Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-07-15 | Word Count: 751 | Views: 49 Note how small the diameter of the root canal is at the end of the root of the tooth and then visualize an artery, vein and nerve all entering the tooth at that point. You can readily see how a blow to the mouth or teeth could cause blood vessels to be severed. When that happens, the severed artery cannot heal together fast enough to maintain blood circulation within the tooth.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-07-11 | Word Count: 676 | Views: 39 The most successful determining medicaments and germicidal rinses-those which prevented bacteremias to the highest degree - were summarized and reported by I.B. Bander,D.D.S. and Steve Montgomery,D.D.S., in the Journal of Endodontics.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-07-10 | Word Count: 791 | Views: 45 When the teeth of fluorine-treated individuals are examined chemically they are found to be composed of calcium fluoride instead of calcium carbonate. It is commonly said fluorine makes the tooth harder. This is utterly false. It actually makes the tooth softer. It doesn't decay as readily because calcium fluoride is less soluble to acids than is calcium carbonate and decay starts in an acid environment.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-06-21 | Word Count: 678 | Views: 48 Many in the medical profession highly recommend the use of fluoride in our drinking water, in our toothpaste, in tablet and liquid forms, dtc., and yet the "rumor" continues that it is a form of poison.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-06-15 | Word Count: 674 | Views: 49 It seems to us that their actions regarding the controversy over mercury in fillings is a strong indication of this possibility. Dr. George Meinig has studied the work of Dr. Weston Price, a meticulous researcher. Dr. Price's work shows how germs become trapped in teeth.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Nutrition Supplements Submitted: 2007-06-09 | Word Count: 647 | Views: 90 When the wound had completely healed the same person was given a run-of-the-mill multiple vitamin and the procedure repeated on the other side of the mouth. The healing took place in a third less time than before when no supplement was used.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-06-05 | Word Count: 462 | Views: 91 Food eaten at dinner and before bedtime can also be responsible. Despite, cookies, cake and such starchy food along with milk and ice cream tend to breed harmful bacteria.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-05-30 | Word Count: 617 | Views: 98 My child's teeth have come in very dark grey. Our dentist says it is from medication. Can you enlighten me about it? Will the discoloration go away? This is usually due to the antibiotic tetrocycline. The drug causes a change in tooth and bone browth during the time it is used.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-04-30 | Word Count: 690 | Views: 92 Because dentists construct dentures which look and act so much like natural teeth,people have come to believe that they are just as good as their own. While dentures are among the best of all body replacement parts, they are never as good at masticating food as natural teeth in good repair.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Gum Disease Submitted: 2007-04-25 | Word Count: 693 | Views: 25 Quite often Price referred to the high number of "rheumatic group lesions" which resulted from dental infections. That terminology produced some confusion as it placed extreme emphasis on rheumatism and arthritis.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Gum Disease Submitted: 2007-04-21 | Word Count: 638 | Views: 165 Not only should these foci sources be repeatedly considered by heart disease patients and their doctors, but also by the average person, for the oral cavity environment is a daily possible source of bacteria which can threaten body organs or tissues.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-04-08 | Word Count: 725 | Views: 79 Others can live in body tissues without causing any apparent local irritations while they wait for a new home site in some other organ or tissue. Still others of the invading species are able to generate toxins either outside or inside cell walls.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-04-05 | Word Count: 620 | Views: 44 Nutrition - Hunger Any machine we use is dependent upon fuel to operate. Likewise,well-being is dependent on the nature,quantity, and quality of the foods people consume. However,it is increasingly clear the average person thinks that whatever is put into the body through the mouth will adequately feed the body.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Disease And Illness Submitted: 2007-04-04 | Word Count: 803 | Views: 81 We are all aware that organisms which produce disease vary greatly in the amount and severity of their virulence. Because teeth are relatively small,it is also generally believed that when a tooth has a properly treated root canal filling,it is impossible for an infection therefrom to overwhelm the patient.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-03-14 | Word Count: 414 | Views: 51 This is of interest,as dentists seldom find teeth decaying,in periodontal pockets at the time the disease is active. The softening of the cementum and dentin which sometimes occurs in these areas is often mistaken for caries,but this a different phenomenon.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-03-11 | Word Count: 506 | Views: 77 There have been numerous theories about what actually causes teeth to become decayed. Generally it is agreed that bacteria attach themselves to teeth in the plaque which forms on them from the food we eat.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-03-07 | Word Count: 720 | Views: 78 Our Mouth - A Barometer of Health Some time ago you wrote about the dentists' position in nutrition. I'm still a bit puzzled about your suggestions that involve other parts of the body than teeth. The things you write about seem okay but I guess I want to be more confident about it. S.S.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-03-02 | Word Count: 588 | Views: 41 The technical medical names for a wide number of circulatory ill health problems which can occur as side effects to root canal therapy are endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis, heart block, aortitis, angina pectoris, phlebitis, arteriosclerosis, hyper and hypotension, anemia, leukopenia, leukocystosis.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Nutrition Supplements Submitted: 2007-02-27 | Word Count: 462 | Views: 30 When patients have a liberal loss of bone from dental infections, they will generally have a high ionic calcium level in the blood. People who have freedom from tooth decay generally have an ionic calcium level of the blood that is normal or above normal.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Nutrition Supplements Submitted: 2007-02-21 | Word Count: 681 | Views: 41 He showed that in order for us to utilize 10 mg of calcium, there has to be 4 mg of phosphorus present in the blood. Any amount less or more than 4 mg would contribute to body degeneration.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Nutrition Supplements Submitted: 2007-02-15 | Word Count: 688 | Views: 25 Of all the numerous investigations made by Dr. Price, the one which produced the most confusion and required the most research time was his investigation into the role of calcium.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-02-12 | Word Count: 628 | Views: 141 In the beginning, Dr. Price introduced bacteria living in root-filled teeth by implanting a tooth under a rabbit's skin. As time went on, he introduced organisms by imbedding just small pieces of a tooth's root, or by powdering the roots and injecting the powder.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-02-07 | Word Count: 528 | Views: 63 Compared to streptococcal infections, spirochetes are represented in only a small percent of the total number of dental infections. Even less involved, but nevertheless significant to patients when they occur, are infections from parasites.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-02-05 | Word Count: 528 | Views: 60 Compared to streptococcal infections, spirochetes are represented in only a small percent of the total number of dental infections. Even less involved, but nevertheless significant to patients when they occur, are infections from parasites.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-02-02 | Word Count: 599 | Views: 60 One of these species of microscopic travelers in our bloodstream would find some organ or tissue of the body an ideal place to set up housekeeping. The sexual proclivity, by which they divide and multiply, allows them to dominate the world in which they reside and makes for some severe illness situations.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-01-31 | Word Count: 574 | Views: 59 In the condensing osteitis cases of patients with poor defense, the tissue at the end of the tooth's root was incapable of controlling the organisms and,in fact, seemed to aid in the transport of organsims into the blood and then to various organs, gland and other tissues.
Expert Author: Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S | Category: Dentistry Submitted: 2007-01-24 | Word Count: 404 | Views: 74 All dentists know that sometimes arthritis and other illnesses clear up if bad teeth are extracted. However, in this case, all of her teeth appeared in satisfactory condition and the one containing this root canal filling showed no evidence or symptoms of infection. Besides, it looked normal on x-ray pictures.
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