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Yesterday I had an appointment with a biological dentist who wants me to remove 4 root canaled teeth.
I've already lost 5 due to trauma and two bad dental bridges.
My questions is this, has anyone removed multiple root canals feeling like it made such a huge difference in your health?
Restoration is extremely expensive and I don't really have the money to be doing all of this.
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I removed 7 teeth. Many were root canaled, some others simply died from within.
I KNOW one of the old root canaled teeth got reinfected years ago, and slowly started destroying my cheekbone. It leaked infected liquids through my throat, that is why I decided to pull it off.
Besides, I was having many strange symptoms in my heart: strange arrhythmia, lack of air, waking up suddenly at night, every night for months, feeling so tired, high blood pressure.
The DAY I pulled this specific root canaled teeth, I could sleep better. From day 2, ALL the symptoms above simply VANISHED, never to return. This was about Sept 2014. It's been a year, and I didn't get the symptoms back.
When the dentist pulled it off, my whole cheekbone was infected, with small canals, holes, and he cleaned as deep as he could, but I knew that my cheekbone was infected much higher, almost touching my left eye.
It's been infected for MORE than 5 years for sure, since I had still lyme. But I was fed up of treatment and didn't take it off.
I know that this specific tooth could have killed me.
My lyme doctor swore to me: lyme rarely kills, but infected root canal DOES kill. He made me take all other dead tooth, with or without root canals.
I was losing a tooth a year (or more) in the last years. Almost all my other healthier teeth were starting to be in pain too (from the root). I think infection slowly spreads through the jawbones, and it is NOT a good idea to let them spreading.
I UNFORTUNATELY had to pull 7 teeth, so far. It is a painful decision, but I think I had no choice.
I had SEEN what my dead teeth were harboring in my jaws. Pockets of infection in the bones. It can't be good.
Now a family member is struggling with LOADS of problems, and her doctors (more than one) came to the conclusion that one dead tooth may be the cause for most of her problems (arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, fatigue).
I kept my dead teeth inside, always postponing the invasive procedures. That is why I kept losing more teeth.
It' s a hard decision, I agree. What to do after, is another hard puzzle (no way to put bridges, or you end up losing all adjacent teeth too). No way to put implants (I anyway do not have any bone left, as they have been consumed by infection).
So they offer me bone transplant option then implants, or partials. I keep partials as option. I can take them off, they do not destroy healthy teeth, they are not that aesthetic, but I mean, I'd rather be alive with partials than dead with nice false teeth...
Sorry if I can't help you decide. I was in your shoes not long ago. I don't regret taking ALL dead teeth out, with or without canals. They were all infected, no exception.
I have much more energy now than a year ago that I thought I was slowly (but surely) dying. It feels like worlds apart (I mean, Sept 2015 and Sept 2014).
I was losing weight, losing muscle mass, getting more and more tired in Sept 2014. I do remember because that was when I was fearing for my life (due to heart crazy symptoms and my constant loss of weight in the last 5 years previous to that extraction).
All these crazy symptoms disappeared never to return after taking one specific tooth! And I'm slowly gaining weight again! Posts: 6199 | From Brussels | Registered: Oct 2007
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- Has Bartonella been considered? More detail about teeth here in article.
Excerpts:
page one: . . . Evidence of Bartonella quintana has been found in the dental pulp (of Napoleon's soldiers). . . .
page 2:
Some believe that devitalized teeth and jawbone cavitations may be associated with Bartonella infection . . . .
. . . very high incidence of root canals in his practice which may be related to a compromise of small blood vessels that feed the dental pulp . . . .
[Keebler's insert: also be aware that ibuprofen constricts blood vessels all throughout body so if you've been taking that, it might also impact mouth]
by Scott Forsgren - Townsend Letter - July 2015 -
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- What I'm thinking is that the CAUSE for the root canal problems should be identified and addressed.
I'd like to think that if the cause and if that's infection might be fully addressed and then something like LION'S MANE medicinal mushroom or other things to help nerves regenerate, well, maybe there is a chance to turn this around? -
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Once the tooth dies, what can be done?? Can mushrooms and echinacea or electric shocks make it alive again?
You are right concerning addressing the problem.
Why do teeth die? Why do they get infection?
Why do we have candida or fungi (also in the roots of teeth)?
Why do we catch lyme when others don't?
That is why I'm doing my Tesla wand: in order to avoid future problems. Once the tooth dies, I still believe it can come to life the same way that when a person dies, I still believe it can come back to life.
What I mean, is that only a miracle can save the dead tooth and the dead person! I do believe it may be possible (i'm an open minded person), but I have to confess, it looks pretty hard!
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I'm sure root canaled teeth aren't good however, who has the money for all of the restoration?
The Dentist I consulted with is super expensive.
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I'm with you for costs. It's AMAZINGLY expensive.
What I chose is expensive just twice (once for upper jaw, another time for lower jaw).
I mean, you pay the same price practically for fixing 2, 4 or more teeth: you just need a 'fixed' amount for the upper and lower partials.
They are expensive, but in case you need to add another tooth in the future because of another lost tooth, adding it to the metal structure is easily done. It happened to me with an upper tooth. The lab even didn't charge me for that, I think....
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What prompted you to go to a biological dentist? I have 3 root canaled teeth in my lower jaw that are not bothering me or so I think.
I did recently have two root canaled teeth pulled, but they were badly infected.
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