Why Are Root Canals Bad?
At The Center for Natural Dentistry, we do not recommend root canals or root canal therapy. Why? Because more often than not, root canals result in an infection. While that infection may never cause a noticeable health problem, a substantial number of people will suffer adverse affects. The risks of root canal therapy do not outweigh the “reward” of keeping a dead tooth in your mouth.
So why do so many root canals result in infection? Simply put, the roots aren’t fully sterilized and not 100% filled. This results in pockets of potentially harmful bacteria that are “sealed” into the tooth, away from blood-flow that fights infections. In short, it becomes a haven for bad germs.
Rather than write another article laden with facts on root canals (we’ve already written plenty of them, just check out under The Root Canal Controversy section of our website (we talk about Alternatives to Root Canals, Infections from Root Canals, Sargenti Paste, Ozone Therapy for Root Canals, and much more.), I want to give you some real-life examples of what we’re talking about. Below I’ve posted just a few of the pictures we’ve taken of extracted teeth. Most of these were taken in just the past few days… and we have plenty more to choose from. In some cases, the patient had some sort of pain or discomfort. In others, no symptoms were noticed by the patient. In our practice, about 9 our of 10 extractions performed on root canal treated teeth have obvious infections like the ones you see below.
Enjoy.
Dr. Marvin.
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Emily, I think you need to see a good alternative dentist to help you go over your options and work with your concerns. You may also want to give me a call during my live radio show on Saturday morning on KPRZ (you can listen online if you aren’t in our area) so I can talk you through some of it easier than in the comment section of the website.
I’m not an orthodontist, but I would suggest that you probably do NOT want to move all your teeth over to fill in the gap. Your teeth are positioned in a certain way for a reason. Moving them all one spot over will most likely cause you more long term problems than you want to deal with. But, like I said, I’m not an orthodontist so you would be best served finding a good ortho to help you out with that question.
Sorry I can’t help more.
Dr. M