This was broadcast in the UK on February 16,2009. It is an excellent documentary style news show on the issue of mercury in amalgam. The British Dental Association takes the same position as the American Dental Association,namely that amalgam is perfectly safe and no risk to humans. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the officials from the BDA noticeably squirm when cornered on the issue of the undeniable fact that amalgam leaches mercury vapor into the body. Their only fall back position was that it was an inconsequential amount of mercury released into the body. This of course flies in the face of all established science on toxicology, whereby potent neurotoxins such as mercury accumulate over time thus raising the body burden and ever increasing the potential for damage. I liken it to the situation where lead contaminated water has a small amount of lead such that no perceivable effect could be determined after drinking this water for a month... The logical question becomes would you drink this water for fifteen years? I think the answer would be emphatically no. This is the same as a mercury filling which continues to leach mercury vapor withuot stop for years and years. I encourage you to view this show
http://www.toxicteeth.org/mercury_fillings_Feb_2009.cfm
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
This article appearing today in the New York Times unfortunately represents a distorted and one-sided view point about TMJ. The older and now outdated organizations such as American Academy of Orofacial Pain, continue to propagate the notion that TMJ disorders are psychosocial and lifestyle related. They treat symptoms only and hope to have the pain disappear. The sad fact is many millions of patients continue to suffer from varying degrees of pain in the head,face and neck regions. Many other symptoms are also directly correlated with this disease. This condition can be debilitating to a normal life, and the conventional treatments in medicine and dentistry are totally inadequate.
The anatomical fact is that 90% or more of all headaches are muscular in origin. The key muscles that are the culprits are the jaw muscles. The logical reason the jaw muscles are chronically contracted and in spasm is mis-alignment of the bite. The statement in the article below that, "later studies revealed that malocclusion itself was an infrequent cause of facial pain and other temporomandibular symptoms", is completely false. The pain patients suffer is real and damaging to their lives. Clenching and bruxing are a direct sife effect of a mis-aligned bite and a mis-aligned bite is the cause of damaged TMJ joints. If this delicate system is pathologic, then muscles in the neck are going to be chronically contracted as well. The accomodation of the body in response to the damaged bite will be altered alignment of the head over the cervical spine and over time a damaged mis-aligned cervical spine. This postural change has multiple implications to pain states and other problems too lengthy to fully discuss here.
Suffice to say that only well intentioned, but sadly mis-informed dentists have a problem understanding these concepts. I have no problem with my patients understanding damaged, mis-aligned bites leading to muscle pain and TMJ related problems. The success speaks for itself in the resloution of pain and dysfunction my TMJ patients receive once the bite is corrected with appliances or other means.
Personal Health
Best Treatment for TMJ may be nothing
By JANE E. BRODY
Published: February 2, 2009
One person gets migraine headaches, another ringing in the ears, a third clicking and locking of the jaw, a fourth pain on the sides and back of the head and neck. All are suspected of having a temporomandibular disorders.
Up to three-fourths of Americans have one or more signs of a temporomandibular problem, most of which come and go and finally disappear on their own. Specialists from Boston estimate that only 5 percent to 10 percent of people with symptoms need treatment.
Popularly called TMJ, for the joint where the upper and lower jaws meet, temporomandibular disorders actually represent a wider class of head pain problems that can involve this pesky joint, the muscles involved in chewing, and related head and neck muscles and bones.
But too often, experts say, patients fail to have the problem examined in a comprehensive way and undergo costly and sometimes irreversible therapies that may do little or nothing to relieve their symptoms. As scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research wrote recently, “Less is often best in treating TMJ disorders.”
A New Understanding
The TMJ is a complicated joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone at the side of the head. It has both a hinge and a sliding motion. When the mouth is opening, the rounded ends, or condyles, of the lower jaw glide along the sockets of the temporal bones. Muscles are connected to both the jaw and the temporal bones, and a soft disc between them absorbs shocks to the jaw from chewing and other jaw movements.
TMJ problems were originally thought to stem from dental malocclusion — upper and lower teeth misalignment — and improper jaw position. That prompted a focus on replacing missing teeth and fitting patients with braces to realign their teeth and change how the jaws come together.
