January 6, 2022 - EyeClarity Podcast
This was a great interview with Dr. Seb.
Dr. Seb Lomas is a Biological DentistBiochemist – Natural Integrative Health Reduction in Inflammation, Removal of Infections, Metals & Increase Structural Function & Airway Expansion U.K.
He answered some amazing listener questions and so much more. You can reach him through his Instagram page and find out more about Biological Dentistry at his website.
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SUMMARY KEYWORDS
teeth, breathe, dentist, airway, dentistry, mouth, question, gum disease, bacteria, materials, root canal, infection, problems, gum, healing, learning, biocompatible, clenching
00:04
Hey everybody, it’s Dr. Sam and I want to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast as part of my whole health summit series. We’ve invited one of the speakers today, and I just love his Well, his content, and what he’s putting out. His name is Dr. Seb Lomas and he is a biological dentist, he practices in the UK. He does so many interesting things. So I want to bring him on. Dr. Seb, welcome to the program. How are you doing today?
00:41
I’m very well, thank you very much for having me. And I’m actually coming from the Scottish Isles right now, which is just incredible scenery. I’ve never been either. So beautiful. The nature here is gorgeous. And I’m sure very good for your eyes will have a distance focus.
00:57
That’s right. Yeah. The distance focusing and the green and the softness. That’s, that’s so true. So my first question, is kind of a personal question. How did you get into this form of dentistry?
01:14
Wow. So it’s a great question because my path was not linear. I guess like all of us that end up in these types of fields. I did always want to be a dentist when I was younger, I had this affinity for it. And I actually ended up not getting the grades to get into dental school the first time around. So I went and studied biochemistry. And I got very ill and after a bit of traveling around South America, and I met my wife who had lots of dental problems and she had had four teeth taken out when she was younger and chronic headaches migraines and astigmatism of the eye and no one could say that was this or that and she’s gonna need all this expensive jaw surgery and we went to this, this dentist which was few and far between and the whole of the UK, maybe five of them. And I was just I was blown away. I did always want to do dentistry in it, we managed to completely undo her chronic problems that no one had answers for using combination of osteopathy and well or expansion orthodontics or airway orthodontics. And it gave her breathe breath within our system and allowed her to live a normal life again, which was the main part of it. And that all came from by the dental aspect of one more than that, really, but the teeth of the bit that were treated right then it was just blew my mind. So then I was like, right, how do I get to study dentistry as quickly as I can. And that put me on the fast track and then shadowing lots of these dentists in the UK that would accept me anyway.
02:43
I see how and, you know, can you study biological dentistry? In Dental, dental school? How do you learn it?
02:51
Now you can’t unfortunately, there’s so I was actually listening to a book the other day called bring us at the door, which is very interesting. And it was talking about how, when we learn institution, it’s already out of date. And that’s so plays into the my theory of learning it within the dental field and then moving into biological dentistry. So in tandem, I was learning the foundations of dentistry, but also shadowing and work experience and going to study the biological dentist in the UK as well when I had enough time to, but it made it very difficult to pass my exams because obviously you just want to implement all of these other things, right, that you’ve already learned. So it really comes from passion and extracurricular courses, I’m sure much like yourself up, Sam. So
03:40
yeah, my, my journey is, is quite nonlinear as well. And fortunately, I had some great mentors when I graduated, and you know, healed my own myopia and astigmatism and, but it was it was a long road as they say, a road less traveled and you’re a pioneer. And you know what you’re putting out and I forgot some questions from listeners. So I thought maybe that would be a way to educate us based on some of these questions are really good. So the first question this is, this is from Bill, and he actually lives in the States. So where’s he from? He’s from Iowa, believe it or not, and he’s asking this is he says it has a bite problem aside from fixing my bite, filling cavities and resolving pain. How are you different than traditional dentistry?
