Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 In fact, it's very important to avoid allowing a doctor or dentist to even hit you with a scare story or other manipulation tactic, because most people will just go right along with their advice even when it makes no sense. People don't question medical authorities as much as they should. And dentists know it. They know that most patients will just go ahead and agree to practically anything they recommend.
That makes a situation where fraud and exploitation of patients is frighteningly easy to accomplish. |
| After taking dental x-rays (another health hazard, as new research is showing), my dentist fed me a scare story about how I still had all my wisdom teeth, and that all those teeth needed to be surgically removed. I was absolutely stunned.
My wisdom teeth were working just fine: no cavities, no pain, no problems. I had made an appointment for a routine checkup, not to undergo expensive surgery for my wisdom teeth. But my dentist insisted, relying on a variety of scare tactics to try to convince me to undergo this expensive -- and completely unnecessary -- procedure. |
Melody Petersen
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 His mother explained that her son had gone to the dentist at his commander's request to have the tooth pulled before leaving for the Middle East. But Colby had suffered what is called a dry socket, in which the hole left when a tooth comes out does not heal. The excruciating pain can last for weeks.
Colby had started taking one of the painkillers before his tooth was pulled. Five days after a dentist pulled the tooth, the soldier went to the emergency room, where a doctor prescribed a second drug. Two days later another dentist gave him the third prescription. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| It's just a revenue generating procedure that's dishonestly pushed onto patients who gladly go along with anything their dentist says, even when it's utter nonsense.
Surgery to remove wisdom teeth is worthless, says British Medical Journal
(Partially reprinted from www.NewsTarget.com/001108.html)
In a groundbreaking report from the British Medical Journal, researchers who poured over thousands of studies detailing the efficacy of medical and dental procedures have concluded that many popular surgical procedures are completely worthless. |
| Better yet, seek out a "natural" dentist who won't use mercury fillings or highly toxic fluoride, and who will turn to surgery as a last resort rather than a "standard procedure." Don't be tricked into unnecessary (and medically dangerous) surgical procedures that can only cause you harm.
You may also want to check out this story about the toxicity of fluoride. |
| Folks, you need to start questioning your dentist. Don't believe everything they tell you. Often they're just full of bunk, or they're trying to sell you on whatever procedure they get paid for performing. They're not all evil -- many actually believe these procedures will help you, which is why they seem so sincere -- but they are grossly misinformed. Their beliefs are based on medical dogma, not scientific fact. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 In addition to cleaning teeth, dental hygienists are trained to evaluate the teeth, gums, and mouth for abnormalities.
'Dentist: A specialist with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Medical Dentistry (DMD) degree. (These degrees and training are the same.) Dentists can treat periodontal disease as part of overall dental care.
• Dermatologist: A medical doctor who has been trained in diagnosing and treating skin diseases. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| He was using his authority and position as "the dentist" to try to scare me into accepting a surgical procedure that I quite obviously didn't need. In fact, even he couldn't give me a good reason for justifying the surgery other than to say, "We usually remove the wisdom teeth quite early." Which means, of course, that they just order the surgery for every child or teenager who walks into the clinic, regardless of whether they actually need it.
Now, it turns out, the removal of wisdom teeth has been found to be an utterly worthless procedure to begin with. |
Dr. Arthur Janov
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 To illustrate the key difference between awareness and consciousness, let's take the example of a well-known experiment in dentistry. A dentist gave his patients an inert, placebo pill and told them that they were receiving a painkiller. They then had a tooth drilled, which should have hurt but didn't. They were responding to the idea of a painkiller rather than the pain of the drill. They were aware of the drill (the event) but unconscious of the pain.
