THE PHYSICAL LEVEL OF HOLISTIC DENTAL CARE TOXIC-FREE DENTISTRY
By John K. Char, DDS, DHM, PhD, LMT
Dental amalgam is a solution of one or more metals in mercury. Mercury poisoning is the greatest masquerader of our time. In most cases, the
manifestations of the disease of mercury poisoning only starts to become apparent three to ten years after the insertion of the mercury. Alfred V.
Zamm, M.D. "DENTAL MERCURY POISONING: ONE OF THE FEW ECOLOGICAL POISONS THE INDIVIDUAL CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT."
Dental amalgam not only contains mercury (by far the most toxic element in this compound) but also copper, tin, zinc and silver. All of these
elements are toxic to the immune system and contribute to the intoxification.
Conservative estimates suggest that nearly 25 percent of the people in the United States suffer to some extent from metal poisoning. The heavy metals
tend to accumulate in the brain, kidneys, liver, digestive tract, nervous system and the immune system. There is a large segment of our population,
some estimate as many as 75%, that have a source of mercury implanted in the body. Most of this exposure come from elemental mercury vapour from
dental amalgams according to a recently published World Health Organization (WHO) Environmental Health Criteria 118 document titled "Inorganic
Mercury".
We are concerned with the biological sensitivity to a toxic metal and not the allergy to a metal.
The TMD protocol offers the treating health provider with an indepth insight on alternative methods of treating disorders resulting from a
temporomandibular joint dysfunction. The Temporomandibular Disorder Protocol Chart guides the practitioner to test the relationship of the TMJ to
other parts of the body. Another chart shows the relationship of how an allergy is related to the TMJoint that can weaken the body in remote areas.
The primary TMD mastication, neck, tongue muscles are displayed along with its treating acupuncture points. The TMJ Cranial Technique is
detailed. Other dental factors that should be tested are mentioned in this protocol.
BREATHING DIFFICULTIES
Hyperventilation and genetic dysfunctions interfere with the volume and storage of carbon dioxide in the tissues. Inadequate carbon dioxide
cause asthma and respiratory problems. Inability to breathe through the nose such as an upper airway obstruction and a deviated septum cause
hyperventilation in the respiratory system. This obstruction can lead to sinusitis, spasm of the airways, nasal congestion, insomnia, asthma, sleep
apnea, snoring and increase the load on the body’s defensive system against diseases. This overload on the immune system can affect the body’s attempt
to produce adequate levels of carbon dioxide to dilate the blood vessels to the head. As a result of oxygen deprivation to the brain, memory loss,
mental fatigue, dozing off during the day, attention span, mood swings, headaches are all symptoms of these syndrome. If your nose is obstructed from
breathing, your mouth breaths, and this creates a lack of carbon dioxide. Lack of carbon dioxide narrows the blood vessels. Shallow breathing brings
in more oxygen to the tissues. When a person takes deep breaths through his mouth, there is a lack of that eight pounds of pressure in the upper
turbernates which creates a negative pressure in the lungs that exchanges with the positive pressure from the plants. There is a lack of carbon
dioxide exchange with the environment that prevents oxygen to enter the lungs. The red blood cells are now deprived of the oxygen molecules in the
lung’s alveolar sacs. The four molecules of iron on the red blood cells cannot attract to the oxygen molecule. The red blood cells is oxygen depleted
and cannot fulfill its role to nourish the tissues in the brain. Consequently, there is an oxygen hunger resulting in mental fatigue, headaches and
mood changes.
In Yoga, deep breathing is effective because the air is released very slowly. The key to normal breathing is practicing shallow slow
breathing on inhalation; a quicker release of air coming from the throat under pressure (pinch the nose creates the 8 to 10 pounds of negative
pressure in the upper turbinates to the lung (venturi effect) to create more cardon dioxide within the lungs) to attract the oxygen from the external
environment. This is the exhalation process.
