The Truth About Root Canals: How They Might Be Sabotaging Your Overall Health with Dr. Dominik Nischwitz

Hi everybody. I'm Dr. Sanda Moldovan, periodontist and nutritionist. Welcome to the Holistic Dentistry Podcast, the show that gives you the tips and tools to detoxify your mouth for a healthier body as we explore together the root cause of disease. Remember, you're not healthy until your mouth is healthy. So take care of it in the most Hi everyone.

Welcome to another episode on the Holistic Dentistry Show. I'm your host, Dr. Sanda. I'm here in beautiful Cannes, France with Dr. Dom Nischwitz. Dom, welcome to the show.

Thank you for having me, Sanda.

It's so beautiful to be here. Very close to your home, but not close to mine.

Oh, definitely not. Yeah.

And we will be talking about biological dentistry and really digging into your story and the amazing things you're doing to send forward the movement of biological dentistry, which I think it's so important. So for those of you who are listening and you don't know about Dr. Dom, you're a biological dentist, founder of Biodentistry 3.0, author of It's All in Your Mouth, which by the way, it's a great book. It's available on Amazon. Global health educator. You're a world leader in biological dentistry. Ceramic implantology and functional health. But I really want to go back to the beginning. Did you always want to be a dentist?

No.

Interesting. So, so what led— The opposite, actually. The opposite.

So my dad is a dentist, right?

Okay.

And I hated it because he was never there. And I thought it must be a shitty job because he's no time for his kids. So I didn't, I didn't look into it. So I have had literally no idea what he was really doing. So I didn't know, but I definitely wanted to become a pro skater and not a dentist.

Okay.

But then, and I would also say, so I never want to become a dentist.

You're busy skating.

That's what I think. I was busy skating. I was busy learning tricks and I wanted to just have fun, right?

Yeah. And what happened? Something happened then.

I mean, what happened to get me into dentistry was basically I became a paramedic in civil service and you have to do an internship and they put me in dental school. And I was in dental school as a civil servant. I think the doctor thought I'm a student in 8th semester because he let me pull teeth. So I was starting to pull teeth in sedated people, right? Like pulling all out and—

Wow.

I didn't know. I just did it, right? I had no idea what was going on. So I says, yeah, of course I'm going to pull the teeth. Why not? And I liked it and I had, I didn't know what I was going to do, right? So I just realized I have to apply to some study. And I, in school, I majored in arts and math and I was always good with creation and cosmetics and like aesthetics and drawing. these things. So I thought, okay, it's something with my hands. I'm good. Let's just apply for this dentistry and see what's going to happen because I like that pulling teeth, right?

What did your dad say? Was he happy?

I don't know. I think the only thing I remember was my dad saying when I was graduating from school, he was saying, ah, with that grade, let me see if you can get into the university, right? That's what he was saying. Like, he was always that way. I think it was good that my dad never pushed anything. And of course, I then started to study dentistry, luckily not knowing that I have to learn physics, chemistry, biochemistry, because of course in school I deleted all these programs because I didn't— I was just not interested in school. I'm not the person for school. So, but because I had to learn it, I took the challenge and realized it. And at the same time, roughly in my third semester, I got my own health issues. So from one day to the other, I just tanked with mental health issues, like literally pretty bad, like energy loss, sad, depressed, from one day to the other.

Wow.

And I know now why that was, right? But back then it was like, I just have to get my health back. And where did you start?

Because, you know, that's a tough position to be in.

And I was only 21 years old and literally it was from one day to the other, from being like this to the complete opposite, crying all day long, depressed. The only thing I wanted was my health back and I just literally wanted to be my normal again, which is pretty extreme, right? Pretty fun dude, pretty extreme, just normal again. And there was literally no one and it took me no one to help me. Like I tried everything the doctors told me. And I went to psychotherapy, everything you can, you can imagine it. But I realized no one can really help me. And back then there was no YouTube, no Dr. Google, no functional medicine, nothing. And you kind of were doomed if you had something psychological. It early 2000s, right? And I didn't trust it. I was like, I wanna be my normal again. So I started with working out, which I anyways like to do. I started with taking nutrition serious. I stopped drinking because I realized drinking is probably what led me to this place.

