Mary Ellen Sullivan Chalmers, DMD
IFM Certified Practitioner
Practice Information
- Accepts Some Insurance
- Consultations Online
- Consultations by Phone
Practice Location
Information for Patients
From the practitioner: About My Practice
Functional Dentistry is the application of the principles and practices of Functional Medicine with the practice of the art and science of Dentistry. Philosophical differences exist today between traditional Evidence-Based Dentistry and Biological Dentistry, which have an impact on all patients and their oral and systemic health. When we apply Functional Medicine concepts in the course of dental examination, diagnosis and treatment, the ?one size fits all? philosophy of standard American dentistry becomes outdated and dentists transform from ?molar mechanics? to true ?physicians of the mouth.? We work closely with our patient?s physicians, and coordinate a patient?s dental treatment with the efforts of their other health care providers.
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Graduate School Education
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Professional Associations
Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT), American Dental Association (ADA)
IFM Coursework
- Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
- Bioenergetics (formerly Energy) Advanced Practice Module
- Cardiometabolic Advanced Practice Module
- Environmental Health (formerly Detox) Advanced Practice Module
- GI Advanced Practice Module
- Hormone Advanced Practice Module
- Immune Advanced Practice Module