Biological
Dentistry Defined
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Biological dentistry embodies the
art and science of dentistry as it pertains to
the uniqueness of each individual. It encompasses
the parameters of health, comfort, function,
beauty and longevity. It is focused care.
There
are five components of biological dentistry:
1.
Biocompatibility
For each individual there is a unique and
sometimes very narrow range of dental materials
which are compatible to each persons body.
Biocompatibility obviates the elimination of
restorative materials that are known toxins such
as mercury, as well as materials which obstruct
the natural electrical systems of the body such
as metals in general. There are no restorative
biomaterials as those which we were endowed with
at birth. The challenge is to determine the best
of those materials we have available in our
attempts to reverse the effects of dental
disease.
2.
Biochemistry
The bio-chemical processes occurring in
each individual are also very unique. Those
processes are influenced by nutrition,
microbiology, environmental exposures, disease
processes, emotions, hormones, genetics, and
traumatic injuries: all having a profound
influence on the cellular chemistry of the
various organ systems.
3.
Bioesthetics
"Bioesthetics is the study or theory of the
beauty of living things in their natural forms
and functions" (Dr. R. L. Lee). As it
applies to dentistry, it is a process that
"accepts biologic form as the basis for
comprehensive functional diagnosis and
rejuvenation of the stomatognathic system"
(Dr. Charles Wold).
4.
Biomechanics In
nature, form follows function. Form is function.
The creator is the ultimate author of form and
function. As dental rejuvenation is attempted,
natural biologic principles must guide us toward
the goal of fully restoring functional health.
The form of the teeth, the form of the occluded
dentition, and the form of the joints in
combination allows comfort, function, beauty and
longevity to be reintroduced to a rehabilitated
mouth. It is functional harmony.
5.
Bioenergetics
The first four aspects of biologic dentistry are
associated with the physical body. Their effects
can be seen and measured with conventional
scientific devices.
Matter
is energy, as particles of matter even at the
smallest level presently known to science, the
quantum level, are held together by energy. Each
atom or precise combination of quantum particles
has it's own unique energy signature and
wavelength. Atoms make molecules which make
proteins ect.... Thus any disease process in the
physical body leading to molecular, cellular or
tissular changes will also result in a
corresponding change in the energy signature in
that part of the physical body.
Bioenergetics applies both to the physical and
non physical body. The physical body is
energetically connected to the non physical body.
It cannot exist without it.
The non physical body, is a body associated with
our unseen higher energetic counterparts. This
aspect of our being is normally considered to be
unseen because the technologies, which render
these energies visible to the naked eye, are
still mostly in the developmental stages or are
not commonly accepted.
The non physical body is completely separated
from the physical systems with which it
interacts. There are specific channels of energy
exchange, which allow the flow of energetic
information to move from one system to the other.
One of these pathways is called the acupuncture
meridian system. With regard to dentistry, it has
been determined that each energy meridian
originates with the individual teeth and passes
on to specific organs of the body. Therefore, the
importance of the teeth as they affect general
health is paramount. If the energy flow is
affected by disease on a particular meridian then
the organs that share that meridian may also be
effected.
When
biocompatibility of materials, the body
physiology, the natural form and functional
harmony are enhanced by Bio-dental procedures,
the bioenergetic effect can be seen, measured and
felt.
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Adapted from Dr. James McFarlane, D.D.S. )
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