I do not want a root canal for all the issues associated with it. My tooth has a crown on it at this time and it has been hurting for a few months off and on. How long would I need to oil pull in order to be safe to have it extracted? Or would I have to go on antibiotics?

I don't really see any issues with root canals. I have had a few mainly because I want to keep my own teeth.

I wouldn't jeopardize oral hygiene to oil pulling. If you want the tooth extracted, then follow your dentists advice if he feels you must go on antibiotics, then take them to be on the safe side.

I would advise you to consider the root canal in order to save the tooth.

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Because of reading this:

In his new book, Root Canal Cover-up Exposed! Dr. George Meinig examines the work of Dr. Weston Price and shows how a simple root canal can affect your heart, kidneys, lungs, eyes, stomach, brain, and just about any other body tissue you care to mention. Actually, it's not the root canal that causes the problem, but rather, the germs trapped inside the tooth.

Dr. Price had a hunch that root canals often harbored infection that was not readily apparent. He also surmised that this local infection was acting as a "mother lode" of infection that was traveling to various organs of the body causing heart disease, arthritis, and almost any other disease state, depending on where that particular strain of organism preferred to roost. This sounded preposterous and no one paid any attention to him, even though he was recognized as one of the foremost dental and nutritional researchers of his time.

Price's findings were so astounding that one wonders how they could have been ignored, but they were. After seeing hundreds of patients with severe and chronic diseases that could not be cured by the medical profession, Dr. Price began research that, even by today's standards, is nothing short of brilliant.

A woman who had been confined to a wheelchair for six years with severe, crippling arthritis came to Dr. Price for help. After finding that she had a tooth with a root canal, Dr. Price suggested that it be removed -- even though it looked perfectly normal and showed no evidence of infection. He was really going out on a limb but Dr. Price was convinced that it was probably "the root of the problem."

Now comes the momentous step that should have won the Nobel Prize for Weston Price: After removing the tooth, he implanted it under the skin of a rabbit to see if the rabbit would develop a disease similar to that of the patient. The rabbit developed the same crippling arthritis as the patient and, ten days later, died of infection. The patient, on the other hand, made a complete recovery from her arthritis after the extraction

Utter hogwash. I am in healthcare and have never heard of this doctor, or his findings. I am a healthy 69 year old woman who has had a few root canals and they have never effected me in the way this article mentioned.

If an infected tooth is left untreated, that poison can travel to other parts of your body, possibly effecting the heart. Key words here are LEFT UNTREATED.

Which medical journal was this article in ?

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