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Peter Varley BDSc, FDSRCS, DFHom(Dent.).
Peter graduated as a dentist in Australia in 1975. He gained
a Dental Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons before
establishing a dental practice in Central London with three
Associate Dentists, two Hygienists, a Homoeopath, Iridologist,
Acupuncturist, Hypnotherapist and Cranial Osteopath.
He is a founder member and Chairman of the British Homoeopathic
Dental Association. He is a Dental Diplomate of the Faculty
of Homoeopathy and a member of the British Society of Occlussal
Studies, the Cranio Group, the British Medical and the British
Dental Acupuncture Societies. He is also a member of the
BDA and past member of the BDA Representative Board and BDA
Metropolitan
Branch Council.
Peter has published a number of articles on dental homoeopathy
and complementary therapies and lectured throughout the UK
and Europe. He has appeared on London radio discussing Homoeopathy.
Although he is one of the few dentists
ever resident at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, his
interests have
always been broader. He has had formal training in Acupuncture,
Cranial Osteopathy and Nutrition and maintains a strong
belief
in the
link between general and dental health.
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Chapter 1
Richard Fischer DDS, FAGD.
Richard is in general dental practice near Washinton DC.
His practice has developed a holistic approach to dentistry
over
many years, with an emphasis on homoeopathy and an
interest in TMJ/Cranial function as well as the mercury
and fluoride
issues.
He graduated in 1973 and has been lecturing throughout
the United States and internationally since 1981. He
has appeared
on National Radio many times and published a wealth
of papers on dental homoeopathy.
In 1984 Richard was appointed Vice President of the
National Board of Homoeopathy in Dentistry as well
as Course Director
of Dental Seminars for the centre. In 1995 he was elected
President of International Academy of Oral Medicine
and Toxicology. He
is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and
the Academy of Stress and Chronic Diseases. He has
been awarded
Certification
by the American Naturopathic Medical Board.
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Chapter 2
Ron Ehrlich BDS.
Ron graduated in dentistry from Sydney Univerity in
1978. He runs a practice in the centre of Sydney
promoting the concept
of holistic dentistry, with a particular interest
in the role of nutrition and exercise on general health.
He is interested in the biomechanics of the jaw and
soft-tissue lesions as well as their relationship
to the treatment
of head neck and jaw pain. Since 1990 he has carried
out research
at
the Physiology Department, University of New South
Wales investigating the effect of jaw muscles on
other muscles
of the body, collaborating
with Mark Ninio, a leading Sydney podiatrist.
Ron has lectured internationally on nutrition and
holistic dentistry. He is a member of the Australian
Dental
Association, the International Academy of Gnathology,
the Australian
College of Environmental and Nutritional Medicine,
the International
Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the Australian
Pain Society and the Australasian Society of Oral
Medicine and Toxicology
(ASOMAT).
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Chapter 3
Jonathan Howat DC(USA), DICS, FICS.
Jonathan graduated as a Chiropractor in the USA in
1970 and then returned to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
He became President
of the Rhodesian Chiropractic Association and later
became the
Chairman of the Zimbabwe Chiropractic Council.
He moved to
England in 1984 and became the Director of the
Oxford Chiropractic Clinic, which specialises in Sacro-Occipital
Technique
and the Cranial Dental Sacral Complex.
He served on the Board of the Sacro Occipital Research
Society International (SORSI) and became President
of SOTO (Sacral
Occipital Technique Organisation) International.
In 1984 he formed SOTO Europe, an organisation
affiliated to
SORSI, which
brought postgraduate education to the UK and Europe
with the emphasis on increasing knowledge between
dentists
and chiropractors.
He has lectured throughout the UK, Europe, South
East Asia, Australia, USA and South Africa.
Jonathan is a Fellow of the International Craniopathic
Society. He is Chairman of the Education Committee
of SOTO Europe
and an external lecturer on the Faculty of Anglo-European
College
of Chiropractic.
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Chapter 4
Richard Holding DO, MRO.
Richard is an Osteopath specialising in Cranial
Osteopathy and one of the foremost proponents
of Kinesiology
in this country. He graduated from the British
School of Osteopathy
in 1969
and taught under the auspices of the Sutherland
Cranial Teaching Foundation for many years. He
is a member
of the International
College of Applied Kinesiology and holds a Diploma
from the International Academy of Nutrition.
Over the years he has evolved his blend of Cranial
Osteopathy, Clinical and Applied Kinesiology
and Traditional Chinese
Medicine into a highly effective system for the
treatment of a wide
range of illnesses and disorders.
Richard is a director of Ark International Training
Seminars. He teaches extensively in the UK, USA
and Europe as well
as running a busy specialised practice in North
London, concentrating on chronic disease.
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Chapter 5
Joeseph Shafer DC(USA), DIBAK, CCSP.
Joe graduated as a Doctor of Chiropractic in
the United States in 1980. During eleven years
working
in Denmark
he undertook
post-graduate education in Applied Kinesiology,
Sports Medicine and Nutrition. He has Diplomate
status in
Applied Kinesiology
and is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician.
