How to Find a Biological Dentist Near You: What to Look For

So, Dr. Katie, I called your office to make an appointment, and they told me that it's a 4-month wait to get in. So I have something that's really urgent, and I want to get into a wellness dentist. When I'm calling around and trying to figure out who to see, what kinds of things should I look for?

First of all, thank you for checking us out, and I know a lot of patients been talking about it's take a long time to get in, and we want to help them to find a dentist near them. That can help them and take care of their oral health. And I would say the first thing is always looking for the reliable, trustworthy organizations. For example, the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine, ibdm.org, and they have lists of certified biological dentists, dentists that been through the proper educations the proper process, oral exam, they have to present their cases, and they have trained to follow certain protocol. For example, the safe mercury removal, they will do it properly to protect you, to protect themselves, to protect their team and their environment. So follow these organizations, looking for dentists that been trained and I would say call the office and ask. Ask questions like, how do you do the Sigma removal? Do you use ozone in your practice? Do you have cone beam CT, CBCT in your practice? What do you do about biocompatibility? All that questions, if the team and the doctor can answer that, then you also want to make sure that you feel comfortable with the provider that you choose. I'm always telling patients, there's so many providers out there for you. And the provider that you see, it has that connection, is having that alignment in the way they think and the way they can support you. Because in the end, you are the hero of your healing journey, and that wellness dentist going to be there to help you to go on that journey and get the result that you're looking for.