What materials are used in biological dentistry?

Biological dentistry’s argument about materials has largely been won. The EU banned dental amalgam from January 2025, and the Minamata Convention’s sixth conference agreed a global phase-out by 2034. Ceramic implants entered mainstream consensus in 2023, when the International Team for Implantology put their five-year survival at 97.2%, comparable to titanium. Practitioners treated as cranks…

ByJon LipseySeptember 29, 20260Comments

HEALTH Explainer

How does biological dentistry differ from conventional dentistry?

A biological dentist and a conventional dentist hold the same licence. In the UK both are registered with the General Dental Council, both took the same degree, and neither can practise without the other's qualification. There is no separate register, and no recognised specialty. What differs is everything downstream: which materials go in the mouth,…

ByJon LipseySeptember 29, 20260Comments

HEALTH Great minds

Dr Dominik Nischwitz on the failure of traditional dentistry and why he has the answer

More than an hour after stepping off the main stage at the Health Optimisation Summit in London, Dr Dominik Nischwitz is still talking. The questions that started at the side of the stage followed him up to the gallery balcony, after a steward on a health and safety mission moved everybody on. "I'm not leaving…

ByJon LipseySeptember 2, 20260Comments

HEALTH

XPRIZE Healthspan: the $81m longevity prize that convinced its own doubters

“I never thought we would actually get a winner,” says Dr Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of Health at XPRIZE. She is talking about XPRIZE Healthspan, the project she oversees. It is a seven-year, $101 million global competition to develop therapies that restore the function people lose as they age. To win, a team has…

ByJon LipseyAugust 24, 20260Comments

HEALTH Investigation

Are peptides safe and legal? What the FDA ruling means in the US and UK

Updated 10 August 2026. Regulatory status current as of this date. Most approved peptide medicines are legal when prescribed appropriately. But wellness and lifestyle peptides such as BPC-157, TB-500 and MOTS-c remain unapproved and unproven; the FDA’s July 2026 advisory vote did not make them approved or immediately legal to compound. UK rules depend partly…

ByJon LipseyAugust 10, 20260Comments

HEALTH Vanguard

The longevity network that started in a pub, not a lab

Mo Elzek does not think that, in the coming years, you will be able to pop a magic pill and decide what age you want to be. He does, however, think that a cocktail of targeted rejuvenation therapies could have a profound impact on your healthspan and lifespan. That distinction, borne out of deep understanding…

ByJon LipseyAugust 7, 20260Comments

HEALTH Opinion

Christopher Snowdon: healthy lifestyles are a burden on taxpayers

If you work in health, Christopher Snowdon is supposed to be the enemy. He defends smokers, opposes minimum pricing on alcohol and argues against sugar taxes. He thinks the wellness industry is "mostly a force for bad" and that nutritional epidemiology, the science underpinning nearly everything you have ever been told about food, is a…

ByJon LipseyAugust 6, 20260Comments

HEALTH

Top longevity influencers and researchers to follow

Seven of the 100 people ranked in the Unfiltered Longevity 100 for 2026 publish regularly for a general audience, such as a podcast, a newsletter or both. They are Peter Diamandis, Mark Hyman, Bryan Johnson, Matt Kaeberlein, Andrew Huberman, David Sinclair and Phil Newman. Three of them are working scientists and four are not. Four…

ByJon LipseyAugust 5, 20260Comments

HEALTH

Who are the most credible voices in longevity?

The most credible voices in longevity are mostly not the most visible ones. Of the 100 people ranked in the Unfiltered Longevity 100 for 2026, 38 are working scientists whose standing rests on peer-reviewed output, institutional position and replication record rather than on audience. They are listed in full below. Credibility and reach are close…

ByJon LipseyAugust 5, 20260Comments

HEALTH Explainer

Who is Dr Dominik Nischwitz?

Dr Dominik Nischwitz is a German dentist based in Tübingen. He founded the Biodentistry Global Standard, a certification and training programme for what he calls biological dentistry 3.0, and he is among the most widely known international advocates of ceramic dental implants and of treating the mouth as an upstream factor in whole-body health. His…

ByJon LipseyAugust 2, 20260Comments

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