protect your teeth

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I suggest you see this outstanding DDS in your area: Robert Olson, DDS,

Fullerton, 714-526-2860.

Jerry

 

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" Ron Petruccione " <petruccione

 

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:49 PM

RE: [s-A] Re: protect your teeth

 

 

> Hi Everyone,

> I just joined yesterday, so I will read the files section soon and start

> working the archives, but this one caught my eye. I had a root canal

maybe

> two years ago. I didn't go with the porcelain base but the metal,

(nickel,

> gold, etc...) I thought I remembered that it doesn't have silver or

mercury.

> Are these just as bad as amalgam fillings??

> I am in Huntington Beach, CA, is there a holistic dentist near me I could

> ask?

> If I recall correctly Holistic Dentists don't believe in root canals,

> correct?

> They recommend pulling the whole tooth.?

>

>

> J Mittelman [jmittelman]

> Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:38 PM

>

> Re: [s-A] Re: protect your teeth

>

>

> Melony,

> Where is your daughter located? Perhaps we can give her an approriate

> referral.

> Jerry Mittelman

> Reply with your street or po box address

> to get a sample copy of

> The Holistic Dental Digest PLUS jmittelman

> Your teeth will love you for it.

>

> -

> " Melony " <melony

>

> Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:33 PM

> [s-A] Re: protect your teeth

>

>

> > Would this apply to internal bleaching?

> >

> > My daughter knocked her front tooth out about 10 years ago. We managed

to

> save the tooth but it required a root canal. Some time later I noticed

the

> tooth was discolouring and took her to a different dentist. Apparently

the

> original work was done with silver amalgam (sp?) rather than white and it

> was this that was causing the discolouring. The dentist took the old

> filling out and inserted a bleaching product, which was left in for a week

> or so and then the tooth was re-filled. Recently she mentioned the tooth

is

> starting to discolour again (she's nearly 20 and away from home now).

> >

> > Melony

> >

> > >

> > > The article details research done by Ritter, who suggests that

dentists

> warn patients about " ..its detrimental effect on tooth structure... "

> > >

> > > If bleaching alters the enamel - makes it more porous - will this

invite

> more and greater staining in the future? The bleaching certainly doesn't

> make the enamel more resistant to stain.

> > >

> >

> >

> >

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