Why I Chose to be a Holistic Dentist
Hello, I’m Dr. Paul Gilbert and this is my story.
Childhood inspiration from my mother and father:
My mother was a big influence on my passion for nutrition
and dental health long before I ever considered dentistry as
a career. In the days before television became common, my
mother would turn on the radio to listen to a gentleman
named Carlton Fredericks. I remember she sat glued in front
of the kitchen radio, listening to everything he was saying.
Years later, I discovered that he was a pioneer nutritionist
who firmly believed that food is your best medicine. I became
an avid fan, just like my mother had been, listening to Carlton
Fredricks on the radio say that he could help people with
common ailments, such as arthritis, just by changing what
they were eating. This was in the nineteen seventies, when
such ideas were still considered blasphemy by the American
Medical Association.
Childhood inspiration from my mother and father:
My mother was a big influence on my passion for nutrition
and dental health long before I ever considered dentistry as
a career. In the days before television became common, my
mother would turn on the radio to listen to a gentleman
named Carlton Fredericks. I remember she sat glued in front
of the kitchen radio, listening to everything he was saying.
Years later, I discovered that he was a pioneer nutritionist
who firmly believed that food is your best medicine. I became
an avid fan, just like my mother had been, listening to Carlton
Fredricks on the radio say that he could help people with
common ailments, such as arthritis, just by changing what
they were eating. This was in the nineteen seventies, when
such ideas were still considered blasphemy by the American
Medical Association.
Becoming a dentist:
Both my parent’s influence expressed itself when I decided to enter dental school, and
become a dentist, just like my dad. I’m sure my parents were quite proud of me when I
became a dentist, graduating in 1962 from a very prestigious Thomas W. Evans Museum
and Dental Institute, at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. It is worth
mentioning, when the dental school was built in the late eighteen hundred’s, a part of the
ground floor was reserved as a museum for Mr. Thomas Evans, who helped finance and
start the school. He insisted in his will that a section of the dental school building remain a
museum to display some of his personal effects. His horse drawn carriage remained on
display for many years.
When I started seeing patients as a dentist more than forty five years ago, I didn’t realize
how much would change in the profession during these years. As I had been taught in
dental school, I used mercury containing “silver” fillings for eleven years of my dental
career. Then I connected with a few pioneering dentists who had recently created the
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT). The primary mission of
the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (www.iaomt.org) has always
been to educate the dental profession, with appropriate scientific support, that mercury
should not be placed in the human body and therefore must not be used in dentistry. I
joined the IAOMT immediately and eventually became actively involved as a board
member.
By that time, I was beginning to better understand how anything that gets into the human
body has either a negative or a positive impact on health, just as Carlton Fredericks had
been saying years earlier. My thinking became totally holistic, and I decided to completely
burn my traditional dental bridges. I stopped using mercury “silver” dental fillings, and
threw away everything connected with these filings. In my head and my heart, I had
become a biological dentist, and I started practicing with that in mind for everything I did
for patients. Fortunately, by then, much safer, non-metal, tooth colored dental materials
had been developed. These became my daily alternative to mercury fillings.
My passion for nutrition and health matures:
Now I have completely retired from a long dental career treating patients, although I
remain actively involved as a board member of the IAOMT. My passion for nutrition and
health has fully blossomed. I have developed a growing interest in natural approaches to
improving health, not just for the whole body, but specifically for the mouth, and the teeth
and gums that are so much a part of it.
