How does The Amount of Dental Infections Influence the Severity of Disease?

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Title: How does The Amount of Dental Infections Influence the Severity of

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How does The Amount of Dental Infections Influence the Severity of Disease?

Copyright 2006 SSLI Health Group

We are all aware that organisms which produce disease vary

greatly in the amount and severity of their virulence.

Because teeth are relatively small, it is also generally

believed that when a tooth has a properly treated root

canal filling, it is impossible for an infection there from

to overwhelm the patient. Furthermore, many express the

opinion that the organisms which cause dental infections

are low in virulence and the occurrence of any systemic

involvement is unlikely or, at best, of minor significance.

One of the first of numerous experiments by Dr.Price was to

withdraw the moisture content of an extracted tooth in a

drying chamber. Measuring the amount of dehydration showed

that roughly five percent of the volume of every root

filled tooth is a fluid which can quite readily become a

culture medium that can become easily saturated with

abundant bacteria.

In another experiment, a root filled tooth was taken from a

patient suffering acute endocarditis. The tooth was crushed

and the particles washed.The settled wash liquid was then

injected into a rabbit. The weight of the organisms

injected was determined by counting the number present in

the dilution; the actual amount the rabbit received was

only a millionth part of a gram. Still, the rabbit became

seriously ill with endocarditis. With such a small amount

of bacteria involved, the question arose as to whether

something more than the bacteria could be the causative

agent.

To answer this question, the same crushing and washing of

extracted root-filled teeth was undertaken, but the liquid

was centrifuged, thereby removing the bacteria. Now the one

cubic centimeter remaining of bacteria free water-like

appearing liquid was injected into rabbits and they too

developed heart lesions, even more severely than did

rabbits injected with bacteria cultures alone.

In view of the fact it was believed the only injurious

substance in infected teeth were bacteria, Price concluded

that: " Infected teeth may contain, in additon to

microorganisms, toxic substances which produce very

profound effects upon experimental animals and which tend

to prepare the tissues of the host, at least in some cases,

for a more ready invasion by the organisms growing in that

tooth. " He found that by extracting infected teeth,

crushing them, and then washing the powder, bacteria could

still be found in the liquid. When he put the liquid in a

centrifuge, the centrifugal force spun off the bacteria and

sediment, leaving a clear liquid. When Dr. Price injected

a small amount of this clear liquid into a rabbit, it lost

25 percent of its weight in four weeks and it died in the

fifth week. Its brother rabbit, used as the control animal

and not injected, continued to thrive and gain weight.

About the Author:

Dr. Meinig,D.D.S.,F.A.C.D. is a Founder of the

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year research program, conducted by Weston A. Price, DDS,

under the auspices of the American Dental Association's

Research Institute was buried.

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Edited and prepared by Sung Lee, alternate author