Dr. Hal Huggins

Hal A. Huggins DDS, MS, the world’s most controversial dentist because of his stand on trying to convince dentistry to stop the use of mercury in fillings, has been in practice 42 years in Colorado Springs. He is a leading pioneer in identifying toxic dental materials and balancing body chemistry. Over the past four decades, he developed a multi-disciplined health care model that has been influential in improving autoimmune diseases such as MS, Lupus, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s. Other symptoms such as chronic fatigue, depression, and memory and digestive problems have also responded.

Dr. Huggins earned a post-doctoral Master’s with emphasis on immunology and toxicology from the University of Colorado. Controversial in his stand against deception in dental regulations and practices, Dr. Huggins has been on the cutting edge of dentistry since the beginning of his practice. Once the darling of the American Dental Association and a speaker at many of the major dental conventions, his vigorous stand against silver (mercury) amalgams finally resulted in his losing his dental license in 1996 for “refusing to place or recommend placing silver amalgams and refusing to recommend or place root canals”.

During the past 42 years, Dr. Huggins has lectured over 1400 days in 46 states and 13 foreign countries to professional and lay groups and has given over 1000 radio, TV and print media interviews. He has published over 50 articles concerning nutrition, child growth and development, mercury toxicity, root canals and cavitations, and he is the author of several books including:

Who makes your homones HUM??? -Why do we like some people, and dislike others? Who are we attracted to, and who repels us? They are all nice people, it’s just that we have “vibes” with some folks, and others we don’t. Why? Dynamics of human interactions are dictated by genetics and are not subject to change. Interpretation is the result of endocrine action (testosterone, estrogen, thyroid, pituitary and more), not logic. Logic has nothing to do with it. It's all in who makes your hormones hum.

Solving the MS Mystery – based on 33 years experience and treatment of 1000 MS patients, this book shows that toxic dental materials in the mouth so close to the brain can trigger many autoimmune diseases including MS, Alzheimer’s, Lupus, and Chronic Fatigue. Includes the Protocol that has worked to reverse these and other autoimmune diseases.

Your Goose Isn’t Cooked—Yet!– a cookbook/nutrition book with mini-chapters that reveal information usually given only during his body chemistry lectures. This book covers the functions of blood, dental decay and degenerative diseases along with nutrition, meal planning, and cooking tips to balance the body chemistry. Contains over 230 recipes.

It’s All In Your Head– designed to create awareness concerning problems and solutions involving diseases potentially generated from toxic substances (mercury, nickel, copper, etc.) in dental material.

Uninformed Consent - the hidden dangers in dental care (with Dr. Thomas Levy) – a book on diseases related to dental materials other than amalgam.

Why Raise Ugly Kids? – a book on child growth and development with emphasis on prevention of orthodontics, and orthopedic and nutritionally related problems.

In his spare time, Dr. Huggins has discovered astounding research that has rocked the dental profession in the USA and in other countries. His studies led to the breakthrough that many people suffer immune suppression due to the presence of their dental fillings. This challenged the 160 year old assumption that silver-mercury fillings as well as other toxic metals were safe simply because they had been used previously.

Through his research in the toxicity of mercury and other dental materials, he found out that chronic fatigue and a wide array of auto-immune diseases may be linked to these materials. He developed a system that improves the quality of the immune system and allows many of these diseases to disappear, but it requires a series of blood studies and several hours of preparation before fillings are replaced. Dr. Huggins developed a blood test to determine which dental materials are “compatible” with an individual’s immune system (different in each person, just like drug reactions) which disclosed that many dental materials cause immune reactivity in over 90% of the people tested.

To accommodate the numerous requests for referral dentists that his office receives daily, Dr. Huggins formed the MULTI-DISCIPLINE ALLIANCE of professionals who are trained to follow the Huggins Protocol. He is also a consultant in three countries at multi-disciplined centers that practice the Huggins Protocol.

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What is the Huggins' Protocol?

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We get many requests for a list of what is contained in the Huggins' Protocol, for it seems that many dentists feel that as long as they have removed amalgam and replaced it with anything white, they have provided the total dental revision service that Dr. Hal A. Huggins recommends. You may want to “shop and compare”.

Here is a brief outline of the protocol as of September 2003, dated, for as new items are found that help, they are added at that time.

For more extensive information, visit the Online Store on this site and order for immediate receipt via email, the 40-page booklet, Protocol for Amalgam Removal and Dental Revision. To order a bound copy of the booklet, visit the Online Store or call toll-free 1-866-948-4638.

Brief Outline of the Huggins Protocol

1. Become educated on the topic of dental toxicity. Read Dr. Huggins' books, "It’s All in Your Head", "Uniformed Consent", or the 2002 book "Solving the MS Mystery" (available for order in the Online Store section of DrHuggins.com), or one of the many other books on the subject now appearing in the bookstores.

2. After you are familiar with the protocol, interview a dentist and other therapists to see if you can assemble an adequate team to do the treatment that you have selected.

3. In the dental office, expect a dental examination that includes hard (teeth) and soft (gums and neck areas) tissue evaluations. X-rays will be taken to locate decayed teeth, defective fillings, missing teeth, cavitations, root canal or dead teeth. Models of your teeth may be taken at this time for an evaluation of your “bite”, and to be used by the laboratory to fabricate replacements for any missing teeth that might be removed during these procedures.

4. He/she will also take electrical readings on your fillings and crowns in order to determine the sequential order in which the restorations should be replaced.

5. Your doctor can write prescriptions for blood drawing for the following items:

A. blood serum for the chemistry analysis from which your intake of carbohydrate, fat and protein can be determined. In other words, a scientific basis for your individual diet.

B. the CBC, or complete blood count. This shows the red and white blood cells that are generally altered by the presence of mercury and root canals. From these tests information on how your immune system is functioning can be gleaned, and how removal of dental interference can re-ignite proper immune function.

C. serum is also drawn to be sent to a special laboratory for what is called the “compatibility” test. This shows which dental materials interfere with your specific immune function, and which ones can more safely be used in your mouth (more immune compatible with your immune system).

6. A sample of your hair from the nape of the neck will be taken (probably best by your barber or beautician) to be sent to another special laboratory for analysis of minerals. Some minerals, like lead, mercury and cadmium, are toxic. Others, like sodium, potassium and calcium are compared to blood tests for the same mineral in order to be able to interpret the real condition of your body in this area. There is a direct relationship between blood and hair analysis – which shows us that high levels are not necessarily indicative of high tissue levels, and the same for low levels. These results may be totally the opposite from conventional wisdom in people with cellular transport problems caused by dental toxins.

7. Plan your treatment jointly with the dentist, physician, IV personnel, acupressurist, nutritionist, detoxification doctor and other health professionals so that the timing of events complement each other, and do not interfere with final results.

8. Set your appointment schedule in accordance with the 7-14-21 day immune cycles. If this is violated, it is too easy to create an autoimmune disease you might otherwise have never had. Be sure to allow 48 hours in between appointments as well. Be sure to get all of the “removal” appointments (amalgam, nickel crowns and root canals) accomplished within a 30-day period or less if at all possible.

9. If you are using Intravenous Conscious Sedation, then there is generally only one removal appointment, and it can be 6 or 8 hours long without a problem. Since IV sedation gives a time compression and amnesia, you won't really care how long you have been there. Placement of new crowns and partials can be done at any later time without regard to the immune cycles.

10. Sequential removal of the fillings requires that the quadrant containing the highest negative current filling be removed first. Then the quadrant with the next highest electrical charge is next. All procedures involving filling replacement, crown replacement, tooth extraction and cleaning cavitations without conscious sedation can generally be accomplished within the 2 hour to 2 hour 15 minute window you have for accomplishing this task before compromising the immune system.

Even if the procedures are quite short – like 15 minutes – never, never cross the midline during the same appointment. The midline is an imaginary line dividing the head into two halves at a point between the front teeth and between the eyes. Unless, of course, you are utilizing IV conscious sedation. Then you can do things upside down and backwards with no effect on the immune system.

11. Start your nutritional program based on your blood chemistry interpretations as soon as is feasible in the program. The amounts of carbohydrate, protein and fat intake are suggested with the first blood test, and a more refined diet can be determined with follow-up blood tests to check for individual overdoses, under doses or being right on target.

12. Supplements may be started prior to the dental procedures when possible. TransMix with Calcium is generally given several days before, the day of, and several days after the surgical procedures. Needs for calcium are specific, and most patients suffer from an overdose of the improper form of calcium. Care must be exercised when prescribing calcium. Most of the rest of the necessary supplementation is based on your chemistries (not blood type) and is individual. Modifications in dose are based on follow-up chemistries.