Here we see encapsulated the entire difference between consciousness and awareness. |
Melody Petersen
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| Five days after a dentist pulled the tooth, the soldier went to the emergency room, where a doctor prescribed a second drug. Two days later another dentist gave him the third prescription. The label for each of these drugs comes with a warning against driving because each one can make people dizzy and drowsy. Some patients become sedated. These effects were clear in one simulated driving test that found that young people talking codeine went off the road more and had nearly ten times the number of collisions as people not taking the drug. |
Ron Garner
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 Removing Mercury from Our Mouths
Because of the potential for the release of mercury into the mouth and air, the removal of silver amalgams must be done carefully, by a dentist who has been trained in techniques for safe removal. The action of the highspeed drill on the material being removed generates heat that dramatically increases the off-gassing of mercury, which can then be inhaled by both patient and dentist. Unless good air suction and a rubber dam are used, the little flying fragments will be inhaled and swallowed. |
| Also, consult a dentist who specializes in mercury-free dentistry. Dr. Huggins' website, www.hugnet.com, has a wealth of information on all dental-related areas of concern.
Nickel
Nickel is worthy of special mention because, although it is one of the most durable metals, it is also one of the most carcinogenic metals in the world. Yet it is often used as a main component, over 70%, in making crowns, bridges, braces, and partial dentures. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Meanwhile, of course, you'll want to contact your dentist.
If the root canal has become infected, green tea may help prevent further damage. Polyphenol extracts from four different Japanese green teas (ordinary, refined, coarse, and roasted) were assessed for their antibacterial effects against twenty-four different strains of bacteria found in infected root canals. The researchers
The Ideal Plaque Fighter
In an article in the Dental Clinics of North America, Dr. Michael Bral of the New York University College of Dentistry outlined nine qualities of an ideal anti-plaque agent. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Find a dentist who practices toxic-free dentistry at http://www.hugnet.com/ Essential dental health information at: http://mizar5.com/omedia2.htm
How To Give Up Smoking And Other Addictions Addiction—An Unconscious Signal of Not Being in Control
If you are substance-addicted, this may be accompanied or caused by the inability to fulfill one or more of your deepest desires. Although unconscious of it, you may have this idea that there is a power beyond your control that stops you from achieving your dreams, big or small. |
Michael Pollan
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 Price, a Canadian-born dentist, of all things, who became preoccupied with one of those glaring questions we can't even see anymore. Much like heart disease, chronic problems of the teeth are by now part of the furniture of modern life. But if you stop to think about it, it is odd that everyone should need a dentist and that so many of us should need braces, root canals, extractions of wisdom teeth, and all the other routine procedures of modern mouth maintenance. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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| Endodontist (endodontologist): A dentist who specializes in root canal procedures, diagnosing and managing oral/facial pain, and other clinical procedures related to the dental pulp (soft inner tissues of the teeth).
'Oral surgeon: A dentist with special training in surgery of the mouth and jaw.
'Otolaryngologist (also known as otorhinolaryngologist): A medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating ear, nose, and throat diseases and disorders.
'Periodontist: A DDS or DMD specializing in diagnosing, treating, and preventing gum disease. |
KC Craichy
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 If you currently have amalgam fillings, please don't rush to your dentist and have them removed. Unless you have a biologically trained and certified dentist, the removal process can be far more dangerous than leaving them in. This is exponentially more important if you are in poor health. To find a biologically trained dentist in your area, go to the web site of The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, at www.iaomt.org.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
¦ Testing is essential to determine personal toxicity. Find a practitioner who is trained in Biomedical Analysis and Clinical Nutrition. |
Bottom Line Health
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| To protect yourself, any time a dentist recommends having your wisdom teeth removed, get a second opinion from another dentist. If wisdom teeth are impacted, infected or are causing other teeth to shift, surgery may be necessary. But many times they will not cause any problems, and you can save yourself a lot of time, money and pain. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 A lot of it is just complete quackery, and if you don't visit a naturopathic dentist or a natural health oriented dentist, you are undoubtedly subjecting yourself to some very unhealthy side effects simply from being a patient of modern dentistry. |
Bottom Line Health
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| To protect yourself, any time a dentist recommends having your wisdom teeth removed, get a second opinion from another dentist. If wisdom teeth are impacted, infected or are causing other teeth to shift, surgery may be necessary. But many times they will not cause any problems, and you can save yourself a lot of time, money and pain. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| If you're a dentist reading this, make a note: this is the new standard of mercury removal. And if you're not offering this service to your clients, you should consider adopting it, because people will be increasingly demanding this kind of service down the road.
