Has anyone had root canals (so teeth) removed?

I, too, am not convinced about the theories "linking" cancer and root canals. How on earth is "root canal stress" measured?  If the root canal is not bothering you (i.e, infected and causing pain), in my opinion, it doesn't make sense to have possibly unnecessary, painful (and definitely expensive) work done.

I would suggest that you, perhaps, have a second opinion from another dentist and do some research before agreeing to such a drastic meaure.

Please post any links you may have to articles about root canals causing breast cancer.  I would be very interested in reading them.

Shira, the subject has come up here before. The last time, I did read up on it fairly extensively, which is why I am very doubtful that it is something to take seriously.

I am not trying to challenge you or make you defend anything. I am simply asking you how they measured the supposed stress caused by the root canals. When I read about it last time, I had not come across any method for measuring such stress.

I'm also interested in how they measured the stress.  I'm neither for nor against the concept of root canals and breast cancer, but am very interested in the idea of protecting my post-treatment body from unnecessary stress.  I thought about my own molar extraction a couple of years ago, which was pretty violent.  I wound up holding onto my jaw as the dental surgeon pulled back and forth.  With power.  He had to stop and regrip his tool several times, then surgically remove a part of the root that just wouldn't let go.  Between the physical (and for some people, mental) trauma of the extractions, and all the meds (lots of injections before, during, and painkillers after, possibly for a couple of weeks after), I'd really hesitate to stress my post bc body to any of that without real urgency.  Root canals are filled with what is believed to be a physiologically neutral substance, and, assuming yours are not bothering you, I'd really take a long, long time to work through all the pro's and con's.  Also, no dentist will tell you a denture will make you as happy/comfortable as a real tooth, and could even make you kind of miserable.

PS I also wonder whether the stress the extraction caused my body might not have been just one component of whatever it was that allowed my cancer to establish itself.

or, vermont,,the radiation from an x-ray? I don't do dentists either. I still have a few amalgam fillings, holding my few teeth left. I rejoiced when the others came out: the amalgam rots the teeth. gary has said that the roots go into teenier & teenier channels & therefor it's impossible to get them all out, & there is the problem. I've never had root canal, but many many years ago, 52 to be exact, I had wisdom teeth out. wouldn't have needed that "needed", it my mother had allowed a pacifyer when I was an infant, or, I'd not had orthodonture because of the changes. after the wisdom teeth extraction I hemmoraged. close call. rushed to the docktor.....

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Shira, ok, and thanks! I googled EAV and the first hit I got was this: http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/electro.html

It seems to me that you should not put too much trust in this dentist, and that you should not let him yank your teeth out before you get a couple of other opinions.

breast cancer is bad enough, though my implants look great. But I think I will stick with my nice mouthful of teeth, root canals and all. BTW,I have had all my amalgam fillings replaced, not because of cancer worries but simply because they were old and cracked.

Shira, that sounds sensible. Best of luck.

I had a 5 buck session on the scientology voltameter in 1968. in a very few minutes with the help of the operator-reader, was dredged up a forgotten traumatic incident from my childhood

Thanks, Caryn, I needed that laugh.

Seriously though, for most of us, what's the value in dredging up memories of long forgotten traumatic events from our childhoods? If someone is having emotional issues or difficulty coping, then I can understand why it might be helpful to try to get to the source of those problems. But if you are doing fine and functioning well (or relatively well, everyone has ups and downs), what's the point? Isn't forgetting bad experiences part of the brain's built-in protection mechanism?

I really don't mean to change the topic, so I'm not looking for an answer, but this is something I've always wondered about and abigail's post raised it in my mind again.

yipes, jelsen.........beesie: exactly! the only advantage I've had to remembering that experience was that I discovered how the voltameter worked. when they hinted that with 1000's more dollars I could access past lives I thought & think why would I want to know that.........they're good about psychiatric meds I think, but the thetans, nope, I doubt it. & that" there :is no nirvana, evidently", I guess the voltameter can't take you far enough

it reminds me of an even lower tech method I saw once: a woman was holding a string which had, was it a ring or a key on the bottom. I asked her what she was doing & she said if the food is organic the ring (or key) will move back & forth (or circle around), I forget the details, may be online, if not organic the opposite

Shira, Quackwatch is actually fairly conservative, in my experience, in the sense that the site does not go off on rants or overstate anything. If something is merely useless, but also harmless, they will tell you. When something is an outright magic trick, like the gallstone cleanse that was making the rounds of the interwebz a while back, they will explain exactly what the fraud is.

Based on my experience with the site's info, I would say that comparing the EVA to a ouija board is probably pretty accurate. Also, these meters have been around a long time. If they really had any use, I have a feeling someone would have proved it by now. But it is also the sort of thing that if some naturopath uses it to get you to eat more veggies, it is harmless. If someone uses it to advise you to yank out your teeth, not so much.

As for the money, you go for what you think is obtainable. I experienced this with a regular dentist once. He was an orthodontist (kid needed braces). The amount charged for braces varies wildly. This guy actually started asking what I and my DH did for a living, clearly because he wanted to gauge how much he could realistically fleece me for. I found a different orthodontist.

Maria, the study you are referring to suggested that: "women may be over 11 times more likely to suffer from breast cancer if they have missing teeth and gum disease." http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/216324.php

Absolutely nothing to do with properly done root canals (or fillings for that matter).

FTR, I am not on Monsanto's payroll. I edit academic (non-medical) articles for a living.

Mercury and dental issues cause breast cancer.

Citations of articles in reputable peer-reviewed journals, please?

Anecdotally, I am 53 years old and have never had a cavity, therefore, no fillings, mercury-containing or otherwise. I do, however, have (had?) breast cancer.

Most quackwatch advocates are on the payroll for companies causing all our cancer like Dow and Monsanto and William Morris.

Can you confirm this? Who are these people? And how did cancer show up in humans in the millennia before chemical companies existed?