Bioheath-Concept

interference field diagnostics

What interference fields are there in the jaw area?

Metals as interference fields

High-gold “bio-alloys” were long considered the gold standard for dental restorations. Today, high-performance ceramics for dental restorations are clearly the better alternative, meaning that metals should no longer be used in the mouth.

Why? Metals in the mouth dissolve.
There is no metal that is corrosion-free in the mouth. This means that any metal that is introduced into the body is a disruptive factor.

Metals cause an electrical battery effect in the mouth. This occurs when two different metals (every alloy consists of different metals – even “bio” gold crowns are alloys!) are brought into contact with a conductive solution. Since saliva conducts electricity due to the salts dissolved in it, the different metals in the mouth act like the poles of a battery. The less noble metal ions flow toward the more noble metal. This results in a permanent flow of electricity in the mouth. The currents measured here are sometimes considerable. It has been scientifically proven that these can have a harmful effect on the masticatory muscles, the oral mucosa, and the brain.

The metal ions released by the voltage and current flow are swallowed with saliva every minute, meaning that everything dissolved in them ends up in the body.

amalgam fillings

The situation is even worse with amalgam. In this alloy, particular attention must be paid to the high toxicity of mercury, which makes up over 50% of amalgam fillings. Amalgam has been banned in Sweden and Norway for over ten years.
The mercury from amalgam reacts with the toxins produced by bacteria, thereby intensifying the adverse effects. Furthermore, mercury is deposited in the brain in particular, which is a major problem due to its neurotoxic effects. Its half-life in the brain is approximately 16-30 years!

Highly toxic heavy metals such as mercury from amalgam fillings (still standard treatment for those with statutory health insurance in Germany) travel along the nerve fibers of the trigeminal nerve directly into the otherwise protected and meticulously shielded brain. This so-called axonal transport has been proven in animal experiments.

Titanium implants as interference fields

Titanium implants are often used as artificial tooth roots. After tooth loss, the metal implants made of titanium are screwed into the jawbone. Advantages of titanium implants include high load-bearing capacity, uncomplicated healing, and relatively low cost.

Titanium implants are made of a base metal and are also subject to corrosion. The battery effect also plays a role in titanium implants. Titanium implants also act like micro antennas in the head.

The titanium implant is fixed to the jawbone and forms a connection between the inside and outside of the body. However, the collagen fibers in the gums do not bond with the titanium implant, but instead lie parallel to it in the area where it enters the gums. This is an Achilles’ heel for the body’s defenses in this area, as it provides a permanent entry point for bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

From a holistic biological and immunological perspective, it makes more sense today to avoid titanium implants altogether and use only single-piece ceramic implants instead.

Teeth that have undergone root canal treatment or dead teeth

“Dentistry is the only medical specialty that allows a dead organ to remain in the body.” – Professor Dr. M. A. Wainwright

Traditional dental medicine considers root canal treatment (endodontics) to be the gold standard for preserving a diseased tooth. This involves removing the inflamed or dead nerve tissue from the tooth root. The hair-thin canals of the tooth are then cleaned of residual tissue and germs. Finally, the root canal of the tooth is filled with various filling materials.

In any case, the tooth is now dead – but will continue to serve as a chewing tool with a crown. From the perspective of holistic biological dentistry, however, root canal treatment should only be a temporary solution!

Dead teeth – a risk to your health
Modern studies show that no matter how perfectly the root canal is filled, it is impossible to remove 100% of all organic tissue from a tooth.

The dead tooth, which was once an organ with a nerve and blood supply, remains as a dead pillar in the oral cavity. The tooth is no longer connected to the body’s infrastructure and can therefore no longer be supplied with micronutrients. It becomes brittle and, with approximately 10,000-40,000 dentinal tubules per square millimeter, provides a perfect shelter for bacteria where the body’s defenses cannot intervene.

The bacteria produce toxins known as endotoxins, such as cadaverine, mercaptans, and thioethers. This is well documented in the literature. Root canal-treated teeth correlate with systemic diseases such as heart attack, stroke, allergies, skin diseases, joint diseases, type 2 diabetes, intestinal diseases, diseases of the nervous system, etc.

