I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lauri Wakefield, who hosts the Inspiring Journeys podcast, to talk about living toxin-free.
Our discussion covered a ton of topics related to living toxin-free, and how that can help you improve your breast health, including:
How to reduce toxin exposure
The importance of self-education
Thermography vs. mammograms
Practical tips for a toxin-free lifestyle
Detoxification and hormonal balance
Endocrine disruptors and environmental toxins
So, if you want to know how to live a toxin-free life, and how that can benefit your breast health, then you don’t want to miss this informative episode, which you can listen to using the player below.
Back in November of 2021, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Health and Vitality Coach and host of Own Your Wellness, Julie Ann Meyer, to talk about breast health.
We had quite an interesting conversation, covering several topics related to breast health, such as:
Breast cancer
Dense breasts
Lymphatic drainage
Breast thermography
Environmental estrogens
So, if you want to learn more about breast health, including why thermography offers the earliest detection of breast health-related issues, factors that are linked to breast health problems, and how to maintain the health of your breasts, then you’ve got to watch this video.
Interested in learning more about breast health and thermography, including the healthcare decisions you can make to improve your chances of keeping your breasts healthy? You should read my book, Thermography and the Fibrocystic and Dense Breast.
Did you know that root canals can have untold negative effects on your health?
There is recognition among integrative dentists and physicians that dental health has a tremendous impact on the overall health of the body.
People are slowly discovering the hidden dangers of things like root canals and mercury amalgams as more medical professionals speak out about their dangers.
From what I’ve witnessed as a thermographic technician, and from a medical thermographic perspective, it is becoming more common to see oral inflammation that drains from the oral cavity, down the anterior neck, and into the lymphatic system. In some cases, this can create lymphatic pathways into the breast tissue, as you can see from the image below.
It is important to know that there is a relationship between specific teeth and illness.
In the 1950s, Reinhold Voll, M.D., of Germany discovered that each tooth in the mouth correlates to a specific acupuncture meridian.
Using his electroacupuncture biofeedback technique, he found that if a tooth became infected or diseased, the organ on the same meridian became infected or diseased, as well. The opposite also held true, that dysfunction in an organ could lead to dysfunction in the corresponding tooth.
One of the founding members of the American Association of Endodontists, Dr. George Meinig, D.D.S, F.A.C.D., in his 1993 book, Root Canal Cover-Up, highlights the root canal research of Dr. Weston Price.
In Root Canal Cover-Up, Dr. Meinig said, “The word about the serious side effects of root canal is getting out. The late Dr. Weston Price, D.D.S., M.S., F.A.C.D., former director of Research for the American Dental Association, discovered that root canals had within them bacteria capable of producing many diseases. He made the claim that if teeth that have had root canals are removed from people suffering heart or kidney disease, these diseases will resolve.”
He found that even after rigorous sterilization, implanting these teeth under the skin of over 5000 rabbits resulted in the animal developing the same disease as the person and resulted in the animal dying of that disease within weeks. He observed this over a period of time and coined the term “focal infection.”
Dr. Price’s research was suppressed and buried by a minority of self-interested dentists and physicians who refused to accept his focal infection theory. Most dentists today have never even heard of these 25-year studies.
Most of the time, the bacteria he found were part of the streptococcus family, but he also found staphylococcus, spirochetes, and fungi.
He found that if a patient had more than one root canal-treated tooth, he could actually have different organisms infecting each one of the infected teeth.
That is the reason some people have different ailments from their teeth all at the same time. Infected root canals have a detrimental effect on the immune system, causing a number of different illnesses.
Your dentist may think that the disinfecting treatment he uses during a root canal would cause the death of these bacteria.
This treatment does kill most of the bacteria in the root canal, but Dr. Price found not one of over 100 disinfectants he studied was capable of penetrating the tubules. The same holds true for antibiotics today.
The bacteria do not die off because the root canal filling blocks off their source of nutrients, as the bacteria are capable of mutating and changing their form.
Dr. Price found that the challenge of a changed environment actually caused the organisms to become much stronger and their toxins became much more toxic.
What happens is bacteria escape to other parts of the body through what’s called a focal infection, which is an infection in one part of the body that travels to another part and sets up a new site of infection.
Still, 25-30% of people seem to get along fine with root-canaled teeth for many years without any detrimental effects.
Typically, these are people who had no history of degenerative diseases, and usually had a strong immune system, which was capable of engulfing any bacteria present, preventing them from being sick.
Ask yourself, how good is your immune system and how long will it be able to protect you?
What Dr. Carey O’Rielly, an integrative dentist based in Encinitas, CA, has to say about the immune system is invaluable to know if you have any of the health issues he mentions.
