What are the benefits of zirconia implants?
No allergic reactions to be expected. – Extraordinary tensile strength and no danger of corrosion. – Highly enduring with regard to stress and strain. – Resistant against any kinds of acid.
One of the main advantages of using this kind of implant is that zirconium oxide is much closer in composition to natural teeth than titanium, which was used up to now, so the risk of inflammation is significantly reduced with zirconia implants. Thanks to its properties, after implantation, the soft tissue grows up on the ceramic implant as it does on a natural tooth and, amazingly, in the question of inflammation (plaque), the artificial ceramic teeth are even better for the gums than healthy teeth.
What are you thinking when you say “ceramic”? If your answer is “thin” and “brittle”, think again, because another important benefit is that zirconia ceramic has a three times greater flexibility and strength than titanium. If you don’t trust us, then you may trust NASA, considering that they use this material in the heat shields for the space shuttles.
We are living in the century of speed, where everyone rushes and time is money, so it is very important the duration of the procedure. Well, here zirconia implants strikes again because, in addition to all its advantages, the biocompatible ceramic implants are made up of one single piece, and include the anchor portion that goes in the bone. What does this mean? This means they can be implanted in just one operation, compared to three sessions required for conventional titanium implants.
A matter of importance at least equal to those listed above is aesthetic. If you were paying attention to here, you understand that the implant is normally covered by the gums and cannot be seen and you may ask, well, why is it important? It is if a patient develops periodontitis over the years and the gums recede, considering that a light-colored ceramic is more aesthetically pleasing than a shining metallic bolt, and gums that have thinned will always seem light-colored. So, another advantage of ceramic implants is their color which is bright white and it makes it perfect for this operation.
Finally, remember that titanium can be involved in metabolic processes (because of its free electrons), which, in rare cases, can result in adverse reactions. On the other hand, zirconia has proven to be totally bio-inert, taking into account the fact that there are no known allergic reactions to zirconium ceramic.
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As we head into the cold and flu season, Medicine Wheel Dental and Wellness Center is happy to offer urgent care services. Dr. Keane is a board-certified internist who is able to quickly treat coughs, colds and other acute illnesses. Usually we will be able to offer a same-day appointment to follow up as needed. If your symptoms are more severe, we will recommend you follow up at an emergency department or an urgent care with advanced diagnostic equipment. Your safety and welfare is our first priorities! 520-743-7101
Always remember, if you have chest pain, trouble breathing or sudden paralysis, numbness, tingling or other serious symptom to call 911 immediately!
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Emerging Trends in Medical Therapies: Changing the Face of Health Care Today
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If health authorities are going to remain insistent upon lacing the water supply with additives to thwart tooth decay, then they really should be using all-natural coconut oil rather than fluoride chemicals, based on the findings of a new study. Researchers from the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) in Ireland have found that coconut oil effectively inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria that can cause cavities and mouth infections, without causing any harmful side-effects.
For their study, a team of researchers from the school added enzymes to coconut and several other oils to mimic how these oils would normally be processed during digestion. The team then applied the digested form of each of the oils to several strains of bacteria, including Streptococcus mutans, a common acid-producing bacteria often found inside the mouth, and Candida albicans, a highly problematic yeast strain that can cause oral thrush infection. What they discovered was that only the coconut oil exhibited clear antibacterial and yeast-fighting properties when exposed to the different bacterial strains.
In fact, enzyme-modified coconut oil was found to fight all sorts of bacterial strains without triggering any negative side-effects, or promoting the development of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” like antibiotic drugs do. “Incorporating enzyme-modified coconut oil into dental hygiene products would be an attractive alternative to chemical additives (like fluoride), particularly as it works at relatively low concentrations,” said Dr. Damien Brady, lead researcher from AIT, about oil’s amazing antibacterial power. “Also, with increasing antibiotic resistance, it is important that we turn our attention to new ways to combat microbial infection.”