The inflammatory processes surrounding root-treated teeth are in most cases chronic silent inflammations. And these usually do not cause any pain. Unfortunately! Yes, you read that correctly: unfortunately! Pain would signal to you that something is wrong. However, this signal is missing in chronic inflammation, including that of dead teeth. This allows bacteria and toxins to wreak havoc undisturbed. Cadaveric toxins are produced, inflammatory messengers are released, and the immune system is permanently stressed. The progression of this hidden infection cannot be stopped or reversed, even with medications such as antibiotics.
Conclusion: just because a dead tooth does not hurt does not mean that it cannot be harmful and dangerous to your health. Quite the opposite is true. Therefore, the rule is: do not preserve teeth at any cost!

Disturbing factor FDOK or NICO

Similar to the danger posed by dead teeth, the clinical picture of FDOK and NICO is still not recognized by conventional medicine. In practice, however, holistic biologically oriented dentists are confronted with this phenomenon on a daily basis, whether through diagnosis with the CaviTAU ultrasound device and 3D DVT X-rays or through surgical removal of the affected areas.

What is a FDOK?
FDOK stands for fatty degenerative osteonecrosis of the jawbone. This refers to chronic inflammation of the jawbone. FDOK often develops where teeth have been removed and the wounds have not been able to heal properly (often in the area of former wisdom teeth). It cannot be detected on a conventional X-ray! Patients suffering from FDOK are often in a state of constant stress (sympathetic mode). This means that the autonomic nervous system is hardly able to switch to relaxation (parasympathetic mode). Reliable diagnosis is provided by ultrasound diagnostics with the CaviTAU device and three-dimensional X-ray analysis with DVT.

What is NICO?
NICO stands for neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis. NICO is essentially nothing more than FDOK, but with a neuromodulatory trigger, i.e., it also triggers nonspecific facial pain (trigeminal neuralgia).

How do FDOK or NICO come about?
Simply put, these are areas of bone loss in the jawbone. They usually occur in places where teeth have been extracted. They are caused by a wound healing disorder. The cause of this is a vitamin and micronutrient deficiency during the growth phase of adolescents or young adults, accompanied by an unbalanced diet: Among other things, there is a lack of vitamin D3, zinc, magnesium, and omega-3 fatty acids. This deficiency often overwhelms the body’s healing processes. It is unable to build new healthy tissue because it simply lacks the nutrients to do so. NICO or FDOK are therefore a symptom of an existing nutrient deficiency.

What makes the FDOK and NICO so dangerous?
In cases of NICO or FDOK, the bone is no longer supplied with blood and is interspersed with small cysts filled with fatty fluid. This typical yellowish, oily fluid carries numerous inflammatory factors and is characteristic of chronic inflammation.

FDOK/NICO are veritable breeding grounds for many different types of putrefactive bacteria. Elevated concentrations of viruses, fungi, and various toxins have also been detected. Even heavy metals such as mercury, pesticides, and glyphosate have been found in concentrated form. All in all, this is a highly unhealthy mix of disease-causing factors – and it is located in the well-supplied jawbone, in close proximity to the brain.

This means that NICO or FDOK stress the immune system 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. These degenerated fat cells in the NICO or FDOK areas produce inflammatory messengers, known as cytokines or chemokines, which also act as interference fields on other organs and are associated with inflammatory joint problems, breast cancer, Hashimoto’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and other tumors.

Due to the massive presence of RANTES (= Regulated And Normal T cell Expressed and Secreted, a chemokine with chemotactic effects) in the area of fatty degenerative osteolysis in the jawbone, there is scientific evidence of a link to allergies, asthma, joint diseases, multiple sclerosis, breast cancer, Alzheimer’s dementia, and Parkinson’s disease.

Periodontitis as a disturbance field

Periodontitis is the most common cause of tooth loss in people over the age of 40. As already described in relation to titanium implants, teeth also form a connection between the inside and outside of the body. There are approximately 700 different types of bacteria in the oral cavity. Most of them are completely harmless and an important part of healthy oral flora. The oral cavity is part of the digestive tract. In a healthy oral cavity, there is a good balance between “bad” and “good” bacteria. Poor oral hygiene, unhealthy lifestyle habits such as smoking, alcohol consumption, sugar consumption, mouth breathing, and poor nutrition result in micronutrient deficiencies and disrupt this balance. The harmful germs gain the upper hand and form toxins that trigger an immune response, initially in the gums (gingivitis).

