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The Dark Side of Implants

Perhaps you have decided you must extract your root canal treated teeth to maintain or regain health—against the clear position stated by the American Association of Endodontists above. You chose a biological dentist who can help you avoid cavitations, and boosted your immune system. How should you replace the space? Interestingly, the more complex and biologically incompatible the option, the more costly it is. Costs vary widely, as do longevity estimates.

Implants are essentially an artificial root screwed into your jawbone, topped with an artificial tooth or used as an anchor for a bridge or partial denture. Implants are displacing root canals because they look, feel, and function very much like a natural tooth, and do not interfere with normal oral activities.

They help maintain bone that normally dissolves over time after a tooth is extracted. They can last a long time, and do not require grinding down adjacent teeth, as a fixed bridge would require. But you have to remember success is not measured only by tooth function, but function within your body as a whole.

Here are a few important aspects of dental implants you must seriously consider before making the decision to go forward with this major investment. Dead tissues do not conduct energy, implants therefore, whether titanium or zirconium, slow energy flow along meridians. Your body must constantly compensate for this. As with root canals, your associated organs, glands, or anatomical structures may functionally decline.

Most people with a dental implant have other metallic dental repairs present, which only exacerbates energetic chaos. In fact, the implant screw and replacement tooth are usually different metals. These two dissimilar metals within an electrolyte (saliva) effectively turn your mouth into a battery. Additionally, if you still have gold, mercury, copper, tin, silver filings, or nickel-based crowns in your mouth, these will also contribute to the galvanic currents being generated.

What You Need to Know About Titanium Implants

Most implants used today are made of titanium. So when your mouth is functioning as a battery due to the dissimilar metals present, there are resulting chaotic galvanic currents that continuously drive ions from the titanium or its alloys, which include small amounts of vanadium or aluminum. These metallic ions are then transported around your body, around the clock, where they bind to proteins and can wreak havoc with your health. Some people are more susceptible to the resulting inflammatory, allergy, and autoimmune problems than others. There is a blood test⁷ to help determine this sensitivity.

Though you’re exposed to fluoride through many avenues, tap drinking water and dental products remain your most significant sources. If you drink tap water or use fluoridated toothpaste, it is important to know that fluoride accelerates titanium corrosion in the extreme (up to 500 microg/(cm2 x d)). Low pH values (acidity in the mouth or a dry mouth) accelerate this effect profoundly.⁸ Of course, corrosion of the other metals also accelerates ion release.

Previous research⁹ has documented that:

“The amounts of tin released by the enhanced corrosion of amalgam [in the presence of titanium] might contribute measurably to the daily intake of this element; the corrosion current generated reached values known to cause taste sensations. If the buffer systems of adjacent tissues… are not able to cope with the high pH generated around the titanium, local tissue damage may ensue; this relationship is liable to be overlooked, as it leaves no evidence in the form of corrosion products.”

While most people do not notice galvanic currents, others experience unexplained nerve shocks, ulcerations, a salty or metallic taste or a burning sensation in their mouth. Noticeable or not, oral galvanic currents are commonly as high as 100 micro-amps, yet your brain operates on 7 to 9 nano-amps—a current more than 1,000 times weaker. Given your brain’s proximity to your mouth, biological dentists are concerned the constant high and chaotic electrical activity may misdirect brain impulses. These currents can contribute to insomnia, brain fog, ear-ringing, epilepsy, and dizziness.

The possibility that titanium implants may act as antennas that direct microwaves from your cell phone and cellular transmission towers into your body also deserves study. As Dr. Douglas Swartzendruber, a professor at the University of Colorado has said: “Anything implanted in bone will create an autoimmune response. The only difference is the length of time it takes.”

Titanium implants are certainly known to suppress important immune cells such as your T-cells, white blood cells critical to immune system function, and create oxidative stress as measured by rH2 values (a measurement of oxidation-reduction potential under a specific pH). Diseases associated with implants are not all that different from those associated with root canals, and include a number of different autoimmune and neurological disorders, such as:

Cancer	Multiple sclerosis (MS)	Alzheimer’s disease
Parkinson’s disease	Chronic fatigue	Fibromyalgia

 

Other complications of implanted titanium include occasional facial eczema as your skin tries to detoxify the titanium ions. Dental implants also have no fibrous “seal” to prevent microbial invasion. If you make the decision to get a dental implant, it’s wise to use floss impregnated with ozonated oil around the neck of each implant daily.

Alternatives to Titanium Implants

Zirconium implants are a newer innovation in dentistry and many biological dentists now use them. These implants bypass some of the problems of titanium mentioned above. They still block energy flow, but at least they are electrically neutral, eliminating the potential to interfere with your brain impulses. The implant itself also does not contribute to electrical galvanic currents being generated in your mouth. But you still need to be careful as the artificial tooth that is ultimately screwed onto the zirconium implant may have a metal base. Zirconium implants also release ions, but at a much slower rate than titanium implants.

