Dr. Peter Jacobsen, PhD, DDS

Natural dentistry, holistic and wholistic dentistry, alternative dentistry, and integrative dentistry are some of the names we use to describe the various approaches that some describe as “alternatives” to the dental health treatments we learned in Dental and Hygiene school and that we all practice.

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What else can I, as a dentist, do to enhance the effectiveness of pain control medication? What else works for better pain control...