As it progresses, this inflammatory reaction spreads to the entire periodontium, resulting in full-blown periodontitis (“around the tooth”). Apart from the fact that you gradually lose your teeth, the affected teeth represent a major gateway for bacteria, viruses, and fungi to enter the body. This has devastating consequences, as the toxic metabolic products enter the body. This condition, known as bacteremia, correlates with systemic diseases. Periodontal disease is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. Periodontal disease can also have a negative impact on the course of pregnancy and pose a serious risk to the unborn child.

In the intestine, the permeability of intestinal cells to harmful substances, bacteria, etc. is referred to as leaky gut. We refer to periodontitis as leaky gum in the oral cavity. Both the intestine and the oral cavity are part of the digestive tract. Both regions are home to hundreds of different types of bacteria. In the intestinal area, the importance of the microbiome is well known! In this respect, it is highly likely that a patient with periodontitis also suffers from a leaky gut. Conversely, it is also highly likely that patients with a leaky gut have periodontitis.

Incorrect bite

The way we clench our teeth also has a major impact on our physical health. This is because the position of the jaw and the temporomandibular joint plays an important role in our posture, among other things. If the bite is “crooked” or uneven, this can lead to a crooked position of our spine, pelvis, legs, and feet. The bite is the way the upper and lower teeth fit together. Ideally, the opposing teeth should touch simultaneously and evenly. This is called occlusion. The pressure on the entire dentition and thus on each individual tooth is then optimally distributed. Ideally, the entire masticatory muscles are relaxed and loose, the jaw joints are also ideally positioned, and the joint head is centrally located in the joint socket. There is no pain in the masticatory muscles or the jaw joint. If all of this is true, we refer to this as an optimal bite. However, if there are disturbances in this finely tuned system, for example due to excessive fillings or crowns on one or more teeth, missing teeth, or poorly fitting dentures, the entire balance of the masticatory apparatus can be disrupted.

Since the effects of an incorrect bite can spread throughout the entire body via fascia, muscle chains, and joints, the symptoms are also very diverse: dizziness, tinnitus and ringing in the ears, headaches and migraines, deterioration of vision, neck tension, slipped discs, pelvic obliquity, knee pain, etc.

Teeth grinding – bruxism
Teeth grinding usually occurs at night during sleep. The teeth are clenched together with maximum force and rubbed against each other under high pressure. The pressure this puts on the muscles, intervertebral discs, and spine is enormous! Under these conditions, sleep is not restful or regenerative. So if you wake up in the morning feeling exhausted instead of refreshed, nighttime teeth grinding could be the cause.

But what triggers teeth grinding?
Teeth grinding is the result and expression of stress. Clenching the teeth is a kind of outlet through which the body can release pressure and stress. It is therefore clear that reducing stress is necessary if you want to treat the actual cause. Anything else—such as a mouth guard—is merely treating the symptoms. However, very few people are aware of their own stress levels!

The consequences of teeth grinding – bite height factor
Pressing and grinding your teeth causes continuous wear on the hard tooth substance, as well as on crowns, bridges, and dentures. Similar to a car tire, the profile wears down. If I drive in a stressed manner, constantly with squealing tires, this process happens more quickly and I can lower my car by a few millimeters. In the jaw area, we refer to this as a lowered bite.

The loss of bite height compresses the region of the large blood vessels supplying the brain in the neck. This restricts the blood flow to the brain. A loss of bite height of 1 mm reduces blood flow to the brain by up to 50%! A link has also been established between loss of bite height and neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and cognitive disorders. On the other hand, toxins and waste products can only be removed from the brain via a sufficiently wide jugular vein. This is all the more important as the brain does not have a lymphatic system; instead, waste products are removed by the so-called glymphatic system. At night, brain cells shrink by up to 60%, creating a cavity between the cells through which toxins can drain away. However, for this system to function properly, all sources of stress must be eliminated at night. This includes all sources of EMF, such as cell phones, Wi-Fi, etc.

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Diagnosis of interference fields

HOW CAN WE RELIABLY DETECT INTERFERENCE FIELDS IN THE JAW AREA?

1. Medical history

The medical history (from Greek: anamnesis, meaning “remembrance”) is key to diagnosing diseases. It should be as comprehensive and detailed as possible.