These implants seem to last quite a long time. One systematic review showed that over the 10-30 year period studied, there was only a 1.3 percent to five percent loss of implanted teeth in clinically well-maintained mouths. For those with less optimal maintenance, it was more like a 14-20 percent loss of implanted teeth over that time. Don’t even think about smoking though! Endodontic literature has a very different slant on the benefits of implants, of course.

Traditional Bridges Can Be Costly and Relatively Impermanent

First off, bridges don’t last all that long. The average bridge lasts eight years, with a range of five to 15 years. For this reason, “permanent bridges” are no longer considered “permanent.” A traditional bridge is comprised of several units – the artificial teeth and the abutments. Abutments are the crowns (caps) made to cover the anchor teeth. The bridge is permanently bonded in place to span a gap that replaces at least one missing tooth. Broken down or completely intact, the abutment teeth to each side of the gap are aggressively cut away to accept the covering crown.

Or should I say smothering crown? In my video above, I used an analogy of a healthy tooth being like a fountain. A crown stifles the natural nutritive, cleansing, hydrating flow of lymph. It can no longer “breathe.” Why do this to two good teeth that need no dental work for the sake of one (or two) missing teeth? Some biological doctors think these should be removed periodically so the underlying teeth can be cleaned up.

If one of the supporting crowned teeth breaks or develops decay or nerve damage, the bridge and its three or more crowns must be removed and replaced. As a hygienist, I can tell you that most people are terrible about cleaning around the abutment teeth and under the artificial tooth. Margins are very susceptible to decay. Again, I advise my clients to use ozonated oil around all crown margins as an extra degree of caution. Good personal care is one key to longevity. And once again, avoid smoking!

I am no fan of crowns as I explained in a previous interview with Dr. Mercola. The more a tooth is destroyed during restoration, the less able it is to withstand chewing forces. Also, forces which once could transfer through the organic, flexible bulk of the tooth to the root now must travel along the outside of a stiff crown to concentrate at the gum margin – hardly a recipe for longevity of either the underlying tooth or the crown itself.

Biomimetic Considerations to Take into Account

Biomimetic means mimicking nature. In choosing dental materials, a dentist must weigh the ability of the body’s immune system to ignore dental materials after recognition, called biocompatibility, with the beauty and function patients demand. They must find materials that match the flexibility of teeth so they can absorb daily chewing and clenching stresses. Materials should expand and contract at the same rate as teeth do when exposed to oral temperature fluctuations and they must resist wear and fracture.

Porcelain crowns are about four times harder than natural teeth and accelerate wear on opposing teeth. They fracture far more easily than zirconia based ceramic crowns, which are biocompatible, beautiful, and strong. These benefits come at the cost of stiffness. Zirconia based ceramic crowns are poor shock absorbers, which can be hard on your jaw joint and the bones that anchor your teeth. A new material, poly-ceramic DiamondCrown, comes closer to meeting all these requirements, and is biocompatible for about 80 percent of people tested. More biocompatible and biomimetic dental materials will emerge as these principals are more widely recognized.

Other Points to Consider

Your cranial (head) bones rhythmically move. Their gentle movements are thought to help drain your sinuses, aid nasal breathing, and influence your nervous system via movement of cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid that bathes your brain and nerves in your spinal cord.

This rhythmic pumping of cranial bones is particularly important at night because it helps the glymphatic system flush waste products from your brain that have built up during the day. Think of the glymphatic system as your brain’s garbage truck; glial cells create high pressure channels for cerebrospinal fluid that dilate and flow during sleep as blood pumps through arteries and as cranial bones “breathe.” They close during wakefulness. When movement is restricted, migraines or a build-up of the amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimers can occur. The glymphatic system may be one of the most important reasons you sleep.

TMJ (jaw joint) specialists, osteopaths and craniosacral therapists recognize the need to maintain cranial bone motion. These clinicians suggest that no fixed dentistry, whether “permanent” bridgework or metal partial, should cross the midline of the upper or lower jaw.

If you choose to have a permanent bridge, avoid porcelain fused to metal, since these metals contain nickel. Some dentists will assure you that they would never use a nickel-based metal; they use stainless steel! But stainless steel contains at least 10 percent chromium, vanadium, and nickel and/or manganese. I recommend going metal-free!

Fixed bridges were once considered premium care, since they, like implants, look, feel and function much like permanent teeth. In my experience, both require about the same amount of extra personal and clinical care. Incidentally, dentists will occasionally recommend a cantilever bridge, anchoring a false tooth to just one neighbor instead of two. These are less costly, but can certainly torque the anchor tooth, which it cannot always withstand.

Resin Bonded Bridge—A Less Costly Alternative, But Just as Impermanent

Resin bonded bridges (Maryland bridges) are a minimally invasive option for replacing missing teeth in certain situations. They are generally only considered for anterior tooth replacement. Design, materials, skill, and patient selection largely dictate longevity and satisfaction. Fortunately, design and materials have significantly evolved. Unlike traditional bridges, resin bonded bridges require much less reduction of supporting teeth. Instead, the dentist slightly reduces the backs of the neighboring teeth onto which “wings” attached to the artificial tooth are bonded.

