DENTIST

Why I Built Bio Dental the Way I Did.

I've been a dentist for years. And for a long time, I followed the model I was trained in.

I placed materials without deeply questioning their long-term safety. I worked within appointment windows that didn't leave room for real conversation. I treated the mouth like it existed separately from the rest of the body because that's what dental school taught me, and that's what the system rewarded.

But the more I learned, the harder it became to keep practicing that way.

I started asking different questions. Why are we still placing mercury-based fillings when we know what mercury does in the body? Why are we rushing through appointments when someone is sitting in my chair with a complicated health history and real concerns? Why does dentistry operate as though the mouth is sealed off from everything else when every system in the body is connected?

I didn't have good answers. So I changed how I practiced.

Bio Dental exists because I believe you deserve a dentist who thinks about your whole body not just the tooth in front of them. A dentist who chooses materials carefully, explains the reasoning, and makes space for you to ask hard questions.

I built this practice for patients who have been searching for something different. People who don't want to be told what to do they want to understand why. People who take their health seriously and want their dental care to reflect that.

If you've spent time wondering whether your old fillings are affecting you, whether there's a safer alternative to what was recommended, or whether anyone in dentistry actually thinks the way you think I want you to know that this practice was built with you in mind.

I'm Dr. Candida Castillo. And this is Bio Dental.

North Providence, Rhode Island
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