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same time. This irritates the old bone, and stimulates it to form new bone. Recently in my studies at the University of Colorado where I was finishing a masters program in science, we were look- ing at biopsies of the bone under the root-filled teeth that we had removed. The lymphocytes of autoimmune disease were embed- ded at least a millimetre into the bone, and sometimes more. All this must be removed if good bone-healing is to be achieved. Price's research, published in many peer-reviewed journals (such as the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Journal of the American Dental Association), etc., has never been refuted. Commercial expediency has, no doubt, influenced the profession in its apparent decision to ignore this research (that of one of the most brilliant scientific minds) to the detriment of an ever-increasing proportion of the population. Weston Price, certainly gave us a new insight with his ‘new truth’, and have given many of us dentists cause for alarm. We must heed his advice and voluminous research and set our person- al prejudices aside to consider his investigations. After all, it is the quality of total life that is our concern, not just the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth. 20 What is the factor that determines who is most susceptible to having problems from root canals? Price recorded 140,000 determinations in 1,200 patients to come up with his answer to this question. Bottom line, it is heredity. If your biological inheritance for two generations back, including brothers and sisters of your grandparents, were resistant to degen- erative diseases, then you are of good stock. You are not apt to launch an immune response against a root canal. On the other hand, if there were a high frequency of heart, kidney, diabetes, reproductive disorders, etc., then you are more apt to be suscepti- ble. Sometimes a person of healthy genetic stock can develop diseases as a result of reactions to root-filled teeth. How does this happen? Most of us are aware that abuse of alcohol, drugs and caffeine stresses our systems. Price found that there were other stressors that were just as great. Exposure to these types of stressors tended to push people over their threshold and allow the root-canal tooth to become a problem. The challenge could exceed the person's resistance. He found that the two greatest stressors were pregnancy and influenza. Under the influence of either of these conditions, the toxins from root-filled teeth were much more apt to produce dis- ease at the person's specific susceptible site. Other stressors that upset root-filled teeth were grief, anxiety, chilling, severe hunger, acute and chronic infection. WwW UU @ prUuiNe, ay VgY Vu LAVeRe Ee perowD resistance. He found that the two greatest stressors were pregnancy and Hal A. Huggins, DDS, MS, can be contacted at: influenza. Under the influence of either of these conditions, the Huggins Diagnostic Center toxins from root-filled teeth were much more apt to produce dis- 5080 List Drive ease at the person's specific susceptible site. Other stressors that : upset root-filled teeth were grief, anxiety, chilling, severe hunger, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, USA. acute and chronic infection. _ . . . . . For information on ‘'Bio-Compatible Dentistry’ in What if you have a root canal and want it removed? Do Australasia, contact: you just pull the tooth? The Australasian Society of Oral Medicine and No, this might give more problems. When these teeth are Toxicology. removed, the attachment from the tooth to the bone, called the Telephone: +61 (02) 867 1111. periodontal ligament, must be removed with a dental bur at the What if you have a root canal and want it removed? Do you just pull the tooth? No, this might give more problems. When these teeth are removed, the attachment from the tooth to the bone, called the periodontal ligament, must be removed with a dental bur at the 32°NEXUS EO —<$<—$—$—$— el AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1994