But later studies revealed that malocclusion itself was an infrequent cause of facial pain and other temporomandibular symptoms. Rather, as the Boston specialists wrote recently in The New England Journal of Medicine “the cause is now considered multifactorial, with biologic, behavioral, environmental, social, emotional and cognitive factors, alone or in combination, contributing to the development of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders.”
According to the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the disorder “usually involves more than one symptom and rarely has a single cause.”
Among the “mechanical” causes that are now recognized as distorting the function of the TMJ are congenital or developmental abnormalities of the jaw; displacement of the disc between the jaw bones; inflammation or arthritis that causes the joint to degenerate; traumatic injury to the joint (sometimes just from opening the mouth too wide); tumors; infection; and excessive laxity or tightness of the joint.
But the most common TMJ problem is known as myofacial pain disorder, a neuromuscular problem of the chewing muscles characterized by a dull, aching pain in and around the ear that may radiate to the side or back of the head or down the neck. Someone with this disorder may have tender jaw muscles, hear clicking or popping noises in the jaw, or have difficulty opening or closing the mouth. Simple acts like chewing, talking excessively or yawning can make the symptoms worse.
Jaw-irritating habits, like clenching the teeth or jaw, tooth grinding at night, biting the lips or fingernails, chewing gum or chewing on a pencil, can make the problem worse or longer lasting. Psychological factors also often play a role, especially depression, anxiety or stress.
Proper Assessment
The overwhelming majority of people with TMJ symptoms are women. Women represent up to 90 percent of patients who seek treatment, Dr. Leonard B. Kaban, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in an interview. Most patients are middle-age adults, he and two dental specialists, Dr. Steven J. Scrivani and Dr. David A. Keith, wrote in the journal article.
Dr. Kaban urged patients to obtain a thorough assessment of the problem before choosing therapy, especially if they have symptoms like tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and migraine headaches.
He said doctors and dentists should “start with a thorough history — you can get 80 to 90 percent of the needed information just from talking to the patient about their habits.” This should be followed by a physical examination, checking for signs like muscle tenderness and pain in the jaw, limited jaw opening and noises.
“Among the biggest advances in diagnosis has been imaging studies, especially by M.R.I. and occasionally by CT scan with a cone-beam image,” Dr. Kaban said.
For those with complicated problems, he suggested visiting a multidisciplinary temporomandibular clinic, found at many leading hospitals and dental schools.
Therapy Options
Resting the jaw is the most important therapy. Stop harmful chewing and biting habits, avoid opening your mouth wide while yawning or laughing (holding a fist under the chin helps), and temporarily eat only soft foods like yogurt, soup, fish, cottage cheese and well-cooked, mashed or pureed vegetables and fruit. It also helps to apply heat to the side of the face and to take a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, for up to two weeks.
Other self-care measures suggested by the orofacial academy include not leaning on or sleeping on the jaw and not playing wind, brass or string instruments that stress, strain or thrust back the jaw.
Physical therapy to retrain positioning of the spine, head, jaw and tongue can be helpful, as can heat treatments with ultrasound and short-wave diathermy.
Some patients are helped by a low-dose tricyclic antidepressant taken at bedtime, or antianxiety medication. Stress management and relaxation techniques like massage, yoga, biofeedback, cognitive therapy and counseling to achieve a less frenetic work pace are also helpful, according to the findings of a national conference on pain management.
If you clench or grind your teeth, you can be fitted with a mouth guard that is inserted like a retainer or removable denture, especially at night, to prevent this joint-damaging behavior.
But Dr. Kaban cautioned against embarking on “any expensive, irreversible treatment” before a thorough diagnosis is completed and simple, reversible therapies have been tried and found wanting.
As with other joints, he said, surgery is a treatment of last resort, when medical management has proved ineffective. As he and his colleagues wrote, surgery is primarily for patients who are born with or develop jaw malformations and patients with arthritis who have loose fragments of bone or require condyle reshaping.