Yeah.

Partying hard. I started digging into supplementations, creatine, all these bodybuilding things, which went alongside studying biochemistry and physics and chemistry and dentistry. So actually, because of my thing that clicked for me and I realized why I had to learn this, and actually biochemistry and physics is, was super logical then for me. It was very simple because if you are interested in glutamine and creatine and vitamin B6 and all the biochemistry around building muscle, suddenly biochemistry makes sense versus if you're just studying dentistry, it makes zero sense, right? Why would you study this?

So.

During the whole university years, I basically looked how I can get my health back. That was my main purpose. Studying was easy for me, not a purpose at all. And even in the last semester, I wasn't sure about dentistry. It was just like, Dad, something is missing there. I'm not sure if I'm gonna be ever a dentist. I like the manual work and it was easy for me, but something's missing. He said, it was actually great. He said that, Dom, this is just your entrance card. What you're learning right now is completely outdated. It was outdated when I studied it 25 years ago. Just see it as your entrance card.

And it's still the case today, unfortunately, with dental schools. It is.

I mean, what I studied, the curriculum was from 1959 and I studied from 2003 to 2008, right?

Yeah.

So makes no sense. Luckily he said that and straight after university I went into surgeries and this was also the time when I finally got my health back through all these studying. I realized what my problem was, realized it was neurotransmitter imbalances, and I realized, okay, it works. I could easily fix this with the nutrition, the diet, the supplements. Took me 5 years to fix it, but I remember at that time I was like, I just need someone who understands this, who is in the trenches, not just a fat doctor telling me what to do and does, has, has no proof of it.

Mm-hmm.

And because it wasn't existing, this kind of expert I would've needed to tell me, hey dude, in 2 weeks from now you're gonna be good. I became this person and this started my whole journey and the passion I had for skateboarding. I just single-minded, focusedly went into health, became a naturopathic doctor, functional medicine practitioner, neurotherapy. Everything and anything you can even imagine. So many certificates. And I traveled the world, read every book that you can imagine just to learn more about my health. Because at one point you got your health back and then you want more.

Yes.

And also at the same time, I wanted to become an oral surgeon. So I did that at the same time. And my doctor back then, my first boss, he was an old school dentist placing amalgam fillings. So it all connected at one point. Yeah. This is again, more than 15 years ago. So now 21 years later, I'm the health expert that happened to become world's leading biological dentist at the same time, right? Or in between.

Yes, it came out of a struggle.

Yeah, because I realized optimal health starts in the mouth, right?

Yeah, it's so true. So where do you practice now?

I'm still in Germany, actually, in a little tiny town, Tübingen. It's actually a big university city. It's close to Stuttgart. Many people know that Stuttgart is where Mercedes is at and Porsche. Like, that's known for— Stuttgart is known for the cars. So south of Germany, very tiny, very rural. But for the last decade, people are flying in from all over the world to basically see me there.

Yes. And so tell me a little bit about your protocol here, because as I've interviewed a few biological dentists, everybody has something a little bit different that they bring to the table. Exactly. So what is your protocol when you get a new patient in with a slew of issues?

I mean, so what I'm certifying people in is Biodentistry 3.0. So let's go a little bit back in history. So in my opinion, dentistry, the way most dentists do it and how we study in universities, Dentistry 1.0, conventional dentistry.

Yes.

You fix bites and smiles with whatever material.

You drill and fill.

And bill.

And bill.

I know, I know. That's how they always laugh about us dentists, right?

Yeah, that's true.