I am convinced that the human body is a marvelously designed living organism with the
ability to grow, regulate, repair, and defend itself when given natural, high quality, full
spectrum nutrients. In short, the quality of our entire body’s health, which includes our
teeth and gums, reflects, in large measure, the quality of the foods we eat, because it is
from these foods that we make our bodies. As a result of this philosophy, I have searched
for and found a company that has created a unique health concept called Functional
Nutrition, based on a remarkable line of whole food products derived from natural and
organically grown foods - products that enhance the quality of your body's physical,
mental, and emotional performances. These wonderful products are so unique they have
helped me remove the barriers to my health caused by my years of exposure to many
common toxins, as well as my childhood and occupational exposure to high levels of
mercury,
Where I am now:
So, having completely retired from practicing dentistry, I am now educating people on the
ways they can personally enhance the health of their teeth and gums. In addition, I love
to help everyone discover how they can, at the same time, also raise their level of health
and wellness far beyond their current expectations with easy to take, all natural organic
green whole food supplements. I am looking forward to teaching you simple, natural
strategies to improve your dental health.
Remember, if you don’t take care of your health today,
you will have to take time for your illness tomorrow.
May you always be blessed with optimal health!
Dr. Paul Gilbert
Both my parent’s influence expressed itself when I decided to enter dental school, and
become a dentist, just like my dad. I’m sure my parents were quite proud of me when I
became a dentist, graduating in 1962 from a very prestigious Thomas W. Evans Museum
and Dental Institute, at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. It is worth
mentioning, when the dental school was built in the late eighteen hundred’s, a part of the
ground floor was reserved as a museum for Mr. Thomas Evans, who helped finance and
start the school. He insisted in his will that a section of the dental school building remain a
museum to display some of his personal effects. His horse drawn carriage remained on
display for many years.
When I started seeing patients as a dentist more than forty five years ago, I didn’t realize
how much would change in the profession during these years. As I had been taught in
dental school, I used mercury containing “silver” fillings for eleven years of my dental
career. Then I connected with a few pioneering dentists who had recently created the
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT). The primary mission of
the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (www.iaomt.org) has always
been to educate the dental profession, with appropriate scientific support, that mercury
should not be placed in the human body and therefore must not be used in dentistry. I
joined the IAOMT immediately and eventually became actively involved as a board
member.
By that time, I was beginning to better understand how anything that gets into the human
body has either a negative or a positive impact on health, just as Carlton Fredericks had
been saying years earlier. My thinking became totally holistic, and I decided to completely
burn my traditional dental bridges. I stopped using mercury “silver” dental fillings, and
threw away everything connected with these filings. In my head and my heart, I had
become a biological dentist, and I started practicing with that in mind for everything I did
for patients. Fortunately, by then, much safer, non-metal, tooth colored dental materials
had been developed. These became my daily alternative to mercury fillings.
My passion for nutrition and health matures:
Now I have completely retired from a long dental career treating patients, although I
remain actively involved as a board member of the IAOMT. My passion for nutrition and
health has fully blossomed. I have developed a growing interest in natural approaches to
improving health, not just for the whole body, but specifically for the mouth, and the teeth
and gums that are so much a part of it.
I am convinced that the human body is a marvelously designed living organism with the
ability to grow, regulate, repair, and defend itself when given natural, high quality, full
spectrum nutrients. In short, the quality of our entire body’s health, which includes our
teeth and gums, reflects, in large measure, the quality of the foods we eat, because it is
from these foods that we make our bodies. As a result of this philosophy, I have searched
for and found a company that has created a unique health concept called Functional
Nutrition, based on a remarkable line of whole food products derived from natural and
organically grown foods - products that enhance the quality of your body's physical,
mental, and emotional performances. These wonderful products are so unique they have
helped me remove the barriers to my health caused by my years of exposure to many
common toxins, as well as my childhood and occupational exposure to high levels of
mercury,
Where I am now:
So, having completely retired from practicing dentistry, I am now educating people on the
ways they can personally enhance the health of their teeth and gums. In addition, I love
to help everyone discover how they can, at the same time, also raise their level of health
and wellness far beyond their current expectations with easy to take, all natural organic
green whole food supplements. I am looking forward to teaching you simple, natural
strategies to improve your dental health.
Remember, if you don’t take care of your health today,
you will have to take time for your illness tomorrow.
May you always be blessed with optimal health!
Dr. Paul Gilbert
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