He was invited to assist ‘Team Denmark’,
the national organisation for the advancement
of sport in treating athletes
who did not respond to traditional therapeutic
approaches. He works closely with dentists on TMJ and other
related
problems.
He is an Honorary Associate Professor at the
Novokuznetsk School of Post-graduate Medicine
in Russia. He
is on the editorial
board of several professional journals and
is a member of a number of professional societies
in
Europe and
USA.
Joe has lectured to doctors, dentists, chiropractors
and osteopaths in Italy, Holland, Scandinavia,
Britain and
Russia. Today much
of his time is devoted to teaching and consulting
work throughout Europe.
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Chapter 6
Simon Hayhoe MBBS, MRCS, LRCP, DA, FICAE.
Simon is an anaesthetist with an Acupuncture
and Hypnotherapy practice in Colchester (UK).
He has
a particular interset
in dental anaesthesia and teaches on the
Society for the Advancement
of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD) sedation
courses, lecturing on alternative methods
of pain control.
He was a founder member of the British Medical
Acupuncture Society (BMAS) and later became
a lecturer on both
their medical and dental courses and Chairman
of the Society.
Simon is Treasurer and British representative
of the International Council for Medical
Acupuncture and Related
Techniques
(ICMART) and has been awarded the ICMART
diploma for service in the
promotion of medical acupuncture. He is a
Fellow of the International College of Acupuncture
and Electro-Therapeutics and on the
Editorial Board of their Journal.
As Editor of ‘Acupuncture in Medicine’,
the BMAS Journal, Simon has sought to encourage
doctors and dentists
to accept Acupuncture as a logical Western
tool. He believes Acupuncture should become a normal medical
treatment used routinely
by doctors and dentists for appropriate problems.
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Chapter 7
Jack Levenson LDSRCS(Edin).
Jack is President of the British Society
for Mercury Free Dentistry. He is also
dental advisor
and executive
committee
member of
The Environmental Medicine Foundation.
In 1969 he founded the Cavendish Medical
Centre, Europe’s
first computerised medical screening centre. In 1985 he was
responsible for the first major conference in this country
on the dangers of mercury, called ‘Hazards in Dentistry:
The Mercury debate’.
He was responsible for the dental sections
of the Allergy and Environmental Medicine
Departments at the Wellington
and Lister
Hospitals in London. He currently advises
a number
of similar clinics on the dental aspects
of their work.
Jack lectures extensively on the subjects
of mercury and safe amalgam removal, nutrition,
allergies
and other environmental
factors which affect the health of the
teeth and supporting structures. Currently
he runs
a practice
confined to
testing patients for mercury toxicity and
advising
both patients
and
dentists on protective procedures.
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Chapter 8
Geoff Graham BDS.
Geoff graduated from Durham University
(UK) in 1956 and started using Hypnosis
in his
dental practice in 1960.
He is a Founder
Fellow (1969), Past President (1992-95)
and Council
Member (1969-present) of the British
Society for Medical and
Dental Hypnosis (BSMDH).
He is a Foreign Fellow of The American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis, a Member
of Honour
of the Brazil
Hypnotic
Society and an Honorary Fellow of The
Singapore Society of Clinical
Hypnosis.
Geoff is a member of The International
Society of Hypnosis and has lectured
and conducted
workshops throughout
the world. He has written four books
on hypnosis - two on
Formal Hypnosis
and two on NLP. They have been published
internationally and will be part of the
Russian teaching programme
in Psychotherapy.
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Chapter 9
Angela Caine LRAM, AGSM.
Angela studied opera at the Guildhall
School of music. Her involvement with ‘structure’ began
in 1988 when singing teachers and voice
pathologists failed to solve her
recurring loss of voice. Dental work
done for cosmetic reasons then changed
her tongue reference. These events
made her aware
of the connection between the dentition
and the voice.
She began a research
programme that
has involved dentists, orthodontists,
chiropractors
and
osteopaths considering
the voice as a function that should
not be ignored during treatment.
Angela has lectured nationally on
Voice Therapy and teaches Music and
Alexander
Technique
for Southampton University
and privately. She is on the database
for the Performing Arts Medicine
Trust, which takes care of the problems
of professional musicians. She is
also a member
of the Cranio
Group, an organisation
for the study of cranio-mandibular
disorders. She works in Southampton
with a chiropractor and a dentist
treating voice problems through structural
realignment.
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Chapter 10
Stuart Ferraris BChD, DGDP, DDFHom.
Stuart graduated in South Africa
in 1976. He travelled extensively
before
settling
in North
Wales where
he has developed a successful
holistic dental practice using
a broad range of Complementary Therapies.
He is a member of the British Homoeopathic
Dental Association, the British
Medical Acupuncture Society,
the British
Society for Medical and Dental
Hypnosis, the Foundation of
Biological Medicine, the Natural Medicine
Society
plus many
other dentally related societies,
including the American Equilibration
Society
and the Cranio Group.
In 1992 Stuart was awarded
the Diploma in General Dental
Practice
from the
Royal College
of Surgeons.
He has
appeared on television,
published many articles on
dental and natural health
topics and
lectured both nationally
and internationally
on running
a holistic dental practice.
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