Adding to this sentiment, Dr. Brady also noted that the human digestive system naturally exhibits antimicrobial activity, at least when it is given the proper foods and nutrients. Consuming more coconut oil, in this case, can effectively boost immunity and thwart the onset of harmful, disease-causing pathogens in the mouth and elsewhere throughout the body.
Coconut oil is far more effective at fighting, preventing tooth decay than toxic fluoride
What is particularly interesting about these dramatic findings is that coconut oil was demonstrably shown in a credible study to fight harmful bacteria and prevent tooth decay. Fluoride, on the other hand, which is pumped into water supplies nationwide that hydrate millions of people, has never been legitimately shown to fight or prevent tooth decay when ingested. What this new study on coconut oil actually helps unearth is the fact that water fluoridation is a complete scientific fraud. Not only has fluoride never been proven to prevent tooth decay when ingested, but recent studies have actually shown that fluoride harms teeth.
Ingesting fluoride, it turns out, can cause dental fluorosis, as well as some other very serious health problems in the long term. “Once ingested, fluoride compounds attack the structural integrity of our insides,” says Shane Ellison, author, chemist, and founder of ThePeoplesChemist.com. “Collagen, a web-like network connecting our skeletal system to muscles, is torn apart by fluoride. We feel it as joint stiffness, ligament damage, and aching bones. This same mechanism leads to browning of teeth, an outcome known as fluorosis.” (http://www.naturalnews.com) Coconut oil, on the other hand, will not only help protect your teeth against bacterial rot, but it will also help improve digestion and metabolism, promote heart health, boost energy levels, and strengthen immunity (http://www.naturalnews.com/Infographic-Benefits-of-Coconut-Oil.html). Since ingesting coconut oil converts it into a powerful bacteria-fighter, as illustrated by the study, “swishing” coconut oil can also promote improved oral health via the enzymatic activity of its mixing with saliva.
Sources for this article include: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19435442 http://www.cbc.ca
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041821_coconut_oil_tooth_decay_bacteria.html#ixzz2fY8FImQm
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Why Choose Medicine Wheel Dental and Wellness Center for Your Health Care Needs? High Quality Care for a Sustainable Price
Questions often asked about healthcare and wellness services offered at Medicine Wheel Dental and Wellness Center are:
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Why should I get my medical/healthcare at the Center?
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What about the Center is different from my ‘regular’ doctor?
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Why should I pay cash when my ‘regular’ doctor charges a smaller co-pay?
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How come the Center doesn’t process my Medicare, Medicaid or other health insurance paperwork for me?
These excellent questions are a great starting point to share the healthcare philosophy and vision of the Center
The philosophy of the Center as outlined by the founder, Dr. Swidler, can be summed up in three topics:
- Innovation
- High Level Wellness
- Sustainability
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines innovation as: “A new method, idea or product.” At the Center we provide a new and unique spectrum of integrated and complimentary health care services (Holistic Dentistry, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Integrated Holistic Medicine, Acupuncture, Yoga, Massage, Physical Therapy, Re-Orient Express Percussion Table, etc.). “One-size-fits-all” health care misses many of the unique needs of patients and eliminates the opportunity to provide nuanced care. A rare plurality of options from which patients can choose allows the Center to address healthcare needs in a manner specifically tailored to you, your values, your body and your pocketbook. At the Center we apply this synergistic philosophy to mainstream medicine and “alternative” medicine. Blending multiple and varied effective forms of healthcare within the same organization is a relatively new concept spearheaded by Dr. Swidler and promises to revolutionize outpatient healthcare delivery.
One definition of wellness:
The quality or state of being in good health especially as an actively sought goal.”
By opting out of accepting payment from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, the Center is free from contractual obligations, red-tape and overwhelming bureaucracy so that we can focus our full attention and energy to helping our patients reach and maintain wellness. Of course, the Center will provide visit documentation so that patients can pursue reimbursement from their insurer if desired. One of the greatest impediments to high level wellness is when the patient is not comfortable with or open to the specific modality of medical care offered by an individual provider or clinic. The Center hopes to overcome this and other limitations to wellness by taking the time and care necessary to individually match our wide variety of healing modalities with patient needs.