Then there's Dentistry 2.0, which I say is biological or holistic dentistry. Most of the time it still means repairing people's mouth, but with better material. So what I define as Biodentistry 3.0, Dentistry 3.0, is we're changing our profession from a technician to a health expert. So I'm not asking the question, what material is good for the person? I think about what is optimal? And how can we standardize this globally? And then we melt the highest tech dental excellence from digital dentistry to cosmetic dentistry to ceramic implantology. Everything needs to be highest level, but we melt it with functional medicine, health optimization, biohacking, and longevity because it's a missing link, you know?

Oh yes.

Oral health is the missing link. And I'm teaching this for 15 years now. And the problem was always you teach something and people take a little bit and spin it off. So it's getting satellited, fragmented. And like you just said it, biological dentistry can be an amazing job, or it could be someone doing a holistic root canal and play a singing bowl at the same time. So it's the Wild Wild West out there, and I take responsibility for trailblazing the term a little bit and create a real standardization and certification that I call the Biodentistry Global Standard, or BGS.

BGS.

Biodentistry Global Standard.

I like that.

You could also say Biceps Global Standard. Some people do that.

No, I think that's so important to standardize because You're right. Is there such a thing as a holistic root canal? What are your thoughts on that? No, exactly.

That's an oxymoron. There is no holistic root canal, but I'm also, I have a little issue with, I don't, don't blame me on the words I'm using. I translate. So let's say the challenge with biological or holistic is it became a buzzword, right? It's a marketing—

It does. Yeah.

It's like longevity. It means nothing anymore and it's very fragmented. So my goal is actually to change our profession as dentists. And for this, we need to become inclusive. And what I see oftentimes, especially for biological dentists, is that they're Exclusive.

Yes.

They're straight away off-putting. And I talk to a lot of high-skilled conventional dentists and usually within a few minutes, because of my specialties like ceramic implantology and all these things, within a few minutes they realize, hey, I'm science-based and I'm a health expert on every level. And they will then, they basically sell me why they want to be part of my program because this is next level of our profession. It's not against conventional dentistry, it's just the dental evolution.

Yes.

And for this, we have to talk differently. A root canal, for example, doesn't kill you. You know, a root canal can be an amazing fine art for 12-year-old. You yanked out a front tooth. You don't want to do an implant, right? You want to keep the root, the tooth.

Yes.

Or if you have massive acute pain, we need a good root canal. However, nobody's talking about what happens if the root canal is affecting overall health, if you're chronically sick because of the root canal. So it's always a tool.

Yes.

And we have to make sure that every dentist or every practitioner actually understands Wait a second. Chronic health is the issue, the epidemic of the 21st century. And I'm teaching on all these health conferences and I feel I'm just closing, we just have to close the loop because everyone is trying to optimize everything downstream from the mouth.

Mm-hmm.

But the mouth is the extension of your brain, the entrance to the, to the gut and teeth and previous dental repair might be upstream of everything else hijacking your overall health. Yes. That's just what I'm saying. Like, I'm not saying this is anything, everything.

It's just, yes.

a big missing link in the whole health journey, right? You would agree, right?

I agree 100% as a periodontist, you know, like there's still such a lack of knowledge in dental schools about overall health, looking at labs and really connecting the mouth condition to the human health condition. And I do agree with you about the separation. We have to start including dentists inside the integrative world because that's the only way we're going to change dentistry, which is So needed.

Yeah, exactly. And I mean, you know, I wrote a book in 2018 and you cannot imagine how many shitstorms I had endured and like many arrows in my back. There's a love letter from every professor in the whole, at every university in Germany for me in quote unquote. Right. So I was just a little bit too early. The funny thing is, luckily I never took it personally because I knew it's change is, is always a little bit difficult.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, you know, at first they, they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then they use your protocols, right?

That's how it goes. That's how it goes.

I mean, 2023.

Yeah.

Because of our clinical work in ceramic implantology, they became medical guideline. S1 guideline in Germany is the highest. It's above titanium.

Yeah. I love it. That's great.

But it was the one thing I was attacked for most critically. He's taking out root canals. He's doing immediate ceramic implant. He's using ceramic implants. They all break. I'm like, no, they don't. And I've placed more than 6,000 now. Like, this is just, and for me it's just a tool, right?

Yes.

It's not about an implant anyways.

Yeah.

I would love to— It's about helping the patient.

Talk more about that. Let's talk more about ceramic implants.

Oh yeah. We do it now.

Because I do ceramic implants as well. And, you know, in my perio school, of course I learned titanium. And ceramics at the point still had a high breakage rate, but it's not the case anymore. We know that, you know?

So we know, but 99.9% of our colleagues don't know.

It's true.

Unfortunately.

It's true because I think they're just not up on their research. So how do you decide whether you do ceramic implants right away if somebody has infections or you wait? What's your philosophy there?

Okay. You asked me about what the concept is I'm doing. So essentially, It's a 2-phased approach. Phase one. So essentially, see previous dental repair, kind of like a mechanic thing. I'm always saying we are remodeling your house, right?

Yes.

That you're living in. That's your body. And the most unnatural thing is metals in your mouth, infected root canals, removed wisdom teeth, cavitation. You know that. So what we do is we plan the whole case, how to get you back to the way how you came out of your mom, as biocompatible as possible. So it's always a full case and we, We remove every metal safely, obviously. We take out all chronically infected root canals. Most of them are chronically infected anyways, right?

Exactly.

People search for this and we take out all the cavitations.

But let me ask, what about metals? Is it including gold?

Every metal.

Every metal.

We take out, we even take out all titanium implants. But this is a bubble, right? Patients come for exactly this. However, for us, phase 1, so that's phase 1, the biggest detox of your life. And of course the highest skilled dentistry, but it doesn't start at the day of surgery. It starts about a month or even 8 weeks prior with changing the patient's It's overall health, lifestyle, nutrition. That's something I'm certifying, the food design concept, the nutritional protocols, the right micronutrients. So once they come for the health optimization week where we do this in Germany, they're already boosted, they're already in healing mode. And then on site we have everything like a complete longevity center, hyperbaric IVs, red light. This is all cherry on top.

Why?

Because we can then do the dental intervention, which is an extensive surgery. But my goal is, in my mind, how can we do this as minimal invasive as possible with the cherry on top? No pain, no swelling. That is my goal. And for that, we use this as a fine dining menu for oral health. That's phase 1.

I love it.

So once these patients leave us, they have a healthy mouth. They usually have an immediate implant, which means we kept their anatomy alive. There's good research coming out from us that an immediate ceramic implant will keep bone and bone height and width. So it's the best thing you can do. They, they leave with fixed teeth, with temporaries usually, and they know exactly how to become the architect of their overall health, how to eat, what to eat, how to think in nutrients so that for the next 4 to 6 months they heal. And then when they come back, it's phase 2, what normal dentists do, cosmetic dentistry. It's the function, the bite, the aesthetics. Everything is healed and we place nice, amazing teeth on top.

Mm-hmm.

And there's a 2-phase program. And usually my goal is to never see you again in my whole life as a dental patient. Like, You can always come for health optimization, but not for that.

Yeah, I love it. I love the way you put it, especially with getting the body ready, getting the nutrition ready and the lifestyle, because a lot of people come in, their lifestyle is not good. They're overweight, full of other toxins. They're not going to heal, probably low in vitamin D.

Exactly. This is part of the bone healing protocol.

Do you do any testing?

So we do, we have the protocol is all very streamlined and let's say drawing by numbers over the years to systemize. I systemize everything. Once they come in, yes, we do, because we never trust, we do a chairside vitamin D3 test and a couple of other things.

Mm-hmm.

But it's literally kind of like the way my mind thinks. I'm a very systematic person and I try to optimize and make it simple and streamlined. So it's more like an operating system for our new profession, for, I call them the community, I call real biodentists, right?

Yes.

Real biodentists themselves practice what they preach.

Of course.

