Re: The Dr. K Book

I have been following this thread (and others on this forum) and it is
clear from these posts that dentists do not want to know the data that
has been accumulating for about for 100 years. The references are all
there on Medline/Pubmed. You just have to look. But more importantly
you have to be willing to open your mind. Einsten said that it was
almost impossible to changed people's preconceived predjudices. This is
especially true if it challenges your financial future as well as
challenges your internal belief system of your chosen profession. So I
understand the resistance.

Instead of supplying data the dentists here choose to make jokes and
personal attacks instead.

It is obvious that the dentists posting on the root canal issue and the
mercury issue do not understand even the basic concepts of medicine and
chemistry or they would not say what they say.

I bet that over half the dentists do not know how much local anesthetic
(pick the ones that you use every day) can be used at one session
(total), what the half life is, how much can be given at one time, and
the changes in amount administered /kg. of body weight.

Calling those that bring forward ideas that have been known for years
and are obvious if you understand bone biology, microbiology chemistry
etc. "raving lunatics" is a fine example of our profession and also
shows that history repeats itself when it comes to the ability of
people to think about ideas that may go against the status quo of what
was taught in dental school.

It was not long ago that we did not wash our hands before surgery.
The earth was once considered flat and the center of our solar system.
Galileo spent the last 9 years of his life for discoveries that were
entirely correct yet ridiculed and not accepted by the masses and those
people in power.
People even question the fact that we landed on the moon.

In the early 1980's two physician were laughed out of a
Gasteroenterology conference for proposing that ulcers were mainly
caused by an infection of H. Pylori. In fact, it was written as early
as 1928 in JAMA that ulcers may have an infectious etiology.
Homocysteine and inflammation as risk factors for heart disease were
ignored and ridiculed for about 25 years before being accepted as fact.
The list goes on and on.

And as I write this I realize that dentists will not change there mind
even in the face of substantial data.

There is a lot we could learn to raise the standard of care and help
move dentistry forward for the good of all the patients seeking our
treatment. But until it benefits the dental community as a whole this
will take a long long time.

I wish that all the dentists would post their real name and addresses.
That is where these type of forums fall short. Let's know who you are.

Robert Kulacz.

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