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I am
the the director of the Centre. I am a
dentist and my scope of practice as a
dentist is as a general dental
practitioner. I graduated in 1980 with a
D.M.D. ( doctorate in dental medicine )
from the Faculty
of Dental Medicine, University of
Montreal, Canada, passed the New Zealand
Dental Registration Examination ( NZDREX
) in 1993 at the Faculty
of Dentistry, University of Otago in
Dunedin and gained my NZ dental
registration as a general dental
practitioner in early 1994 ( DCNZ
). Pursuant to my
specific interest in integrative and
natural health care, I also became a
chartered member of the New Zealand
Charter of Health Practitioners -( NZCHP ) ( homeopathy,
biochemistry and nutrition ) and I
studied and passed the fellowship
in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
from ACNEM ( FACNEM ), of which I am
also a current member. I am a father of
three with dual New Zealand - Canadian
citizenship and I have over 30 years
experience in all aspects of dental and
oral health and diseases, including over
15 years in advanced diagnosis and
treatments of problems related to dental
and oral pathologies, including oral \
dental infections, oral galvanism \
corrosion, dental material toxicity,
facial pain, jaw joint and maxillofacial
bones disorders, abnormal bite and
nutritional imbalances resulting from
such pathological conditions. Frequently
these problems are linked to general
health problems that can adversely affect
the heart, liver, gut, nervous system,
the skin and may be involved in many
others problems such as irritable bowel
syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue,
osteoporosis ect.... Increasingly dental
problems and common dental procedures can
impact overall health and systemic health
problems can adversely impact oral health
so that an integrative approach to health
is indicated, both as a preventative and
curative modality.
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