When I see a patient with periodontal disease, or a lot of plaque, or osteoporosis, I know there is very likely a nutritional deficiency involving calcium metabolism.  With a calcium metabolism malfunction, they may very well have a problem with atherosclerosis.  I see periodontal disease in over 50% of my new patients.  I see undiagnosed thyroid disease in close to 20% of new patients.  I know the presence of a mercury filling can cause imbalance in a person’s thyroid.  I work to identify materials in the patient’s mouth that may hinder the physician’s success at establishing homeostasis and thus health.  

Sixty percent of new adult I see at the clinic are clinically dehydrated at their initial visit.  This may be due to lack of water intake or consumption of some of the 400 commonly prescribed medicine patients take.  Whatever the cause, dry mouth is an open door for oral disease.  Oral disease is an open door for systemic disease.  

Optimal health is more more attainable than it seems.  One must hydrate with quality water; alkaline is the best.  Eat healthy, exercise moderately, minimize stress, avoid toxic people and environments, detoxify your mouth and body, do not engage in habits, environments, people, or anything else that made you sick to begin with.  And finally, seek help from clinicians who are willing to work out of the box, if necessary and with others who do the same.  

It is paramount each patient’s full health history be reviewed, often with a fully qualified physician who will be willing in concert with the dentist, but on the medical side of whole body health.  I am not a licensed physician to provide medical care within our political delivery system.  I work with like-minded clinician who understands the duality of oral-systemic health.

Dr. Anthony Adams