04:41
Yeah, it’s a great question. Because there’s, I always break it down to four pillars, I think is the main thing. And there’s the first pillar for me, which is very much the function of the teeth and how we can chew food and that’s what most dentists do cover. And we all use different materials within that field which kind of brings me onto the second pillar, which is biocompatible, well rewind as biocompatible materials as we can have in the human body, apart from our natural dead teeth, struction and crystal and stuff like that. So they’re the first two really key points, one fixing the teeth so they can bite properly, and to using materials that are biocompatible, that don’t interfere or cause an oral interference to overall health. And if we want to get really esoteric, you know, a lot of a lot of forward thinkers say that if you’re using materials that don’t absorb and refract the light, then actually, you’re not the food that you chew, which is stored like, you know, isn’t going through the meridian points that end within the teeth themselves, which is just mind blowing. point that I come back to a lot of the time. So I try and use as translucent materials as possible, which is compiled composites, and BPA free Because don’t forget, within the within the plastic material, you can have estrogen mimicking compounds that can interfere in our system as well. So as biocompatibility as biocompatible as possible. And then really, the two other parts are infection infections, which most dentists do cover, but in the cases of root canal infections, or extractions that haven’t healed correctly ignore, say, or they’re not causing pain or problems so that what are they going to be doing for the body. So we take a real deep dive into that and understand, I mean, we’ve got tests and labs now that can look at the bacteria that within these sites, but the problem is, by the time you get to the site, you’re halfway in the process anyway. So you might as well clean out for the patient do that. Secondly, and but we have 3d imaging now, right, which shows the nature and disposition of the so an x ray sorry, that shows the position within the the jaw bone or the root canal, the infection around the 2d X rays, just don’t give us that perspective. And then the fourth pillar, which is my favorite one at the moment, and don’t get me wrong, the first three are super important, which is around the breath for me, and how the teeth, the jaws, the nasal breathing, how it’s all impeded or expanded, by the way that we bite together the way that our jaws are. And actually who’s to say, and this is a new field. Anyway, I’m doing a master’s on orofacial orthopedics at the moment, which is basically skeletal expansion through you know, brace work and removal, appliance therapy work. Who’s to say that if you are breathing, right, you’re resting right, you’re sleeping, right? How much more easily? Could your body tolerate the things that we were doing at the end of the spectrum before that? You know, and that’s where it’s mind blown for me at the moment?
07:43
Well, it brings me to my next question. This is from Lois. And she follows me from Greece. And her question is about, well, she makes a comment, I don’t sleep very well, I clench my teeth. And my husband says, I snore, and I have insomnia. How does your form of dentistry help me get better sleep?
08:03
Hmm. It’s really interesting, isn’t it. And I’ll try and do the quick summary around it. But if you think of it in terms of mechanics and a pipe, like our airway, and we have two access access points for our airway, the first and the prime primary is breathing through your nose. And you obviously, you’ve got to have wide enough nasal apertures to breathe through they but have clear sinuses. And all of that goes through filters, humidifiers, the air, which then goes to the back of your adenoids, cleans it up a bit more, and goes down to your tonsils down here. And then you’ve got this whole pipe when it gets to, obviously the the opening of the lungs. And then so if you mouth breathe, it cuts that hole out, which goes straight there to your tonsils, then to your and doesn’t humidifier doesn’t do anything like that. Now the clenching the grinding, the snoring are all obstruction, well, sorry, the snoring is an obstruction of the airway. One way or the other, isn’t it either the soft palate through the nose, or the tongue falling back into the airway. So if I were stood like this, you can imagine that the pipe maybe about that thick there. And I always try and demo it that our tube at the back of our throat or the back of the tongue is like this, this is your spine. And then this is your tongue. And if one closes, and don’t forget, we breathe from my diaphragm, which sucks the air in and out. So imagine I always say this and don’t get me wrong, I don’t drink them. But imagine having a really thick smoothie in a very thin straw and trying to suck it through the floor. It’s just going to collapse and you’re going to get the smoothie up up through this, though the milkshake actually is even thicker material, isn’t it, you’re not going to get that up there. And it’s very much the same if you’ve got very collapsible, narrow airway, or you have your tongue that falls back because it’s not strong enough or doesn’t live in the roof of your mouth because airway, tongue. So when we’re up here, all the way down here in the way up here out the way and it’s micro millimeters, but it can actually affect the way that we sleep. And actually that I raised About this application on our on my iPhone and obviously it’s got the EMFs and all of that, but I put it on airplane mode and it’s called snore lab and you can listen to yourself breathing at night and how how deep breath is and, and it goes from like quiet to, to medium to loud to Epic and obviously the more the better. And I’ve literally just had a bit of a cold, obviously when he stopped work the first few days at a sniffily nose and my snoring was the most it’s ever been, you know, since I’ve been recording last year anyway. And, and that was just because I do the mouth tape and all of that kind of stuff, because there’s so much information to get through. But if you’re breathing through your mouth, you’re cutting out that pathway of the humidifying of the air and more likely to get chest problems and lung problems and bacteria in there. So if you tape your mouth, you don’t open your mouth. And actually, when you open your mouth, and you breathe, it actually gets in the way the airway is another millimeter or so. So then you’re struggling to breathe are more likely to have sleep disordered breathing, or most of us know sleep apnea, right, which is where we have to wake ourselves up to breathe in the middle of night because the nose isn’t working. And the secondary root of the mouth is also not working. And then you’re just interrupting your sleep cycles. You’re not getting that regenerative sleep, you’re not healing essentially. Right. So that’s where it comes down to for me.
