We are happy to welcome Lucia Nemcová to our blog today, a dental hygienist who believes that dental hygiene is not just about a quick procedure that covers up problems. Lucia knows that real care means addressing the causes of problems and creating results that last long-term. Her approach combines expertise, a holistic understanding of body and mind, and care that supports the health and well-being of the client.
"Why is dental hygiene necessary" holistically and not classically - in a cosmetic way, satisfying the client's minimum basic need - by crossing off a visit to the hygienist from the To-Do list... In translation: why do we keep lying to ourselves that this is enough for our permanent dental and body health?
As a child of the 90s, I do not know the exact purpose of establishing the dental hygiene department in the Czech Republic, Slovakia or worldwide, but I believe that the hygienist was supposed to be the dentist's right hand in preventing and maintaining the health of teeth and the periodontium. The periodontium is the supporting apparatus of the tooth located under the gum, in which the tooth is firmly attached to the jawbone.
Over the decades since our field has been gaining popularity, the system of so-called "quick and necessary" dental hygiene has been increasingly promoted so that the dentist is satisfied before the preventive examination. This treatment usually lasts 20–40 minutes, is often unpleasant and during that time a person does not learn or learn anything essential about teeth and proper prevention of the health of the entire oral cavity. The dentist usually does not have time to get to the proper and gentle deep treatment of teeth under the gum surface in the entire dentition.
I have never liked this version of dental hygiene – it does not serve to eliminate the causes, but to suppress them. The resulting effect only lasts a few weeks after the procedure. Not to mention that they will “suck” your mouth and recommend products of similar quality for home hygiene. I have not used classic cosmetic products for teeth and have not recommended them to my clients for years. Many of them are a source of neurotoxicity, hormonal disruption or irritated and poorly healing gums. I talk about the issue of excessive fluoride and iodine deficiency very often in the office, because almost no one knows about it.
Why holistic hygiene? Because it doesn't make sense otherwise. Has the dental hygiene we know so far solved tooth decay and inflammation? In my practice, we learn together to live life holistically – not in separate “boxes.” :))
I only sell people what I would want from my hygienist, if I had one:
- top quality treatment, cleaning instructions with all the tools and recommendations for highly qualified dentists and doctors who also see and solve the causes of diseases,
- empathy and support for the client's mental health in order to start the process of reconnecting with their own body,
- conscious touch and pleasant office environment,
- exclusively natural, swallowable and non-toxic dental products,
- minimum home remedies, but maximum effect of healthy and clean teeth,
- postponing the next dental hygiene visit during the year with the aim of shortening the duration of the treatment each time - because the client already knows everything and their teeth are fine :) This is the biggest benefit for the client and at the same time "revenge" for the entrepreneur who is constantly looking for a customer.
In traditional Chinese medicine, a doctor who failed to cure a patient was often tortured or murdered - I find this endearing when you think about what medicine is all about today.
The meridian system of organs is directly connected to the teeth, which are, thanks to nerves and blood vessels, so-called living organs, not just a piece of hard white matter, as people think. If a client repeatedly returns in bad condition and I have done the best I know how – that is, I do not probe any plaque or subgingival tartar around the inflamed tooth bed – it may be a manifestation of the organ system, hidden inflammation in the body, reactions to medications taken or autoimmune diseases, such as lupus. In this case, I do not really repeat the instruction on brushing teeth, but I specifically ask about the overall health condition.
About me and what shaped me into who I am today:
As a child, I suffered a lot emotionally at home in Slovakia, also because I am super sensitive. I have been living in the Czech Republic since I was 19 and take care of my life, business and health on my own. Thanks to this, from a young age I asked myself questions like: what is truth, peace, how to have good health, how to avoid falling for dental product sellers and advice from strangers who don't share my skin... etc.
I have completed two yoga courses and Reiki, Chinese medicine, nutrition, philosophy and psychosomatics are my "magazines". I avoid normality and normal statements - the word "normal" is an insult to me :D I see beneath the surface of everything, and therefore I mirror everything back.
In my free time, I spend time outdoors - in the garden, in the forest, or playing sports.
My clientele is extremely demanding, sensitive and aware. I am happy that they are like that, and at the same time it forces me to stay awake professionally and personally. The office has a relaxed atmosphere, where people often interact and teach each other directly.
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