X-Ray Pictures Fantastic but Limitation to Find Gum Infection,Root Canal infection

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X-Ray Pictures Fantastic but Limitation to Find Gum Infection,Root Canal

infection

Copyright 2006 SSLI Health Group

Cheekbones, narrowness of jaws, the position of teeth and

the formation of the hard palate make the taking of

accurate x-ray pictures a challenge.

For these reasons x-ray pictures of teeth and jaws quite

often fail to disclose the presence of infection or what

kind of treatment might be required, contrary to generally

accepted views of most dentists and patients.

Cracks in teeth are almost never visible on x-ray pictures.

The extent of bone loss around a tooth, though felt to

indicate the severity of its infection, does not do so.

Doctors Basker and Stern, in separate studies, reported

that 85 to 100 percent of dental granulomas and redicular

cysts do not contain bacteria. This does not mean the tooth

itself is not infected.

When the dentist removes or treats a tooth but the patients

continues to have a toothache, it may seem the wrong tooth

was removed. The pictures in this chapter show how a second

tooth is often involved.

Because lateral canals can contain infection, dentists have

been taught to advise root filled teeth be x-rayed each

year or two.

None of this implies the use of x-ray pictures is to no

avail. Quite the contrary, good x-ray pictures often

disclose disease conditions which should receive immediate

attention if the patient's health is not to be jeopardized.

Both pointed out that the visual areas of abnormalities on

x-ray pictures are not necessarily areas of infection

harboring bacteria. Dr. Stern stated that, for the most

part, such visible areas are lisions that have been

identified as radicular cysts and granulomas.

The granulomas are reactive lesions caused by bacterial

destruction originating from an infeced root canal that

opens into that area. Experiments indicate the granuloma is

a response of cells to the bacteria in the root canal, but,

at the same time, bacteria cultures taken from the areas of

lost bone at the root end of the tooth have proven negative

85 to 100 percent of the time.

These studies are yet another substantiation of discoveries

made by Dr. Price in this regard some 45 years previous to

the publication of the Baskar and Stern articles.

These are numerous other types of pathologic conditions

which challenge the diagnostic ability of dentists. Some of

these conditions are misinterpreted as tooth infections,but

as descriptions of them would require complicated

explanations that are not germane to the purposes of this

book, I mention them only to further indicate the number of

difficulties inherent in the use of dental x-ray pictures

in the interpretation of dental pathology.

About the Author:

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

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Edited and prepared by Sung Lee, alternate author