Looking for a dentist who specializes in preserving your teeth in biological way
Having trouble finding a dentist? One who is willing to listen to you and help you get what you want? A dentist who can offer you state-of-the-art dental care and has advanced training in holistic, biologic, biomimetic and biocompatible dentistry?
We understand how difficult it is to find a dental office. It seems like there is a dental office on every corner nowadays. Big corporations have invaded our communities with promises that deep pockets always make. Their motto seems to be “We’re bigger, cheaper and faster”. They compete on price which forces them to cut corners wherever they can. Service and quality suffer. In this scenario, corporations win and patients lose.
The other challenge is dental insurance. Their goal is to NOT pay for your care so they carefully craft ways to not pay or reimburse you by having their contracts full of limitations and exclusions. They pay very little of the amount you deserve and even force the dentists to change their treatment to a lesser or cheaper treatment which many times is not in the best interest of you, the patient. People seeking to improve their overall wellness by improving the health of their mouth a comprehensive dental practice in the area with a holistic dentist are encouraged to book a consultation appointment with Dr. Chris Brady of Dental Health and Wellness. The team of professionals here are committed to ensuring patients have access to the best possible solutions for their smiles. With a holistic edge, patients can enjoy cosmetic, restorative, and general dentistry with a specialized team of dental professionals, including dentist and hygienists. We also educate our patients on the effects of proper nutrition and the impact your oral health and resting oral posture has on your overall well-being. We offer treatments to improve bruxism, sleep apnea, and snoring, all of which can disrupt your sleep and lead to chronic health problems.
What treatment options are provided at our practice?
- General dentistry – general dentistry includes routine evaluations and cleanings by our dental team, as well as common services such as dental fillings for patients diagnosed with tooth decay. Additionally, we can diagnose conditions such as periodontal disease, bite alignment, and malocclusion.
- Cosmetic dentistry – many patients may have a healthy smile but may be unhappy with the imperfections of the teeth and gums. With cosmetic procedures, we can improve the look and feel of your teeth to restore confidence in your smile.
- Restorative dentistry – Our practice is focused on conservative restorations that preserve as much of your natural tooth as possible while ensuring you have a healthy, attractive smile. This includes the fabrication and placement of biocompatible dental crowns, dentures, bridges, and other repairs used to enhance the smile.
What procedures are best for me?
Every smile is unique, just like our patients, so our team will evaluate individuals to determine the best procedures for their needs. Some patients may have a focus on restoring the health of their smile, while others may want to make aesthetic changes to build self-confidence. We welcome patients to talk to Dr. Chris Brady about their desires.
Are you considering a new dentist?
Connect with the team of Dental Health and Wellness today to work with a professional who is dedicated to helping patients achieve their best oral health possible. Additionally, Dr. Brady has over 30 years of expertise in holistic and biocompatible treatments and we are happy to offer our services to Colorado Springs area residents, including Denver and Boulder Valley, as well as patients across the country and beyond. Call the office at (719) 215-9292 to request a consultation visit at the office.
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Dr. Chris Brady Shares His Personal Root Canal Experience
I am Dr. Brady. May I share a personal health story about myself? Several years ago, I had a root canal tooth taken out and a metal implant placed. That was the only choice I had in those days. I thought titanium implants were safe. No one told me about all the extra metals that they put in like aluminum, avium, and nickel to make that titanium alloy stronger. But as time passed, I discovered mounting scientific evidence that metal can corrode causing inflammation in the jawbone, and that metal flakes were being released into my bloodstream. I set out to discover more about zirconia non-metal implants. I learned that unlike their metal counterparts, zirconia implants don’t corrode, don’t attract 5G waves, and they don’t show through as a great color on the gum light. I asked a dentist friend of mine to replace my metal implant with zirconia. Seeing the metal implant after it was taken out kind of freaked me out as I saw really firsthand the corrosion that was on the threads. It was a thick, black, corroded layer on my implant. Since then, I placed hundreds of zirconia implants. They’re strong, healthy, and look great. If you’re looking for an implant to replace a missing tooth or a root canal, tooth zirconia. Implants are not only the safe choice, they are, in my opinion, the best choice and in my mouth, the only choice. Call today. I’d love to listen to your concerns and questions. We can help. I’ll see you soon.
