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At Biodentist Alabama in Dothan, Alabama, we prioritize your health and well-being, offering safe and effective mercury dental fillings removal. Mercury amalgam fillings have been a common choice for dental restorations for decades, but concerns about mercury exposure have led many to seek alternatives. If you consider removing your mercury fillings, you likely have several […]

Bio refers to “life.” It is in our name for good reason. At Biodentist Alabama, all we do is guided by the fundamental principle of enhancing our patients’ lives. We only use the materials, technologies, and techniques that support health, function, safety, well-being, and smile esthetics. Our approach to removing amalgam fillings complements other services […]

Fortunately, bloodletting and other medical “treatments” commonly performed through the ages have fallen out of favor. Yet, the dental amalgam fillings invented in the early 1800s continue to be applied by (non-holistic) dental practices today. It is the element within these fillings that makes them so controversial: mercury. Mercury is a known toxin. Like Biodentist […]

If you are an adult with one or more filled cavities in your teeth, chances are you have mercury in your mouth. Adults who understand the health risks of mercury often ask if they should get it removed. Dr. Nathan Pfister of Biodentist Alabama in Dothan, Alabama, is a holistic dentist who cares about his […]

Drs. Nathan Pfister and Brian Pfister are Dothan, AL area dentists who are well-educated on the harmful materials commonly used in dental work. Patients who visit Biodentist Alabama can enjoy safe and effective removal of silver amalgam fillings to replace with more reliable alternative materials such as composite resin fillings. This technique is known as […]

Biodentist Alabama lives up to its name; as practitioners of biological dentistry, we take the safest, least toxic approach to dental treatments. To truly live these principles, Dr. Nathan Pfister and Dr. Brian Pfister place body-friendly filling materials and linings under fillings that support healing from cavity demineralization and bacterial irritation. Biodentist Alabama also practices […]

Hg is the chemical symbol for mercury, a powerful neurotoxin. Methylmercury occurs when bacteria react with Hg in water, soil, or plants. Ingesting contaminated fish, produce, or water can poison the brain and nervous system. Amalgam dental fillings contain about 50 percent elemental mercury, Hg in its more direct, inorganic form. A pregnant woman’s exposure […]

In recent years, the health of the mouth has been strongly linked to health of the body. Studies have shown that gum disease can be a warning sign of heart disease. This knowledge has led holistic dentists such as Dr. Nathan Pfister of Biodentist Alabama to look for the underlying cause of dental problems, rather […]

In recent years, patients have begun to raise concern over mercury fillings. For many years, fillings made from metal components were used most frequently because they were both affordable and durable. However, recent studies have indicated that there is a connection between metal fillings and illnesses following an increase in a patient’s mercury levels. Patients […]