Next Article in Health (29 of 37) » A version of this article appeared in print on February 3, 2009, on page D7 of the New York edition. .Click here to enjoy the convenience of home delivery of The Times for less than $1 a day
The anatomical fact is that 90% or more of all headaches are muscular in origin. The key muscles that are the culprits are the jaw muscles. The logical reason the jaw muscles are chronically contracted and in spasm is mis-alignment of the bite. The statement in the article below that, "later studies revealed that malocclusion itself was an infrequent cause of facial pain and other temporomandibular symptoms", is completely false. The pain patients suffer is real and damaging to their lives. Clenching and bruxing are a direct sife effect of a mis-aligned bite and a mis-aligned bite is the cause of damaged TMJ joints. If this delicate system is pathologic, then muscles in the neck are going to be chronically contracted as well. The accomodation of the body in response to the damaged bite will be altered alignment of the head over the cervical spine and over time a damaged mis-aligned cervical spine. This postural change has multiple implications to pain states and other problems too lengthy to fully discuss here.
Suffice to say that only well intentioned, but sadly mis-informed dentists have a problem understanding these concepts. I have no problem with my patients understanding damaged, mis-aligned bites leading to muscle pain and TMJ related problems. The success speaks for itself in the resloution of pain and dysfunction my TMJ patients receive once the bite is corrected with appliances or other means.
Personal Health
Best Treatment for TMJ may be nothing
By JANE E. BRODY
Published: February 2, 2009
One person gets migraine headaches, another ringing in the ears, a third clicking and locking of the jaw, a fourth pain on the sides and back of the head and neck. All are suspected of having a temporomandibular disorders.
Up to three-fourths of Americans have one or more signs of a temporomandibular problem, most of which come and go and finally disappear on their own. Specialists from Boston estimate that only 5 percent to 10 percent of people with symptoms need treatment.
Popularly called TMJ, for the joint where the upper and lower jaws meet, temporomandibular disorders actually represent a wider class of head pain problems that can involve this pesky joint, the muscles involved in chewing, and related head and neck muscles and bones.
But too often, experts say, patients fail to have the problem examined in a comprehensive way and undergo costly and sometimes irreversible therapies that may do little or nothing to relieve their symptoms. As scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research wrote recently, “Less is often best in treating TMJ disorders.”
A New Understanding
The TMJ is a complicated joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone at the side of the head. It has both a hinge and a sliding motion. When the mouth is opening, the rounded ends, or condyles, of the lower jaw glide along the sockets of the temporal bones. Muscles are connected to both the jaw and the temporal bones, and a soft disc between them absorbs shocks to the jaw from chewing and other jaw movements.
TMJ problems were originally thought to stem from dental malocclusion — upper and lower teeth misalignment — and improper jaw position. That prompted a focus on replacing missing teeth and fitting patients with braces to realign their teeth and change how the jaws come together.
But later studies revealed that malocclusion itself was an infrequent cause of facial pain and other temporomandibular symptoms. Rather, as the Boston specialists wrote recently in The New England Journal of Medicine “the cause is now considered multifactorial, with biologic, behavioral, environmental, social, emotional and cognitive factors, alone or in combination, contributing to the development of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders.”
According to the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the disorder “usually involves more than one symptom and rarely has a single cause.”
Among the “mechanical” causes that are now recognized as distorting the function of the TMJ are congenital or developmental abnormalities of the jaw; displacement of the disc between the jaw bones; inflammation or arthritis that causes the joint to degenerate; traumatic injury to the joint (sometimes just from opening the mouth too wide); tumors; infection; and excessive laxity or tightness of the joint.
But the most common TMJ problem is known as myofacial pain disorder, a neuromuscular problem of the chewing muscles characterized by a dull, aching pain in and around the ear that may radiate to the side or back of the head or down the neck. Someone with this disorder may have tender jaw muscles, hear clicking or popping noises in the jaw, or have difficulty opening or closing the mouth. Simple acts like chewing, talking excessively or yawning can make the symptoms worse.
Jaw-irritating habits, like clenching the teeth or jaw, tooth grinding at night, biting the lips or fingernails, chewing gum or chewing on a pencil, can make the problem worse or longer lasting. Psychological factors also often play a role, especially depression, anxiety or stress.