Root Canal Removal
I am Dr. Chris Brady. Um, I’d like to answer a question that we get oftentimes in, in our dental office is, uh, patient will typically come in and they’ll say, Dr. Brady, I had a root canal done either recently or maybe sometimes even 20 or 30 years ago, and what should I do about the root canal? And my answer always is, it just depends on what you want to do. It’s your body. You get to choose. And so people say, well, are they safe? And I’d say, well, it depends. That is also depending too, depending on your own immune system and those kinds of things. But typically, most people that come to my office want to have the root canal, tooth root, canal, tooth out and get rid of any infection that’s around the tooth. And so I’d like to describe a little bit, just briefly, not to scare anybody off, but just briefly what we do. But we do take the tooth out. The most important part is really to clean the inside of the, the, the dem, the saga where the tooth was. Make sure that that’s all clean s**c and span. There’s a periodontal ligament that many of you have read about that sometimes will harbor that bacteria. And so we have to make sure that’s completely taken out. We also put Betadine in that area. We put ozone in the area. I have a thing called a pizo surgery unit that will also, uh, kind of go around and just s**c and spin, make the inside of that very, very clean. Then after that we put some sort of a bone grafting material. We don’t use cadaver bone in our office. We use a synthetic that is very, very healthy, and we will, we will basically go away after six, eight months, something like that. So it, it really is a, an important process. We also recommend that when you do the bone grafting, we also put in the bone grafting material. We can put in compound called metronidazole. And that is a, an antibacterial. It’s an antibiotic. And uh, the thing that’s nice about that is it doesn’t go through your system. It just seems it goes in that area. And so you don’t have to take the antibiotic in your gut or anything like that. We also recommend that you put some sort of an implant or tooth replacement in that area. The kind that we use are tight, are not titanium implants. They are zirconia implants. They’re made of a non-metal and they don’t have any of the properties or qualities that metal does. Um, metal can sometimes actually attract 5G waves. They’ve proven that in Europe. And so we use specifically something that’s an inner material that is going to be safe for your body, that your body doesn’t care that it’s there. And so that’s what we recommend. Uh, the question oftentimes also is, is, gee, do I have to replace the tooth? And the answer is definitely, you don’t have to, but it’s usually I’m best for your body to have that tooth replaced because the teeth on either side can sometimes start to drift. The one on the, if it’s a bottom tooth, the one on the top will come down. And so it messes up all the rest of the teeth. Teeth are a team. They’re made as one unit and should function well together. So call us today. We’d love to help you. Again, this is something that we do on a routine basis. Uh, your situation might be different, but uh, again, we’d love to see you give our office a call.
Understanding the Safety of Silver Dental Fillings
Hi, Dr. Brady here. Wanna talk to you a little bit about a common question we get, which is silver filling safe. That’s a question they ask oftentimes. And, and silver fillings really have two problems with them, never. One, they do have mercury in them, which is, uh, obviously something dangerous. And number two, with time, they crack teeth. And what happens is the filling expands a little bit more than the tooth does. And so when we take a silver filling out, oftentimes the tooth is cracked underneath it. So really they, they have two, uh, strikes against them. But let’s talk about the mercury component a little bit, um, because the question often is, is how do I get them out safely? Well, um, we are really, uh, very, very picky about how that happens. Let me just show you one of the things that we have as a gas mask that I wear. Obviously the patient can’t wear it, but this is something to protect myself because if you, uh, know anything about taking silver fillings out or using silver fillings even to put them in or something like that, the dentist really is at risk. And so are anybody that walks into the office. When you take out a silver filling, it fills up the air, um, it becomes a part of the mist and is very dangerous. So even if you don’t have silver fillings in your mouth, if your dentist doesn’t take them out safely, you probably aren’t really safe being able to go in. So we take all kinds of precautions. We make sure that we have a rubber dam on you. We also make sure that we have this, one of these things that’s called a pitcher cancer. This is just half of it. And we have one that sits on one side of the room and it actually forms a magnetic arc and pulls away any of the mercury ions that come out of your mouth, pull ’em up and away from your body so that you won’t breathe them. We have a high speed vacuum, actually two, two high speed vacuums that will suck it all out and try to prevent it from getting anywhere near you. And so we cover you with a, a gown from top to bottom. We cover your eyes, we cover your nose, et cetera. We, we just don’t want you breathing any of that in. So that’s one of the things that we do. The next question is, if, so, after you take them out, what do you do with them? Well, it depends. We kind of have two choices. It depends on the size of the silver filling and it also depends on how many cracks we, I find when I get it out. If the tooth is really pretty well preserved and is too bad, no cracks, not very much recurrent decay around the filling, then it’s okay for us to put a regular filling back in. Except we use a composite resin filling. And this filling is, has no metal in it. There are only two brands that don’t have metal in them, and we use one of those too. Well, we actually use both of them. But uh, again, if you go to another dentist and have just a regular silver or regular composite filling put in, it probably has a little flex of metal in it. Uh, the next choice is a ceramic. A ceramic is very, very safe. It’s very, very strong. It’s the same thing that crowns are made of. We don’t always have to crown the tooth. In fact, I like to preserve as much tooth and as much enamel as I possibly can. And so we use either a ceramic inlay or a ceramic onlay to try to leave as much enamel so that the tooth can remain strong for you. So anyway, uh, we do our best to keep you very, very safe and try to keep you from breathing as much mercury as possible. So I’d love to see you and help you get rid of those sinks. Thank you for listening.
Getting to know Dr. Chris Brady! Here’s an introductory video to the Man behind the Mask at Dental Health and Wellness, Colorado Springs, CO
Hi, my name is Dr. Chris Brady. I was born and raised in Colorado and southern Colorado, in the San Luis Valley and when I was 8 years old, I got braces and I fell in love with being a dentist and I have not changed my mind since then. I went to school in Texas, at Baylor – College of Dentistry and graduated there in 1984.
One of the things that I think is a little bit unique about me is that I just love to learn, I just keep going because people kind of come in and say ‘are you getting ready to retire?’ and I just say not yet – the reason is because three is so much to learn, and I also love people and I also love being around them and others and being able to help if at all possible – something that I think that distinguishes our practice from the rest of the world out there is that our Motto, our Theme is: practicing from the heart and we believe strongly that the patient is the boss in the chair, and I am just the guest helper so to speak and the guide to kin do help things along. So we love to listen to you and my job is to help you get what it is that you want.
So I look forward to meeting you – please call, we would love to see you and meet you and thank you very much for listening to this video.
What do we offer?
Our team will offer you choices. Healthy choices. Choices you make about your care (with our help). Choices that help you feel better and look better. It's your body. You know it best. You're in charge. Our role is to respect the body and aid it's attempts to heal itself while helping you get what you want.
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