13. Do not take Vitamin C the day of dental procedures. Vitamin C by mouth will shorten the effect of the dental anesthetic to literally around 10 minutes – after that, it is painsville. The IV form of Vitamin C does not do this for reasons unknown, but even 500 milligrams in the tablet form will detoxify the anesthetic adequately to let you feel the pain of drilling or surgery.

14. Observe the Patient Protection Protocol as closely as is possible during removal procedures. Please realize that many dentists do not have all the safety equipment described, so see how much you can live with, and without. Complete protection includes the use of the rubber dam during amalgam removal; the use of copious amounts of water with high suction while amalgams and nickel crowns are being cut with the high speed drill; placement of dental materials that have been proved to be biocompatible with you; presence of negative ion generators to remove the massive amount of mercury vapor within the dental office; IV Vitamin C during the removal procedures – especially if surgery for root canals or cavitations is performed; administration of one capsule of an anaerobic fighting antibiotic one hour before surgery (that is all that is required), the use of protamine zinc insulin if possible after the procedures.

15.If surgery is done during this procedure, be sure to select from the use of ice packs immediately after the procedures are finished, the use of magnets if desired, and dispensing of adequate pain pills. Please avoid codeine when possible, for it makes many people nauseated, and is constipating for the majority of people. Minimal travel after surgery is advisable (like 3 miles or less) for the vibration in a car can release the blood clot resulting in the famous painful “dry socket”. Smoking after surgery will almost guarantee the formation of a painful dry socket. Be forewarned.

16. Be absolutely certain that your IV during the dental procedures contains NO Vitamin B-12. B-12 in any form is a methylator, and methyl mercury is extremely damaging to your nervous system.

17. Acupressure immediately after dental appointments is helpful to all patients, and especially those with neurological problems. With all the electrical currents beaming into the brain for many years (at a current 1000 times greater than the brain operates on) the brain tries to accommodate, then upon removal of this current, the brain tries to uncompensate and recoup. The result can be a pretty uncomfortable feeling for about a week. Acupressure can be accomplished while the IV is still running. This is not a problem.

18. Massage is a good way to stimulate lymphatic drainage, and is in particular helpful in patients with white blood cell or serum calcium problems. It can be applied a few days before the dental removal sessions, and a few days afterwards.

19. After dental removal procedures are completed, be sure that the patient maintains a high protein diet. If surgery was done, best use a blender for a few days to avoid damage to fresh surgical sites.

20. Be sure that the C-flush procedures are followed. Many people achieve a new level of health after basic dental revision procedures, but do not feel that they have all the health and energy they would like. When they remember the C-flush and actually do it, they immediately feel much better. Remember, eating the right foods is only part of the treatment. You have to digest, absorb and assimilate the breakdown products of foods before you body can really build a new you. It takes a renewed gut to do that.

21. Select the detoxification procedures that are available and acceptable to you. Be careful to find the balance between adequate and overdoing. Two to three procedures per week is adequate for most people, and six to seven per week is overdoing it for almost anyone. Be kind to you. The biggest single problem post dental revision is too much detoxification too fast. Be real careful here. This goes for detoxification medications as well as saunas, etc. Get educated. Read the book on detoxification and take heed.

22. See to it that your follow-up blood tests and interpretations are scheduled. It is easy to slip back into the habits that created your original problem, so all of us need the handholding to maintain improved health.

23. A really important part of going through this program is that you have a competent caregiver. Especially during dental procedures, the brain is undergoing a new form of electrical and chemical stimulation, and it can easily become confused. Even menial tasks like selecting which clothes to wear, which foods to eat, preparing the foods, cleaning up the kitchen afterward, what time are the appointments, are stresses to a patient undergoing dental revision that are not ordinarily considered stressors. Having someone appointed as designated decision maker will enhance healing and reduce stress on your immune system. Pull off your ego hat, and let someone else help you at this time.

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Protocol recommended by Dr. Hal A. Huggins, Colorado Springs, CO

For more extensive information, visit the Online Store on this site and order for immediate receipt via email, the 40-page booklet, Protocol for Amalgam Removal and Dental Revision. To order a bound copy of the booklet, visit the Online Store or call toll-free 1-866-948-4638.

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