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What if the missing piece of your health puzzle wasn't in your gut, your hormones, or your bloodwork, but in your jaw?

That's exactly what happened to Hamid. He spent nearly a decade working with functional medicine practitioners, running every lab test imaginable, and doing protocol after protocol, only to keep cycling back to the same symptoms. Fatigue. Brain fog. Gut issues that would improve then return. Something was still hiding.

It wasn't until he found biological dentistry, and Dr. Katie's two-hour comprehensive evaluation, that the final piece revealed itself: cavitations. Two sites of infected, unhealed bone left over from wisdom tooth extractions done fifteen years earlier.

4 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Your mouth may be the missing root cause. Cavitations, areas of infected, poorly healed jawbone, can have systemic effects on energy, sleep, digestion, and more, even when every other lab panel looks clear.
• Preparation changes everything. Hamid spent months clearing detox pathways, supporting adrenal health, and timing his supplements before surgery. 
• The body communicates during healing. Under local anesthesia, Hamid experienced an immediate surge of energy the moment each site was cleared, feeling like a circuit reconnecting after years of disruption.
• Healing is top-down, inside-out. Environment first, sinuses next, dental health, then gut. Getting the sequence right is what makes protocols actually stick long term.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Dr. Katie To is a biological and cosmetic dentist who believes your mouth is a window to your whole body. In her practice, she combines modern dental science with a whole-body, root-cause approach to holistic dental care, because lasting wellness starts with asking better questions.

RESOURCES & TOOLS MENTIONED

• EAV Testing (Electroacupuncture According to Voll) for cavitation detection
• Cone Beam CT Scan (discussed as commonly used, but noted to sometimes miss cavitations)
• PRF (Platelet-Rich Fibrin) for post-surgical healing
• Ozone therapy (ozone water and ozone gas)
• Homeopathic remedies and Arnica for post-op pain support
• IV vitamin therapy post-surgery (customized with high-dose vitamin C, glutathione, B vitamins, magnesium, trace minerals, amino acids)
• Liposomal vitamin C for pre-surgical support
• Hydrocortisone (Cortef) for adrenal support on surgery day (discussed as a recommendation from Hamid's endocrinologist, not a Dr. Katie prescription)
• The Dental Meridian Chart (Acupuncture According to Voll / Traditional Chinese Medicine)

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