Our oral health and overall health are inextricably linked. In fact, many believe the great majority of dis-ease can be traced back to problems arising in the mouth.

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Our mouth serves as both a gateway to the body - and a mirror, reflecting back our body's overall health.

 

In short, one would be remiss to treat “medical” and “dental” as though there were a Chinese Wall between them. (Unless, of course, that wall were rooted in ancient Chinese medicine, recognizing that each tooth is situated on its own meridian - and each of those meridians connects to different organs in the body - much as traditional ancient medicine holds that each section of the tongue is connected to different organs.)

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Gum disease can lead to inflammation throughout the body. Root canals (which, by definition, leave dead tissue in the body) have been linked to chronic dis-ease. And "silver" fillings are often a leading source of heavy metal toxicity - despite their name, their largest component is actually mercury, one of the most toxic materials known to man.

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We know that at the end of the day, bodies are often identified based on their dental records. But why wait until then to consider such unique bio-markers?

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Click below to read Dr. Odell's chapters on the dangers of mercury in amalgam fillings - and the link between oral microbiome toxins and systemic diseases. And scroll through our multimedia library below for more on bioregulatory dentistry - including a video demonstration of IAOMT's SMART protocol for removing "silver" fillings.