We at the Center for Natural Dentistry were deeply saddened recently to learn that Dr. Hal Huggins, DDS passed away at his home on Saturday, November 29th at the age of 77. For more than 40 years Dr. Huggins had dedicated his life to educating patients as well as other doctors about the dangers of many traditional dental practices. He was not only revolutionary in...
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Dental patients are more educated than ever before, savvy and able to do research on their own about new scientific breakthroughs in dentistry and medicine in general. This, in part, has helped create a demand for a higher standard of care and has been a catalyst in revolutionizing some of the most critical procedures that dentist perform. In terms of tooth replacement and restoration this...
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Many of you know Jared, our office manager. He’s been with us since Day 1 of The Center for Natural Dentistry and over the years has developed great friendships with many of our patients. He isn’t in the office much any more, but works behind the scenes from his home in Oregon and travels to help out in the practice on occasion. Recently, his work has...
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Were all dentists born without the common sense gene?Why put poisonous mercury in someone’s body if it kills brain cells? Why put fluoride in our bodies if it causes thyroid and bone cancers? Why treat the inside of teeth via root canal therapy when it does nothing to the infections OUTSIDE the teeth? Why use cheap metals for orthodontics, partial dentures and crowns if people...
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24 years ago, “60-Minutes” aired an episode about dental amalgam fillings questioning it’s use in dentistry. That was just after mercury had been removed from latex paint because of toxicity. 24 years later, and dentists are still placing and advocating for the use of mercury in dentistry. The argument? Uninformed dentists say that chronic exposure to mercury at low levels does NOT harm your health…...
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