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Accredited IAOMT, biological Dentistry, ozone in dentistry, early intervention preventative dentistry, minimally invasive dentistry. Oral Systemic Health practitioner familiar working with other functional medicine MD as well as other alternative health practitioners.
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Dentistry
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nathan Pfisteranswered
14 years experience
Tight budget: Depends on the budget and the problems. Good dentistry takes time and small businesses are expensive to run. Poorly done dentistry will cost u much ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Get it checked: I'd recommend you defer to recommendation of a oral surgeon that knows his stuff. They'd prob want biopsy of some sort before feeling comfortable to ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Teeth white: Teeth cleaned often. Minimize beverages that are not water. Brush and floss well. Take your time. Alkalize mouth and use oral probiotics.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Ozone treatments: The short answer is yes. 1 of many organizations is http://www.Aaot.Us/49/ozonotherapy-news/. Ive ve talked to mds as well as naturopaths etc using ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Good dentist: You need to decide how you define good. Do you want friendly doesn't hurt you?Traditional? High quality work? Takes time to talk to you ? Holistic... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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A Dentists thoughts: I'd try a decongestant and xylitol therapy (8 grams spread throughout day for min. A month). That may help for bacterial/fungal/allergies. Could be ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Good question: Not sure what you mean exactly. If the tooth is infected causing an abscess and a swollen cheek extracting the tooth or a root canal should fix it. ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Oral cancer: Eventually prob something will need to be cut out. Especially if you also drink alcohol and gave been exposed to hpv. That takes a blood test to ch... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Risk based: Generally if your having active problems or have had recent problems you want frequent check ups. 1-2x each year. If your risk for dental problems i... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Passing germs: Can be tough. When you understand the critters ( germs) that grow in infected gums( if your gums bleed) and in cavities you probably would not want ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Good teeth: Proper low sugar diet, decrease frequency of carbs. Great oral hygiene, minimally invasive preventative dentistry. Alkalization of mouth, 5-8 g/day... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Swelling gums: You possible dislodged tarter or "something" deeper into the gums. I'd try a water pic with a diluted salt rinse. If its been awhile you would certa... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Not exactly: Teeth will prob shift. May help gum health though. Alternative is wear a removable retainer at night.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Oral cancer: Most people who have oral cancer have riskier behaviors. Smoke, chew, alcohol, various viral infection such as hpv etc. Find a dentist with velscop... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Kids grinding teeth: I've heard compelling arguments that's kids who grind their teeth are trying to equalize their ears due to pressure build up from bacteria a result of... Read More
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Red gums: Sounds like u have gingivitis and need a cleaning. Rare to get blister from topical numbing gel.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Try this: I'd try to alkalize your mouth and recolonize it with healthier critters. Use a tongue scraper, brush teeth, gums, and tongue. Use baking soda scrub... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Tooth pain: Maybe or maybe not. Depends on how long until rct. Antibiotic may by you some more time but they are already overused and throw your system out of ba... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Burnt sking: Several of my pts have commented that they are sensitive to the many fillers and flavors found in commercial toothpastes. Consider a more natural too... Read More
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A 70-year-old male asked:
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Nervous system: Your nervous system responds to stress often by raising your blood pressure. After injection your blood pressure went the other direction and you pas... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Bleeding gums: Generally its such a slow process and your mouth heals so fast you dont notice it. If the teeth are placky you can get bleeding.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Ozone: Ozone gas/oils topically in mouth may help healing. Ozone blood therapy may be part of the approach to help your immune system behave itself. To tr... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Yes. Ozone irritates eyes and lungs.
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Braces: Depends what your trying to accomplish. There's a lot of physics on moving teeth around. Usually need anchor teeth in back to move front teeth aroun... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Swollen tongue: Sounds like an allergy of some sort. Prob food ? Has it happened before. ? Any trouble breathing or swallowing. Could become a med emergency. Con... Read More
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Root canal pain: Bad news. I'd get the tooth scanned with 3d x ray ( cbct) and evaluated for fracture. For sure there is chronic infection if still hurts. Lots of ... Read More
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Feeling: Should be numb but bumpy. No pain. Alternatives is air abrasion and laser use.
