A root canal tooth is a dead tooth. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything going on inside it. Though the tooth is sealed at the top, what’s in the tooth is free to escape through the roots and enter the circulatory system – including any pathogens remaining within the tooth and, more importantly, their […]
oral-systemic health
Oral Health & Living a Long, Healthy Life
Dr. Reinhold Voll, the German physician whose work provides a good deal of the foundation of biological dentistry, famously observed that 90% of all physical illness can be traced to the mouth. Instantly, you might be thinking of things like mercury amalgam fillings, root canal teeth, and cavitations. After all, these are some of the […]
Fat Still Isn’t the Bad Guy
You might remember the big to-do over coconut oil this past summer. Suddenly, headlines everywhere were screaming that coconut oil isn’t actually healthy, and you’re deluded if you think otherwise. Was there some new study that showed this? No, just a new “Presidential Advisory” from the American Heart Association that repeated the same old bad […]
Everything Old Is New Again – The Oral-Systemic Link
If you know Dr. Weston Price, it’s probably for his landmark research on how the modern Western diet affects the development and health of the teeth and jaws. Yet through his root canal research, he was also largely responsible for popularizing an idea called focal infection theory. This is the idea that local problems can […]
The Energetic Aspect of the Mouth/Body Connection
Once upon a time in dentistry, the idea that oral health and whole body health were connected was something that a lot of folks mostly scoffed at (if they thought about it at all). Now it seems not a week goes by without some new research illuminating or confirming the mouth-body relationship. Scientists are consistently […]
Mercury Amalgam & Root Canals: 2 Must-See Videos
Less Dentistry, Smarter Dentistry, Biological Dentistry
A few years ago, a group of researchers decided to look at the relationship between patient satisfaction and their experience in the health care system. They found that those who were most satisfied also received more treatment, took more prescription drugs – and were more apt to be dead within a few years. Clearly, more […]