So for example, when you come in, even the patient on day 1, We scan them overall. We have an in-body scan. It's kind of like a DEXA scan where we look under the hood and see how is the whole body looking, right? How, who does this starting them out, right?

Yes.

Again, we help, we have to be the health expert who guides our patient to optimal health. And oftentimes we have to take away a lot of, let's say, in this health field, many people, as you know, they're just overloaded with information.

Mm-hmm.

And too many cooks in the kitchen. They don't, they don't see the forest for the trees anymore. So we just. Precisely give them the journey to optimal health. We just start in the mouth, but of course it includes nutrition, includes everything from lifestyle to sleep optimization, but of course also high, highest tech dentistry. That is for most, for most of our colleagues, it's science fiction. So it's possible.

It's possible.

It's, it's a fun thing and it's all about the relationships. I'm only, we are only seeing 20, maximum 24 patients per month because we have one day with them or even 2 depending on size of surgery.

Yeah.

It's insane cases, you, but difficult, but it's amazing. It's fun, right?

Yes, absolutely. I agree.

And the fun part for me is, this is what I was missing in university, is I can be a doctor, a health expert to guide my patients to heal overall. And at the same time, I can do my craft. So it's amazing.

Yeah. I love dentistry for the same reason. I think we can incorporate so many things and just the reward to not just see that patient smile, but actually see them vibrant, vibrating and at a different level. Being alive.

I mean, this is exactly it. So I started as cosmetic dentist, right? That's, that was a trend back then and I liked it. And, and a surgeon. So our patients, when they come back for phase 2, they tell you, I'm now 53 years old. For 32 years, I was suffering from chronic migraine 3 times a week. After seeing you for phase 1 treatment, I never had a migraine in my whole life again. Then I get goosebumps. And by the way, amazing, nice, healthy teeth and aesthetics. I love that. And not like, oh, there's a little tiny edge that I don't like.

Right.

It's a complete different focus. It's literally health, the health focus from the technician to the health expert. And I feel this is the future of our profession because dentistry is medicine and there is no longevity without optimal oral health.

Yes.

I agree. Dentistry 4.0 will be, we don't need a dentist for repair anymore, but this will take time.

This will take time.

Yeah.

And I like—

In the future.

Yes.

Why not? Like, we can be the physician of the mouth and No, no, no repair. You know that repair is only because the lifestyle is a problem, right? Our teeth are hard as granite from nature. Why are they getting soft? Yeah.

And I do believe if we give the body the right environment, it can heal.

It can heal. I mean, you know, if you had extensive previous dental work, you know how it looks. You can never get out of it. Some people look amazing from the outside, but underneath is like Terminator, right?

So true. So true.

We can do a lot of things as dental technicians.

Yeah.

But you have to think about this whole body that is attached to your teeth and they're an extension of your brain, right?

Yeah. So, but let's, let's talk more about implants. I'm curious, what do you prefer? One-piece implant, two-piece implant?

It's just a tool for me.

Do you use both?

I use both. So it's all about being able to do immediate ceramic implants. The main, most people I see these days are very optimized people, entrepreneurs, athletes. I started with very chronic, unhealthy people. So usually they, the people I see these days had a lot of money invested in conventional dentistry. So they still have teeth and implants so I can replace them straight away. That is my goal. If I need a 2-piece or 1-piece, it just depends if I want to do a temporary on top or not. So usually from the smile line, let's say from, we call it 5 to 5.

Premolar to premolar.

Premolar, second premolar to second premolar, we would do a 1-piece if possible so we can place a complete temporary on top of it. Or even if you just lost one front tooth, always temporary. Think of it as what do you want to have if you see this? Like if you have this tooth and you need to replace it, do you want to run around with a gap and a flipper that falls out all the time? Or maybe someone give you straight away an implant, clean everything, of course, use ozone PRF and place it straight there to keep everything alive. Put a temporary on top and you had like no surgery, no pain, no swelling.

Yeah, absolutely.

I would say that's the future.