Proper Assessment
The overwhelming majority of people with TMJ symptoms are women. Women represent up to 90 percent of patients who seek treatment, Dr. Leonard B. Kaban, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in an interview. Most patients are middle-age adults, he and two dental specialists, Dr. Steven J. Scrivani and Dr. David A. Keith, wrote in the journal article.
Dr. Kaban urged patients to obtain a thorough assessment of the problem before choosing therapy, especially if they have symptoms like tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and migraine headaches.
He said doctors and dentists should “start with a thorough history — you can get 80 to 90 percent of the needed information just from talking to the patient about their habits.” This should be followed by a physical examination, checking for signs like muscle tenderness and pain in the jaw, limited jaw opening and noises.
“Among the biggest advances in diagnosis has been imaging studies, especially by M.R.I. and occasionally by CT scan with a cone-beam image,” Dr. Kaban said.
For those with complicated problems, he suggested visiting a multidisciplinary temporomandibular clinic, found at many leading hospitals and dental schools.
Therapy Options
Resting the jaw is the most important therapy. Stop harmful chewing and biting habits, avoid opening your mouth wide while yawning or laughing (holding a fist under the chin helps), and temporarily eat only soft foods like yogurt, soup, fish, cottage cheese and well-cooked, mashed or pureed vegetables and fruit. It also helps to apply heat to the side of the face and to take a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, for up to two weeks.
Other self-care measures suggested by the orofacial academy include not leaning on or sleeping on the jaw and not playing wind, brass or string instruments that stress, strain or thrust back the jaw.
Physical therapy to retrain positioning of the spine, head, jaw and tongue can be helpful, as can heat treatments with ultrasound and short-wave diathermy.
Some patients are helped by a low-dose tricyclic antidepressant taken at bedtime, or antianxiety medication. Stress management and relaxation techniques like massage, yoga, biofeedback, cognitive therapy and counseling to achieve a less frenetic work pace are also helpful, according to the findings of a national conference on pain management.
If you clench or grind your teeth, you can be fitted with a mouth guard that is inserted like a retainer or removable denture, especially at night, to prevent this joint-damaging behavior.
But Dr. Kaban cautioned against embarking on “any expensive, irreversible treatment” before a thorough diagnosis is completed and simple, reversible therapies have been tried and found wanting.
As with other joints, he said, surgery is a treatment of last resort, when medical management has proved ineffective. As he and his colleagues wrote, surgery is primarily for patients who are born with or develop jaw malformations and patients with arthritis who have loose fragments of bone or require condyle reshaping.
Next Article in Health (29 of 37) » A version of this article appeared in print on February 3, 2009, on page D7 of the New York edition. .Click here to enjoy the convenience of home delivery of The Times for less than $1 a day
Monday, January 19, 2009
GREAT NEWS... Sweden has officially banned all mercury including the use of mercury containing amalgam fillings. Please see below for the official press release. This will hopefully speed up the US FDA to seriously re-consider the re-certification of amalgam as a safe medical device for use...
Subject: Sweden bans amalgam effective June 1 2009
A press release from the Swedish Ministry of Environment follows.
http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/11459/a/118550
Press release 15 January 2009
Ministry of the Environment
Government bans all use of mercury in Sweden
The Government today decided to introduce a blanket ban on mercury. The ban
means that the use of dental amalgam in fillings will cease and that it will
no longer be permitted to place products containing mercury on the Swedish
market.
"Sweden is now leading the way in removing and protecting the environment
from mercury, which is non-degradable. The ban is a strong signal to other
countries and a Swedish contribution to EU and UN aims to reduce mercury use
and emissions," says Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren.
The Government's decision means that products containing mercury may not be
placed on the Swedish market. In practice this means that alternative
techniques will have to be used in dental care, chemical analysis and the
chloralkali industry. The Swedish Chemicals Agency will be authorised to
issue regulations on exceptions or grant exemptions in individual cases.
