Finding A Safe Dentist

[trying]

I have a cavity. I think I got it from intense stress.
I read on the Ray Peat email exchanges wiki page that Ray Peat recommends that
"any obvious cavity should be cleaned out and filled" and "filling a cavity soon is best."
He is also against x-rays and I think strongly so.
Where can I find a safe dentist? One who doesn't use x-rays and is competent and uses safe materials. I live in NYC.
I found a website holisticdental.org but don't know if it's good.

 

[Herbie]

Im not in the USA but I looked up holistic dentists for myself and it seems that they are the same as a regular dentist except they offer the holistic approach by attempting to educate yourself about eating healthier based on the WHO guidelines or something near there.

I would call up dentists until you find one that doesn't x ray and ask the substance they use for the filling so you know what your getting into because once you walk in that dentistry your under their control.

I think Ray's point about the X ray is they could easily develop technology to replace the x ray and many older dentists before the x ray got by fine without them but if the dentists of today don't know anything but the x ray then it is the only choice in order to determine oral health.

Also It may be an insurance obligation by dentists to take x rays to cover themselves so it might be difficult to get out of but Im not sure.

 

[ecstatichamster]

I just went through this. In the USA. Try to find a biological dentist

https://iabdm.org/location/

I called around and talked to receptionists and found a guy who doesn't insist on X-rays and who is really sensitive and dedicated.

 

[trying]

Emailed 4 dentists. 3 of them require x-rays. The one that doesn't require x-rays doesn't take my insurance.
My cavity is deep. Maybe they would do a root canal.
At this point, I'm wondering if I should ask them to use my red light desk lamp (60W 130V incandescent) during operation.
Is that too weird? Do you think it would be effective?

 

[kayumochi]

The only dentist that insisted I have an X-ray was part of a corporate dental group with the dentists working as employees and not owners. In fact, she was a c*unt and insisted I have a written explanation from an MD as to why I couldn't get an X-ray so I got up out of the chair and walked right out the door. Traditional dental clinics have always met my request for no X-rays.

 

[papaya]

Emailed 4 dentists. 3 of them require x-rays. The one that doesn't require x-rays doesn't take my insurance.
My cavity is deep. Maybe they would do a root canal.
At this point, I'm wondering if I should ask them to use my red light desk lamp (60W 130V incandescent) during operation.
Is that too weird? Do you think it would be effective?

are they natural/holistic dentists? the newer x rays machines have much less radiation, just make sure that they cover your thyroid. a true holistic dentist shouldn't think anythings weird tbh lol. if u do have to get a root canal, i suggest a holistic/natural dentist. what are the names of the dentists you've contacted so far?

 

[Westside PUFAs]

Most will require x-ray's unless they are cool and only if they examine and can see that it is not a deep cavity. If it's deep then they will likely not work on it unless you let them take radios.

the newer x rays machines have much less radiation, just make sure that they cover your thyroid.

Even if thyroid is covered it still hits the brain. Peat said radiation is toxic at any dose.

My cavity is deep. Maybe they would do a root canal.

Your tooth is likely un savable meaning you either have to root it or boot it. Some claim that root canals are toxic. I extract over root.

 

[Xisca]

rays are toxic but less toxic is less toxic anyway.... so you can have one from time to time, but keep it for real need, a little like antibiotics!
I had one yesterday...
Orr else how can you know you have a cavity under a filliing?
A deep cavity you notice when you have to kill the nerve is more dangerous than a x-ray, IMO.

I must mention that I have been OFF CAVITIES for years, and suddenly I have 4.
...Since I went back to eat sugar and honey.
So, what is the prevention appart from cleaning, and how often you clean? I would not brush etc after each spoon of honey! Or after each sip of OJ!

I would look for a safe dentist only for mercury removal.
For the rest, just a dentist that respects and explains.

Root canals means no more nerve, and I chose to remove the tooth instead. See Buteyko on this. I still have 2, and maybe my sinus are bad for this reason.

The best is prevention, then you cannot avoid something bad on 1 side or the other, so make the balance according to your priorities.

 

[Xisca]

Im England, but can give an idea, at this page they talk about their technology, inluding less radiation:
Technology
so it is also possible to ask about the technology they use at any clinic.
Sure the x-ray I had yesterday does not give so clear an image!

