Kathleen Bernardi's Blog
Posted in dental, Dentistry, health, Oral Health on Sep 22nd, 2010
Last week I left you with the question: Why did dentists who vehemently opposed mercury/amalgam fillings switch to their use? From my viewpoint, it is pretty obvious that there were financial reasons. Losing money and patients to barber-dentists was the impetus to turn a blind-eye to the serious and known health hazards related to mercury fillings.
Posted in dental, health, Oral Health on Sep 14th, 2010
More and more dentists left the society in order to be able to place the highly-profitable amalgam fillings and as a result the ASDS disbanded. Then, in 1859, in what to me is a tragic and ironic twist to this story the American Dental Association (ADA) was formed to support these amalgam-placing dentists without fear of losing their licenses.
Posted in dental, health, Oral Health on Aug 31st, 2010
Last week I finished with a promise to discuss an entirely opposite view of mercury amalgam. In order to lay the ground work for this view, I am going to begin with a short history lesson in the mercury fillings story.
Posted in dental, environment, health, Oral Health on Aug 25th, 2010
The good news is; many dentists no longer place mercury fillings relying instead on a number of “white-filling” alternatives because they are a better choice aesthetically and functionally nowadays. What is of concern however is how mercury fillings that people still have in their mouth react to their surrounding environment and if they need to be replaced the protocol for their removal.
Posted in dental, environment, health, Oral Health on Aug 18th, 2010
I was diagnosed with Cancer in December of 2008 and while it’s usually not a life-threatening form of the disease, Squamous Cell Carcinoma was enough of a wake-up call for me.
I began to take a good, long, look, at all areas of my life and what I needed to change as I endeavored to get my health back on track. First on my list was to leave the practice I was currently working in. This was not an easy decision as I had been there for many years and it was comfortable and safe. However, I had changed personally and spiritually a great deal over the previous few years and sadly I knew that it was time for me to leave.
Posted in dental, environment, health, Oral Health on Aug 11th, 2010
I have received a number of comments over the last few weeks as to what my intentions are in writing my weekly blog that often addresses some very controversial topics in the field of oral health. I have decided for the benefit of all who might wonder, that I would begin this week, writing about my personal journey into the field of Whole Body Dentistry.
Posted in dental, health, Oral Health on Aug 5th, 2010
In a recent study by Dr. Anjum Memon and his team from Brighton, Cambridge and Kuwait, published in the medical journal Acta Oncologica, have demonstrated that thyroid cancer increases as the number of dental x-rays grows. The researchers report that the incidence rates of thyroid cancer have doubled from 1.4 per 100,000 in 1975 to 2.9 per 100,000 in 2006 in the UK.
Posted in dental, health, Oral Health on Jul 27th, 2010
A recent study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, September 2009 compared rates of periodontal disease in 226 people with head and neck cancer and a comparison group of 207 people without cancer. In fact, each millimeter of bone loss due to chronic periodontitis was associated with a more than four times higher risk of head and neck cancer, and this was after taking into account other known risk factors such as smoking.
Posted in dental, environment, health, Oral Health on Jul 20th, 2010
Opened in October of 2008, Woodland Dental Hygiene is one of over two hundred independent dental hygiene practices that are now operating in Ontario since legislation passed in September, 2007 allowing Registered Dental Hygienists to open their own practice without a dentist. Increased public access and affordability are the cornerstones of this groundbreaking change to the way dentistry has traditionally practiced.
Posted in dental, health, Oral Health on Jul 14th, 2010
The answer is YES! In general, diabetes does make you more susceptible to infection – any infection- and that includes periodontal disease. And there is also evidence that people with diabetes have more periodontal disease.
