| Cheekbones, narrowness of jaws, the position of | | | | on x-ray pictures are not necessarily areas of |
| teeth and the formation of the hard palate make | | | | infection |
| the taking of accurate x-ray pictures a | | | | harboring bacteria. Dr. Stern stated that, for the |
| challenge.For these reasons x-ray pictures of | | | | most |
| teeth and jaws | | | | part, such visible areas are lisions that have been |
| quite often fail to disclose the presence of | | | | identified as radicular cysts and granulomas.The |
| infection or what kind of treatment might be | | | | granulomas are reactive lesions caused by |
| required, contrary to generally accepted views of | | | | bacterial |
| most dentists and patients.Cracks in teeth are | | | | destruction originating from an infeced root canal |
| almost never visible on x-ray | | | | that |
| pictures.The extent of bone loss around a tooth, | | | | opens into that area. Experiments indicate the |
| though felt | | | | granuloma |
| to indicate the severity of its infection, does not | | | | is a response of cells to the bacteria in the root |
| do so. Doctors Basker and Stern, in separate | | | | canal, |
| studies, reported that 85 to 100 percent of | | | | but, at the same time, bacteria cultures taken |
| dental | | | | from the |
| granulomas and redicular cysts do not contain | | | | areas of lost bone at the root end of the tooth |
| bacteria. This does not mean the tooth itself is | | | | have |
| not infected.When the dentist removes or treats | | | | proven negative 85 to 100 percent of the |
| a tooth but the | | | | time.About author:Dr. George Meinig,D.D.S.,F.A.C.D. |
| patients continues to have a toothache, it may | | | | is a Founder of the Association of Root Canal |
| seem | | | | Specialists Discovers Evidence That Root Canals |
| the wrong tooth was removed. The pictures in | | | | Damage Your Health Learn What to Do. |
| this | | | | Learn how Dr. George Meinig discovered that a |
| chapter show how a second tooth is often | | | | meticulous 25 year |
| involved.Because lateral canals can contain | | | | research program, conducted by Weston A. |
| infection, dentists | | | | Price, DDS, under the auspices of the American |
| have been taught to advise root filled teeth be | | | | Dental Association's Research Institute, was buried |
| x-rayed | | | | by disbelievers of the focal infection theory. |
| each year or two.None of this implies the use of | | | | Along the way, Dr. Meinig has received many |
| x-ray pictures is to no | | | | recognition citatons and awards, both Nationally |
| avail. Quite the contrary, good x-ray pictures | | | | and internationally. |
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| disclose disease conditions which should receive | | | | Edited and prepared by Sung Lee, alternate |
| immediate attention if the patient's health is not | | | | authorThis article can be reprinted freely online as |
| to | | | | long as the entire |
| be jeopardized.Both pointed out that the visual | | | | article with resource box are included. |
| areas of abnormalities | | | | |