2. Intraoral & extraoral examination

Of course, we rely on all kinds of high-tech equipment for diagnostics. However, treatment also means, as the word suggests, getting hands-on, using your own sensory organs (facial diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, palpation of the jaw joint, palpation of the mucous membrane muscles, how is the patient’s breath? How does the patient appear? During the examination, the teeth, gums, oral mucosa, masticatory muscles, and function of the jaw joint are examined in detail. This quickly reveals whether there is tooth decay, periodontitis, oral mucosal diseases, or other harmful changes. The holistic biological dentist also analyzes whether there are any stressful interference fields:

  • Do you have any amalgam fillings?
  • Are there different metals in your mouth?
  • Are there any signs of dead teeth?
  • Signs of periodontitis
  • Are there any scars in the mouth?
  • Are your teeth severely worn (ground down)?
  • Is mouth opening restricted?

All findings are documented and photographed intraorally/extraorally to show them to the patient. This helps patients to better understand their situation.

3. Digital 3-dimensional volume tomography

Normally, a two-dimensional X-ray image is taken in a dental practice. However, in holistic biological dentistry, we need three-dimensional X-ray images, known as digital volume tomography (DVT), for the diagnosis of interference fields. This special image shows the teeth and jawbone not only in the tenth of a millimeter range, but in all three spatial dimensions. This makes even the most hidden, overlapping areas which cannot be assessed in a normal two-dimensional X-ray image, suddenly become visible and their extent can be assessed (chronic bone inflammation at tooth roots, cysts, broken or forgotten root remnants of a previously removed tooth, or foreign bodies such as amalgam splinters, pieces of metal, broken root canal instruments, or remnants of root filling materials, etc.).

People often carry these burdens in their mouths for years without knowing that these anomalies cause no pain whatsoever. However, as already described, they can place a significant strain on the immune system and cause illness. The radiation exposure from a DVT scan is far lower than that from a CT scan.

4. Ultrasound examination with CaviTAU

The CaviTAU medical ultrasound device (cavitation trans-alveolar ultrasound examination) locates soft spots in the jawbone – known as cavitations or FDOKs (harmful fatty degenerative osteonecrosis in the jawbone) – using a new imaging technique that does not involve harmful X-rays.

5. Laboratory diagnostics aMMP8

A yardstick for the systemic interaction of periodontitis with other organ systems
Matrix metalloproteinase 8 (aMMP8) is at the end of the granulocytic inflammatory cascade. aMMP8 is responsible for tissue degradation because it destroys the collagen fibers of the periodontium. The enzyme activity of aMMP8 can be quantitatively determined from the dental pocket or via a saliva test. This is used in periodontitis and peri-implantitis for early diagnosis of attachment loss and risk evaluation.

aMMP8 wirkt aber nicht nur im Mund
Die epidemiologischen Assoziationen von Parodontitis mit Herz-Kreislauferkrankungen und Schlaganfallrisiko, Diabetes mellitus oder erhöhter Gefahr von Frühgeburten und niedrigem Geburtsgewicht bei Schwangerschaften sind belegt.
Zahlreiche jüngere Publikationen zeigen, dass mit dem aMMP8 eine Risikobeurteilung für die Entwicklung systemischer Komplikationen möglich ist.

The higher the level of aMMP8 in the periodontal pocket, the more likely systemic manifestations are.
The risk of dying from a heart attack correlates even better with the level of aMMP8 in the periodontal pocket than with clinical parameters of periodontitis. The reciprocal relationship is also demonstrated by the fact that aMMP8 levels in the periodontal pocket increase in patients with acute heart attacks. In diabetics, elevated aMMP8 has been shown to be associated with poorer metabolic health. Elevated aMMP8 levels in the periodontal pocket have also been found in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, these patients have a 1,000-fold increase in aMMP8 levels in their joint fluid. aMMP8 plays a causal role in the destruction of joint cartilage. The link to premature births in pregnant women can be explained by the fact that aMMP8 also has the task of dissolving collagen fibers in the amniotic sac in order to initiate the birth process.

In addition, an elevated aMMP8 value should result in the patient being cared for within an interdisciplinary network together with their family doctor and/or general practitioner and, depending on the underlying disease, the cardiologist, rheumatologist, gynecologist, or even the oncologist should also cooperate closely with the dentist.

Conversely, however, it must also become standard practice for the aforementioned medical specialists to strongly encourage their patients to undergo regular check-ups at the dentist in order to identify the risk factor of periodontitis at an early stage and to be able to start interdisciplinary treatment together with the dentist at an early stage.

For the first time, an inflammation marker is available that can be measured at the site of inflammation itself. What is particularly special is that, unlike CRP, serum cytokines, or blood sedimentation, this marker is directly involved in tissue destruction.