Some Important Facts About Dentistry

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Some Important Facts About Dentistry

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One of the self-evident goals of dentistry is to help people save

their teeth. When measured by this " yardstick " , dentistry has been

successful - most of us have more teeth than our parents did at a

similar age. Nevertheless, the materials and techniques used to save

teeth are a direct assault on our health. Our amalgam fillings are

52% mercury, which is poison, pure and simple. Root canal fillings

produce the most toxic organic substance known to man. Approximately

95% of all extracted teeth result in cavitations. Cavitations are

unhealed, toxic, avascular (without a blood supply) holes in the

jawbone caused by improperly extracted teeth. There is

a " Matterhorn " of evidence to support the contention that nearly all

the chronic degenerative diseases and nearly all of the autoimmune

diseases can be laid at the feet of dentistry. The website you are

on will show only a partial list of sources that document these

serious indictments of the dental profession.

 

Health-conscious dentistry (HCD) is simply dentistry that endeavors

to do no harm to the patient. It's fine to save teeth, but if the

materials the dentist uses, or the techniques he employs to save

teeth, result in undermining the health of the patient, then the

patient has not been done a favor. Knowledge of the subjects

discussed on this website should be a goal of all dentists who claim

to care about their patients.

 

ROOT CANALS

 

A " root canal " is a procedure that a dentist uses to allow a patient

to keep a dead tooth in his or her mouth. The fallacy with this

concept is that the body doesn't like dead things in it and will

try, sometimes desperately, to get rid of the dead thing.

Notwithstanding, the fact that it may be " handy " to save a tooth

for " dental convenience " , it does not change the fact that

root canal treatments can devastate the human immune system. " Root

canals " cause:

 

Suppression of the immune system

 

The creation of an " interference field " on the meridian that the

particular tooth is on (meridian - a channel of energy that flows

between different tissues, organs and structures) .

 

The production of the most toxic organic substance known to man.

Root-canal fillings can cause serious side effects. Dr. Weston price

is recognized as the greatest researcher that the dental profession

has ever produced. Dr. Price, after observing many patients with

crippling degenerative diseases not responding to treatment,

suspected infected root canal-filled teeth to be the cause. He then

embarked on a 25 - year-long study to see if his suspicions were

correct. This study was done during the first 3 decades of the 20th

century! However this information was not shared with us when we

were dental students so we had a big void in our dental

education where root canals are concerned. Dr. Price devised a

testing method which disclosed the presence of infection in a tooth

which otherwise seemed to be healthy - that is, the implanting of

the root canal filled tooth under the skin of a laboratory animal.

He found that when the root-filled tooth of a patient with a

degenerative disease was extracted and imbedded in an animal, that

animal would develop the patient's disease. He did this in over 5000

animal studies and the results were consistent.

 

In the beginning, Dr. Price did not know just where the infection

was hiding in the tooth, only that a patient's illness was rapidly

transferred from his root-filled tooth to laboratory animals in case

after case. Dr. Price was able to culture the bacteria in root-

filled teeth and trap their toxins, reproducing a disease in a

rabbit by injecting the cultured material into the animal. Dr. Price

discovered a wide variety of degenerative diseases to be

transferable to rabbits, such as endocarditis and other heart

diseases, kidney and bladder diseases, arthritis, rheumatism, mental

diseases, lung problems, pregnancy complications, almost any

degenerative problem - and after extraction of these teeth, a large

percentage of patients recovered from their illnesses.

 

When sound, uninfected natural teeth were implanted in animals, no

adverse health effects were experienced. This vitally important

research was forced underground, and has remained virtually unknown

since its 1923 publication. Millions of people are ill, suffering

from degenerative diseases for which the medical profession is at a

loss regarding cause and treatment; the degenerative disease problem

continues to bankrupt our people and country.

 

Today we know that the toxins made by the bacteria that live by the

billions in root-canal teeth contain the most toxic organic

substance known to man - thio-ethers. Thio-ethers are 1000 times

more toxic than botulism toxin, which used to be considered the most

toxic organic substance. So from a practical standpoint, one would

be well-advised to worry less about anthrax and instead, focus on

root canals which are much more likely to cause you personal harm.

