Natural and healthy

In dentistry in particular, a wide variety of materials and alloys are used, which we can summarize under the term foreign matter. These foreign substances are in very close contact with our body: They pass into the saliva, are swallowed and reabsorbed in the intestine and thus get into our body, into our cells and can sometimes even cross the blood-brain barrier.

Unfortunately, a large number of the materials used in classical dentistry are suspected of being harmful to health. Some of these substances are even mutagenic (DNA damage), carcinogenic (carcinogenic), toxic or allergenic.

Starting with the classic filling material (amalgam/mercury) through plastics (bisphenol A, BisGMA) and metals (nickel, tin, cobalt, chromium, molybdenum, palladium, etc.), an infinite number and material combinations are used and thus end up in our body.

Bacterial toxins can also be spread into our body via dead, root canal-treated teeth and lead to an overload of the immune system in these areas.

Our goal is to free your organism from these burdens and to provide you with biological and biocompatible materials.

To achieve this goal, we carry out the Dental-D-Tox. This includes the following steps:

interference field remediation
Removal of root canal treated dead teeth
Rehabilitation of chronic inflammation of the jawbone (FDOK)
amalgam removal
metal removal

Despite all prophylactic measures, teeth may need to be filled or extensive dentures may need to be made. Although all approved materials are “biocompatible”, the limits are not set as narrowly as would actually be desirable from a medical perspective.

The best negative example here is the approval of amalgam, a filling material containing mercury. But other substances – such as platinum or gold – can also lead to an allergenic reaction.

In short: All metals used can cause allergies, as can the various acrylates contained in plastics. That’s why terms like “bio-gold” or “hypoallergenic plastic” can be misleading, because sensitization can occur to almost any substance.

Here the body then forms so-called individual memory cells, which stimulate the formation of T lymphocytes when they come into constant contact with these materials. The resulting symptoms – inflammation, pain, swelling or general flu-like symptoms – are our immune system’s response to the recognized antigen.

Fortunately, there are very precise analysis methods to correctly assess the symptoms. Together with our laboratory partner for medical diagnostics, we can not only determine whether you are sensitized to a material you have already used, it is even possible to test all materials (metals, plastics and products) that you will use in the future in advance.

Titanium is a well-tolerated material for the majority of patients because it is in the form of titanium dioxide and, thanks to its passivation of the surface with oxygen (TiO2), does not cause allergies in the body. Due to this non-allergenic effect and its good biomechanics, titanium has been successfully used not only in dentistry (for over 40 years), but also in medicine (endo-prostheses, screws, plates, etc.).

However, titanium dioxide particles can detach from the surface of the implant and deposit not only in the surrounding tissue, but also in remote areas of the body. These particles, which are only a few micrometers in size, are not a problem for the majority of people because the immune system ignores these particles. However, some people still react to these titanium particles with an inflammatory reaction (foreign body reaction).

Since we are constantly confronted with titanium dioxide in everyday life, it can be assumed that sensitization to this active ingredient will continue to increase, for example through the food industry (titanium as an additive E171 e.g. in coated tablets and chewing gum), cosmetics (as a white pigment CI77891 e.g. in toothpaste and sunscreen) etc.

The latest laboratory analysis can be used to test whether you are sensitized to the material titanium dioxide. Here it can be clarified in advance of an implantation whether you are at risk.

If you have already been treated with a titanium implant and are showing signs of a foreign body reaction, you can of course also contact us with confidence. Here, too, there are special diagnostic options and treatment strategies to avert greater damage to you.

The amalgam used in dentistry is an alloy of mercury (Hg) with other metals such as silver (Ag), copper (Cu), indium (In), tin (Sn) and zinc (Zn). The chewing process, grinding teeth or the presence of other precious metals (e.g. gold) rub off the smallest particles or dissolve.

This permanent exposure of your body to the toxic mercury and other heavy metals contained in amalgam can lead to chronic inflammation, allergic immune reactions and toxic stress. Classic symptoms of an amalgam load are constant tiredness and/or headaches and body aches. In Alzheimer’s research, methyl mercury was described as the most toxic substance ever found in humans

To make it clear how toxic this material is, a look at the disposal helps: Only hazardous waste is intended here. In addition, an amalgam separator is required by law in every dental treatment unit. It is therefore essential to remove the material in order to protect the body from permanent stress.

However, many mistakes can be made when removing amalgam. Since mercury is highly toxic, special protection is required for you and the treatment team. We carry out safe and gentle amalgam removal, including using a special suction technique (protects against mercury vapour), special low-speed grinding tools when drilling out to avoid vapors and continuous oxygen supply to oxidize the mercury.

In the case of severe stress, you should also have a heavy metal detox carried out by your naturopath or environmental doctor.

Not all tooth fillings are the same

In addition to simple temporary cement fillings and toxic amalgam fillings, composites are the filling material of choice for treating small tooth defects.

As the name suggests, this is a composition, i.e. a composite filling material that consists of ceramic particles embedded in a plastic matrix.

Despite the many good properties (color, durability, tight marginal fit, etc.) of these filling materials, there is also a dark side here – the plastic matrix.

