Date:   4/6/2002 7:14:57 PM ( 22 y ago)
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From: "Peter"
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 10:38:49 +1200
Subject: RE: [dentalcleanse] To Astrid info on root canals/Peter's Story




> My pain specialist dentist, removed my porcelain crowns from my non root
> canal teeth and uses only safe materials, but wouldn't give me a
> referral to
> have two of the three root canal teeth removed, stating they were in
> conventional good condition (one had bad gum problems) ...
>




I'd just to comment on this "conventional good condition" and warn anyone
with root canals about my experience.


I had a RC(root canal) done in Feb 00. In March
my health took a turn for the worst, it was so bad I had to take several
weeks off work to recover. While I made some recovery I never really got
better and for the past two years I have been what I term "going through the
motions" About six months after the RC was done I noticed it was sore when I
applied pressure to it in the morning when I woke up. Some mornings were
more painful than others but it always showed some degree of pain. Then
slowly the gum around the top of the tooth got sore. The sore gum remained,
it was confined to the point where the tip of gum finished on the tooth AND
only on one side, NOT both sides. Then I noticed that before I got a cold
or flu it would become more painful when I applied pressure in the morning
and sometimes it would ache during the day. At this point I become
concerned.


Let me summarise the symptoms;
Sore when pressure applied
Sore gum on one side and
More pronounced pain before cold or flu


I went to see my dentist and asked him about it. He did a general inspection
and took an x-ray. Nothing showed up, it looked perfectly normal. He told
me that any problems will always show up on the x-ray and I had nothing to
worry about. I went away and told myself to forget it *a big mistake* The
symptoms continued and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't forget it. My
health had deteriorated since that RC was put in and I kept wondering if it
had some part to play. I decided to seek a second opinion from another
dentist who specialises in the Huggins protocols. He also x-rayed the tooth
and found nothing wrong. He advised me to leave it but offered no
explanation for the sore gum or the pain in the periodontal roots.


At this stage I was quite confused with this "VERY DECEPTIVE PROBLEM" I say
this because the pain would vary, sometimes it was really sore for several
days and other times it would feel nearly normal. My dentist had told me it
was a very important tooth and I should do everything possible to look after
it. I might add at this point I had read Hal Huggins and many other papers
on RC's I was beginning to have serious doubts in my mind.


So in January (nearly two years later) I went back to my dentist to have it
checked "again". This time he did the following;
Drilled out the filling and checked to top of the roots for cracks
(negative)

Carried out a series of pressure tests (negative)
X-rayed again (negative)
He drilled down the tooth so I couldn't bite it at night and filled it with
a temporary filling.


He told me to go away and forget about it because the X-ray would show up
any problems and it was perfect. Now I couldn't bite down on it in the
morning to carry out the pressure test so I got a felt pen and used that
instead. Nothing had changed, still sore when I applied pressure. Two more
months of indecision went by then finally I decided to remove it. I was
influenced some what by other members of this group and Andrew Lane's
comments and advise helped me clarify the decision. My dentist couldn't
believe how badly it was infected, he said the x-rays normally show it up.
It was the outside roots, the one I complained about, the infection was so
bad it was wearing away the jaw bone and the tip of the root itself. You
could see the root filling starting to protrude out of the end as the root
tip disintegrated. Honestly, its amazing what was happening.


You can draw any conclusions you like from this but here is what I think;
There is NO safe root canals (no ifs or buts)
X-rays will not *always* show up a problem despite what some dentists
believe

What Hal Huggins has to say in his book is "Exactly Correct" my experience
confirms this without doubt.

In some cases a root canal might appear ok but that's because your immune
system is "holding it in check" don't be fooled by this.
Any root canal will eventually lead to some disease at some point in your
life. How much is your life actually worth ?


I've only had it out two weeks and already I'm making progress, I will keep
you all informed as time goes on.


Best Regards
Peter Stidolph, NI, New Zealand.

 

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