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More on the Consultation
Chapter_Title 14

Now, back to our initial consultation with the dentist...

Naturally, Laura and I drilled the dentist with questions and more questions. I appreciated his mixture of kindness and frankness. We shared with him what we had learned from our research (which he was obviously familiar with) and he replied by complementing our information with even more information from other sources. He would often name the sources as he spoke about preferred methods of treatment, showing us that he obviously keeps up on all the latest research.

I honestly thought we'd go in and end up teaching some poor dentist a thing or two. We often do... you know, we are in the field of research. We have our noses in it all the time. But this was not the case with Dr. Behm. He shared a lot of information with us that we had not even heard of. He was familiar with the work and research of several different doctors and even shared with us some of the apparent contradictions in each of their preferred methods of treatment.

Informed Consent

This is exactly the way I like it because, instead of listening to someone's opinion about other people's research, I have the freedom to decide what sounds good to me and what doesn't by hearing both sides of the story. Laura and I often asked him his opinion and not only did he have a good one, he always had a good reason to back it up.

Unfortunately, when I was a teenager, had my dentist told me that he was putting fillings that contained mercury in my mouth, I would have insisted that we find another material to use. Well, I was not told. This is called "Unformed Consent", and is the name of a new book by Hal Huggins and Thomal Levy. I have not read it yet, but will. Here are some links in case you're interested:

Amazon
Barnes & Noble

During the session, the Behm performed Kinesiology on both of us. This went on for over an hour! During this time, the dentist tested different materials, although he often tends towards 4 that are generally considered to be really safe. Laura tested good for DiamondLite, while I was among the 15% who don't do so well with it. I tested well for another one of the four well-known safe materials.

Please note that, although I don't personally practice Kinesiology, I know that there a many who do and claim to have tremendous results with it. It is my personal preference to stay close to good science (there is a lot of politically-motivated "bad science" out there), but I fully understand the importance of allowing others to practice their conscience. After all, I once believed that herbal supplements were quackery (even though I had nothing good to base that opinion on). Now, the quality of my live is greatly enhanced by them.

After we were done, we ended up talking for awhile with Mercedes (who turned out to be the dentist's wife). She showed us a bunch of the books and videos that she keeps in the office to share with visitors. This is an informed office! And I might also add, I don't think I've ever seen such organization. This was one of the few offices—of any kind—where I've seen this level of organization... everything in it's place!

Well, needless to say, by the time we left the office we were confident we had made a good decision. Neither one of us were looking forward to Sunday (Who looks forward to going to the dentist?), but we were comfortable with having Behm perform the work and very anxious to get the mercury out!

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