Biological Dentistry

How much does sleep dentistry cost?

Sleep dentistry is an affordable option when compared to the cost of doing nothing and the price of the various healthcare-related symptoms, if you don’t believe me, please google upper airway resistance syndrome. The price for splint therapy is anywhere from £150 to £500 depending on how your system responds. Once the pain has been reduced by splint therapy, we look at retaining the positive results by composite occlusal build-ups (£450) or upper and lower jaw morphogenesis (£2000) through the correct nasal breathing and oral Myofunctional habits for everlasting results.

Can a dentist treat sleep apnea?

Did you know that Biological Dentists can be further trained to help treat and manage your snoring/clenching/grinding? Dental sleep medicine is an area of dental practice that focuses on the use of oral appliance therapy to treat sleep-disordered breathing, including snoring and helping with the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in conjunction with a medical doctor from the sleep clinic.

Can jaw position affect breathing?

Yes, issues with the alignment of your jaw and your bite can lead to airway problems this is usually due to genetics (passed down) or epigenetic (habits such as breathing and swallowing) factors. Breathing difficulties such as a constricted or obstructed airway can affect the way your jaw forms and lead to bite issues called TMD through sleep-disordered breathing.

Is mouth breathing reversible?

People think they grew their face because of genetics, usually, that’s not the case, it's epigenetic such as poor habits such as mouth breathing and swallowing incorrectly. It's reversible in children if it's caught early and these poor breathing and oral Myofunctional habits are corrected. In adults, once TMD symptom pain has been reduced through splint therapy, we can use a device to allow for natural morphogenesis of the jaws through oral myofunctional habit correction, which will widen the dental arch and open the sinuses, helping you be able to breathe through the nose again.

Can your teeth affect your breathing?

Teeth are so closely linked to your breathing, malocclusion (crooked teeth) can be a sign that’s difficult to breathe through your nose and lead to habitual mouth breathing. Persistently breathing through the mouth rather than the nose is often a symptom of an improper bite which can lead to increased TMD symptoms and cyclical mouth breathing. Remember the roof of the mouth is the floor of the nose!

Can mouth breathing cause TMJ/TMD?

When you breathe through your mouth when you sleep, especially as a child or teen, this can result in imbalanced jaw development and malocclusion which can cause problems that can contribute to TMD, usually when we see adult patients with these symptoms, we start by reducing their TMD pain and the move onto correcting the poor oral myofunctional habits and then reversing the imbalanced development and malocclusion through upper and lower jaw morphogenesis.

Is mouth breathing bad?

Mouth breathing bypasses the nasal mucosa and makes regular breathing difficult due to inflammation of the oropharynx, which can lead to increased snoring, breathing irregularities and sleep apnea. Deep sleep is when Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is released, which is essential to a child's brain development and long bone growth, in adults this increases frequency of illness, restorability of the system and lack of energy.

Is it safe to sleep with your mouth taped shut?

Many sleep specialists find the concept of mouth taping to be ineffective, and potentially dangerous. This could be due to the potential lack of space within the mouth for the tongue and soft palate which can close the oropharyngeal airway space and lead to increased symptoms, please get checked at our clinic to understand whether it is safe for you to do so.

Which dental filling is the safest?

Now that depends upon your system, we are all unique and react to differently to different materials, we offer our patients biocompatibility testing to test against all potential restorative materials against your immune system. If that is too expensive then we use the most biocompatible fillings we know with minimal toxins present which is Admira Fusion composite or Fuji IX Glass Ionomer as the semi-permanent filling.

What do biological/holistic dentists use for fillings?

Biological/holistic dentists recommend the use of white fillings instead of mercury silver fillings. White fillings are made from composite material, which is not only less of a toxic burden on your detoxification system but also less visible in the mouth and more aesthetic.

Are white fillings toxic?

White fillings, also known as tooth-coloured composite, are most often made of a plastic resin or porcelain. It depends on the manufacturer and components there are only a few that are truly more averagely biocompatible and non-toxic to most people, white fillings do not off-gas or corrode like metal alternatives and are much safer for both your teeth and your body but only with the right manufacturer, as some will contain oestrogen mimicking compounds which can interact in the human system.

What is mercury-free dentistry?

Mercury-free dentistry is a viable option for those concerned about the use of Mercury in amalgam dental fillings. Amalgam, though used less often than it once was in the past, is still a common material used to fill cavities. It consists of a combination of metals that include mercury which has been shown to off-gas and corrode in the oral cavity which makes them great filling materials due to their bactericidal effects, but does this have systemic effects that can affect wellbeing? We believe so.

Is it dangerous to remove mercury fillings?

It has been established that dental amalgam fillings can lead to local adverse reactions, including oral lichenoid reactions, removal of amalgam fillings in contact with the lesions is generally recommended due to the hypersensitivity reaction. We cannot be sure without correct metal toxicity testing that these fillings will be having a systemic effect on your wellbeing but removing them will reduce the burden on your detoxification system, when removing metal and mercury from the mouth we need to follow the IAOMT SMART protocol to reduce and limit the systemic mercury exposure when done correctly it is much safer for your system.

Can teeth affect your heart or brain?

Tooth decay and gum disease can lead to serious health problems, including fatal brain or heart infections.

What is SMART certified dentist?

SMART certification signifies that a dentist has completed the IAOMT's educational program related to dental amalgam mercury removal. The IAOMT's recommendations are known as the Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique (SMART).

What is green Eco-friendly dentistry?

Green dentistry is an innovative way of dental practice which is environment friendly and at the same time conserves money and time by reducing waste, conserving energy and decreasing pollution with the use of the latest techniques and procedures, ensuring all clinical waste is despised of as per infection prevention procedures but all non-clinical waste is recycled.