Dental Decisions

I am trying to learn more and decide as well. I went to a holistic center, which has holistic dentistry, to find out more.

They have an unusual way of testing the impact of teeth and dental work on someone's body, and I am somewhat skeptical about the results (they said my my root canals have more of an impact that the mercury in my teeth), but I believe the dentistry piece in general, and have an appointment with the dentist next week, If I learn more or take further steps I'll let you know, and if you learn more or go forward and feel like sharing that would be great.

I've never heard about any possible connection between dental issues and breast cancer and would appreciate any other information. All I know is I've never had a cavity, the only dental work I've had done is tooth extraction, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 41. Although I have had plenty of dental x-rays over the years.

Hi Mariasnow,

I did have a root canal on the same meridian as my primary tumor. I opted to have the tooth exracted and the amalgams removed by a Biological Dentist. When may cavitation was scraped, the dentist was able to dig out infection that had been lingering there for quite some time unbeknownst to me. It was nasty.

I based my decision on a the works of Dr Weston Price, Dr George Meining, and Dr Hal Huggins. I think its strictly a personal choice, just like anything else. If someone doesn't have a root canal and was dx with BC, then this clearly wasn't a contributing factor. Whether or not it was for me will remain unknown until there is hard evidence to prove the link, but in the meantime, I took a pro-active approach.

Hi Mariasnow,

My pleasure! Make sure the dentist you choose adheres to the http://iaomt.org/ code of conduct. There is a search function on this website to find a qualified Biological dentist.

The cost for me was is broken down as follows:

1) Initial visit and consultation (with xrays and full oral exam - including Oral Cancer check) - 393.00

2) Amalgam removal and composite reconstruction x 2 - 865.00

3) Root Canal Extraction and Alveoplasty (jawbone scrape to get infection out) - 529.00

Insurance covered a portion as this dentist was not in-network.

Getting the amalgams removed was quite the procedure  - I was in full surgical gear and the dentist and assistant were wearing gas masks! I had to hold a vacuum tube near my head to suck up the vapors. That told me a lot - that there are dentists out there that truly understand the toxic nature of this stuff. The root canal extraction was very easy and comfortable, until the numbness wore off. My jaw was pretty sore for a few days but absolutely fine after that. I am still healing from it as it takes a while for the hole to close over I guess. I only had it done a few weeks ago.

I hope that helps!

Side note  - My neighbor was recently dx and she has a root canal on the same meridian as her tumor.