Hi Cures Wanted - Please post whatever results you come up with. I'm really interested in learning more about this myself.
I've actually talked to other dentists as well about why infections in the mouth are dealt with so much more drastically than other parts of the body, and the lymph system was always the culprit (at least according to my laymans understanding).
If the rest of medicine worked like dentistry, the cure for athletes foot would be foot extractions (flamesuit on).
"Our bodies are really wonderfully made and have so much potential to heal themselves if we just give it what it needs."