What the BGS Institute Is and Who It Is For

The BGS Institute was established to solve a specific and significant problem: biological dentistry had no standard. Dentists could describe themselves as biological practitioners without completing any formal training, being assessed against any defined criteria, or being held to any ongoing accountability. Patients had no reliable way to know what they were getting when they searched for this kind of care. The BGS Institute exists to change that by creating, maintaining, and growing a defined global standard for the field.

Who Founded It and Why

The BGS Institute was founded by Dr. Dominik Nischwitz, one of the most experienced ceramic implantologists in the world, with more than 5,000 procedures placed across two decades of clinical practice. Dr. Nischwitz is the author of It's All In Your Mouth, a foundational work that introduced the mouth-body connection to a global audience, and Vice President of the International Society for Metal Free Implantology.

His clinic in Tübingen, Germany, DNA Health & Aesthetics, operates with a five-month waitlist. Around 60 percent of his patients travel from outside Germany specifically for his approach to biological dentistry. For years, other dentists asked him how they could learn to practice the same way. 

What the Institute Does

The BGS Institute delivers a defined clinical system that connects oral health to whole-body medicine. The institute trains, certifies, and connects practitioners who apply that standard in their own practices across the world.

Its core functions include:

• Training dentists through a structured online and optional in-person certification programme
• Issuing three recognized clinical credentials on programme completion
• Maintaining a global directory of certified practitioners that receives more than 10,000 patient searches per month
• Connecting certified dentists in an ongoing professional community across more than 16 countries
• Providing continuing clinical development through quarterly live sessions with Dr. Nischwitz

Who the Programme Is For

The Biological Dentistry Institute is designed for qualified dental professionals who want to practice at the level of systemic health, not just isolated dental treatment. The programme is formally open to and actively suited for:

• Qualified dentists seeking a defined biological dentistry clinical framework
• Implantologists looking to transition toward ceramic and metal-free implant systems
• Oral surgeons who want to integrate regenerative protocols into their clinical approach
• Clinic owners building a biological dentistry practice model from the ground up or restructuring an existing one
• Medical doctors with a clinical interest in the oral-systemic connection and its treatment implications

Prior knowledge of biological dentistry is not a requirement. The programme is structured to take a conventionally trained dentist through the clinical foundations of the BGS system from first principles, through advanced clinical application, and into practice management and community integration.

What the Institute Is Not

The Biological Dentistry Institute is not a general continuing education provider offering a catalogue of standalone courses. It does not offer short technique-focused workshops that can be combined in any order. The programme delivers a complete clinical system, and the application process is selective by design.

Dentists speak with the BGS team before joining to confirm the programme is the right clinical and professional fit for their practice. The institute is also not a directory listing service that any dentist can join by paying a fee. Only practitioners who have completed the full certification programme are listed, which is what gives the directory its value to both patients and practitioners.

The Scale of What the BGS Institute Has Built

Since its founding, the BGS Institute has certified more than 70 biological dentists across more than 16 countries. The BGS directory receives over 10,000 patient searches per month, a figure that reflects the speed at which patient awareness of biological dentistry is growing globally. 

The gap between supply and demand in this space remains significant, and the BGS Institute is the primary mechanism by which that gap is being addressed through qualified, certified practitioners.