Immune System Overloaded by Dental Infection, Trauma - Injury

Copyright 2006 SSLI Health Group
When people suffer a severe auto accident, fall, or suffer some other injury, their immune systems are called upon to work at peak performance in order to achieve a speedy recovery. Those people with root canal fillings are generally found to have a healing rate slower than expected. Quite often, the extra stress an injury places on their defense systems allows the organisms to get out of hand and attack some other organ or tissues.

X-Ray Pictures Fantastic but Limitation to Find Gum Infection, Root Canal infection

Cheekbones, narrowness of jaws, the position of teeth and the formation of the hard palate make the taking of accurate x-ray pictures a challenge.
For these reasons x-ray pictures of teeth and jaws quite often fail to disclose the presence of infection or what kind of treatment might be required, contrary to generally accepted views of most dentists and patients.
Cracks in teeth are almost never visible on x-ray pictures.

The Root Canal Treatment, Gum Infection and Apicoectomy

When a root canal filling develops a granuloma, cyst, or some other infected area at the end of the root, dentists will sometimes endeavor to save the tooth by performing an operation called apicoectomy. The area of infection seen on x-ray pictures is actually a hole in the bone of the jaw eaten away by bacteria and toxins. It contains pus, bacteria and infected tissue.
The apicoectomy surgery is done using a local anesthetic. An incision is made in the gum and the dentist invades the infected area and curettes away the diseased tissue.

How the different Root End Infections (Abscessed Teeth) Affect the Body Differently

There are three main kinds of root end tooth infections, but in most instances they are simply referred to as "abscessed teeth." The three main root end tooth infections are called granulomas,cysts and condensing osteitis. Granulomas and cysts, though they appear to be quite similar, have distinctly different characteristics.
Fistulas are channels that carry pus from the infection area to the outside of the face or mouth. They help the body drain away excessive  amounts of pus.

The Bacteria And Other Microorganisms That Are Involved In Dental Infection

This article is part of Dr. George Meinig's,DDS, FACD, research information of the extensive and investigative research of Dr. Weston Price's,DDS, FACD, research work.
It might be of interest that the wall Street Journal, on the morning of my typing this page, reported that one year ago a small group of Scientists had met and exchanged data on the first drugs discovered by major pharmaceutical companies  to arrest the AIDS virus.  Their euphoria was blown just six months later when they found the AIDS virus wasn't being controlled but was mutating, and  in its new form the infection was able to begin all over again.

Sinus Infection Caused by Dental Problem

Everyone has a sinus on each side of their nose called the maxillary sinus. Wherein, the roots of the upper back teeth go into the right and left maxillary sinuses. This can cause a problem during sinus season. If a sinus has an infection, it can fill up with fluid and cause the entire sinus lining to become inflamed. If encountered by patients they will feel pain in their upper back teeth along with a metallic taste in the mouth. Threatening a major dental problem if continuously endure.

The Dental Infections, Gum Disease Produces Astonishing Blood Changes

Dr. Prices supposed that dentists would know if any changes took places in a patient's blood when a dental infection was present, but found no reports in scientific literature on that subject. This led him to do exhaustive blood studies of patients and animals to determine the side effects of root canal infections.
Thousands of blood tests on patients and animals Infected by root filled teeth showed?    
- Lymphocytes(white blood cells) increased in humans and increased 58 percent in rabbits.   
- Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, a form of white blood cells, decreased in humans and in animals to 33 percent less than normal.