Are Root Canals Safe and Can They Make you Sick?
Are Root Canals Safe and Can you get Cancer?
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Once root canal treatment is done it cannot be reversed. When the pulp and nerve tissue of a tooth starts dying, the tooth will either need to be removed or a root canal will need to be performed - it is that simple. Root canals can save teeth, but at what expense to your pocket and health? This article will discuss the pros and cons of root canals and how to properly remove them once they abscess and fail. Root canal teeth will eventually crack, break or create an infection in your jaw bone. They do not last forever. On average they last 5 - 10 years before causing noticeable pain and problems.
Concerns About Root Canals are more than Holistic and Biological Quackery
A root canal is a filling placed in the root of your tooth where the living tissue used to be. Prior to filling the root, the dentist cleans it as best as he/she can. But it is impossible to clean all the pores of the tooth root. Over time, bacteria and fungus can grow in the tooth and leak out into the jawbone. The immune system of healthy people will usually kill the bacteria and fungus as it leaks out. But no one really knows what happens or where this bacteria can go in your body. And for that matter, if it can cause diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disease. Additionally, some people can be sensitive or allergic to the filling in the root. It is really that simple. A root that can leak bacteria or filling material that can be irritating or cause infection. Additionally, the dead tooth, like a dead tree gets more brittle over time. And it is more likely to break. These are the reasons why root canals do not last forever. But in certain cases they can last 10s of years. And a root canal may be the only way to save a tooth from extraction. But are you just buying time for it will need to be removed anyway?
Alternatives to Root Canals
If a tooth is dying or dead there are no alternatives other than a root canal or extraction. Your best bet is to try to prevent the tooth nerve from dying with treatments such as dental ozone. And correcting the cause of the problem such as a high bite or deep cavity. Implants are considered to be the best alternative treatment to a root canal. A dental implant is not an exact alternative to a root canal since it involves removing and replacing the tooth. Here are all the options:
root Canal
remove the tooth and do nothing
extract the tooth and do a bridge
replace the tooth with a dental implant
Some people make this decision based upon value and dollars and cents. Considering a root canal on the average lasts 5-10 years, many people will go right to the implant. Implant dentists expect implants to last a lifetime. Others opt to do everything they can to save their natural tooth, spending whatever it takes to try to save their tooth. Some people feel like rather than risk having bacteria leak into their body and losing money, they will go right to the implant. Anyone making an educated decision cannot make the wrong decision. It is up to the patient to select the treatment they want based on informed consent.
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Wish I saw this years ago. Glad I found it before considering getting a re-treatment on one of my failed treated teeth. You explain perfectly why these are to avoided, for that I thank you.
@SereneOrthodontics
3 жыл бұрын
Best of luck!
A great opportunity to hear from a learned and experienced professional. Thank you doctor!
@SereneOrthodontics
3 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome
There is a 7 min video on YT of a lady with infected implants that would have died had she not addressed the infection. Dr Jerry Tennant suffered 7 years and also nearly died from tooth 14’s root canal. He explains that teeth are like “breakers” and organs are affected when those breakers are turned “off” through root canals or infections. I look at tomb stones as I pass by cemeteries and wonder just how many died from root canals and never knew it. How sad.
@SereneOrthodontics
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
I'm having complications with mine cause I had to get my tooth pulled and I think the root canal "medicine" is oozing out and making me nauseous 🤢
I have multiple root canals and have fibromyalgia. I noticed what I eat causes great pain. Now i wonder if what i eat is entering by way of my teeth.
Informative, thanks. Is pulling the only other option then? Is there a way to build the tooth back up with nutrition alone?