 

[achillea]

We have always used holistic dentists but you really have to interview them and research them as they too can create big problems. A general dentist can fill cavities and relatively regular stuff like that but if you are going to get a root canal or an implant or even have the tooth extracted it is best to go to a specialist, like a facial and orthomaxiollary. They have at least 300 hours of post graduate study in what to do and to look for complications. A general dentist can go to a weekend continuing education course and start doing implants.
Sometimes you can go to a general bio dentist and they have a relationship with a specialist who will do it more holistic.
I say this warning as we got into a terrible problem with a general bio dentist who did stuff he should not have done and caused the loss of two molars for no reason. They are not educated in complications so be warned.
Just find a dentist who is not using amalgam fillings as the mercury in the air of an amalgam dentist office is toxic. The composites these days are pretty safe but have a tendency to last only 10 years.
You really should not need an xray for a filling. Only if it is so deep that it goes into the root, and they can follow it without an x ray.
As for radiation! We evolved in radiation. Every square mile of dirt in the world has a pound of radioactive rock in it. The back round radiation in Finland is very high compared to other places and they live quite old and are healthy. People have used radiation water for healing for thousands of years. Hot Springs can be heated by radiation. In Montana there is a place where you go down into a radiation mine shaft and sit for an hour a day for a week and all kinds of weird health problems go away. The fear mongers of radiation are comparable to the those who are overly proponents.
Do what you will but research yourself and interview anyone that is going to touch your body.

 

[Note]

Hard to avoid radiations, you will exposed almost everywhere unless you live in the jungle or somewhere else.
Before x -ray and straight after the red therapy and/or niacinamide.

 

[papaya]

We have always used holistic dentists but you really have to interview them and research them as they too can create big problems. A general dentist can fill cavities and relatively regular stuff like that but if you are going to get a root canal or an implant or even have the tooth extracted it is best to go to a specialist, like a facial and orthomaxiollary. They have at least 300 hours of post graduate study in what to do and to look for complications. A general dentist can go to a weekend continuing education course and start doing implants.
Sometimes you can go to a general bio dentist and they have a relationship with a specialist who will do it more holistic.
I say this warning as we got into a terrible problem with a general bio dentist who did stuff he should not have done and caused the loss of two molars for no reason. They are not educated in complications so be warned.
Just find a dentist who is not using amalgam fillings as the mercury in the air of an amalgam dentist office is toxic. The composites these days are pretty safe but have a tendency to last only 10 years.
You really should not need an xray for a filling. Only if it is so deep that it goes into the root, and they can follow it without an x ray.
As for radiation! We evolved in radiation. Every square mile of dirt in the world has a pound of radioactive rock in it. The back round radiation in Finland is very high compared to other places and they live quite old and are healthy. People have used radiation water for healing for thousands of years. Hot Springs can be heated by radiation. In Montana there is a place where you go down into a radiation mine shaft and sit for an hour a day for a week and all kinds of weird health problems go away. The fear mongers of radiation are comparable to the those who are overly proponents.
Do what you will but research yourself and interview anyone that is going to touch your body.

many bio dentists are actually bad dentists minus the very important fact that they do proper mercury removal, use better material in a root canal & healthier glue for crowns & lower radiation x rays. some are even flat out liars & scammers & don't even do that stuff. it's so hard finding a good bio dentist. i've had teeth ruined also from bio dentists also. have you found a bio dentist you're happy with? if so, can you share the name please if you live in america.

 

[Xisca]

Same as @papaya a so called specialist in mercury removal was just giving homeopathy before, for helping idneys and liver, but she removed many fillings with the same protocol as they treat tooth decay to fill it with new resine stuff... Many of my problems started then.

 

[Westside PUFAs]

"Dental x-rays cause thyroid cancer and eye cancer." - RP

"X-rays do their harm at any dose; there is no threshold at which the harm begins." - RP

 

[Xisca]

I do not see how they can do the SAME harm at any dose. The harm begins, but it does not mean that it harms the same at all levels.

And compare with the harm of not seeing a cavity under a filling. I would not risk any more tooth nerve dying! For myself.

 

[biggirlkisss]

I had a holistic dentist and he told me he had people fly out to biological dentists and sometimes they do great work and other times not so good work.

 

[ecstatichamster]

the dentist has to be good at restorative dentistry.

He has to be good at drilling, and he has to be exacting in his impressions and lab work.

Being "biological" doesn't make her a good dentist, that's for SURE.

 

[peateats1]

I just went through this. In the USA. Try to find a biological dentist

Directory of Biological Dentists, Doctors & Allied Professionals - International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine

I called around and talked to receptionists and found a guy who doesn't insist on X-rays and who is really sensitive and dedicated.

@ecstatichamster can you pm me this dentist's contact info? I'm in need of a root canal or extraction and cannot do X-rays of any kind.

 

[Stilgar]

Almost no dentist in the UK will treat you if you don't have X-Rays. It is so depressing. The only guy I found was trained in the 1970s and just got forced into retirement because his indemnity insurance soared in price (he thinks because they wanted him out). I'm thinking of claiming I'm pregnant for the next 15 years because it's their only exception to the rule. I hate this country!

 

[sunny]

If anyone is in or near Texas, USA, you could check out the dentist that Patrick Timpone uses and has on his show:

Dr. Stuart Nunnally - Biological Dentistry, Cavitations, Detoxing Mercury Fillings, Root Canal Dangers & More - February 23, 2022 | One Radio Network

Dr. Stuart Nunnally is mercury-free (amalgam-free) and mercury-safe. He is dedicated to the practice of biological, health-based dentistry. His mission is to treat his patients in the most healthy…

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Nunnally, Freeman, & Owens

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