Sustainability can be defined:
“A method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.”
Sustainability is the care of becoming more and more of a pressing issue that far exceeds the scope of this article. Whatever your political or personal views, the current systehealth carehcare is not sustainable. With multiple important provisions of the Affordable Care Act (i.e. “Obama-care”) ready to become effective, many patients are worried and concerned about the future of their health care. In addition, with our current complicated system patients are frequently unpleasantly surprised by limitations in care, medication formulary requirements and charges that seem to appear out of nowhere months after an office visit or procedure was completed. At the Center, we simplify finance health care by charging flat-fees for our healthcare services. There are no hidden costs, no “gotcha” charges, no denials of care and no loss of coverage. The Center is dedicated to providing high quality care at reasonable prices regardless of what happens with Obama-care or other health care reforms.
Thank you for this opportunity to briefly share the Center’s values, vision and mission. If you are uncertain whether the Center meets your healthcare needs, please stop in for a free fifteen minute consultation where we can discuss your health and what the Center can offer to assist you. Call today for your appointment! 520.743.7101
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Amalgam pollutes our environment.
Amalgam pollutes 1) water via dental clinic releases and human waste; 2) air via cremation, dental clinic emissions, sludge incineration, and respiration; and 3) land via landfills, burials, and fertilizer. Once in the environment, dental mercury converts to its even more toxic form: methylmercury and becomes a major source of mercury in the fish people eat. Dental mercury in the environment can cause brain damage and neurological problems, especially for children and the unborn babies, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Amalgam endangers our health.
Amalgam emits mercury vapor even after it is implanted into the body. This mercury is bioaccumulative, and it crosses the placenta to accumulate in fetuses as well. Dental amalgam’s mercury is a known health risk, especially for children, fetuses, nursing infants, and people with impaired kidney function especially. Even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concedes that the developing neurological systems of children and fetuses are more susceptible to “the neurotoxic effects of mercury vapor” – and that there is no evidence that amalgam is safe for these populations.
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Amalgam damages teeth.
Placing amalgam requires the removal of a significant amount of healthy tooth matter. This removal, in turn, weakens overall tooth structure which increases the need for future dental work. On top of that, amalgam fillings – which expand and contract over time – crack teeth and once again create the need for still more dental work.
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Amalgam endangers dental workers.
Due to mercury exposure from amalgam in the workplace, studies have shown that dental workers have elevated systemic mercury levels. Few of these dental workers – mostly women of child-bearing age – are given protective garb or air masks to minimize their exposure to mercury; many are not aware of the risks of occupational mercury exposure. As a result, dental workers have reported neurological problems, reproductive failures, and birth defects caused by amalgam in the workplace.
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Amalgam is frequently implanted without informed consent.
Most dentists do not inform consumers that amalgam contains mercury. As a result, over 76% of consumers do not know that amalgam is mainly mercury according to Zogby polls. But once they are informed, 77% of people do not want mercury fillings – and they were even willing to pay more to avoid this unnecessary source of mercury exposure.
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Amalgam perpetuates social injustice…
While middle class consumers opt for mercury-free filling materials, people in developing nations, low-income families, minorities, military personnel, prisoners, and people with disabilities are still subjected to amalgam. Racial minorities are more likely to receive amalgam; for example, dentists place almost 25% more mercury fillings in American Indian patients than in white patients. In his testimony before Congress, former Virginia state NAACP president Emmitt Carlton described this injustice as “choice for the rich, mercury for the poor.”
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Amalgam costs taxpayers.
Taxpayers foot the bill for the environmental clean-up of amalgam and the medical care associated with mercury-related health problems. Meanwhile, the dentists who dump their mercury into our environment and our bodies are not held financially responsible.
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Amalgam is diverted to illegal gold mining.
