Re: BILL...The dental debate

December 30, 2001

Hi Bill... What a decision to have to make. I am one who is against root

canals, and if I had one I wouldn't hesitate to have it removed... hell, I'd

let em cut off my hand if I thought it would make this chronic crap go away.

However, we are not talking one or two teeth with you, you may have to go to

dentures, and that is something only you can decide. I will say I've had

lower dentures for 12 yrs and have never had any tori (?) or any other

growths from them. Never even heard of such a thing...maybe I'm just lucky,

don't know, but my dentist has never mentioned them either. I guess what you

have to decide is which is worse, dealing with the cu, or the teeth. If your

cu doesn't limit what you can do, or affect your work, then I'd say keep the

teeth. For me, the cu has destroyed my once active happy life, cost me my

job, and with no income has put a tremendous burden on my husband to make up

for my loss. So the decision for me to have root canals removed would be

easy..50-50 chance is better than sitting here hoping someday these damn

things will go away. But I can understand anyone who doesn't feel the same

as me. What I base my 'opinion' on is: even tho an x-ray, CT-scan, or MRI,

'may or may not' show any infection at the base of the tooth, the 'fact'

is....we're not talking about the infection at the base of the tooth, we're

talking about the infection that has, and will always, leak the bacteria

into the body which then makes it systemic, and this is what causes chronic

health problems. Cleaning out the pocket of infection, or repairing the root

canal, will only be a short fix. The tooth root(s) will continue to emit the

bacteria into the body. For anyone whose cu is caused by a root canal, the

only way to resolve it is to have it removed and take the 'required'

antibiotic for 2 to 6 wks. Remove the cause and treat the body. Good luck

Bill.

Hugs, Elaine in IN

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