Materials can be all resin, porcelain, porcelain bonded to metal, or zirconium. Most doctors still fabricate these bridges with a wing to either side of the artificial tooth, though the literature seems to suggest it is better to just have one – to cantilever the missing tooth off one supporting tooth. Interestingly, this is because it is recognized that cranial bones and teeth move and that the anchoring teeth do not move equally. This puts stress on the bonds, which can lead to failure. Also, since it is unlikely that both bonds would break at the same time, the debonding often goes unnoticed, allowing decay to set in under the debonded wing.

Resin bonded bridges are a good option for adolescents with missing teeth, when the bridge is well designed. Most replacement options cannot be considered until you have finished maturing physically. These bridges help maintain space and are fairly easy to care for.

If you have teeth that have loosened due to gum disease, some would add another advantage of resin bonded bridges – they help splint loosened teeth together. This is true, but unless your gums are disease-free and cleaned on a daily basis at home, it might be time to remove them because in this case, it might be extremely difficult to self-cleanse daily at home. We are not just looking at longevity of the teeth, but longevity of the host.

The downside of resin bonded bridges is that they’re somewhat fragile. If made with metals, the usual caveats apply: mixed metals lead to galvanic currents and a panoply of problems already addressed. Again, 100 percent zirconium would avoid this. Remember, biological dentists try to be metal free and avoid metal-based crowns and bridges. It isn’t just the galvanic currents these set up, but the release of nickel/chromium/manganese/vanadium ions. A better restoration option might be the Carlson Bridge – a resin bonded bridge that requires no drilling into adjacent teeth. Placed in one appointment, these economical, prefabricated, “winged” replacement teeth can last many years. An advantage is that the bond to adjacent teeth is less rigid, so cranial bones can shift as they should.

Partials—Your Least Expensive Option

Going back in time, removable partials were all dentistry offered to replace missing teeth. Our current culture values looking young, so partials – associated with our grandparents – are a difficult aesthetic choice. They may however be the choice that offers the best chance for aging well. Partials are designed based on how many teeth need replacing. Metal frameworks were once the norm, but the future lies in non-metal dental repairs. New materials:

• Are less obvious
• Avoid the adverse properties of metal restorations already discussed
• Are able to distribute chewing forces over a greater area compared to metal framework partials, and are therefore more comfortable
• Relines are less frequent
• According to the Clifford Biocompatibility Test, Flexite and Valplast (light, flexible, yet strong nylon resins) are biocompatible for 99 percent of the population. Lucitone FRS is a very similar biocompatible nylon resin. None of these use a heavy metal (cadmium) as a pink colorant as some other dental materials do. Many patients choose a clear framework to avoid any possible reaction to the colorant. Nylon materials can draw in water and with it, odors and stain, though good hygiene can mitigate this problem.
• VisiClear is another nylon-free biocompatible partial material

The intentional exposed palate design in this partial means the wearer can continue good oral posture, which means properly keep the tongue in contact with the palate

For best aesthetics, biocompatibility, and biomimetic function, choose DiamondCrown or zirconia teeth in your partial rather than the default acrylic teeth most often used. If you must add another tooth to any of the above partials, that is possible, too. The lab simply reuses the artificial teeth, the most valuable component, and remakes the framework with the new tooth!

Biocomp Labs¹⁰ and the Clifford Consulting and Research Lab¹¹ offer individualized dental materials testing, recommended especially for those with multiple chemical sensitivities or anyone who needs dental work and feels their health could be challenged by the wide range of dental materials available.

Most patients tell me they consider these newer partials to be comfortable and aesthetically unnoticeable, though they are annoyed that foods tend to trap under them. People with spider partials tell me they often take them out to eat, but wear them the rest of the time to maintain the space until dentistry offers them more biocompatible “fixed” choices.

At least one reader will likely comment that if only people adopted a certain lifestyle, these kinds of advanced dentistry would be unnecessary. I couldn’t agree more.

The reality is that most people’s mouths are in deplorable shape. I try not to spend much time thinking about the rescue dentistry presented here. Most of my advocacy work centers around changing how we approach dentistry so your children or their children can avoid these compromising options.

Ultimately, the answers to better oral and general health start in infancy and include a radically different model of dentistry and definition of health. The answers are out there now (see Mouth Matters book and website¹²) along with a few clinicians who are well versed in these strategies. Seek them out, and if you can’t find someone who does the kind of dentistry you want in your area, be ready to ask them to learn it.

Resources to Help You Find a Biological Dentist

If you are seriously considering any of the dental procedures done above, it is best to have them performed by a biological dentist. The following organizations can help you to find a mercury-free, biological dentist that would best serve your needs:

• Consumers for Dental Choice
• International Academy of Biological Dentistry & Medicine (IABDM)
• Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions (DAMS) – E-mail them at: dams@usfamily.net or call 651-644-4572 for an information packet
• Huggins Applied Healing – You’ll need to fill out a form and they will connect with you to find a suitable dentist in your area
• Holistic Dental Association
• International Association of Mercury Safe Dentists

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