In order to connect the ceramic particles together and harden them after modeling the filling in the tooth, a matrix (stabilizer, adhesive) made of plastic is required. Depending on the manufacturer and quality of the product used, this plastic is unfortunately mixed with methacrylates such as HEMA, TEGDMA and BisGMA. These nanoparticles can be released from the material and then absorbed in the human organism. As the disease progresses, carcinogenic (cancer-causing), mutagenic (gene-damaging) and allergenic compounds can develop in the body.

Particularly for “cheap” fillings, plastic fillings are often used (solely due to cost pressures) that contain very few or no ceramic fillers and predominantly cheap plastics made from the above-mentioned methacrylates.

In order to give you a good and safe feeling and to protect your health, we only use high-quality filling materials from the Swiss manufacturer Saremco, which are free of these compounds.

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Why do we as a dental practice deal with your vitamin D3 household? Quite simply – because unfortunately no one else does it!

As hard as the sentence sounds, it is unfortunately also true. No big money is made on the pharmaceutical market from vitamin D3, which is why this important vitamin is unfortunately neglected.

Strictly speaking, vitamin D3 is much more than a vitamin. In reality, it is the precursor of a fat-soluble hormone, which is required by almost every cell in the body for a physiological function. The body’s own production of the active 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D, also known as calcitriol, takes place in several steps.

Sunlight has an important influence here, because in the skin under the influence of sunlight, previtamin D3 is first converted into the prohormone (cholecalciferol) via intermediate stages, which is later converted into the active calcitriol in the kidneys.

Calcitriol is responsible for the regulation of calcium absorption, maintenance of adequate blood calcium levels and bone metabolism. This is where we come in as dentists.

A balanced bone metabolism, i.e. a healthy balance between catabolic (breaking down) and anabolic (building up) metabolic processes, is particularly important to us. Because no matter how carefully an operation is performed, the implant growing into the bone or extensive bone augmentation measures can only be crowned with success if your body has the necessary resources to carry out the necessary metabolic processes.

The same applies to the treatment of diseases of the periodontium (periodontitis). The most careful and modern treatment cannot be carried out successfully if the body lacks important building blocks for healing (self-healing) and regeneration.

But you also benefit from a good vitamin D3 level in general, because calcitriol is involved in the control of more than 200 genes.

Positive effect of vitamin D3:

• in fertility / pregnancy
• in cardiovascular diseases
• in diabetes
• on the immune system
• on the nervous system
• in cancer diseases

“A healthy mouth – for life”

While ozone therapy has its advantages in disinfecting wounds and larger, easily accessible areas (link OZON), photodynamic therapy with laser light shows its advantages in areas of the oral cavity that are not so easily accessible.

This is particularly true in the context of periodontitis or peri-implantitis therapy, where the bacterial pathogens are located in gum pockets that are difficult to access.

The HELBO process can be used very effectively here and lead to a 99% reduction in germs.

With laser light, HELBO therapy is characterized by painless and quick application.

It is a purely local therapy aimed at destroying the bacteria that cause the inflammation and the fungi and has no negative side effects.

The three-step therapy:

The affected, infected areas are coated with a blue dye solution after previous cleaning.
The dye solution is activated by subsequent exposure to a gentle laser.
The combination of light-active dye solution and laser light creates highly reactive oxygen – this leads to the destruction of bacteria and fungi.

As a result, your body succeeds in restoring a natural and healthy balance.

Studies show that the laser light also has a pain-relieving and wound-healing effect.

PRGF – Plasma Rich in Growth Factors, is best described as plasma enriched with growth factors and is the easiest way to harness your body’s natural regenerative power.

A small amount of blood is taken from you and centrifuged before the treatment (bone augmentation, tooth extraction, etc.).

The result is a liquid with a highly concentrated portion of blood platelets (thrombocytes) and growth factors.

This now forms the starting substrate and can be used for a wide variety of things.

– Closure of the tooth socket after tooth extraction

– Filling of bone defects when rehabilitating inflamed bone areas (LINK to FDOK)

– in conjunction with bone replacement materials to support the body’s own growth factors

– as a membrane for better wound closure

The use of PRGF not only accelerates healing, but also reduces inflammation and reduces the risk of infection.

Dead teeth, regardless of whether they have been treated with a root canal or not, can represent a focus for local as well as systemic inflammatory reactions and thus act as an interference field.

Unfortunately, even the most perfect micro-endodontics cannot completely remove the organic tissue from the root canal, its lateral canals and the dentinal tubules.

In the further course, the remaining tissue/bacterium in the tooth that has not been removed rots and serves as a source of sulfur-protein compounds, the so-called mercaptans and thioether compounds, which were formerly also referred to as “corpse poisons”. These protein breakdown products and biogenic amines such as skatole and putrescine have a toxic and immunogenic effect, which means that the body is permanently burdened with these toxins and has to break them down or cope with them.

With each chewing process, the bacterial toxins are scattered into the lymphatic system and the surrounding tissue and reach all areas of the body via the bloodstream. Here, chronic inflammation, allergies and toxic effects with disturbances in immune regulation and immune activation can occur in a wide variety of places.

For this reason, every root canal treatment should be critically examined, infected teeth removed and a detailed focus and interference field search carried out.