Yeah, 100%. I'm a big fan of immediate implants and immediate temporization.

Of course.

Yeah.

Standard.

Yeah, absolutely. Now, when it comes to full arch prosthesis, I have some patients that, you know, when we connect the midline on the maxilla, they start to get anxiety. Have you ever seen that?

Yeah.

Yeah.

So I'm not a big fan of prosthesis or all-on-4, these things. We usually try to, I don't want to say tooth by tooth, but at least like bridges. Let's say if someone had no teeth anymore, we would do Incisor, canine, first premolar, and first molar. And then little blocks because the suture mainly in the upper jaw is behind the canine, but some don't like it in the front. So we try to not block the midline. Definitely not the canine. In the lower jaw, it's the sutures in between here. So it's in between the front teeth. So we never block the incisors in the front, in the lower front.

Makes sense.

So like, I'm not a fan of all-on-4, obviously. Like, yeah, I mean, especially not with titanium, especially not in this day and age where everything is EMF loaded and you put a massive antenna and receiver in the of some people.

Yeah.

Like in the nervous system that is electric. I mean, think about it. Just, you put a receiver in the central nervous system of your patients. Not saying that the dentist does this because he wants to hurt someone, but we have to take a step back and think, hey, wait a second, are we maybe hurting our patients here?

Yeah, exactly. And you know, we've had now titanium implants for over 40 years since Branemark accidentally discovered it. And I know we have dentists listening to this podcast thinking, oh my God, how could they be talking about titanium? But, but if you go back to look at the conductivity of titanium, there's a low-grade conductivity there.

There is. Of course, it's simple. It's just, that's just physics. Any metal is a receiver and a conductor. Every physicist knows this. The funny thing is, before titanium, there's a professor from my hometown, Tübingen, Willi Schulte. He had the first ceramic implant before titanium. And he wanted to do a study. I think it was the late '70s, early '80s when titanium came out. And he asked like the government to do A study where he compares his aluminum trioxide implants, which is ceramic. With titanium. They didn't allow it. They said titanium not allowed in the body. It's a foreign body part. And then of course, you know what happened? Titanium took over because aluminum trioxide was too soft, broke. But we have amazing histologies from his work, stuff that is 40 years in place that didn't break, how the ceramic is literally grown into the bone. And it's like a complete seal because the gum grows on top of ceramics, right? Versus titanium. You know it around almost every titanium implant, there's a cavitation. They heat up during phone calls and stuff. Tribal corrosion, titanium oxide particles in the lymph nodes. Like it's an immune trigger.

Yes.

And there are many, many more. There's good studies, patients that are not, they're not allergic, but they're becoming titanium sensitive because of the oxide particles and the macrophages. But this is something you don't learn in your university. So I'm not blaming dentists. I'm only blaming dentists if they don't, if they stay in fixed mindset and don't look into what's actually happening because right now, We're living in an exponential growth world. Like when it comes to research, it's exponentially, you can't keep up. You have to be like just in the loop. I hope for in the future we don't even need an implant at all, right?

Yes. That's so true. It's just a tool. But I agree, keep open-minded for those of you listening and just, there's always things change as science comes out. And this is one of the big things with titanium. And some people are more sensitive than others. I have patients that are super sensitive. I have patients that do energy work. Yeah. And they come to me, it's like the moment this titanium piece went in, I felt it. Yeah. And I feel it and you need to take it out.

Yeah. And do you know how I think? I'm just thinking first principle. So what is the most neutral to the body? Is it a metal titanium implant with a lot of known side effects? Or is it just a neutral zirconia implant that's qualified as a biomaterial? Very simple. Or Is tooth decay A, a fluoride deficiency, or B, a lack of nutrients? What do you think?

Yeah.

You see, you have to, you have to think, start thinking for yourself and then apply first principle thinking and then be open-minded and always think about yourself. For me, decision-making is the easiest. I decide, is this good for me, my, my wife, my mom, my dad, my anyone?