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Listerine: It depends on your diet and what bacteria you have growing in mouth. Listerine i consider the pesticide approach to a healthy mouth. Is the bacteria... Read More
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Phobia: Find a nice office where dr will listen to you and help u overcome fears. Dental work can be done comfortable. Consider sedation or meds, etc if yo... Read More
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Hard to tell: With information given i'd suspect a virus. Has it happened before? What set it off? Going through a lot if stress? Do you have any food sensitivi... Read More
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Don't assume : A blood test will not tell you if a white patch is fine or not. Could be many bad things as well as benign but blood test don't tell you which. Bet... Read More
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1-2 weeks: Usually narcotic pain medication should not be needed after 3 days. Motrin and Tylenol for first week. Should not have any pain after second week. I... Read More
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Ear pain: Not unheard of. It was prob a tough extraction near your nerve. Nerve has tract that runs back to ear. Inflammed nerve takes time to heal.
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Ozone lungs : Yes. Lungs and eyes. Questionable at very low concentrations. Ozone is extremely reactive and generally does not live long floating around.
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Lower gums: Looking at probably gum infection. Possibly tooth or salivary gland , or viral infection. When was last thorough dental cleaning?
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Head pain: Commonly from more likely to less likely tooth infection, sinus infection, TMJ pain. You should go get checked out from dentist for infection then go... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Ozone: I use ozone daily in my office. High voltage can make ozone. Lungs and eyes are less tolerant of ozone than other tissues. Do u smell it? However it... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Bleeding gums: You need to be very careful. You want to make sure your teeth are being cleaned well at the dentist and u are meticulous at home. See a periodontis... Read More
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Oil pulling: Swishing oil in mouth. Type of oil doesn't seem to be as critical as hitting 20 min mark. Many people like coconut oil. Can improve perio and lower ... Read More
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Oral vaginal health: Interesting question. Not sure if it's been studied. Many systemic diseases effect both mouth and vagina. For example, some women with sjogrens su... Read More
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Get checked: Most commonly bleeding comes from infected gums. How long has it been since your last cleaning? What medications do you take? It is possible you s... Read More
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Cut a tooth: I supose if you rubbed it long enough. More likely it would crack tooth. Enamel is the hardest bone in body.
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White tongue: Lots of stuff can cause white tongue. I'd first consider encouraging a healthier oral environment. Is your mouth dry. Could be mold growing. Evor... Read More
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Body effects: There is an enormous amount of inflammation and hormones released after serious body trauma such as having a tooth pulled.
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Nose numb: Never heard of a nose numb from a wisdom tooth ext.
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Hpv: All oral cancer i've seen the person has been hpv positive. A md could check her for if (which) hpv she has been exposed to. Certain strains have st... Read More
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Surgery question: It takes time for the bone to fill in. At this point you prob only have blood clot. Sometimes dentists pack stuff into socket to help with bleeding ... Read More
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Lump on tongue: Need more info. Color, shape, how long. Does it go away. Its prob a taste bud, small saliva gland.
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Eat after extraction: Do you feel lucky. Are you a gambler. It's risky and could end u back in dr office with dry socket. If you can control where the food goes while c... Read More
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Yes: Yes. I routinely see sinus pain and headeaks from dental infections. As much as we want the disease causing bacteria to stay put in the mouth, the ... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Pfister is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Pfister is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Appreciate your reply,its not that i dont want treated,i haventAchoice
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Thanks for your quick reply! I will get it checked out, thank you!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
U.S.C.
Graduated 2009MD
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Affiliations
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ORAL MEDICINE & TOXICOLOGY (IAOMT), INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF BIOLOGICAL DENTISTRY & MEDICINE (IABDM), HOLISTIC DENTAL ASSOCIATION (HDA), AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION (ADA), ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY (AGD), ACADEMY OF LASER DENTI
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