuff for fighting infection, reducing pain, and promoting healing. Yet according to a recent review of the research, it doesn’t seem to be quite up to disinfecting a root canal treated tooth. Overall, the results demonstrated that ozone...
Once upon a time, the American Association of Endodontists – root canal specialists – had what they called their annual “Root Canal Awareness Week.” Maybe they finally realized how unappealing that can sound to many, as they’ve since rebranded it and...
There are plenty of reasons to choose a biological dentist for your and your family’s care. Here, Dr. Mike offers five important ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVSscB7VlI&feature=emb_title These critical differences between standard and biologic...
Ozone is powerful stuff for fighting infection, reducing pain, and promoting healing. Yet according to a new review of the research, it’s not quite up to disinfecting a root canal treated tooth. Overall, the results demonstrated that ozone therapy provides...
We’ve been hearing a lot lately from folks who have seen the new documentary Root Cause and are wondering about their own root canal teeth or sharing what happened to their health after root canal treatment. Many are learning about biological dentistry for the...
While it’s one thing to talk about the science that shows how root canal teeth can become harbors of infection that can damage overall health, it’s quite another to understand the journey from health to illness and back again. One man’s story is the subject of a...
Our thanks to biological dentist Dr. Gary Verigin for letting us share this article from his office newsletter, Biosis. View the original article here. Explore other newsletter issues here. By Gary M. Verigin, DDS, CTN Every week, we get calls from people who...
Root canals are often a last resort attempt to save diseased teeth. They’re also potential harbors for toxic bacterial infections. New research in the journal Dentistry offers further evidence of the link between root canal teeth and systemic illness. The root...
Root canal teeth are dead teeth. After all, the very procedure involves removing everything that kept it alive – all the blood vessels, nerve endings, and other tissue that make up the pulpal complex inside the tooth. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing still...
A great presentation for the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation by the late, great Dr. Hal Huggins: Watch more videos from...
Next week marks the tenth anniversary “celebration” of Root Canal Awareness Week. So we thought it might be a good idea to “celebrate” the biological perspective on this all too common procedure. Since the recommendation for a root canal usually follows pain and...
We encounter harmful toxins from a variety of sources: processed food, pollution, household cleaners, even certain cosmetic products. But one place most of us don’t expect to be exposed to them is in the dental chair. After all, dentists study and train for years...
It may be the most popular cliché for emphasizing something you don’t want to do: “I’d rather have a root canal than….” You even see pollsters use it in their questions – such as last year’s survey which found that Congress is even more unpopular than the...