Why do some People's Teeth Develop Dental Caries and Others do not?

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Title: Why do some People's Teeth Develop Dental Caries and Others do not?

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Why do some People's Teeth Develop Dental Caries and Others do not?

Copyright 2006 SSLI Health Group

Most Individuals know that diet has something to do with

it- and certainly sugar has - but why caries take place

remains somewhat mysterious. To prevent the need for root

canal treatments, one must remember that every case needing

a root fill, other than those involving injury, started

with a tiny bit of tooth decay.

Why do some people's teeth decay and some do not? That

question was central to Dr. Price's enquiry.

Those feelings led him to conduct thousands of blood and

saliva experiments on humans and animals, which brought

forth many insights into the reasons teeth become carious.

Unfortunately, much of this data was buried right along

with his root infection discoveries because of disputes

over the focal infection theory.

The two main discoveries regarding the causes of tooth

decay were (1) the changing of the acid-base balance of the

saliva from its normal alkaline status to one of acidity,

and (2) the lowering of the ionic calcium levels in both

the blood and the saliva.

Since Dr. Price's time, these two factors were rediscovered

by Harold Hawkins, D.D.S., Melvin Page, D.D.S., Emanuel

Cheraskin, M.D.,D.M.D., and others.

Acidity of the saliva and lower calcium values resulting

from the ingestion of white flour products, sugar, refined

grain, and related products is still not fully understood

by the average dentist.

Unfortunately, the dental and medical professions, in

pushing the use of flourine in the prevention of caries,

have failed to see that the process of tooth decay is a

systemic, whole-body problem - not a local one.

Dentists and physicians have failed to see that systemic

health problems are compounded because children and adults

who use flourine feel they are protected, and that sweets

and refined foods therefore won't hurt their teeth.

Furthermore, harmful systemic effects which involve parts

of the body other than the mouth are seldom considered.

These factors relate to the unexpected finds that people

who have tooth decay are also more susceptible to other

degenerative disease.

A rather high percentage of people whose mouths are overly

alkaline tend to develop periodontal disease. Usually they

don't develop tooth decay until the gum disease is far

advanced. The softening of the dentin and cementum in

these cases is often mistaken for caries but is a different

phenomenon.

Knowing the chemistry involved in the occurrence of tooth

decay and pyorrhea is fundamental to the understanding of

these two disease. When tooth decay is present,the

acid-base balance is depressed. That means it is on the

acid side and the level of calcium is lower than normal.

For those who have pyorrhea, the contents of the pockets

are very alkaline and the calcium level is higher than

normal.

Pockets can be the cause of the need for root canal

treatment whenever a lateral accessory root canal opens

into an infected pocket area, thereby allowing the bacteria

in the pocket to be introduced into the tooth through the

blood vessels which reside in the root canal.

About the Author:

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

Association of Root Canal Specialists Discovers Evidence

That Root Canals Damage Your Health Learn What to Do.

Learn how Dr. Meinig discovered that a meticulous 25

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