In connection with the Government's decision, waste containing mercury will
be disposed of in deep geological repositories in other EU countries. The
Swedish market for hazardous waste is small. Last spring, a government
inquiry established that there are existing repositories for waste
containing mercury in, for example, Germany that more than adequately meet
the safety requirements on which Swedish legislation is based. Creating a
new Swedish repository would be around 15 times more expensive than
depositing waste in existing facilities in the EU. The bodies consulted on
this matter shared the inquirys conclusions.
"By using common solutions and almost forty years of experience of storing
mercury in the EU, we are not lowering safety standards. The waste will be
transported to a deep geological repository with high safety standards. In
accordance with the polluter pays principle, the owners of the waste will be
responsible for ensuring that disposal in a repository is arranged and
paying for it," says Mr Carlgren.
The disposal possibilities in other EU countries provide better incentives
for the desired development of safe, large-scale technologies to stabilise
waste containing mercury.
Since the beginning of the 1990s there has been a ban in Sweden on the
manufacture and sale of certain products containing mercury, including
thermometers and other measuring devices and electronic components.
The new regulations enter into force on 1 June 2009.
Contact
Mattias Johansson
Press Secretary to Andreas Carlgren
work +46 8 405 22 69
cell +46 70 950 22 45
email to Mattias Johansson, via the Senior registry clerk
Jerker Forsell
Desk Officer
+46 8 405 39 71
Anna Sanell
Desk Officer
+46 8 405 21 20
Subject: Sweden bans amalgam effective June 1 2009
A press release from the Swedish Ministry of Environment follows.
http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/11459/a/118550
Press release 15 January 2009
Ministry of the Environment
Government bans all use of mercury in Sweden
The Government today decided to introduce a blanket ban on mercury. The ban
means that the use of dental amalgam in fillings will cease and that it will
no longer be permitted to place products containing mercury on the Swedish
market.
"Sweden is now leading the way in removing and protecting the environment
from mercury, which is non-degradable. The ban is a strong signal to other
countries and a Swedish contribution to EU and UN aims to reduce mercury use
and emissions," says Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren.
The Government's decision means that products containing mercury may not be
placed on the Swedish market. In practice this means that alternative
techniques will have to be used in dental care, chemical analysis and the
chloralkali industry. The Swedish Chemicals Agency will be authorised to
issue regulations on exceptions or grant exemptions in individual cases.
In connection with the Government's decision, waste containing mercury will
be disposed of in deep geological repositories in other EU countries. The
Swedish market for hazardous waste is small. Last spring, a government
inquiry established that there are existing repositories for waste
containing mercury in, for example, Germany that more than adequately meet
the safety requirements on which Swedish legislation is based. Creating a
new Swedish repository would be around 15 times more expensive than
depositing waste in existing facilities in the EU. The bodies consulted on
this matter shared the inquirys conclusions.
"By using common solutions and almost forty years of experience of storing
mercury in the EU, we are not lowering safety standards. The waste will be
transported to a deep geological repository with high safety standards. In
accordance with the polluter pays principle, the owners of the waste will be
responsible for ensuring that disposal in a repository is arranged and
paying for it," says Mr Carlgren.
The disposal possibilities in other EU countries provide better incentives
for the desired development of safe, large-scale technologies to stabilise
waste containing mercury.
Since the beginning of the 1990s there has been a ban in Sweden on the
manufacture and sale of certain products containing mercury, including
thermometers and other measuring devices and electronic components.
The new regulations enter into force on 1 June 2009.
Contact
Mattias Johansson
Press Secretary to Andreas Carlgren
work +46 8 405 22 69
cell +46 70 950 22 45
email to Mattias Johansson, via the Senior registry clerk
Jerker Forsell
Desk Officer
+46 8 405 39 71
Anna Sanell
Desk Officer
+46 8 405 21 20
Friday, September 12, 2008
In July of 2008 I was awarded the LVIM or mastership award for esthetic and neuromuscular dentistry from the prestigious LVI institute. This process involved four years and hundreds of hours to submit several completed full mouth cases that were scrutinized for acceptance to very high standards, in addition to oral defense of my treatments, and a comprehensive written exam. There are fewer than 20 LVIM dentists across the world and there are close to 7000 LVI dentists world wide.