Amalgam is commonly shipped to developing countries labeled for dental use, but then it is diverted to illegal use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Not only are the miners exposed to the risks of mercury poisoning, but the dental mercury they use to extract gold is released into the environment.
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Amalgam is interchangeable with mercury-free filling materials
Amalgam is interchangeable with numerous other filling materials – including resin composites, compomers, and glass ionomers – that have rendered amalgam completely unnecessary for any clinical situation. In fact, the mercury-free alternatives have made amalgam so non-essential that entire nations, such as the Scandinavian countries, have banned the use of amalgam. Developing nations have benefitted from modern mercury-free techniques, such as atraumatic restorative treatment (ART), that only cost half as much as amalgam and make dental care more accessible.
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Amalgam drives up the price of mercury-free alternatives.
The continued use of amalgam keeps the price of mercury-free filling materials high by decreasing demand for these alternatives. As use of mercury-free materials increases, their price is expected to decrease even further.
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Laser is Here!
In Medicine Wheel Dental’s efforts to always provide the highest standard of patient care, we now offer an additional treatment during all of our cleaning appointments. We are using laser therapy to help fight periodontal disease and reduce bacteria.
The laser seeks out and eliminates oral bacteria beneath the gum line. These bacteria are responsible not only for inflammation and gum disease, but can be linked to increased risk for several systemic diseases. These diseases include, but are not limited to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, risk of stroke, diabetes and low birth weight in babies.
We are now, not only improving oral health with mechanical removal of irritants such as plaque and tartar, but also eliminating the source of infection by destroying billions of colonies of bacteria.
The laser treatment only takes about 5-10 minutes and is painless. Laser therapy not only improves oral health, but also significantly reduces the overall bacterial load present in the entire body. Laser therapy during cleaning appointments is one more way to improve your overall well being. Be sure to take advantage of this new service at your next cleaning appointment.
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Dr Jeanne Anne Krizman has been using dental ozone treatments and therapies with great success. Here is one example of the fabulous results we are seeing at Medicine Wheel.
This patient had a molar extracted two years ago and the outline of the roots of the tooth can still be seen in the radiograph, an indication of infection still present. Typically, it will take 6 to 8 months for new bone to substantially fill in the tooth’s empty socket space. The patient’s extraction site was treated with dental ozone gas for a series of three treatments that were completed at six week intervals. The radiographs illustrate how the bone has filled in the extraction site after the three dental ozone treatments.
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In the early 1990′s, Dr. Keane moved from Chicago IL to Phoenix and earned a MEd in higher education while working for ASU. Later at the Arizona State Senate he worked as a legislative analyst and for a short time as a lobbyist. His long time interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tai Chi, meditation and nutrition led him to switch careers into medicine/wellness. Dr. Keane attended the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona and completed a residency in Internal Medicine in Sierra Vista, Arizona earning multiple honors including Resident of the Year and serving as Chief Resident. Free time is limited for Dr. Keane but he can fill it easily. An avid reader, he enjoys golf, a good hike and travel; to recharge he likes to stay at home, cook a meal and watch a good movie.
Joining Medicine Wheel is a great opportunity as he sees the future of health care to be multi-modality centers with options to choose elements of both mainstream and alternative medicine.
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Three Part Series Sponsored by,
Medicine Wheel Dental & Wellness
Presented By,
Karen Mercereau of
RN Patient Advocates.
Do You Know What Vitamins and Minerals are Necessary?
The Good, the Bad and the don’t put it in your mouth!
A guide to the role of vitamins and minerals,
how much is really needed to help achieve optimal health!
Medications and Vitamins/Supplements
Often Clash
Do YOURS?
Vitamin and Mineral Blocking by Medication –
Can Your Medications be Blocking
Essential Vitamins & Minerals You Need?
Thursday, July 11, 2013 7pm
Do You Know What Vitamins and Minerals Are Necessary?
A guide to the role of vitamins and minerals-
how much of each is needed to help achieve optimal health!
Place: Medicine Wheel Dental Wellness Center
4650 West Jojoba Drive – off Camino del Oeste
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