Question from Bonnie Johnson
I may have to have a root canal. I go to the DDs tomorrow and will find out. Do you have any info on that? I know there is some sort of stuff they use to disinfect the root area and I have such bad reactions to that kind of stuff. I am just worried and wonder if anyone here has had one.
Debra’s Answer
Readers, any advice on this?
Weston A. Price was a denist years ago. He performed a root canal on his only son. His son died due to him performing a root canal that became infected . He was his ONLY child. Dr. Price and his wife were very sad and wanted to learn the truth why so many children and people were getting decay in the first place. They embarked on a several year journey to visit isolated indigienous people. He wrote a book called ” Nutrition and Physical Degeneration ” . I would encourage you to have the tooth pulled before receiving a root canal due to my own personal experience. I also had 2 root canals that became infected and I became VERY ill because of it. Once I had them removed my health impoved a GREAT deal. I would also encourage you to read his book + visit the website Weston A. Price Foundation.org
Skip the root canal, and repair your teeth by following the the nutritional protocols in the book “Cure Tooth Decay” by Ramiel Nagel. http://www.curetoothdecay.com/
Our dentist won’t do root canals. He says a root canal is putting a dead tooth back in your body and a dead tooth decays. Even if it is a slow decay, it must have an impact on health. Many people have chronic health problems, or worse, which are eventually traced back to a root canal.
There are alternatives that are not so risky. One is what I have done, which is fine depending upon the location and your particular bite: pull out the dead thing and live with a gap. I’ve heard about implants as an option.
You can ask your friends for recommendations for a holistic dentist or look online. I’d do this before you get the tooth out, if the pain isn’t driving you to immediate action.
It’s not really the toxic chemicals that you have to worry [or at least worry the most] about. The process creates a hole, with bacteria and decay in the bottom of it and then seals it.
That means that the bacteria cannot be accessed by your immune system and destroyed. The bacteria itself isn’t all that risky, when your body can get to it properly, which is why they get away with the procedure.
However, since it’s trapped in there it can create all sorts of issues with your immune system. That makes you more likely to develop autoimune disorders, have rhematoid arthritis [or more flare ups] and just generally make it more difficult for your immune system to work right. Kinda like signing up for a cold for the rest of your life. Not super bad for you, but certainly not good either and a needless risk when you can just get it pulled.
In my experience, the pulling was actually much less painful and easier to recover from, but that’s neither here nor there.
I have five root canals, all after I developed chemical sensitivity. You’re going to think this is strange, but they were the least stressful dental procedures I’ve had. Crowns are way more stressful for me. I had mine done by an endodontist. That’s a dental specialist whose ONLY job is root canals. This meant that his office was also stress-free; no one tried to make it seem like a spa. It was definitely more like an operating room.Find out in advance what they use for disinfecting the root area. I didn’t react to it, I don’t know what causes problems for you.