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Absolutely unique to the Paracelsus Klinik is the integration of a holistic dental practice. Biological Dentistry, which integrates the close relationship between the teeth and body in the development of illness, is an integral, critical part of Paracelsus Biological Medicine. Every patient receives a complete dental work up, including a full oral exam and a panoramic x-ray, as part of the preliminary diagnostic evaluation. Though allopathic medicine generally views teeth as separate from the rest of the body and unrelated to overall health, PBM considers dental pathology to be closely linked to other, systematic pathologies; dental treatments are a critical part of the detoxification process. Amalgam fillings, root canals, and dental focal infections can profoundly affect our health, often without our being aware of their undermining influences. Root canals, implants, and dental amalgams containing heavy metals that can cross the brain/blood barrier have been shown to affect our brain cells, immune, and nervous systems. Because so many of us have dental amalgams composed of poisonous substances like mercury (a substance so toxic that dentists must dispose of it as hazardous waste), removing those amalgams from the mouth, and thereby freeing the body of those sources of toxicity, is a fundamental part of healing.