This is the highest honor I have received in my 20 year career in dentistry, and one of the highest post graduate distinctions that can be acheived in the profession. I am very proud of this accomplishment, and it was a very powerful learning experience for me. It will greatly help me in providing a higher level of care to my patients in the future. I wanted to insure that I was the most qualified I could be to provide cosmetic and neuromuscular dentistry for my clients.
Although there is no specialty for both TMJ and Cosmetic dentistry, this award insures that I can provide a very high level of care and expertise in these complex areas of treatment. A special thanks to my beautiful wife Theresa who was with me to accept this honor, and to whom I am deeply grateful for her support and encouragement.
S D Buck DDS, LVIM
Saturday, June 28, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQsi777_B1g&feature=email
This video is very important to understand what actually happens in and around amalgam fillings. Making it visual drives home the point about the reality of mercury exposure to dental patients and dental professionals. It is shocking, please take time to watch this.
S David Buck DDS
This video is very important to understand what actually happens in and around amalgam fillings. Making it visual drives home the point about the reality of mercury exposure to dental patients and dental professionals. It is shocking, please take time to watch this.
S David Buck DDS
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
This article appeared in the Alexandria Times March 6th edition. Of special note is the former kicker for the Seattle Seahawks Josh Brown who gives a personal testimony about the enhancement in performance from use of the PPM. This service is available through my office and I will be treating Seahawk and Washington Husky athletes this coming season.
Dr. Buck
Adios steroids and congressional hearings
March 12, 2008
A Virginia dentist is ready to make Major League history.
Although you won’t see his name in any box score or scoring summary, Dr. Abraham Katz is fitting amateur and professional athletes at his practice in Herndon with a new and completely legal performance enhancer that is quickly racking up the points.
While a number of professional athletes across North America are now using the Pure Power Mouthguard (PPM); many are still hesitant to reveal to the public and their opponents the science behind the new invention which claims to boost strength and balance substantially. “When people think of a mouth guard they usually think of the boil and bite one that is bought in a local sporting good store so it is hard for people to realize this is something different,” he said. “The PPM uses sophisticated computerized equipment to locate their optimum jaw position and bite. When they do the tests and see the science behind it, they realize this is something completely different.”
Josh Brown, former Seattle Seahawks kicker who just signed on with the Rams, quickly realized the PPM was something different after just completing the best season of his career.
Brown finishing seventh in NFL scoring (127 pts) and eighth in field goal accuracy going 28-for-34 but unlike many of his peers recently agreed to be interviewed about the PPM and come clean.
“I’m a field goal kicker so at first I thought: why would I need a mouth guard,” said Brown. “But the PPM really did help me this past season. I had five or six tackles which is incredible for a kicker. The mouth guard also helped me run faster because my body was in its optimum position.”
Brown indicated that the PPM allows him to lift an extra 20 or 30 lbs for each exercise in the weight room and also claim the device improves oxygen flow to the lungs by opening up the airway.
As the testimonials start to take shape, Dr. Katz knows that the PPM will be widely popular given the recent publicity surrounding illegal performance enhancing such as baseball’s Mitchell’s Report.
PPM staff confirmed that 50 Major League Baseball players were fitted with the device during spring training.
“I even had one made for me because like a lot of people I spend some time every week in the gym working out,” said Dr. Katz. “I am definitely able to lift heavier weights, my endurance has improved and I also notice my form is better. What intrigues me the most is I know this can be used for any sport or type of physical activity – it really enhances your strength and balance.”
The PPM is not available at your local sporting good store; only specially trained neuromuscular dentists like Dr. Katz can fit individuals with the device.
By using sophisticated neuromuscular machinery and computer technology, the science behind the PPM puts each individual’s jaw in the most comfortable and ideal position to allow the rest of the body to do the work it was designed for.
This equipment includes state-of-the-art jaw tracking technology, and the J5 myomonitor, provide bilateral electrical stimulation to relax the muscles in the patient’s face.
“I’m really a big sports fan that hit on something that is helping improve the performance of a number of athletes,” he said. “There was no better feeling than watching sports on television and seeing athletes like Brown pop my invention in and out of their mouth and know that the PPM had a role to play in their success.”