In addition to thio-ethers, other severe toxins from these

root-canal bacteria include thio-ethanols and mercaptans which have

been found in the tumors of women who have breast cancer, draining

through the lymphatic system down the cervical chain of lymph nodes

and ultimately in to the breast tissue. Besides being harbored in

root canals, these dangerous bacteria also take up residence in

cavitations which result from most extracted teeth (see

Cavitations). Thus one can get a " double-whammy " from the root

canals and the cavitations.

 

A tooth is basically comprised of 3 layers. The enamel (what we see

when we look at another person's teeth, the hard, white attractive

outer layer of the tooth), the pulp (a tiny island of soft tissue at

the center of the tooth - the same place in a tooth that a core

would be in an apple - the so-called " nerve " ), and the dentin.

Dentin accounts for about 90% of the tooth. When looked at under a

microscope, dentin has a very specific structure. It is made up

of " jillions " of incredibly tiny tubules that radiate outward from

the pulp to the outer edge of the tooth.

 

If one could some how take each of one of these " jillions "

of " tubules " in a front tooth and lay them end to end, they would

stretch for 3 miles. These dentinal tubules are like tiny pipes

that radiate outward from the pulp to the outer surface of the

tooth - kind of like spokes of a wheel (if you think of a cross-

section of a tooth). The centers of these tubules are filled with

living protoplasm. The protoplasm in these tubules has no blood

supply so it depends on the blood vessels in the pulp for it's

nourishment or sustenance. Once a " root-canal " is done to a tooth,

the pulp is gone (sacrificed) - which makes a root canal tooth a

dead tooth - an expensive, dead tooth. Now the protoplasm in these

miles and miles of dentinal tubules dies, and these tubules become

a " dandy " place for bacteria to hang out.

 

They have " free eats " on the dead, decaying protoplasm in the

tubules. These tubules are 1 to 1.3 microns in diameter- big enough

to accommodate bacteria, but too small to allow entry of white blood

cells (which are the body's principal way of controlling excessive

bacterial populations). Now your root-canal tooth becomes a

bacteria factory. The bacteria now are cloistered away from the

body's defenses and thus have free reign to proliferate. Existing

inside the tooth, these bacteria have no access to air so they

mutate into the anaerobic form - the kind that can live in the

absence of air. When the bacteria mutate, their metabolism changes

so that they give off waste products that are incredibly toxic.

These toxins include thio-ethers, thio-ethanols, and mercaptons.

 

Is It " Wisdom " to Extract Healthy Teeth?

 

Our forefathers, those born before about 1920, didn't have trouble

with their wisdom teeth and there were no oral surgeons. The

condition of " impacted " wisdom teeth was essentially unknown. The

skulls of ancient tribes from all over the world show no such

problem...

 

Current studies conclude that literally billions of teeth have been

removed unnecessarily, which has made a comfortable living for a lot

of oral surgeons-nine out of ten American teenagers (who have dental

insurance) fall prey to this operation. The cumulative cost of

wisdom tooth extraction is estimated to exceed " that for any other

surgery, " says Dr. J.F. Tulloch, reporting in the Journal of Dental

Education.

 

One of the arguments given for removing the wisdom teeth is that

they can push the other teeth forward over the years, forcing the

incisors (front teeth) to overlap. There is virtually no evidence to

support this assertion. The front teeth tend to drift forward, at

least into middle age, whether or not the wisdom teeth have been

removed. This natural crowding cannot be prevented by extracting the

third molar (wisdom) teeth.

 

The surgery is not without its problems. It's certainly not a benign

procedure and can cause some serious complications such as

infection, " dry socket, " nerve damage, temporary or permanent

anesthesia of the lip, lingual nerve damage, numbness of the tongue,

and damage to the adjacent teeth.

 

One Michigan study found that more that 10 percent of all wisdom

tooth extractions cause complications. Other complications mentioned

by these authors included persistent bleeding, damage to the gums,

and jawbone loss (which may affect the support of the adjacent

second molars).

