There's a file in my root canal??

November 1, 2004

I'm wondering if anyone has some ideas about this one....

The first quadrant of amalgam that I had removed had a root canal

tooth. At the time the dentist redid the root canal as best he could

and put the temp crown back. No time or money to fool around with it

any more. Until now. Still no money. But the tooth is badly

infected because the crown was so old and didn't fit well. So I have

been in lots of pain, taking lots of heavy duty pain killers,

antibiotics and today the root canal was done over again and the mold

taken for the permanent crown.

If I understand correctly there was a file left in the root canal and

the dentist couldn't see it so couldn't take it out so it will be

left there. I'm not complaining about the dentist. He is doing the

very best that he can to try to save the tooth. I was in there as an

emergency and took lots more time than was booked. But if there is a

file left in there doesn't that mean that my immune system is going

to react to the foreign object and eventually the tooth will have to

go anyway? So do I wait and save some more money and deal with the

file in the root canal some years later? Or do I spend more money

now, that I don't have, and ask to redo the root canal one more time

and try to get the file out? Anyone know what kind of files they use

in there? I am assuming metal because I think they could see it on

the xray. Between the drugs and the pain I wasn't thinking all that

clearly.

If you are wondering why I didn't just have the tooth removed at the

time it's because I was told that using a new material called

glycocalyx on the root canal might be ok so I thought I would try it.

not coping well with the pain and stress.....

November 2, 2004

,

My feeling is get it out now and make sure to have a dentist remove

it that is knowledgeable and trained in recognizing cavitations.

Beware that very few cavitations even show up on an xray and are not

found until the extraction is made. I have lost 8 teeth so far this

year to cavitations. I have no regrets about lossing these teeth.

They were poisoning me and responsable for my feeling so ill. I will

never have another root canal! In fact your situation sounds

identical to my husbands. He too had a file that broke off during

his root canal some 20 years ago and the then dentist left it there.

He finally got this tooth extracted last Thursday and lo and behold

the infection had indeed reached the bone. You can learn about

cavitations by during a search for NICO.

Good luck

Clarice

>

> I'm wondering if anyone has some ideas about this one....

> The first quadrant of amalgam that I had removed had a root canal

> tooth. At the time the dentist redid the root canal as best he

could

> and put the temp crown back. No time or money to fool around with

it

> any more. Until now. Still no money. But the tooth is badly

> infected because the crown was so old and didn't fit well. So I

have

> been in lots of pain, taking lots of heavy duty pain killers,

> antibiotics and today the root canal was done over again and the

mold

> taken for the permanent crown.

> If I understand correctly there was a file left in the root canal

and

> the dentist couldn't see it so couldn't take it out so it will be

> left there. I'm not complaining about the dentist. He is doing

the

> very best that he can to try to save the tooth. I was in there as

an

> emergency and took lots more time than was booked. But if there

is a

> file left in there doesn't that mean that my immune system is

going

> to react to the foreign object and eventually the tooth will have

to

> go anyway? So do I wait and save some more money and deal with

the

> file in the root canal some years later? Or do I spend more money

> now, that I don't have, and ask to redo the root canal one more

time

> and try to get the file out? Anyone know what kind of files they

use

> in there? I am assuming metal because I think they could see it

on

> the xray. Between the drugs and the pain I wasn't thinking all

that

> clearly.

> If you are wondering why I didn't just have the tooth removed at

the

> time it's because I was told that using a new material called

> glycocalyx on the root canal might be ok so I thought I would try

it.

>

> not coping well with the pain and stress.....

November 6, 2004

. Root canals are as dangerous as mercury, as was discovered by

the person who invented the root canal, Weston Price. You can find his

work here:

price-pottenger.org

and a synopsis of a tome he wrote on root canals here:

http://www.ppnf.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_27 & products_id=194

You should have this tooth extracted. I had three of my root canalled

teeth extracted and I am very glad I did. My dentist had his six

extracted when he found cadmium (in the guttapurcha used to fill the

roots) in his urine.

And as a previous poster pointed out, make sure that the dentist who

removes it knows how to clean out the root socket properly so that you

are not left with a cavitation, which can create problems similar to

those of a root canalled tooth. You can find a dentist by contacting