Yes.

So this is how I decide for my patients. Why would I use something that is outdated or just because I'm, Most of the time it's just because you're in fear mode because you don't know, right? You're like, oh, I haven't done a zirconium implant, a ceramic implant. I'd rather tell them it's titanium because I have 100 under my belt and zero in ceramics. But then they don't tell their patients. This is what I also do in the standardization that imagine there's a directory, it's already been built where we have specific levels for the certification where a patient can see, like when you book an airplane ticket, you see, oh, this is economy, this is business, this is first class. So there's level 1 certification, level 2, level 3, even verified. So we check that and audit this and do everything. And this is good for patients to know, oh, this is what I'm getting. Also for us real biodentists to be accountable and as an internal non-competitive referral system. Because maybe not everyone has the surgical skills I have and I don't even do the prosthetics, for example. Of course I do it in the clinic, but not me personally. So we always work co-elevation. That is what we should do. Not always compete. Dentists used to always competing. It's pretty boring.

Yeah. And they have to. inform patients that there is an option. But a lot of times you're right. Some people who only do bridges, they won't even give patients the options of an implant. So we have to step out of that mentality. And what's—

And what I see a lot, I mean, my following is mainly actually in America, so I have a lot of DMs and questions every single day. And what I see a lot is people texting me, I need a root canal. And I'm just asking, like, it's all my— it's actually automated already, I think. Are you in acute pain? No, never. They're never in pain. I don't know what's happening in America. Is this just a standard procedure that you just give people, if there's a tooth decay, you just give them a root canal?

It's called a preventative root canal.

That's the worst.

It's the worst.

Is it actually called a preventative root canal? Yes.

Oh, you know, I'm close to the nerve. Let me give you a root canal while you're numb in order to prevent pain. And that's criminal to me.

That is actually criminal. And this is prevention for extension. And this is actually not allowed in Germany, but I think People will still do it. In France, I know that that was common, that when you get a crown, you get a root canal because it's going to be 30% that you lose the tooth.

Wow.

This is the problem. They kill healthy teeth. What if you would support the innate healing capacities through the right nutrition, the building blocks, the protein, the vitamin D3, K2, magnesium, zinc, boron, all these things we know. So if your teeth build from within and maybe don't even drill to the nerve, let a little decay there.

Yes.

But the problem is it's a business. I think it's a business and I don't know. I think you charge a lot in America for root canals. For us, it's actually in Germany, it's insurance-based.

Oh, wow.

It's for free. So they do it because it's pain. Yeah.

And I think even in America, it's not necessarily that they want to get paid, but I think dentists just don't want to deal with pain and they don't think— No, no, I get it. They don't think teeth can heal themselves.

They don't know.

I think they don't know. Yeah, they don't know.

But the teeth, you know, teeth are organs that directly connect to the brain. I always say it as an extension. It's kind of like the external hard drive for your mind. Because we have the trigeminus and whatever you do on the teeth will affect the whole body, right?

Yeah.

And they are alive.

Absolutely.

Those are alive vital organs. Would you just kill a liver or your stomach just because? No, but this is the only medical profession that allows function. By that, I mean the bite over health. No one else would do that.

Yeah. So true. Yeah. What is one of your favorite tools to use that you see the biggest impact with your patients?

You mean overall?

Just overall.

Any, any—

My, my number one is 100% lifestyle and nutrition. It's mainly, literally, I think 80% is lifestyle and nutrition for all chronic disease anyways, but also in order to, to help you heal because I'm not the healer, right? The body is the real bone builder, the real healer. So I may have to make sure that once we do a surgery or whatever, the body, the patient is in a healing mode and how to get them there. So, but this is the hardest to streamline. This is the hardest and the most unsexy. For people to sell, because for us, for our patients, they have to, I don't want to say, maybe they have to apply to become a patient. And once they're in and we accepted them, it's mandatory that they do the nutritional changes, but it's streamlined. It's systematic and automatic. So it's very simple, but if they're not doing it, or if they say no, why should I do this? They're not even in. It's my party bus, right? So you want to be in?

