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What is Holistic Dentistry?

La Jolla Center for Holistic Dentistry

What does a holistic dentist do differently than a conventional dentist?

First you should decide if you want to see a conventional or holistic dentist. Some of you may not even know there is such thing as “holistic dentist”. What does a holistic dentist do differently than a conventional dentist? Or what is holistic dentistry anyway? “Holistic Dentistry” is also known as “Health Focused Dentistry”, “Whole Body Dentistry” or “Biological Dentistry“. You probably get some idea from the terminology.

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In simple language holistic dentistry is treating a person as a whole consider the mouth as a portal to the whole body. On a functional level, the mouth is connected to the whole body from blood vessels, from lymphatic system and energetic meridians. It is estimated that 80% of the chronic degenerative disease originates in the mouth. In short all the technicalities related to dentistry like drill and fill, making crowns, bridges and dentures, holistic dentists should all be competent at it. A holistic dentist usually acquires more education to learn about

  1. How to detect mercury amalgam toxicity, fluoride toxicity, other dental material toxicity.
  2. How to link toxicities and infections in the mouth to the dysfunction of other part of the body.
  3. How to remove toxicities, infections out of mouth and body safe and effectively via various alternative

    (integrated) treatments, like homeopathic remedies, .


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How can I tell if a holistic dentist is right for me?

Like other fields, not all holistic dentists have same expertise and knowledge. Make sure you ask the following:

  1. His/Her methodology, materials and methods of mercury free dentistry and detoxification he or she uses.
  2. Make sure he or she uses biocompatible materials and is familiar with various metal detoxification processes like urine-mercury challenge tests, hair analysis, fecal metal stool test, Vitamin C, Chlorella, and EDTA etc.
  3. How does he or she find out the levels of bacteria in gum? Does he use micro analysis?
  4. Does he or she use low radiation, digital X-rays?
  5. Since Holistic Dentists borrow from other medical fields, is he or she familiar with nutrition, homeopathy, and vitamins?

How does La Jolla center for Holistic Dentistry treat our patients?

    1. Foremost, we treat each person as our own family with upmost compassion and integrity.
    2. Safe and Mercury free dentistry
    3. Strictly follow safe mercury amalgam removal protocol.
    4. Use Urine-mercury challenge test, hair analysis or fecal metal test to measure heavy metal burden in the body.
    5. Safe mercury detoxification protocol.
    6. Individualized nutritional supplements before, during and after mercury amalgam fillings removal to support healing.
    7. Individualized Bio-compatible dental material from tests.
    8. Ozone Therapy

a. No shot, no drilling, no pain* to treat decay

b. Prevent root canal treatment

c. Treat re-infected root canal treated tooth.

d. Non-surgical gum treatment.

    1. Metal-free Zirconium dental implant.

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DNA sensitivity test, microbes analysis, for gum infection.

  1. Non-surgical gum treatment using laser and ozone therapy.
  2. Functional blood analysis to detect the earliest sign of dysfunctions.
  3. Individualized supplements or homeopathic remedies based on functional blood analysis to support and

    re-build homeostasis.

  4. Oral Systemic Balance.

The most amazing dental appliance to manage swallowing, breathing, speaking imbalance. not only treat

a. Sleep Apnea

b. TMJ dysfunction

c. Structural imbalance but also have miraculous systemic benefits that is restricted to claim by FDA, because it’s a dental appliance that is only allowed to treat dental related issues.

We believe we offer the most comprehensive holistic service you can find and our compassion, integrity will win your trust. Please feel free to call for any question. We’re here to help you.


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* case specific, depending on severity of the decay

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