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Whole-Body Dentistry: Discover The Missing Piece To Better Health | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robert C. Atkins Md, Robert C. Atkins M.d.
Creator: Mark A. Breiner D.d.s.
Publisher: Quantum Health Press, LLC
Category: Book
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0967844304
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.6
EAN: 9780967844305
ASIN: 0967844304
Publication Date: July 24, 1999
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 A Really Cool Modern Dentistry Book August 4, 2008
Author of Healing Our Children & Cure Tooth Decay (San Jose, CA)
The premise of Dr. Breiner's book is that he used to be a conventional dentist. Then over time he started to see the affects of dental work harming people's health. Dr. Breiner sought to find a better way, and he did.
The book covers a huge range of topics, and it is very easy to read. It basically describes Dr. Breiner's holistic dental practice. The pro's is that you'll be very well informed if you plan to have a dental treatment, that includes orthodontics as well. See a "functional orthodontist." The con is that the book is not the treatment and it lacks the practical elements to solve your problems. The main point would be that it helps you make good choices as a dental patient. If you find a dentist who knows this stuff, then you are in good shape. If you don't, your health may be in jeopardy.
Great case studies, great research about fluoride and amalgams. Dr. Breiner is very conservative with dental health problems in that he doesn't just assume that dental work is causing disease. He first investigates to make sure it is the cause, so he really is putting the care of the patient first and practicing minimally invasive dentistry. Some of the case studies are amazing, like the girl who doctors thought had Leukemia, but was really suffering from heavy metal poisoning from her "steel" crown.
After you read this book, you'll only want to see a "Whole Body Dentist." I did find a few places of disagreement and concern. Firstly he recommends against nighttime breastfeeding even though the evidence clearly shows nighttime breastfeeding does not promote tooth cavities. Also regarding his use of the EAV, this is an excellent tool. Anybody with an electric meter like a voltmeter can easily tell we have electrical currents in the body. Using the EAV helps him determine the best treatment for the client. I did hear bad things about the electro dermal screening devices that put out "healing" frequencies to the body based on this same technology because they may put out the wrong frequencies.
Review is by Ramiel Nagel author of Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition
BEFORE YOU HAVE DENTAL WORK, READ THIS BOOK February 28, 2007
V. Smith
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Metal in your mouth, fillings, crowns, implants, should be considered carefully. This book will help you to be an informed dental patient. Dentistry is changing radically for the better. Educate yourself.
If you have teeth, you should read this book. February 16, 2007
B. Pulliam
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Written in language a common person can understand. Very informative concerning how the teeth are connected to all parts of the body and not just separate pieces of the body. As a novice in learning about whole body health, this book helped me tremendously to understand meridians and the improtance of a healthy mouth.
 One Big Conspiracy November 16, 2006
Chan Joon Yee (Singapore)
12 out of 28 found this review helpful
This is the sort of book for paranoid people addicted to conspiracy theories. Couple that with a few bad experiences with conventional dentistry and you have a sizable audience that would rather believe a fanciful lie than the mundane truth.
Though I don't agree with most of what's written in this book, I don't regret buying it. It teaches me how to con ignorant people with high tech jargon, pseudo scientific theories and conspiracy theories. If people BELIEVE that amalgams or metal restorations are the cause of their headaches, fatigue or whatever symptoms, then removing them will definitely cure them. That's how faith healing works.
The only reason why I don't use amalgam in my practice is because I do cosmetic dentistry. If the patient does not mind the colour, amalgam is definitely a superior direct filling material for Class 2 and subgingival preps. I have absolutely no qualms about having that done for myself or any member of my family.
Toxicity? Sure, some people are affected by amalgams and anything can be toxic to somebody, but let's not forget that these cases are extremely rare (perhaps less than 10 on this planet and most of them would be Chinese). There are literally thousands of tests and studies establishing amalgams as safe filling materials over the last 100 years. There are numerous reputable studies that show how safe amalgams are. If Dr Breiner has been to Asia where we have much healthier diets and lifestyles, he may notice that we also have many healthy 70 to 90-year-old Asian men and women who have gold and amalgam-filled teeth in their mouths.
Being knowledgeable in TCM, I can tell the gullible supporters of this book that his sloppy diagram on acupuncture meridians is completely inaccurate and drawn by someone who has no knowledge of acupuncture whatsoever! How easy it is to con people with misinformation from the exotic East.
Are composites totally safe? The incidence of allergic reactions to composites (very low) is higher than that of amalgam toxicity. This is something the author failed to inform us. All his anecdotal evidence are almost laughable as they are not supported by independent studies and sceptical parties. One patient is even under psychiatric care. Not one case he mentioned can be conclusively attributed to amalgam. Mercury can be very toxic, but after tituration and amalgamation, the metal remains in the solid state and is not absorbed by the body. It's different from inhaling mercury vapour daily, injecting or ingesting mercury or mercuric compounds.
The issue of cavitation is also invalid. Dr Breiner shows us a few blurry xrays with apparent radiolucencies and tells us they are cavitations. What histological analysis did he do to confirm that it's of periodontal origin? Does Dr Briener even understand the basic science of what happens to periodontal ligaments after an extraction? Most patients wouldn't know - which is why it is so easy to cheat them with non-factual, unsupported theories. I can almost guarantee that if he does a CT scan on the jaws, the "cavitations" on his blurred OPGs would all "disappear".
What about his "whole body" approach to orthodontics? He shows us 2 sets of pictures of identical twins, one having undergone conventional ortho and one having undergone MPA/HT treatment. Well, where are the stone models? Let's have a closer look at the teeth in occlusion. How different are they? How did he manage to correct crowding without extractions? There are only competent orthodontists and incompetent ones. It's doesn't matter if they use conventional orthodontics. Properly done, the approach and outcome can be equally holistic and the patient will not have TMJ problems.
Especially shocking to the profession, must be Dr Briener's report on the canine tooth that "righted itself" after the chiropractor put her body in perfect alignment. This is something that made every one of my chiropractor friends laugh out loud. Why didn't Dr Briener publish this miraculous finding in a journal? Could it be that the case somehow cannot be replicated in an objectively scrutinised environment?
Propagating such beliefs will only spark panic, paranoia and various psychosomatic "illnesses". Worse, many patients may seek unnecessary and possibly invasive treatment for things like "cavitation". Following Breiner's protocols for "detox", patients will only be paying a fortune for otherwise very simple dental work. Make no mistake about it, this book actually recommends more unnecessary procedures than your average money-driven dentist.
There is one basic flaw in this voting system. People who gravitate towards these pages are those who support the book. The reviewer who writes anything negative not only needs to review the book, he actually needs to convince the brainwashed fans here that their idol is wrong. Democracy rules here and the majority is right even when it's wrong.
What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You
Highly recommended August 22, 2006
Ivy Firestone (Highland Park, IL United States)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was great, it really enlightened me to the mouth being the entry to the whole body. I will be going to an integrative, whole body dentist next! Definitely worth reading!
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