As a dental customer, the first thing you want to do is find a dentist who will actually agree to remove the mercury from your mouth. Some dentists will look at you with a degree of scorn and say, "Oh, that's hogwash. Mercury is great for you. See, I chew on mercury every single day and I'm fine. |
Michael Pollan
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| This neglect might owe to the fact that Price was a dentist, and more of an amateur scientist in the nineteenth-century mode than a professional medical researcher. It might also be because he could sometimes come across as a bit of a crackpot—one
*"Modern Civilization, Nutritional Dark Age: Weston A. Price's Ecological Critique of the Industrial Food System," 2005. of his articles was titled "Dentistry and Race Destiny. |
Andreas Moritz
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 A good resource to learn about metals-free dentistry and find a biological dentist in your area.
Gonstead Clinical Studies Society
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Toll-free: 888-556-4277
Fax: 831-476-1873
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Useful information about Gonstead Chiropractic—an advanced form of chiropractic adjustment, with an online locator map to find a practitioner in your area.
AltMedZine www.altmedzine.com
An excellent free weekly newsletter (online only) about the latest information on alternative or complementary forms of medicine. |
KC Craichy
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| Unless you have a biologically trained and certified dentist, the removal process can be far more dangerous than leaving them in. This is exponentially more important if you are in poor health. To find a biologically trained dentist in your area, go to the web site of The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, at www.iaomt.org.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
¦ Testing is essential to determine personal toxicity. Find a practitioner who is trained in Biomedical Analysis and Clinical Nutrition. Go to www.acam.org or www.functionalmedicine.org or www.internalbalance.com. |
Dr. Arthur Janov
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| The patient can look in the dentist's mirror and see the drill as it touches the tooth, yet feels nothing; an example of severe pain being shut out of conscious-awareness. The idea or belief of the pill's power had provoked the secretion of internal painkillers, exactly as though they were injected. They can be stronger than a drill against a nerve. Ideas—awareness—can do wonders about making us unconscious, which is the joy of cognitive therapy. It can make us think we are conscious while we remain unconscious. It helps us confuse awareness with consciousness. |
Michael Pollan
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| But if you stop to think about it, it is odd that everyone should need a dentist and that so many of us should need braces, root canals, extractions of wisdom teeth, and all the other routine procedures of modern mouth maintenance. Could the need for so much remedial work on a body part crucially involved in an activity as critical to our survival as eating reflect a design defect in the human body, some sort of oversight of natural selection? This seems unlikely. |
| Burkitt in Africa, Robert McCarrison in India, Samuel Hutton among the Eskimos in Labrador, the anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka among Native Americans, and the dentist Weston A. Price among a dozen different groups all over the world (including Peruvian Indians, Australian Aborigines, and Swiss mountaineers) sent back much the same news. |
Ray D. Strand
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 If you ask your dentist about possible alternatives to these mercury amalgams, he does have much safer options. (Don't run out and have all of your mercury fillings removed, though. If it is not done properly, it may cause more harm than if you just leave them alone.)
Coenzyme QIC
Coenzyme QlO, as you will recall, is a very potent antioxidant as well as one of the most important nutrients for the production of energy within the cell. |
Victoria Boutenko, M.A.
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 My dentist told me that there are millions of Americans who suffer from severe jaw deformity. Especially many young people and children. He said that they usually have to go through a very painful surgery that gives them only temporarily relief. I hope that some dentists will consider including a jaw exercise program into their prevention recommendations.
4 Tribute to Vr.A truly admire Dr. Ann Wigmore. Whenever I order a shot of wheatgrass, I feel like I personally know Dr. Ann. Wheatgrass juice makes me healthier. I owe the opportunity of drinking it at my local co-op to Dr. Ann. |
| Kevin Bourke, an Australian dentist. He performed extensive research on the health benefits of proper chewing to human health. Currently you may obtain Dr. Burkes chewing device, which he named "Myomunchee," on his website: www. teethperfect. com.
My dentist told me that there are millions of Americans who suffer from severe jaw deformity. Especially many young people and children. He said that they usually have to go through a very painful surgery that gives them only temporarily relief. |
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