Changing the Future of DentistrybyRichard T. Hansen, DMD, FACADDirector, Comprehensive Dental Center AssociatesImagine a future where no one fears going to the dentist. Imagine a dental visit that did not involve shots and drills but instead focused on laser cleanings and vaporizing any decay with a laser, without hurtinggood tooth structure. Imagine a future that virtually has no adult dentaldisease--no cavities, no root canals, and no crowns. Instead, using saliva and electromagnetic biofeedback energy as a diagnostic tools, the dentist can assess the status of whole body health and give adviceon improving health; where a trip to the dentist may mean detecting adisease process in the body years before any symptoms show up andwhere correcting the course of the disease is simple and easy. Thatfuture may be sooner than we think, if only we could get the dentiststo look at their profession in a different way and start using new techniques and technology that is here today.Dentistry is an unpleasant subject that many people, including most health care practitioners, don’t want to talk about. In fact, most people don’t even want to think about dentistry because it conjures up horribleimages of what they themselves have gone through (left). Yet eventhough we don’t want to deal with the subject, many health carepractitioners are beginning to recognize that the mouth may be thecenter of our health.If you think about it, the mouth is the center of many things; communication, beauty, sexual attractiveness, our sense organs; and it’s the beginning of our health through nutrition, digestion, and immunity. It is the center for our survival and as such the brain devotes an enormous amount of its sensory data gathering ability on the oral area.Unfortunately, dentistry is feared, avoided, not well understood by most, and the brunt of jokes and negative stereotyping in the media. However, many in the health care field have begun to appreciatethe serious implications on our health with present dental practices. The most significant influences onour health from dentistry comes from: 1.)The dental materials placed in the mouth which contain manychemicals and heavy metals known to to seriously affect a patient’s health. 2.)Root canals and bonedisease that include chronic infections, neurotoxins, lymphatic and circulatory disorders. 3.)The TMJ,jaw reltationships, neuro-muscular influences, neuralgia and pain disorders, as well as sensory feedbacksignals to the brain that influence neurotransmitter activity. 4.)The electromagnetism and electro-galvanic effects of having metal in the mouth. 5.)Bacteria from the mouth and periodontal tissuescontrubuting to many chronic disorders such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and even pregnancyproblems.Dental factors have been associated not only with the cause but also with the cure of chronic disease.A number of cases are on record in which “incurable” conditions have been reversed following dentaloverhaul. It is therefore vital that patients and dentists alike understand and appreciate the significance of each and every thing done in the oral area. Dentists need to change their treatmenttechniques and materials. They must stop implanting hazardous materials and electric batteries insuch a sensitive area of the body that gives the body negative signals 24 hours of every day. And thebenefit, if they do change, is that we may be able to eliminate the need for virtually all adult dentistry,since most adult dentistry is working on teeth that a dentist has already drilled and filled.Wouldn’t that be a wonderful future!Top of PageHome
Imagine a future where no one fears going to the dentist. Imagine a dental visit that did not involve shots and drills but instead focused on laser cleanings and vaporizing any decay with a laser, without hurtinggood tooth structure. Imagine a future that virtually has no adult dentaldisease--no cavities, no root canals, and no crowns. Instead, using saliva and electromagnetic biofeedback energy as a diagnostic tools, the dentist can assess the status of whole body health and give adviceon improving health; where a trip to the dentist may mean detecting adisease process in the body years before any symptoms show up andwhere correcting the course of the disease is simple and easy. Thatfuture may be sooner than we think, if only we could get the dentiststo look at their profession in a different way and start using new techniques and technology that is here today.