@andreeagherghescu9382
Жыл бұрын
Honey, then implantology wouldn’t exist :))) :)))
What supplements or foods etc can you suggest if you have had a RT, to keep it cleaner or..? Would you suggest anti biotics or natural antibiotic..? Would you suggest to have it removed in 6 months? You will get symptoms yes, if there's a problem? I did NIT know this when I got this procedure, and questions at the dentists are always brushed off. I don't use flouride etc or Chen's where possible so an ordinary private dentist is an issue for me
@SereneOrthodontics
Жыл бұрын
Once the RC is done, it’s a tough call. I base the decision on if there’s infection, med history and patient wishes. If is infected it should be addressed.
You answered my question with allegedly..regarding titanium, I have a titanium screw in my foot from when I was a little girl and I started getting allergies not long after..could I get a test that tells me if I am allergic to the titanium in my foot, could it have erroded? This is starting to make me really think, and with the RT..
@SereneOrthodontics
Жыл бұрын
You can get a test called the MELISA test.
Hey Doctor, this is kind of an emergency I just got my tooth Canaan treatment done. Should o go back and get it removed? I really regret getting it..
@SereneOrthodontics
2 жыл бұрын
No. Not if it is not causing a problem.
What do you think about the gentle wave technique?
@SereneOrthodontics
2 жыл бұрын
I’m not really a fan of any root canals. But to be honest with you I am not too familiar with that technique. But it is still a root canal.
Thank you. Just having to make the decision and am leaning towards direct extraction. Saw the endodentist today. He did not seem too confident and wants to open it up and see if tooth s cracked. I had one root canal that failed 10 years ago.
@SereneOrthodontics
Жыл бұрын
Best of luck!
@Espacemtl
Жыл бұрын
@@SereneOrthodontics one week post extraction with holistic dentist. All good. Almost pain free on chair and after, a couple Tylenol day of and after. Did blood platelets and bone graph and had a big infection draining into my sinuses. I love my dentist now! 3 months to heal hopefully then implant process.
@kenneththeg742
6 ай бұрын
@@Espacemtlhow are you now
What is you have allergy issues, could you be 'allergic' to the crud and toxins?
@SereneOrthodontics
Жыл бұрын
Oh definitely. People are very reactive when we do materials testing
I have had my root canal done 2x should I have it removed and replaced with Zirconia implant ?
@SereneOrthodontics
Жыл бұрын
Usually root canal retreatments have lower success rates and increased infection risk. A high quality titanium implant or zirconia implant works well. Just depends on the patient and situation.
I'm making the decision for my 13 yr old whether or not to go down the route of a root canal or extration. I went to a holistic dentist and I asked her opinion. She said if it were her child, she'd go w root canal and then later when old enough have them make their own decision of what they would want later. He already suffers from anxiety, etc. Now I feel a root canal would make matters worse..
@kenneththeg742
6 ай бұрын
damn i’m 17 and i’m also really scared like i’m literally crying and having anxiety attacks i just keep getting flashbacks of when my cavities were small but i didn’t tell my parents cause we were struggling with money now they are a serious problem and i’m really scared for my health for the future i play sports and other stuff and now i’m scared i’ll never be the same
What is a sign i have and infection?
@SereneOrthodontics
2 жыл бұрын
Pain or swelling or redness or tenderness on biting.
In your opinion do you find bacterial residue, normally found on an infected root canal, when pulling a calcified central incisor that died from trauma as opposed bacterial decay?
@SereneOrthodontics
2 жыл бұрын
It certainly is a different situation, but a dead tooth after a while can abscess the same as the others.
@lay6603
Жыл бұрын
Yes mine died from trauma (10 years ago) not decay and I have a reallyyyyy bad abscess deep in the gum, booked in to have both removed.
@pastpresidentofalive7247
Жыл бұрын
@@lay6603 did u pull Ur teeth or root canal
Hundreds of thousands?
@SereneOrthodontics
Жыл бұрын
We have a 3 doctor practice where all 3 of us have a dental license and a separate sedation license. We do a lot of extractions.
If you listen to an holistic dentist then sooner or later you will have no teeth. Get the root canal and save yourself stress.
@Skunkhunt_42
7 ай бұрын
I mean my grandparents did that and have dentures