 

Even when a molar is causing a problem, extraction should be the last

resort. From the standpoint of the oral surgeon there is only one

course of action: take it out. This is often unwise as cleansing the

area, trimming the gum, and treating any infection may be all that

is necessary. In other words, treat it as you would any other

infected tooth.

 

A 1991 report in the New York Times concluded: " If surgeons removed

only those wisdom teeth that actually caused problems.the nation

would save at least $150 million a year in medical expenses with no

ill effects. And tens of thousands of people, mostly teenagers,

would be spared the aches, pains, and complications that can result

from the surgery. "

 

Action to take: If a dentist recommends removal of wisdom teeth that

are not causing any problems, ask him to show you the X rays and

explain why the surgery is necessary. After he shows you with a lot

of scientific scary stuff, such as, " you may need emergency surgery

later so it's best to get them out now " and " the extraction is more

difficult if you are older, " get a second opinion from a dentist who

doesn't do surgery. Since only 30 percent of wisdom teeth become

impacted, 70 percent are being extracted unnecessarily.

 

Fluoridation - Why The Controversy?

 

Controversy surrounding the fluoridation experiment has persisted

for half a century. Japan and all of the continental Europe have

rejected the idea for reasons of safety and medical ethics.

Experiments in poor countries produced such harmful results that

they were quickly halted. Why does fluoridation continue to receive

vigorous government and professional backing in the English-speaking

nations?

 

Fluoride Facts in Brief

 

Fluoride has never received FDA approval and does not meet the legal

requirements of safety and effectiveness necessary for such

approval.

 

Fluoride is a pharmacologically active substance unrelated to water

purification. There is no possibility of obtaining individual

informed consent for medication with this experimental drug when it

is placed in a public water system. For these reasons, fluoridation

violates the Nuremberg Code of medical ethics and human rights.

 

In over 50 years of testing, it has never been demonstrated that

fluoride is effective in preventing tooth decay.

 

A world wide decline in human tooth decay has occurred at the same

rate in populations exposed to elevated fluoride levels and in

populations not exposed to elevated fluoride levels. This

spontaneous decline in tooth decay has been superstitiously

attributed to fluoride.

 

Fluoride is an accumulative protoplasmic poison rated at or above the

toxicity of lead.

 

LEAD Toxicity Rating: 3-4 FLUORIDE Toxicity Rating: 4

 

3= moderately toxic 4=very toxic (Toxicology of Commercial

Products,

5th Ed. 1984)

 

Under U.S. Law (under the EPA)

 

Maximum allowable LEAD in drinking water: 0.015 mg./liter

 

Maximum allowable FLUORIDE in drinking water: 4.0 mg./liter*

*Over 350 times the permitted lead level

 

Medical research shows that hip fracture rates are 20- 40 % higher in

localities with fluoridated water.

 

Epidemiological analysis shows that bone cancer rates in young males

are 80-600% higher in fluoridated localities.

 

The fluoride dose prescribed by doctors and the dose administered

without prescription to everyone in community drinking water is

expected to cause dental fluorosis in 10 % of children. Actual

Public Health Service figures show that 30% of children in

fluoridated localities have dental fluorosis, and 10 % of children

in Non-fluoridated areas now have fluorosis.

 

Fluorosis is malformation of tooth enamel characterized by

discoloration and brittleness.

 

Since there is no limitation or monitoring of the use of fluoridated

water in food processing, many processed foods contain high

concentrations of fluoride.

 

Concentrations of fluoride in toothpaste are 500-1500 parts per

million. This fluoride is absorbed through the lining of the mouth

and deposited in the body like ingested fluoride. One to two

brushings can yield a dose of 1milligram fluoride.

 

Ingested fluoride is deposited in bones as well as teeth. X-rays show

abnormal bone structure in children with dental fluorosis.

 

Fluorides are used in the biochemistry laboratory to stop enzyme

activity. Fluorides have the same effect on enzyme activity in the

human body.

 

The chemicals injected into public water supplies to elevate

fluoride levels and raw industrial waste. The chemicals most

commonly used are sodium silicofluoride and hydrofluosilicic acid,

toxic by-products of phosphate fertilizer production.

 

Fluoridated water increases corrosion and leaching of lead from

water mains and plumbing.

