Hal Huggins is the dentist who is the most known for discovering mercury fillings were harmful in the U.S. He is known as the father of the movement to get mercury out of people's mouths and is responsible for saving the lives of many mercury-poisoned. He lost his license in the 1990s for removing mercury fillings and replacing them with white composites for health reasons. It is only allowed by law to replace them for cosmetic reasons.
Dr. Huggins has formed a membership group he calls the Alliance. There are two types available: Associate Alliance Members and the Premier Alliance Centers. The Alliance groups have dentists and therapists who are trained in the Huggins Protocol. They have private practices across the country, Canada, and Mexico. While I assume most of these dentists are good, it is best to become familiar with dental procedures and products before getting treatment, just as you should do with any dentist. Keep in mind, while prices will be less expensive in Mexico, and somewhat less expensive in Canada, prices for a Huggins trained dentist in the U.S. is very expensive. I have had our patients tell me that they were quoted close to $50,000, and some have told me around $30,000. So, be prepared; It could be quite expensive if you have a lot of dental work.
To meet the public's increasing demands for safe dentistry, Dr. Huggins started a Multi-Discipline Alliance of professional's and therapist's who will first do no harm.
Hal A. Huggins, DDS, MS, received his dental degree from the University of Nebraska in 1962. There he met noted international lecturer Arne Lauritzen, L.D.S. Dr. Lauritzen asked Dr. Huggins to ghostwrite a book with him. The team spent the next five years researching an international textbook called Atlas of Occlusal Analysis, which was translated into five languages. The topic of the book is the original work on tempero mandibular joint (TMJ). Dr. Huggins was given the assignment of interviewing several of the noted dental and medical nutritionists of the day, and of writing the section on nutrition in dentistry.
Dr. Huggins became intrigued by blood chemistry and how it could be used to determine a patient's nutritional needs, as well as to monitor progress of a patient's treatment plan. He soon took blood chemistry interpretations into many aspects of dental degenerative disease, and he accidentally found that all degenerative diseases had common denominators.
While expanding his chemistry interpretations, Dr. Huggins met Olympio Pinto, C.D., of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Pinto introduced him to the concept of mercury toxicity, and Dr. Huggins immediately found correlations between dental materials and chemistry changes. His first cases had "accidental" rapid improvements that captured his attention and inspired him to delve into the depths of chemistry, endocrinology, toxicology, and immunology to develop what is now the most advanced technology for treating dental material-stimulated degenerative and autoimmune diseases.
Dr. Huggins entered into a Master of Science program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 1985. He graduated in 1989, and by that time had already incorporated many of the things he had learned into his private practice. In 1990, he founded the Huggins Diagnostic Center, which embodies multiple health disciplines, including medicine, dentistry, biochemistry, hematology, toxicology, pathology, nutrition, nursing, psychology, movement education, Feldenkrais (a gentle body discipline that reintroduces the muscular system to the nervous system), acupressure, massage, and sauna therapy, in one diagnostic and treatment facility, all under a team direction.
Dr. Huggins believes that mercury toxicity damages so many areas that the team approach seems to be required in order to cover the avenues found to stimulate recovery. He hopes this will serve as a pattern for a future healthcare model.
Public interest in his techniques has brought him invitations to speak in forty-six of the fifty United States and thirteen foreign countries. Radio, television, and print media have followed his research by requesting over 900 interviews in the past fifteen years.
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HAL HUGGINS
FATHER OF MERCURY- .... [Hal Huggins, D.D.S, M.S.] has developed a multidisciplined approach for treating autoimmune diseases caused by dental fillings, root canals, and crown materials. Dr. Huggins has been one of the principal voices against mercury-amalgam dental fillings, blaming them for a host of autoimmune diseases. Under attack from American medical authorities, in 1999 Dr. Huggins assisted...in building the Center for Progressive Medicine in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Dr. Huggins has published more than 50 articles on nutrition, child development, mercury toxicity, root canals and cavities. He has also authored [many]... books....
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