International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine
IABDM - Holistic Dentist, Biological Medicine
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 the dentinal tubules of a healthy tooth moves […]
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 part of the body can have gangrene without […]
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, gangrenous pulpitis; that the hard exoskeleton of […]
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 about these “root cadaver canals,” but that was swept under the rug […]