Root Canals Archives - International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine

Root Canal Treatment: How Much Good Health Do You Have to Give Away?

Root Canals

by IABDM | May 22, 2019 | Root Canals

The text below is the IABDM's current position paper on root canal treatment by Dr. Dawn Ewing. You can access other position papers, as well as our standards of practice here. Dr. Ralph Steinman of Loma Linda University long ago proved that the flow of fluid through...

Root Canaled Teeth & Gangrene: What Do They Have in Common?

Root Canals

by IABDM | Feb 4, 2019 | Root Canals

By Carol Wells, RDH This paper originally appeared in the January 2019 issue of the Scientific Archives of Dental Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 1). When I first heard the word "gangrene," I would not have thought that it would be referring to a root canaled tooth. What...

Septic Tank Teeth (abridged)

Root Canals

by IABDM | Feb 3, 2018 | Root Canals

Root canals are dead bodies (and, as such, should be buried six feet below Earth’s surface)! By R.S. Carlson, DDS Let us get clear about the issue, really. Some will argue that the “gangrene of the tooth” is limited to the soft tissue within the tooth’s pulp chamber,...

Root Canals, Dental Implants, Endotoxemia

Biological Dentistry

by IABDM | May 30, 2014 | Biological Dentistry, Root Canals

From “Controversy? Not for Me!” by Ronald S. Carlson, DDS In dental surgery, we (I do not!) advocate, unlike our medical colleagues, the retention of gangrenous tissues within the oral cavity. You may know them as “root canals.” Controversy abounded 100 years ago...