97% of Terminal Cancer Patients Previously Had This Dental Procedure...

Let this crap on the the main page (with 10 votes?) and people will start posting chain letters here.

Of everyone born in 1875, 100% of the people who ate pickles are dead. Pickles cause death.

If "a" then "b" is always a slippery slope. Linking something common like dental procedures to some other event is always easily refuted.

well... garbage or not, i can attest to the fact that my root canal has been infected for a very long time. ive only recently found a little syringe like contraption that allows me to actually reach under the gumline to attempt to sterilize at least the surrounding gumline. I wouldnt be surprised, and have actually suspected for a while now, that the whole crown was essentially a bacteria warehouse and that id likely be better off (though perhaps slightly less attractive) just getting it yanked.

will have to look into this whole periodontal ligament infection business as well.

It may be sensational people, but its at least worth considering. some people have made some good counter-arguments, but the majority of response seems to be "this is bullshit. ........ (no supporting facts or evidence to the contrary)".

As soon as it disappears from the main page it gets bumped again. It has been on the main page non-stop for 5 days and has only 13 likes. This is pseudoscience that has nothing to do with Ron Paul. In fact, I would argue that this reflects poorly on the liberty movement. Enough is enough. Please let this thread die.

(I realize I bumped it up again by typing this but someone would have saved it anyway no doubt. Something fishy is going on.)

...would be to see what percentage of the people who dislike this thread have had root canals. :)

Just because it's on the internet, doesn't make it true, just because you believe it, doesn't make it true, you are free to believe what you want, and that doesn't make it true.

This is TERRIBLE pseudoscience, self-referencing (introducing a lot of bias), cites minimal sources, of which do not even cite endodontic treatment as the cause of death..but rather an extraction.

Secondly..the bacteria cited...are "ordinary mouth bugs"! While it's true a child's mouth is void of bacteria, very early interactions between the mother and child transmit the bacteria into the childs mouth (the author should blame the mother for this crime dont you think?) The problem is they become concentrated from a disease process...a dental cavity leading to an abscessed tooth. Such bacteria noted are also linked with Periodontal disease...which is largely cited with problems like heart disease, diabetes, low birth weight children as a factor..not as a cause.

No body part can become sterilized. It would destroy its function.

and lastly i'll just refute the "summary" Story at-a-glance

During a root canal, there is no way to sterilize your tooth; after the root canal, dangerous bacteria hide out in the tooth and are unreachable with antibiotics

-as i said, NO TISSUE in ANYBODY PART can be sterilize, it would be destroyed. There are antibiotic delivery systems used these days that can effectively destroy many of the anaerobic bacteria in the teeth of patients. YES, Dental students are aware of accessory canals, in fact 120% learn about it. There is no deception...it's just a plain lie on the author's part.

Root-canaled and filled teeth harbor bacteria that morph into very toxic forms, which then can migrate to other tissues in your body and cause serious medical conditions, including diseases of your heart, kidneys, bones, and brain

-"filled teeth" he opens his own can of worms...every filled tooth harbors bacteria? where is his reference that links cancer to filled teeth? Simply brushing your teeth also causes bacteria to migrate to other parts of you body, and you have just as much chance of gettting endocarditis from brushing your teeth as having a root canal...unless you meet certain guidelines that the AHA already well verses the dental community about.

There is no other medical practice that permits leaving a dead body part inside your body, because it triggers your immune system to attack

-There is no cogent thought in this statement, and there are no other parts in the body with physiology of the tooth. Apples/oranges. If someone leaves that tooth, they can just as likely die from the abscess.

If you have a diseased tooth, or if you’ve already had a root canal, I highly recommend consulting a biological dentist about have it extracted

-that is always an option, but not always necessary. There are many risk factors for cancer...can you find me the oncologist that specializes in Tooth-caused Cancer? let me know when you do.

PS..every citation on there from actual journals has nothing to do with endodontic treatment. The only entry referring to the association of endodontists actually refutes the entire blog.