Biologic and holistic dentistry
What biologic and holistic dentistry mean in practice, the questions worth asking, and how to separate evidence from labels.
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Known allergies before dental work: what records help your dentist plan?
Bring the name of each allergen (medication, latex, metal, food, resin or adhesive), what happened, how quickly, how it was diagnosed (clinical history, patch test…
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What does sustainability mean in a dental office beyond a marketing label?
In a dental office sustainability is a set of verifiable operating practices, not a treatment benefit: how amalgam waste and other hazardous materials are captured and…
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How to ask for the exact material names used in your dental treatment
Yes. You can ask, before or after treatment, for the material class (resin composite, glass ionomer, lithium disilicate, zirconia, gold alloy, titanium), the…
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Is a product being natural enough to establish its safety?
No. "Natural" has no official definition in medicine or on oral-care labels, so it tells you about marketing, not about safety or effectiveness. Safety comes from how an…
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Ask about prevention, alternatives, and doing nothing before elective treatment
Informed consent means you hear, in plain language, what was found, what is proposed, the reasonable alternatives (including prevention, a smaller or staged option, and…
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Can you request conservative care while still treating active disease?
Yes. Conservative care means removing only what is diseased, preferring the smallest restoration that will work, choosing materials with you, and preventing rather than…
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A biologic dental second opinion: what would change the original plan?
A second opinion from a biologic-minded dentist can change the how (materials, how much tooth is removed, partial-coverage versus crown, sequencing, prevention emphasis)…
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Root-canal toxicity claims: what to check before having a treated tooth removed
The claim that a root-canal-treated tooth poisons the body comes from the focal infection theory, which was abandoned when its studies could not be reproduced. The…
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Oral health and whole-body health: how to separate association from causation
Not proven. Having periodontitis, the advanced form of gum disease, makes a person more likely to also have cardiovascular disease, poorly controlled diabetes and some…
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Dental labels decoded: holistic, biological and biomimetic, and how to compare your options from Ventura County
None of these labels is a recognized dental specialty, so compare what each practice does and can show you, not what it calls itself. "Holistic" and "biological"…
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Metal-free versus mercury-free dentistry: why the terms are not interchangeable
No. "Mercury-free" is a narrow statement: the office does not place dental amalgam, the silver-colored filling made from mercury mixed with silver, tin and copper…
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Biocompatible dental materials: what the word does and does not promise
"Biocompatible" is a laboratory and regulatory term, not a promise. It means a material has been evaluated, under a risk-based process, set out in FDA guidance built on…
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Finding a holistic dentist in Santa Barbara: an evidence-based consultation checklist
Ask what the practice actually does, not what it calls itself. "Holistic" and "biological" are not recognized dental specialties, so the useful questions are concrete…
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Holistic versus conventional dentistry: compare care choices, not labels
Less than the label suggests. A holistic dentist is usually a general dentist who has made particular choices; a conventional dentist examines your mouth the same way…
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What does biologic dentistry mean, and which questions should a patient ask?
Biologic dentistry, also called holistic or biological dentistry, is a practice philosophy, not a regulated dental specialty. The label describes a set of choices: which…