Re: Citizen Drew & Dr Steve's Holistic Dentistry Debate

From: Adenosine (adenosine_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/22/04 

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:18:52 GMT

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:14:45 +0000 (UTC), "John Chewter"
<john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote:

>I thought it might be helpful to focus the Holistic Dentistry debate in one
>thread.
>
>I read the Holistic Dental Association's website........ No mention of
>amalgam or mercury on it, although no doubt they have a policy.
>
>It seems to me like a list of what any good dentist believes - although that
>may reflect my UK roots. Seems quite sensible - no ranters or tree-huggers
>in sight.
>
>
>http://www.holisticdental.org/
>
>What is the Holistic Dental Association all about?
>Our Philosophy
>http://www.holisticdental.org/
>
>We believe that Holistic involves an awareness of dental care as it relates
>to the entire person.
>We believe that health care practitioners and recipients should be provided
>with appropriate information to make informed choices that will enhance
>personal health and wellness while feeling loved, accepted, and understood.
>We believe that Holistic Dental Association membership provides physical,
>emotional, and spiritual support while we expand our awareness and skills.
>We believe our educational growth should be nurturing, affordable, and
>encompasses basic information, experiential knowledge, and leading edge
>ideas.
>We believe in openly sharing resources.
>We believe in an inter-disciplinary approach to health that facilitates the
>individual's innate ability to heal themselves.
>

This is an interesting philosophy. I'm wonder what exactly do they
mean by 'the entire person'. Would making an NTI for migraine pain be
'the whole person'? Would prescribing an acid reducer or proton pump
inhibitor for GERD be 'the whole person', after all, it could be
harming not only their dental health!? What about a dentist that gives
Botox injections for cosmetic purposes?

But maybe an expert could answer these questions...

Adenosine

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