Re: Facing a root canal or extraction
- From: "Jan Drew" <jdrew1374@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:36:35 GMT
<electronic_dave@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cacd295a-6732-4ca2-95af-c85a73bab0f3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi. I was recently referred to a dentist by my physician due toIt is a myth that RCT saves a tooth. The tooth will be dead.
swelling of my right cheek and pain in the root area of my upper right
1st molar. She also wrote a script for Augmentin, which I have been
taking for a couple of days now. On my first visit to the dentist
yesterday, he found a cavity in the tooth as well as a fine fracture
extending into the root; he believes the latter trauma is due to hard
biting or bruxism. (I was grinding my teeth in my sleep quite a bit
last month, according to my girlfriend). He said the infection is in
its early stages, i.e., little or no pus despite inflammation of the
gum around the tooth.
The dentist performed a pulpotomy, filled the tooth with something
that looks like white caulk and instructed me to come back in a week
for a followup. He says that since the fracture is fine, it may be
possible to save the tooth with RCT depending on how it responds to
pulpotomy in the interim. Otherwise, it must be extracted.
My question is, which of the two procedures is less likely to give me
problems in the long term? I've read some dire warnings on some dental
practices' websites about extraction releasing more bacteria into the
bloodstream. But if you'll forgive my cynicism, I can't help but
wonder if there isn't some self-interest involved here since RCT is a
more expensive procedure than extraction. A friend of mine (non-
dentist, administrative staff) who works at another dental practice
tells me that in the case of a fracture, they usually pull the tooth.
She was surprised when I told her that the dentist thinks it might be
a candidate for RCT.
My main concern is my overall health, with cosmetics a distant second.
Since this is a molar, it's not really visible from the front anyway.
http://www.integratedhealthpractice.com/treatment.asp#Root
All root cancel fillings have the potential to casue bad health. This is because, althought the nerve has been removed, bacteria still colonise in the minute tubules of a tooth. These bacteria produce toxins which enter the body causing potential harm.
An area of residual infection which is left under the gum, usually following, but sometimes a long time after an extraction can cause problems. Symptoms can be coincided with the energetic links to the body as well as localised problems.
http://www.drshankland.com/rootcanal.html
http://www.dentistry-toothtruth.com/faq.htm#treatment
What is the worst treatment done by dentists?
While mercury is toxic and can do terrible things to nerve tissue, it does it slowly over decades. The treatment that can have the biggest and fastest impact on the body is root canal therapy. The idea of keeping a dead, infected organ in the body is only thought to be a good idea by dentists. A root canal-treated tooth always negatively affects your immune system.
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