 

Fluoride levels in the sewer effluent of fluoridated water systems

are not monitored or controlled. It has been shown that fish are

killed by fluoride emissions at and below the levels probably

emitted in sewer effluent.

 

The ADA Misinformation on Mercury

 

The American Dental Association continues to remain in denial about

the toxicity of mercury. Dr. Murray Vimy is one of the leading

mercury researchers and he has provided a detailed chronology

documenting how mercury has been clearly established as a

contributing factor for periodontal disease.

 

The news release by the American Dental Association (ADA) dated June

13, 2001 contains a very significant error. The ADA President Dr.

Robert M. Anderton is reported as saying,

 

" There is no sound scientific evidence supporting a link between

amalgam fillings and systemic diseases or chronic illnesses. "

 

Yet this is well known in the published, peer-reviewed dental

journals that mercury leaks directly from amalgam into adjacent oral

tissues causing periodontal disease (gum disease).

 

Critical Fact #1: In 1957, Zander (JADA 55:11-15)

reported " materials used in restorative dentistry may be a

contributing factor in gingival disease. "

 

Critical Fact #2: In 1961, App (J Prosth Dent 11:522-532) suggested

that there was greater chronic inflammation around amalgam sites

than non-amalgam areas.

 

Critical Fact #3: In 1964, Trott and Sherkat (J CDA, 30:766-770)

showed that the presence of amalgam correlates with gingival

disease. Such disease was not present at contralateral amalgam free

sites.

 

Critical Fact #4: In 1969, Sanches Sotres et al (J. Periodo.

140:543-546) confirmed Trott and Sherkat findings.

 

Critical Fact #5: In 1972, Turgeon et al. (J CDA 37:255-256)

reported the presence of very significant erythema around amalgam

restorations that was not present at control non-amalgam sites.

 

Critical Fact #6: In 1973, Trivedi and Talim (J. Prosth. Dentistry,

29:73-81) demonstrated that 62.5% of amalgam sites have inflammatory

periodontal tissue reaction.

 

Thus, as early as 1973, a case can be made that the presence of

dental mercury-amalgam results in chronic inflammation and bleeding

in the gingival tissue adjacent to it; in other words, in situ

amalgam produced chronic Gingivitis.

 

Critical fact #7: In 1974, Freden et al. ( Odontol. Revy, 25:207-

210) showed that gingival biopsy material from sites not adjacent to

amalgam had 1-10 mcg mercury/gram of tissue (mean=3); whereas,

gingival biopsy sites near amalgams contained 19-380 mcg

mercury/gram of tissue (mean=147).

 

Critical Fact #8: In 1976, Goldschmidt et al. (J. Perio. Res.,

11:108-115)demonstrated that amalgam corrosion products were

cytotoxic to gingival cells at concentrations of 10-6: that is,

micrograms/gram of tissue.

 

Critical Fact #9: in 1984, the year of the NIDR/ADA Workshop, Fisher

it al (J Oral Rehab, 11:399-405) reported that at amalgam sites

alveolar bone loss was very pronounced and statistically significant

as compared to control non-amalgam sites! In other words, in situ

amalgam produces chronic Periodontitis.

 

This suggests that placing mercury fillings leads to a dentist-

induced disease, periodontal disease, which the same dentists then

treat. This is iatrogenesis.

 

Thus, for the ADA to conclude " there is no sound scientific evidence

supporting a link between amalgam fillings and systemic diseases of

chronic illness " is incorrect.

 

Periodontal disease is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in

Man, and mercury fillings contribute significantly! Such statements

by ADA spokespersons suggest that the ADA and its advisors may be

knowingly disinforming the public through the media or they lack an

understanding of the research about mercury release from amalgam

published in their own journals.

 

Murray J. Vimy DMD Clinical Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine,

University of Calgary. Calgary, Canada, July 4, 2001

 

DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

 

Dr. Vimy is one of the top mercury researchers in the world and his

comments to the ADA press release are most informative. You can

review the article I published with Dr. Klinghardt earlier this year

for further information on mercury detoxification.

 

Thanks to Jeff Green of Citizens for Health for sending this very

interesting timeline regarding the dental use of mercury.