Hi Stuart, I'm almost certain that Dr. Johnson would be happy to arrange conventional biocompatibility testing for you, if you prefer. Since Dr. Johnson is affiliated with my dentist, Dr. McClure, I'm going to hazard a guess here -- I know Dr. McClure is so confident with his kinesiology that he normally doesn't do formal blood testing. But, he informs the patient of this and says that if the patient would like to follow up with standard tests he'd be happy to do so. I know that Dr. McClure routinely verifies his kinesiology findings with standard tests to be sure that he's finding everything -- sort of as a safety check. So, I'm wondering if Dr. Johnson is so comfortable with his kinesiology, that he is doing the same thing?

And I personally feel that kinesiology is spot on as far as accuracy when it's used by well trained and competent practitioners. Since Dr. Johnson is a doctor of integrative medicine and a naturopath as well as a holistic/biological dentist, I'd again, hazard a guess that you'd be safe in his kinesiology methods. But, again, you should always have the option of requesting standard tests if you so desire.

Medical and dental office receptionists are a huge pet pieve of mine. So many times they are ill informed or simply not capable of answering questions. And most of the time, if we don't ask the precise question in a precise way we won't get the information we need. In other words, if we don't ask a question in "their" frame of reference, we can forget about finding any information at all! And how would we necessarily know what the proper question is when we're trying to gather information? It's so frustrating. I'd bet if you called her back and asked her whether Dr. Johnson would also offer standard biocompatibility testing (like the Clifford test, I think it's called?), she either wouldn't know the answer or would put you on hold and ask someone. lol

As far as the timing of your visits, I can't speak to that. I know Hal Huggins addresses this issue. Based on Huggins' latest research, I've personally opted to use conscious sedation and try to get all of my dental work done in two visits. Next week I'm having all 16 of my amalgams removed. And just over two weeks later (I'm trying to keep to the 7-14-21 day immune cycle), I'll have my root canaled tooth extracted. I do have another tooth that might pose a problem -- it might have to be extracted as well, but we won't know until the dentist removes the crown and looks at it.

On Huggins' website he has an addendum saying, in part, that their research has found that the immune system will not be overstressed or unduly challenged if all amalgams are removed in one appointment using conscious sedation.

Let us know what you find out!

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