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| Thread ID: 124045 | 2012-04-02 10:41:00 | Root canals do they cause cancer? | forrest44 (754) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1268075 | 2012-04-02 21:31:00 | Yes you will get cancer from paying the $900 odd bill. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1268076 | 2012-04-03 06:37:00 | The mouth is full of germs. Digging around in your mouth leaves you open to bugs getting into your bloodstream and then going places they shouldn't. If you are at risk of heart valve disease (endocarditis) or are otherwise immuno-suppressed then it is a good idea to get antibiotics to take after the dental work. Healthy people have nothing to worry about. Leaving your teeth to rot or get gum disease is a bigger problem, and this can cause a negative health effect. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1268077 | 2012-04-03 06:55:00 | Had an old root canal fail(cracking) that resulted in a abscess Found out if left for any time can lead to medical complications and I nearly lost the tooth,had to have it packed with antibiotic to kill the infection before any work could be done a week later Don't muck around with these when you can detect any change,deal with it |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1268078 | 2012-04-03 07:53:00 | Don't muck around with these when you can detect any change,deal with it Easy to say, tough if you can't afford it. Anyway, infections can clear up on their own you know, they don't all lead to death. Mine went way. Tooth died, I didn't. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1268079 | 2012-04-03 08:02:00 | They do for trees. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1268080 | 2012-04-03 08:15:00 | Cheers for the responses people Interesting, I don't have an infection or anything - the tooth/gum received an impact from an accident a few years ago, which damaged the nerves or something and initiated a process similar to when baby teeth come out. The inside of my tooth is basically dying as a result, and the tooth will break off eventually if not treated... Here is what the it-causes-cancer people are saying articles.mercola.com But yeah I'm quite skeptical about it as I can see most of you people are too. Seems too pseudo-sciencey. Fortunately it's covered by ACC so I won't go broke haha |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 1268081 | 2012-04-03 08:38:00 | Here is what the it-causes-cancer people are saying articles.mercola.com Their own statistics screw themselves. They acknowledge that there are 25 million root canals performed each year in the US. There's about 500k - 600k cancer-related deaths per year. About a third are attributed to smoking & related activities. Another third are related to obesity and generally poor physical health. That leaves about 200k deaths that may, by some stretch of imagination, be related to a root canal (although a portion of those are related to excess UV exposure of the skin, hereditary disorders, specific infection etc). 200k out of 25m, that's about 0.8%. Over 97% of cancer sufferers have drunk water in their life. Drinking water causes cancer! |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1268082 | 2012-04-03 08:43:00 | Yes you will get cancer from paying the $900 odd bill. :) I think that sould read...Heart Failure... not cancer, from shock. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1268083 | 2012-04-03 11:06:00 | You could get the tooth extracted. My root canal failed. It cracked in a year, then the tooth was extracted. Now I am seeing a dentist and a dental hygienist IMO the latter is more important. With proper brushing and flossing I hope not to need anymore. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1268084 | 2012-04-03 12:24:00 | Dont clean them, let nature take over and the good bugs will kill off the harmful ones, um, organic teeth. lol, just dont let anyone get a wiff of your breath :D:yuck: Oh god, nothing worse than a client looking over your shoulder when you are working on their computer and they have really bad breath :yuck::yuck: |
Iantech (16386) | ||
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