root canal-Key is Prevention? I feel teased confused and teased...?

[Guest guest]

Here I thought all these years that by eating properly, drinking

plenty of water, and brushing, flossing and water picking, I WAS

supposed to be preventing decay and root canals.

 

If you can find the time, could you either explain in some detail

what you mean by " preventive dentistry " or point me to a link where I

can read about it?

 

Thank you.

 

Elliot

 

, " Jerry Mittelman "

<jmittelman@n...> wrote:

> Catherine,

> The alternative to root canal therapy is extraction.

> That's why prevention is so necessary.

> My son is 49 with no decay, no fillings, and he's

> got great gums.

> Some day prevention will be picked up even in

> dental schools. Bev, my nutritionist wife, has give

> courses in 11 dental schools. She's a CNC and

> has a degree in BioTechnology.

> Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM

> Reply with your po box or street address to get a

> free copy of The Holistic Dental Digest PLUS - jmittelman@n...

> What dentists aren't likely to learn in dental school.

>

> -

> " ucccathy " <ucccathy>

>

> Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:14 PM

> Re: root canal

>

>

> > So what is the alternative to a root canal?

> >

> > Catherine

> >

> > , " Jerry

Mittelman "

> > <jmittelman@n...> wrote:

> > > Cavitations are infected areas in bone surrounding the roots of

> > teeth.

> > >

> > > They usually come from infected matter in root canalled teeth.

> > >

> > > When a DDS does root canal therapy (RCT) s/he sterilizes and

fills

> > >

> > > the vertical pulp canal - about an inch long - and leaves

infected

> > the

> > >

> > > approximate 3 miles of dentinal tubules that cannot yet be

treated.

> > >

> > > The infection exudes from the root to the supporting jaw-bone.

> > >

> > > For a more complete description request our report " Can Root

Canal

> > Make You Sick? " , reply with your po box or street address.

> > >

> > > Infections from this source affects your entire immune system -

your

> > >

> > > health both physical and mental.

> > >

> > > Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >