The terms biological and holistic dentistry reflect the overall philosophy of the role of oral care. Holistic and biological dentists educate patients on the importance of wellness and how dentistry can play a role in overall health. These dentists take into account the long term effects of what dentistry does (or could possibly do) to the whole body. Holistic and biological dentists perform dentistry that is good for the body as well as the teeth and gums. This includes the use of dental materials that are biocompatible.

Health Connections Dentistry provides “whole-body” oriented family dental services to individuals of all ages by connecting whole health with basic dental care, mercury-free dentistry, dentures, child and adult orthopedics/orthodontics, dental implant restoration, and much more, such as therapies for disorders such as TMJ disorders, movement disorders and sleep breathing disorders.

The Smile Professionals at their office aim to put everyone at ease during all procedures. Symptoms such as TMJ Disorders, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, snoring, mouth breathing, chronic headaches, or clicking, popping or grating noises in the jaw, may be due to disruptions and obstructions of the airways. “These disruptions can be a result of a cascade of events that alter the normal breathing and swallowing process,” says Dr. Claire Stagg, owner of Health Connections Dentistry. One example is that of environmental or food allergies that result in tonsils or adenoids becoming swollen leading to mouth breathing. Mouth breathing impacts the tongue’s position and loss of palatal pressure resulting in an unbalanced bite. “Epigenetic orthopedics allows us to reverse engineer these symptoms,” says Dr. Stagg. The DNA Appliance system can simply be worn during early evening and sleep when growth occurs to positively affect the midface growth. The appliances can help guide the teeth, jaws, TMJ, face and airway into more optimal relations for function such as sleep and breathing.”

Smile Design & Wellness Center is an innovative, comprehensive, biologic dental practice. Biologic Dentistry is closely aligned with minimally invasive dentistry, where attempts are made to save as much healthy tooth and gum structure as possible. The use of lasers and air abrasion enable many restorations without the "dreaded shot".

Biologic dentistry often includes collaboration with other health professionals. The journey to health generally involves removing toxicities, which may include the safe removal of mercury amalgam fillings when prescribed by a qualified health practitioner. Smile Design and Wellness Center is proud to be among the 1/4 of 1% of dentists who practice safe mercury removal.

Drs. Chris Edwards, Rob Brown and their team, pride themselves in working diligently to provide exemplary customer service and dental treatment in a warm and caring environment. They have an extensive array of dental technology that enables them to provide quality care that results in the highest levels of oral health.

Drs. Edwards and Brown incorporate the use of biologically driven technologies such as Lasers, Ozone, and Platelet Rich Fibrin. CEREC is one of the many therapies that they incorporate. Instead of crowns that required cutting away healthy tooth structure all the way to the gum, CEREC crowns can end high on the enamel and blend in perfectly to the natural tooth, all this in one visit with no temporaries or gooey impression material. CEREC crowns are composed of biocompatible all ceramic materials. Utilizing a series of lasers for cutting, as well as healing, ensures state-of-the-art methods eliminating the drill in many cases, and speeds up healing. Lasers are a safe and biologic way to promote healing with little post op pain.

Health Connections Dentistry, 2120 Highway A1A, Indian Harbour Beach. SmileProfessionals.com, 321-777-2797. 

Smile Design & Wellness Center, 5445 Village Drive, Viera. SmileDesignCenter.us, 321-751-7775.