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For the past 10 years I’ve been on a deep, personal journey of self-discovery and professional growth. A family member suffering with chronic dis-ease ignited my search for the key drivers behind chronic disease.

On this quest, I learnt about how the body actually works. And what I found was life-changing.

Our body is a quantum thermodynamic system with energy and information travelling through us and all this flow is coupled to circadian rhythm cycles.

Now that sounds like a lot to swallow but in a nutshell, the light that we expose our bodies to has a profound impact on our health.

You see, we are all matter.

Late physicist, David Bohm, referred to matter as frozen light. And when matter (m) is exposed to light (c) we get energy. This is the foundation of the Albert Einstein’s famous equation: e=mc2.

So light has a huge role to play in our health. So do trapped emotions (energy in motion = e-motion), generational trauma (or any trauma for that matter) and ofcourse, spirituality.

What is it about light that makes it so profound?

Light is a non-linear stimulus so a small exposure of light can have a multiplied effect in our system. Infact, 1 photon of light that touches our retina is amplified 1 million fold. How cool is that!

Whilst we absorb our own light, we produce our own light as well. And this light acts like energy and information, travelling through our body to inform our body of what to do and when to do it.

This flow of light is fundamental to good health.

Now what has all this got to do with dentistry?

What I’ve realised is that the body posture is a key foundation of health. When the posture is dysfunctional, it seriously impedes the flow of light, energy and information (all that quantum stuff) through the fascia of our body.

When we don’t have that flow, our brain is deprived of key information. One key bit of information is proprioception; where we are in space.

When the brain does not receive appropriate proprioceptive inputs, it feels unsafe and goes into “keep me safe” mode. This safe mode looks like postural compensations that help protect the central nervous system. One shoulder might be lower, neck pain, hip/pelvis pain, TMJ pain, headaches…the body’s intelligence is purposely sacrificing structures in order to keep you breathing functionally and keep your eyes parallel with the horizon.

As hunter-gatherers, the key plane that the brain needs to know the horizontal plane. It uses the feet, eyes and ears to achieve this. But is also uses the mouth! Because when the teeth close together, it is very close to parallel with the horizontal plane!

What I’ve come to appreciate is that the mouth has a key role to play in posture, breathing, proprioception and balance of the autonomic nervous system.

Infact, 38% of the information coming into the brain comes from the teeth, the bite, the tongue, jaw muscles and associated facial muscles.

Five of the twelve cranial nerves supply the tongue. That’s almost half! So when the tongue is trapped in behind small jaws, it can be really disconcerting for the nervous system.

All to say, when the mouth isn’t right, it can have a profound impact on health.

I also began to realise that crowded teeth are a symptom of small jaws. When the jaws are small, the teeth can’t fit. With more research I discovered incredible facts such as how all teeth lie on an acupuncture meridians.

You can appreciate how the curiosity I had regarding understanding general health and longevity found itself applied to dentistry. Having practiced as a dentist for several years, I knew that there were gaps in my understanding of the mouth-body connection. Many had closed but there was still more.

These questions led me to the cranium. Ofcourse! If the brain being happy is key to health, then surely the structure that houses the brain is foundational to health. When I began working alongside cranial osteopaths, a whole new world opened up.

Quantum Dentistry is an appreciation of the quantum, non-linear nature of our body. I believe that a small input/stimulus in the mouth, whether it be good or bad, can have a profound impact on your health.

The care we offer at Sydney Functional Dentistry is the culmination of more than ten years of intense study to understand the true underpinnings behind optimal health from a dental as well as a general health standpoint.

At Sydney Functional Dentistry we think more like Oral Physicians rather than just dentists. Yes, we look at teeth but we also assess your lifestyle, nutrition, posture, sleep hygiene, breathing, time in nature, EMF exposures and offer recommendations when appropriate. We integrate other modalities as part of our assessment and treatment. These include kinesiology, cranial osteopathy, lasers, syntonics and much more. It is my pleasure to offer you a unique approach to care in the areas of airway dentistry, posture, TMJ/TMD disorders, sleep medicine and optimising health.

It’s an ever evolving approach and that’s the exciting part. There is always an opportunity to learn more. Like the image below, we are always chipping away aiming to be better for our patients.

Patients come to our practice to heal. It's extremely humbling for us and it’s a responsibility we take on with love.

We look forward to seeing you at our practice