by Dr. Philip Christie - Dental Health Synergy | Mar 6, 2020 | Dental Health Synergy
Introduction The dental profession is facing a serious crisis. It is a disease but not in the usual way we think of disease. The disease is in the model of delivery of the service and the levels of mental stress and anguish being heaped on our young colleagues with...
by Dr. Philip Christie - Dental Health Synergy | Sep 17, 2019 | Dental Health Synergy
Dental Anxiety is fundamentally a form of anxiety. We have made the mistake of thinking that the human physiological response/reaction of fear/anxiety can be designated by the form it takes. We have thus named various phobias or fears and anxieties with...
by Dr. Philip Christie - Dental Health Synergy | Sep 3, 2019 | Dental Health Synergy
I just came across this word ‘dentaphobia’ and could not resist a smile. As humans we seem to love to create fancy sounding words! It is defined as: Dentophobia is the fear of dentist. The origin of the word Dento is Latin (meaning tooth or teeth) and...
by Dr. Philip Christie - Dental Health Synergy | Aug 16, 2019 | Dental Health Synergy
What do you mean intuitive? Today I want to dig a little deeper with the Mouth Body connection. I want to show how the mouth is central to the human experience and that human experience is central to a better understanding of disease. I would also like to...
by Dr. Philip Christie - Dental Health Synergy | Aug 15, 2019 | Dental Health Synergy
We call it the Oral Systemic link but how surprising is that? Recently our scientific endeavour is beginning to notice that conditions in the mouth have links with conditions in the body. This is a valuable insight, but as yet, it is very much in its infancy. There...
by Dr. Philip Christie - Dental Health Synergy | Jul 26, 2019 | Dental Health Synergy
It might be a better question to ask if we are overusing chemicals in our lives generally. However, certainly putting chemicals directly into the body on a regular basis needs to be given serious consideration. The mouth seems to have become a target for a cocktail...
