MESSAGE from Haruto Ichinami

To those who are considering dental treatment

Please pause and consider undergoing dental treatment carefully. I published a book at my own expense about 10 years ago titled "Teeth and Body" in which I described the close relationship between the teeth and the body (whole body). I received many telephone calls and letters from many victims of dental treatment all over Japan who had read my book. In the past, the teeth were considered independent from other parts of the body. Yet Professor Takao Maruyama of the Dental Department of Osaka University, describes in the preface of my book titled "Jaw Deviation Syndrome/Gakuhenisyou (published June 20, 1992)" as follows.

"Since when did dental medicine, including its teaching system, become separate and independent from general medicine? Our body is one unit so dental practice, or oral cavity treatment, should not be separated and kept independent from other parts of the body. Morphologically and functionally, the teeth and the body are but one unit, yet dentists and doctors, people and patients consider them as separate entities, and this belief has persisted for a long time. A very large gap, perhaps even a wall, has formed between dental medicine and dental treatment, and between general medicine and general treatment. Because of this wall, severe diseases are left unsolved and unattended. But such severe diseases are now being recognized as closely related to the lack of peace in modern lives.

The severe disease referred to here is "Jaw Deviation Syndrome/Gakuhenisyou" according to the author of this book. While reading this book, despite the unfamiliar name of the disease you may recognize the various symptoms in yourself or your friends, and you may be surprised to know that this is a dental disease. This disease is related to civilization, and it is increasing very rapidly." (Extract from Preface.)

You may already know that when teeth are treated, the important relation between the upper jaw and lower jaw is distorted and bodily symptoms appear. Once these symptoms appear, it is extremely difficult to cure. For this reason, before you undergo dental treatment, I would like you to read my books, "Teeth and Body" and "Jaw Deviation Syndrome/Gakuhenisyou." Please understand the importance of treating teeth before you spend hundreds or thousands of dollars, and take care not to get diseases. During the past eleven years, among the many complaints and consultations which I have received, the largest number of people complained about their body condition after bridge treatment, and the next largest number was he complaints about the body condition after orthodontics and implants. The condition is extremely dangerous and regrettable. Please read the books and I sincerely hope you will never suffer from "Jaw Deviation Syndrome/Gakuhenisyou."

Indeed, one tooth can upset an entire life.