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Ok, I have a stupid question. Not having a root canal, I'm kind of ignorant about them. I read the link that Gigi referred to and think I have the answer, but want to make sure.
Ok, here it is... Are root canals in the teeth themselves? So, if you pull the tooth, any root canal that you had gotten previously for that tooth, would now be gone?
I ask this because my sister, who has cancer, started having trouble with a tooth that she had gotten a root canal in a long time ago and decided to have it pulled, because of something she remembered me saying. Eeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk... So, I need to know if that would have taken care of the bad root canal too, or she still has to get that removed also.
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quote:Originally posted by tequeslady: Ok, I have a stupid question. Not having a root canal, I'm kind of ignorant about them. I read the link that Gigi referred to and think I have the answer, but want to make sure.
Ok, here it is... Are root canals in the teeth themselves? So, if you pull the tooth, any root canal that you had gotten previously for that tooth, would now be gone?
I ask this because my sister, who has cancer, started having trouble with a tooth that she had gotten a root canal in a long time ago and decided to have it pulled, because of something she remembered me saying. Eeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk... So, I need to know if that would have taken care of the bad root canal too, or she still has to get that removed also.
Ok... I told you it was probably a stupid question.
Yes, root canals are in the teeth themselves. The small arteries, veins, nerves and lymphatic drainage system has been removed from the pulp chamber of the tooth and replaced with a wax material called gutta percha.
IOW, the tooth is now dead and nothing more than a prosthesis. If your immune system rejects it, because it is now dead, that's when you have problems which leads to extraction.
If the extraction did not leave any pieces of the tooth behind and the site healed without any cavitations, then the problem has been taken care of. I hope that was the case for your sister.
So, yes, the actual root canal that was in the tooth is now gone.
Not a stupid question at all :-)
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A reseearch/scientist, Bob Jones, who has looked and tested hundreds of root canals and invented the CAVITAT (a device that detects cavitations in jawbone more readily than a dentist not familiar with this can) is 100%certain that all root canals eventually fail, some sooner, some later. He told the audience that he has never, repeat never, seen a healthy root canal. He described to what means they went to sterilize a root canal as it is being done, and he told an audience of hundreds that it is not possible (that included dentists and MD's and other practitioners).
He is very involved with Prof. Boyd Hayley, www.altcorp.com/affinitylaboratory/rcttreatment.htm) with whom my doctor has been mentoring for many years. Prof. Haley many years ago had a daughter, I believe, that was very ill and the cause was a root canal. That started his research and has evolved into what you find on the above website.
Here is the explanation of a root canal. If you go to the link above, you will also find the pictures to help with the explanation. The site is loaded with correct, up-to-date information relating to teeth, etc.
I want to add here that Dr. K. describes thioethers as produced by a sick root canal as the worst carcinogen known to man, and the first thing any cancer patient is advised to do is to have the root canal removed, including the surrounding and already contaminated jawbone. Merely pulling the tooth is not enough. It has to be thoroughly cleaned out. I remember it being described on the altcorp link above. In this contaminated tooth and jawbone is where the Lyme and other bacteria settle and replicate.
Thioether is also a tough neurotoxin entering the brain very readily. It eventually moves throughout the body. My husband had it in his feet. Along with the Lyme - in the feet - and with the heavy metals - in the feet!!!
Take care.
ROOT CANAL TREATMENT AN OUTLINE OF TREATMENT OPTIONS WHAT IS ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?
Inside every tooth is the dental pulp which consists of nerve and blood supply. Its main role is in the growth of the tooth. It also helps detect changes in temperature.
The pulp may become inflamed and die. This usually occurs as a result of decay and/or trauma. This can sometimes be painful (acute pulpitis or abscess) or can occur without any pain at all and go on for years undetected (chronic periapical abscess) until it becomes painful or is detected from routine X-ray examination.
When the pulp dies, dead tissue sits inside the tooth (gangrene) and because there is no blood supply to fight the bacteria and toxins, this reservoir of infection remains inside the tooth. A root canal treatment attempts to clean out the inside of the tooth. Ideally the tooth should be sterile.
Decay or trauma causes the nerve to die. Trauma may be a blow to the tooth or imbalance in the bite with a grinding or clenching habit. Toxins from pulp bacteria cause inflammation and infection in the bone which may be painful (acute abscess) or may have no pain associated with it (chronic abscess)
The main canals are identified, measured, cleaned and washed out, dressed with antiseptics and anti inflammatories and eventually filled with a powerful antiseptic.
Canals are measured, mechanically cleaned with files and irrigated with antiseptic solutions of hydrogen peroxide and Milton's. Then dressed with calcium hyrdoxide. Biocalex ( CaO) is an alternative to gutta percha which it is believed penetrates the dentinal tubules if the canals are irrigated with 17% EDTA a chelating agent to remove the smear layer and open the dentinal tubules
A tooth without nerve and blood supply dries out and becomes brittle and needs to be strengthened.
The tooth often requires a crown for strength.
There is some question as to whether posts strengthen the tooth or not. The choices include
Custom made gold posts carbon-fibred posts titanium or stainless steel preformed. Crowns may be
porcelain gold porcelain fused to gold polyceramic
THE PROBLEMS AND TWO KEY QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1.
Can we completely sterilize a tooth rendering it free of bacteria or their toxins?
The answer is probably no. The problem is that the tooth is not simply 1,2, or 3 canals but is made up of millions of little tubules that are wide enough for bacteria to live in and multiply.
There may also be accessory canals, curved roots and branches. Because of the structure of a tooth we can not completely sterilise a tooth.
Tooth anatomy does not always conform to text book.
The central or main canal is always surrounded by millions of dentinal tubules that are wide enough to harbour bacteria.
Other problems may include
accessory canals curved canals incompletely filled canals
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