What is complementary dentistry? There is this misconception that it is something unconventional, with exclusive or elusive treatments. The patient benefits when we all work together using all available treatments. Looking at each situation case-by-case, our practice considers people from all aspects—physical, mental as well as emotional. While individuals may have similar complaints, no two should always be treated the same way.

My goal as dental practitioner is to use my knowledge of physiologic and pathological processes to better myself as the observer of disease and the healing process.

The analogy has been made that the disease process is like the trunk of a tree with branches signifying different changes in our health. Our approach, the holistic approach, is to change the state of health by altering the disease process, which is represented by the trunk of the tree. When this is done, the branches slowly start to fall off (the seemingly unrelated symptoms all start to move toward health). However, this is not an overnight process and requires much effort on the part of the patient and practitioner to ascertain the symptoms and their changes.

Here at Fortinsky Dental, it is not our job to convince patients that our choices or recommendations are the only correct route. Instead by better understanding our patients’ lifestyle choices, we can work more effectively with them towards the goal of improving their oral and general health.