11:15
Yeah, one of my sayings is the nose is for breathing in the mouth is for eating. Yeah. And you got to do nose breathing. There’s so many factors involved with it. But I love your passion and your your expertise and your curiosity of continually learning. So we’re here with Dr. Seb. Seb Lomas. He’s a biological dentist from the UK is one of our featured speakers in my upcoming home health summit, January 14, and 16th 2022. So excited to have him on board. Let’s move to the next question. This is from Julie and she lives in Germany. And she’s asking, are there things I can do naturally to improve gum disease?
12:03
Hmm, absolutely. So many things. I mean, the first thing you got to look at is nutrients, minerals, you know, how are they in your system, you know, because a lot of us overlook, you know, the vitamins, the obviously C we all know from the scurvy days. But also, vitamin A is a very, very newly talked about vitamin and gum disease, which is really interesting, but also the B vitamins. They’re the they’re the three foundational vitamins and nutrients for gum disease to me. And that’s dealing from your yourself and how your body can be better attached and stronger within that that point of view from a gums disease perspective. But also then we have the bacteria that are living within the mouth and how we can minimize them or influence them to have a better balance between the good and the bad. And when I say bad, I mean the ones that are more likely to cause potential disease within the mouse such as gum disease. And for me, my favorite thing of all time is coconut oil purling. And if you want to use coconut oil, which has already antibacterial, fungal, viral, you can add in essential oils, make sure you get some good essential oils, and you can get ones that also influence the I personally like essential oils, because they are bacteria static, they’re not Seidel, they don’t kill off everything. It’s not like an antibiotic. And don’t be wrong. If you have a high concentration, yes, it probably is. But if you have a low concentration of essential oil that you’re swishing around in a coconut oil, you’re just you’re pushing that dynamic equilibrium in the way of the good bacteria being able to thrive and the bad ones not being able to survive. And for me, that’s the second part of the balance. And then don’t forget, we’ve got the structure, right, we’ve got how our teeth meet together. And if you’ve got a tooth that’s kind of crooked and back, bouncing into another tooth that’s kind of in the way of it, your gum, you imagine the root of your tooth is gonna be pushing in different ways. If you’re constantly biting in that, that’s just going to push the gum up, push the two through the bone into the gum and you’ve got the way that the teeth by, but also clenching on it and putting pressure on them, which is a reflex for us to breathe at night because it tense is that muscle of the airway and allows us to breathe, that can also weaken the gums and I see these classic signs in my patients, I’ve been to every other dentist and they say oh, you’re going to lose your teeth or 40. And one thing that they’ve never covered is the pressure they’re putting on their teeth, the crowding that they’ve got in their mouth, and they have this very specific pattern of just the gum disease being in the upper back teeth, which is the lower jaw, the one that smashes into the top jaw, and it’s the less dense bone at the top compared to the lower as well. So they’re the first ones that start going and wobbling in. So yeah, there’s so many things you can do and you’ve just got to cover each of the aspects but you can influence easily with vitamins and minerals and oil pulling and obviously the good oral or care hygiene as your dentist would recommend to you anyway,
14:51
sir, sure. Yeah, I love that and you’re covering all the bases there. I’m a big aromatherapy proponent also In fact, one of our sponsors for the summit Stillpoint aromatics, there, I just a firm believer in essential oils and use them in my own gum health. So that’s, that’s great that really, really good. All right, next question. This is from Felicia, she’s from Chicago. And she says my dentist will always advocate root canals. What is your opinion of this procedure?
15:29
Depends what you want out of the procedure, I guess, if you’re, if you’re wanting a tooth to remain within the mouth to chew your food, then it’s the best possible outcome. And probably the most cost effective on the long term. Now, I always say, before a root canal as needed, please try and save the tooth before you get to that stage, by going to the dentist regularly seeing what’s going on. And coming up with other ideas. There’s materials nowadays, that and ozone therapy and bio dentine ism as a filling material, that really, I would say, let’s just take the last year, for example, I must have done at least 50 of them, the other patients have been to dentist and said, right, you’re going to need a root canal or an extraction of the tooth. And we try this and let’s say 80% of them worked out. And as a small fraction of the cost of losing a tooth or you know. And the problem of root canals is our teeth are very, very porous. And I think that’s like 3000 miles of dentinal tubules within the tooth. And to put it from an inorganic perspective, to our enamel, which is the hard bit over our tooth is 97% inorganic, which so hardly any porosities like 3% holes or water within it. But the substance underneath it, which is the most of the tooth is dentine and dentine is 70%, inorganic and 30% water and things are made up of it. So imagine that 30% When a tooth not alive, and it’s been filled through the middle, you have all of these porosities around it, that can cook and they can allow bacteria to live within there. And I guess the problem is, we never know what bacteria gonna work within their mouth or within your system. And we don’t know the rest is gonna cause to your health. But if someone comes to me for a chronic condition, I say, even if they’re not showing huge signs of infection for me, I wouldn’t want them in my mouth. If I’m trying to get on top of a disease that i No one has the answers to. But if you’re fit, you’re healthy, you’ve got no problems, your choice. And I always say it’s informed consent, as long as you’ve done the research and read the books I recommend, and both had a look at both sides of the story. If you want to choose to function root canals the best option, that’s for sure. But the overall longevity and health, maybe not.
