Given that the task of the biological practitioner is to find out what is it in the patient that keeps his body from self-regulating or healing, part of this task is identifying foci that serve as blocking agents to his body’s regulation. The head (with the tonsils, sinuses, and teeth in it) is a major area for several foci that serve as disruptive fields, causing remote illness in other organs, and most of them are dental in origin.¹

So long as these disruptive factors are not addressed, the management of chronic disease will always remain limited; and initially seen successes will always be short-lived.

Experts in the field of immunology have been starting to realize that chronic inflammatory processes could spring from poorly healed  ACUTE inflammatory states resulting to what is called silent inflammation.²

In other words, after an acute event, one leaves kindling that slowly break down the remaining infrastructure.

The areas prone to this  poor healing are usually the body’s front-liners – the sinuses, mouth and throat, and even ears, because these are the body’s openings to the external environment that are constantly bombarded by repeated pathogenic insults on a daily basis.

And among these, the oral cavity is the biggest entry point of the body. The oral cavity also provides a conducive environment for the growth of microorganisms, and there are well over 500 different species of microorganisms (bacterium, virus, and fungus) that have been documented to grow there. These microorganisms hide in the tiny dental tubules where their toxic by-products build up. These toxins are drained into the brain through retrograde axonal transport and to the internal organs through circulation and the lymphatics.³

The teeth in particular have a close relationship with the oral cavity, the oral mucosa, the nasal sinuses, and also the bones, via the alveolar relationship. Via their pulp cavity, the teeth are also intensively linked to the vascular and lymphatic systems, as well as the nervous system.

Additionally, the teeth have the peculiarity of being intensely related to all the germ layers. This is of significance to both Isopathy and Homeopathy since both the five stages and the constitution of an individual are related to the germ layers. The dental nerve originates from the ectoderm, as do the laminated facial bones. The dental pulp, with the densest of vascular networks, and Scharpey’s cavity, with its relationship to the lymphatics, both originate from the mesoderm, whilst the gingiva originates in the ectoderm. Because of these, the teeth are intricately interconnected to various organ systems.

Generally speaking, no other organ is involved with the meridians to such an extent as the oral cavity. Empirically, each tooth is connected to a meridian. In this manner, each tooth is connected to the internal organs. For the physician, these connections are important, since the mouth gives him a great many clues as to the state of the internal organs and affected internal circuits.⁴

At the same time, no other organ is exposed to a large number of surgically invasive procedures than the teeth and jawbone area – like tooth extractions, dental fillings, root canals, and dental implantations. All these can be accompanied by distorted wound healing.

The persistent defects that result after the acute episode, as well as insufficient bone regeneration, become areas of silent inflammation. These cryptic processes can lead to immunological maladaptation, thereby causing erroneous signals and contributing to chronic disease development. ⁵

A doctor who sees a patient for chronic back pain, HTN, or bloating, or breast cancer, or cervical cancer was not originally taught to associate it with the patient’s teeth or jaw, or with other organs remote to what is being presented. Hence, it is very important for medicine and dentistry, and even other specialties, to start widening their horizons and, even, to come together.

Thus, a dentist should realize that some of the procedures he does to the mouth strongly and, even severely, impacts the whole system. And a physician should recognize the importance of the mouth.⁶ If doctors do this, then they will be able to help a greater number of patients than they already are.