“Price usually recommended avoiding root canal treatment and extracting the tooth if the individual’s immune system is battling one or more degenerative illnesses or chronic diseases. If you have an immune condition like an autoimmune disease, Lyme disease, a heart condition, arthritis, and possibly even cancer you need to be more careful in doing root canals. Basically, any condition that weakens your immune system makes root canals riskier and less likely to succeed. If your body is already dealing with an immune challenge, infected teeth just add more stress to an already taxed immune system, and vice versa. Just because a tooth doesn’t hurt or there is no swelling doesn’t mean it’s OK.
“New technologies have come onto the scene that will change the results possible and improve the health of not only teeth but the patient as well,” he said.
Dr. O’Rielly feels the most ingenious new technology to come onto the market is ozone.
“Ozone effectively and efficiently deals with the problem of residual bacteria in the accessory canals and the dentinal tubules that both Price and Meinig were talking about,” he said.
Biological dentistry stresses the use of non-toxic restoration materials for dental work and focuses on the unrecognized impact that dental toxins and hidden dental infections can have on overall health.
This form of dentistry treats the teeth, jaw, and related structures with specific regard to how the treatment will affect the entire body.
Most biological dentists use advanced technologies, and one visit can reveal much about the current state of your mouth and teeth.
For instance, using medical thermographic imaging, areas of suspected inflammation and infection can be identified because they present as heat. Then, once an area of concern is identified, it needs further investigation and resolution.
Some cases of inflammation have been caused by a low-grade chronic infection, and upon dental correlation, have been attributed to periodontal disease, TMJ dysfunction, dental restorations like amalgams, or treatments such as root canals.
What this shows is that your mouth is a mirror of your health.
If you want to achieve better oral health, you should eat an alkalizing, antioxidant-rich, and anti-inflammatory diet, replace toothpaste and antibacterial/alcohol-based mouthwashes with an oral rinse, and/or toothpaste that nourishes your oral microbiome. And make sure to choose toothpaste without fluoride.
To recap, Dr. Price and Dr. Meinig both spoke about the fact that those who can tolerate root canals tend to have a strong immune system. This is no surprise, as a strong immune system is the key to fighting any illness or disease.
Yours in radiant health! Patricia
P.S. Please watch this documentary on the truth on root canals – it was censored off Netflix.
To understand the process of using thermography for detecting breast cancer, we must first understand physiology. We are not looking for breast cancer itself per say, but physiological changes that may be involved with its formation and growth. Breast cancer can cause inflammation due to tissue disruption, or through the development of new blood vessels that feed the tumor — a process known as angiogenesis.
However, some physiological changes can also make it more difficult to detect breast cancer, such as a symphatic response that causes hypothermia in the tissue around a tumor. This is why following up is so important, as thermography and other anatomical tests can evaluate the body over time and under different physiological states. Physiology is key, and we should be mindful of the signs and obstacles when trying to detect breast cancer as early as possible.
More on ANGIOGENESIS…
by Kimberly Lavoie, ACNP-BC, CCRN, SCRN
As Dr. Piana stated, angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels from previously existing blood vessel plexus. This process involves the growth of endothelial cells, which line the inside walls of blood vessels. It is supportive in the healing of wounds and granulation of tissues. Physiological angiogenesis is a normal and vital process in growth and development specifically, during fetal development, female reproductive cycle, and tissue repair. The fine balance between pro-angiogenic growth factor (GF), anti-angiogenic GF, and cytokines tightly regulate angiogenesis.
Whereas, an uncontrolled or inadequate balance of angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in pathological angiogenesis and promotes the formation of neoplasms, retinopathies, coronary artery disease, and other various disease processes. Tumors are dependent on angiogenesis and need vascular growth to transition from a benign to a malignant state. In the absence of vascular growth, tumors are not sustainable. With increased vascular activity generating heat, thermography can aid in early detection.
The mammogram industry has created a view towards dense breasts that is rather demeaning, as if having dense breasts is similar to a disease. The truth of the matter is, dense breasts are perfectly healthy and normal.
The reason dense breasts have been stigmatized is because mammograms have a difficult time identifying tumors within higher density breasts. This could be caused by the breast being as dense as the tumor, making it hard to distinguish. A way of understanding this is if you were taking an X-Ray of an ice cube that was frozen in a slab of ice. This would cause it to appear no different than the rest of the surrounding area, because the density is the same.
Standards for mammograms have been specifically created around this idea that dense breasts are a nuisance or disease. This is why a few years ago the age recommendation for a mammogram was increased to the age of 50, based on the idea that breast density lowers with age. Still, many women in their 50s have dense breasts.
Another issue is that research studies related to the accuracy of mammograms have adjusted their research perimeters to not include women with dense breasts, despite them being over half of the population. The findings of the studies have shown greater results for mammogram screening, but ultimately they do not reflect well for the general population when identifying tumors.