I love that.

No, and it starts before surgery. It starts 4 weeks depending on the patient and resilience. It might even start 3 months before because they're not resilient to receive a surgery. Because of course, at one point we have to take out previous dental repair, but I don't want to yank teeth or destroy anyone. Literally, my goal is be as minimal invasive as possible. I'm a very empathetic surgeon, so I feel other people's pain. That's how I create scarless surgeries. You will love the surgeries that we do. Like, it's literally scarless, no pain, no swelling. I love it. And yeah, I have a lot of people coming in that are stars or like on video or in the public. And they can't have pain and swelling. And they sometimes come in, hey, I have an event in 2 weeks with 600 CEOs. Can you do this 10 out of 10 case for me without guaranteeing pain and swelling? Peter Diamandis came like this. He's like, I have this event. I know it's my priority now. And I'm like, it's a 10 out of 10 case. There's many titanium implants to take and remove, but let's do it.

And it worked.

No pain, no swelling. He gave an amazing testimony, became amazing friends during that. This is my main thing. I love that every patient that comes to see us is I always say it's a friend on the mission, on the movement, changing our profession. And it's all about the relationship.

Yeah.

I'm lucky that I'm, that I have all the reps for surgeries, but for me, it's the happy place is helping these patients and create a museum of life event for them. Yeah. And, and help them, guide them on their journey to optimal health. It's just, it's just fun.

Yeah. It's so satisfying, right? It's amazing.

But, but think about it. Normal dentists, you're not a normal dentist, but normal conventional dentists, They usually hate their job and patients hate them. And it's 50 a day and you don't even know the person. So at the end of your career, what did you do? You have no meaningful connection. But imagine us, every single person we know by name. We were guiding them to optimal health. We have a, in my mind is always at the end of my life, I want to have a museum of life with amazing experience and memories and great connection and community and patients. That's what I'm thinking.

And I'm glad you brought this up because our profession right now, I think, Is desperate. There's a lot of dentists that are overly stressed, overworked, and they're miserable. They're miserable with what they do. Like, especially into this insurance, they hate it. But if we can elevate the profession, I think we're going to elevate just the entire profession to just a happier place.

That's what I mean. It's not contrary to conventional dentistry. It's just the dental evolution. Evolution always goes like this. So if you dentists out there understand you're not just a dentist, You can become a health expert, but of course, take responsibility, learn it. And I created the operating system for this in the last 20 years. Let's go out and play and have some fun and help many people. That's the only goal. Help them to reach optimal health starting from the mouth. Very simple.

That's fantastic. Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Awesome. Thank you so much for being on the show.

Thank you for having me.

I know there's a lot of people who listen to this conversation and they say, oh my God, I'm that person. I need help. And I know that we have dentists and hygienists that need help. They want to learn more. So where can they learn to, and where can they go Literally the easiest is follow me on Instagram.

It's the, the handle is Dr. Dome 1. So D-O-M-E and number 1. And then you go link in bios, you find the BGS Institute. So the Biodentistry Global Standard Institute. You find my clinic in Germany, DNA Health and Aesthetics. Every, the book, everything, all the podcasts is all there. It's very simple.

Perfect.

And then we're going to put everything in the show notes.

100%.

So that people know where to find you. This was amazing.

Yeah.

Thank you everybody for listening. Again, message us on Instagram if you have any questions or any remarks, or go on my YouTube channel to leave a remark. Until next time, keep smiling and stay healthy.

Thanks, Sanda.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for joining me this week. Please make sure you check out the show notes for any links mentioned in the show. If you like today's show, please invite your friends to listen as Well, that would mean a lot to me. Do you have a question you'd like me to answer? Message me on Instagram @DrSanda. This is Dr. Sanda, and remember, your mouth is the gateway to your health, so take care of it in the most natural and best way possible.