17:44
I see so many people who’ve had root canals and they have these chronic eye inflammation issues and eye disease floaters. You know, all kinds of things in this chronic bacterial infection that they’re living with. You know, I don’t like them and you know, you can offer so many alternatives, being proactive and then offering these, these great complimentary things is one of the reasons why I so strongly advocate for everyone to work with a dentist like you because you’re holistic, you see the connection of the teeth, to our health and wellness. And, you know, that’s what I’m all about also. So we are here with Dr. Seb Lomas. He is a biological dentist from the UK is going to be one of our featured speakers at my whole health summit. And we’re coming down to the end of the interview, we’re going to take one more question. This is from Lisa, who lives in Los Angeles. And she wants to know, what are the benefits that you see in ozone therapy?
18:50
Gosh, yeah, ozone is just incredible. For me easily limits, yeah, it delivers such a punch because it’s it’s three oxygen atoms. And when you have two oxygen atoms, that’s the air that we breathe, or the component that we take within to oxygenate ourselves. But when you have another one bonded to it, it has this charge on it that can go around, it’s very volatile, and it goes around and they can dissociate from the to, and when you’re delivering it specifically to an area like, for example, the main times that I will use it in, in dentistry that is is when a very deep filling like we were just talking around, it’s got deep decay close to the nerve take out as much as I dare and then ozone gas at the top of that which is an anti bacterial viral inhibitor you know if the ozone oxygen atom is going around on its own doing that, but it also lowers the inflammation because it’s delivering the oxygen to the area as well to help with the healing. And our two three, for example, very small and at the bottom and don’t forget that crystals. So when they’re in the jaw bone and you’ve got your nerve and your blood supply coming into the other side, if they’re crying out for help at the top here is normally the inflammation that can actually cause to die, because it cuts off the blood supply into the middle. And even about 6% of traumas, if you just smacked your head or not your teeth that can cause a tooth to dying, just because of the inflammation that builds up underneath the roof. So you’re covering off the anti everything viral bacterial fungal aspect, but you’re also delivering the oxygen to it as well. And that comes in massively when we’re removing infections from the jaw bone and cleaving out. And we use the therapy where we take blood from the arm and spin it back up and put it back into the socket to allow for better healing. Because don’t forget, our gums heal very quickly. But the bone underneath doesn’t say we have to fill the void before the GM heals, and that lets bugs in or however, and other silent infection, for example. So cleaning out all of these aspects is is fantastic. And we have to remember that our mouth is a very contaminated place. It’s so many bugs living in our mouth. And that’s what feeds our microbiome as we swallow 2500 times a day as well. So it really does start in the mouth.
21:02
Oh, fantastic. So looking forward to having you at the summit. Dr. Seb, how can people get in touch with you?
21:11
Well, I guess the most active for me is on Instagram and it’s biological underscore dentists and it’ll just kind of Dr. Sam and that’ll be on there and send me a voice note if you’ve got questions I try and get back as quickly as I can. But yes, I’m off on holiday until before so probably won’t receive too much until that time but no, that is the best way to contact me or we have a website called wonder of wellness Koto, UK, which has a lot of information around the type of procedures that I advocate and why I do so as well. So yeah, they’re the main reasons that thank you.
21:51
Yeah, I so endorse what you’re doing and yes, your Instagram is so active. I love your your posts. And folks, I want you to check this gentleman out. Dr. Seb Lomas, biological dentist from the UK. And I want to thank you so much for being part of the show today. I look forward to seeing you at the summit. And I wish you a great rest of your holiday.
22:15
Yeah, no, thank you so much for having me. It’s been such an honor and I can’t wait to share some more information with you as well. And thank you for everything you’re doing, Sam. Thanks
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