This isn’t to say that other tests are perfect, though. As an example, thermography has similar limitations when it comes to breast size, obesity, and breast implants. This is why it is important to discuss information with your clients, so they understand that a combination of tests provide the best results — especially when dealing with dense breasts.
Breast Density and Cancer Risk
by Kimberly Lavoie, ACNP-BC, CCRN, SCRN
Medical literature is often misleading when describing the impact of breast density on cancer risk. Many studies illustrate the risk probability by comparing women in the 10% highest density category (extremely dense) with 10% in the lowest density category (almost entirely fatty breasts). Comparisons such as these are not statistically meaningful to the remaining 80% of women in the middle, nor should risk comparisons be related to such a small subset population.
More on Dense Breasts
Dense breast tissue is a common finding and is not abnormal. Statistics have shown that approximately 50% of women have dense or highly dense breasts.
However, mammography imaging can make it difficult to detect cancer in women with breast densities. Consequently, mammography is less sensitive in women with dense breasts — that is, it is more likely to MISS cancer. This is precisely why Dense Breast Notification Laws have been implemented.
False-negative mammograms result in about 1 in 8 missed cases of breast cancer whereas as false-positive findings can result in over-diagnosis. Over-diagnosing can lead to additional diagnostic testing, invasive procedures, and over-treatment.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 50% of women getting annual mammograms will receive a false-positive finding over a 10-year period. The probability of false-positive findings is even higher when comparison imaging is not available. More than ever we need to continue to educate and help spread THERMOGRAPHIC AWARENESS !!!
MORE examples of mammograms that were reported as “normal” and less than one week later, MRI reveals “CANCER”
Has your state implemented Dense Breast Notification Laws?
Currently, 38 states and the District of Columbia have enacted dense breast notification laws mandating radiologists to include language in their reports informing women of risks related to dense breasts. If you live in a state that does not have a dense breast notification laws, I encourage you to reach out to your local representative today and let your voice be heard.
During my many years as a thermographer, I’ve learned that a great majority of women who seek out thermography have dense breasts. Many have had years of mammograms and/or biopsies with benign results, and all of them want to avoid radiation and compression.
In fact, more than 40% of women have dense breast tissue. If a woman relies on anatomical screenings of mammography and ultrasound, her chances of getting breast cancer are around 70%. For women with dense breasts and/or breast implants this has always been a problem, but this is still the standard of screening.
The Disadvantages of Mammography for Dense Breast Tissue
A mammogram uses radiation and finds a tumor after it has been in state of angioneogenesis, or producing heat as cells are replicating. So, mammograms find tumors after they have become large enough to be seen on anatomical studies (mammogram, ultrasound or MRI).
This means that by the time a mammogram finds breast cancer, it has been in the stages of “cells on fire” for anywhere from 7 to 10 years. This is NOT prevention!
Mammography is also a highly ineffective examination for women with dense breasts, with a sensitivity between 28% and 50%.
Tumors are even harder to detect, because both a tumor and the connective tissue of dense breasts appear white on a mammogram. To find a tumor on a mammogram with dense breast tissue is like looking for a snowball in a snowstorm!
Thermography is beneficial because it picks up a tumor as heat. This gives you time to make lifestyle changes and explore early intervention—before a tumor is big enough to appear on an anatomical study.
In a 2008 study by The American Breast Surgeon Department of Surgery at the New York Presbyterian Hospital–Cornell, researchers concluded that thermography was highly beneficial for women with dense breast tissue.
So why don’t doctors give us the option of thermography? They still recommend mammograms, despite them being an ineffective screening method for dense breasts and delivering more cumulative and potentially cancer-causing radiation.
Adding the Power of AWBUS to Thermography
Women with dense breasts who screen with thermography are recommended to follow up with an ultrasound. Thermography is an adjunct to an anatomical screening. While the ultrasound is not that effective for dense breasts, a new anatomical technology is now available to improve the detection of cancer in women with dense breasts and implants.
AWBUS (Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound Screenings) is a supplementary ultrasound examination of both breasts that can find small cancers that mammography may miss. AWBUS can increase confidence in your diagnoses. When done in conjunction with a thermogram, it can find more cancers in women with dense breasts than by mammography or standard ultrasound alone.
Watch this TEDx Talk with Dr. Kelly who explains:
3D tomosynthesis is also recommended for women with a breast density grade of 2-3. 3D tomosynthesis improves the visualization of calcifications and small cancers that can be hidden by overlapping tissue. Yet it delivers 38% more ionizing radiation than a standard mammogram. Again, Ionizing radiation is the most dangerous radiation. Radiation is cumulative and can be a risk factor for creating cancer.
The combination of AWBUS and thermography are environmentally safe, radiation free and provide early detection. This makes it a game changer in breast screening technology. AWBUS is most advantageous for women with a breast density grade of 3-4.
Please share this information with your women friends!
