He became a staunch fighter against the use of mercury dental amalgam after a chance encounter with Dr. Olympio Faissol Pinto, who educated him in the early 70’s on how mercury was poisoning his patients. Dr. Pinto became his mentor and from that moment on, Dr. Huggins never looked back, instead he went deeper into the proverbial rabbit hole and discovered, it’s not just mercury fillings, it’s root canals, metal crowns, implants, and so much more! Dr. Huggins had always kept meticulous records on his patients and would analyze each one with a fine-tooth comb! Because of this, he was able to re-analyze cases and discovered that the majority of diseases do actually start in the mouth.

Like the pioneers and visionaries before him, such as Dr. William Hunter, Dr. Frank Billings, Dr. Edwin Rosenow, Dr. Weston Price, and eventually Dr. Huggins, himself, all were vilified! And like his peers, he never ceased in his work to improve dentistry. He called himself the “Dragon Slayer” and he never left the battle field.  Much of his early work, like those before him was based on clinical observations, and like his forefathers, he wondered how many cases can you call anecdotal before it becomes a scientific fact?

His inquisitive mind never stopped looking for answers or creating “new ways”, to do dentistry. He pushed all boundaries in conventional dentistry and raised the bar of what true biological dentistry should be.

He brought forth new innovations, such as the “Rita Meter”, which tells the dentist which mercury fillings should be removed in the safest sequential order. He developed a negative ion generator that protects not only the patient, but the dental workers when removing mercury fillings. He was a prolific writer, author, poet, musician, and researcher.