There are currently 150 professional and collegiate athletes using the PPM from the MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL, UFC, NCAA football and basketball.
Reader Comments Send your comments!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Buck
Adios steroids and congressional hearings
March 12, 2008
A Virginia dentist is ready to make Major League history.
Although you won’t see his name in any box score or scoring summary, Dr. Abraham Katz is fitting amateur and professional athletes at his practice in Herndon with a new and completely legal performance enhancer that is quickly racking up the points.
While a number of professional athletes across North America are now using the Pure Power Mouthguard (PPM); many are still hesitant to reveal to the public and their opponents the science behind the new invention which claims to boost strength and balance substantially. “When people think of a mouth guard they usually think of the boil and bite one that is bought in a local sporting good store so it is hard for people to realize this is something different,” he said. “The PPM uses sophisticated computerized equipment to locate their optimum jaw position and bite. When they do the tests and see the science behind it, they realize this is something completely different.”
Josh Brown, former Seattle Seahawks kicker who just signed on with the Rams, quickly realized the PPM was something different after just completing the best season of his career.
Brown finishing seventh in NFL scoring (127 pts) and eighth in field goal accuracy going 28-for-34 but unlike many of his peers recently agreed to be interviewed about the PPM and come clean.
“I’m a field goal kicker so at first I thought: why would I need a mouth guard,” said Brown. “But the PPM really did help me this past season. I had five or six tackles which is incredible for a kicker. The mouth guard also helped me run faster because my body was in its optimum position.”
Brown indicated that the PPM allows him to lift an extra 20 or 30 lbs for each exercise in the weight room and also claim the device improves oxygen flow to the lungs by opening up the airway.
As the testimonials start to take shape, Dr. Katz knows that the PPM will be widely popular given the recent publicity surrounding illegal performance enhancing such as baseball’s Mitchell’s Report.
PPM staff confirmed that 50 Major League Baseball players were fitted with the device during spring training.
“I even had one made for me because like a lot of people I spend some time every week in the gym working out,” said Dr. Katz. “I am definitely able to lift heavier weights, my endurance has improved and I also notice my form is better. What intrigues me the most is I know this can be used for any sport or type of physical activity – it really enhances your strength and balance.”
The PPM is not available at your local sporting good store; only specially trained neuromuscular dentists like Dr. Katz can fit individuals with the device.
By using sophisticated neuromuscular machinery and computer technology, the science behind the PPM puts each individual’s jaw in the most comfortable and ideal position to allow the rest of the body to do the work it was designed for.
This equipment includes state-of-the-art jaw tracking technology, and the J5 myomonitor, provide bilateral electrical stimulation to relax the muscles in the patient’s face.
“I’m really a big sports fan that hit on something that is helping improve the performance of a number of athletes,” he said. “There was no better feeling than watching sports on television and seeing athletes like Brown pop my invention in and out of their mouth and know that the PPM had a role to play in their success.”
There are currently 150 professional and collegiate athletes using the PPM from the MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL, UFC, NCAA football and basketball.
Reader Comments Send your comments!
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Cosmetic Dentistry
Never underestimate the advantage a cosmetically enhanced smile can give you. Even something as easy and quick as whitening your teeth can improve your overall appearance. Every once in a while, I ask people to think about the advantages.
The choice of porcelain veneers or other cosmetic dental treatments is sometimes tied to an event: a wedding, an important business function, a holiday, a graduation or some family event. But, if you think about it, there are so many ways an improved smile can impact your life on an every day basis.
There is no doubt that a better smile is an advantage in business. This can impact promotions, sales and career paths. In a society that has learned that teeth can be improved, when you see a misshapen smile or misaligned teeth, you often can’t help but wonder why the person has done nothing to fix their smile.
If you know someone who might benefit from cosmetic dentistry, this is why you should think about referring them to me for a cosmetic consultation. A better smile can mean a better presentation at work. Makeovers of all kinds lead to promotions all the time. It can improve a person’s social prospects. It can also give a new sense of inner confidence that can manifest itself in many ways.
If you know someone who might be interested in cosmetic dentistry to gain an advantage somewhere in their life, refer them to me. It could be the best advice they get all year.
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