Note: At this time, there is no guarantee that your insurance company will cover an Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound. I recommend you contact your insurance company to find out if you are covered under your specific program.
I was so thrilled to sit down with Alexis Brink of Jin Shin Institute to talk about one of my favorite topics: breast thermography.
If you haven’t heard of Jin Shin, it’s a Japanese healing art that uses hands to balance the energetic body, mind and spirit. Jin Shin Institute is in New York and offers events, education and healing sessions.
We started with a background on breast thermography, including the fact that it was actually covered by insurance until 1984 and recommended as an adjunct to breast cancer screening.
Breast thermography still is a common screening method in many countries, including Spain, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Canada and India.
While mammography is a word that’s far more well-known, it often leads to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. As a result, many women are getting biopsies who don’t need them—according to the NIH, 80% of biopsies are false positives, meaning they look like cancer but aren’t.
Watch this interview on breast thermography to learn more, including:
What thermography is and how it works.
Why and how mammography can lead to false positives.
Where the estrogens that create inflammation are coming from.
The role that inflammation plays in breast cancer detection.
Whether or not thermography can be used for the whole body.
What your bra might be doing to your body plus some options for big-breasted women!
How a broccoli seed with “innate wisdom” helped a client with vascular issues.
A warm thank you to Alexis for having me on the show!
I hope you are all doing well – physically and emotionally – in this time of uncertainty and turmoil.
At Breast Thermography International, of which I am a member of, your health and well-being are our first priority.
Many people are asking questions about thermography and its ability to detect the Coronavirus. Let’s do a quick review of what thermography can and cannot do.
Thermography is great at detecting inflammation/heat signatures in the body. However, it never provides a diagnosis.
Having said that, thermography is being used throughout the world right now to detect fevers in people who have been infected with any type of flu or virus… especially travelers.
Right now, Carnival Cruise Line just bought the exact same cameras that we use in our office to monitor their passengers for fevers. And our ICI cameras are being implemented currently world wide as fever detectors in schools, airports such as the Dulles Airport in Washington DC, and office buildings.
The accuracy of these cameras is incredible and can also provide detailed information on inflammation throughout the entire body. Additionally, we are able to locate areas of the lymphatic system that may be compromised or blocked.
Armed with that information, we can direct you with next steps to help clear those blockages to restore optimal immune system function.
Remember… the best defense against ANY illness is a strong immune system.
Let us help you assess where yours stands now so you can take steps to enhance yours and the ones you love.
Our thermography labs are kept clean and disinfected at all times. Nothing touches your body and there is no radiation at all. We will keep you updated on May office hours.
As a clinical breast thermographer, I see more and more fibrocystic breast cases than any other abnormality of the breast.
Fibrocystic breast syndrome or disease is a common condition. It is also called cystic breasts or mammary dysplasia.
Breasts can feel swollen or have a different texture, or even feel lumpier than they did yesterday. Lumps, be it of any kind, in the breast, triggers fears of cancer. Both benign and malignant lumps are very different in texture and density.
Most breast lumps that women feel – eight out of ten – aren’t cancer.
It’s more common for them to be a cyst (a sac) or a fibroadenoma (an abnormal growth that’s not cancer). Some lumps come and go during a woman’s menstrual cycle.
Mammograms are often performed on women with fibrocystic breasts. Despite a great deal of evidence citing no benefit and much harm from mammograms women are recommended to have them annually.
There is disagreement as to the age women should commence this procedure.
Characteristics of Fibrocystic Breasts
Fibrocystic changes are characterized by breasts that are lumpy with many irregularities in the breast tissue itself. Fibrocystic breasts seem to occur when a woman’s breasts are overly sensitive to fluctuating hormone levels. Women with fibrocystic changes may have pain and/or lumps.
Over half of all women will experience fibrocystic breasts at some time in their lives, but are fibrocystic breasts really a “disease”?
Many in the medical community say referring to it as a disease is a “misnomer.”
Fibrocystic disease or syndrome is highly prevalent in today’s industrialized nations. This may be common, but it doesn’t make it normal. It is important to note that the symptoms of fibrocystic breasts are different from those of breast cancer.
When you have fibrocystic breasts, you should not experience:
Any type of irregular nipple discharge
Bleeding from the nipples
A growth or firming of specific lumps over time
Changes in breast skin, such as the development of a rash, redness, or the formation of dimpling of the skin
A thickening of the skin
Changes in nipple angle (pointing more down, sideways or up than normal)
The inversion of the nipple into the body
Discoloration of the nipple or areola
Changing in shape of the areola
If you experience any of the above symptoms, contact your medical professional immediately for a thorough examination.
Fibrocystic breast is associated with estrogen dominance. It can occur due to changes in a woman’s hormonal levels and is more common in women of child-bearing age.
However, this is not limited to women of childbearing age. As seen in thermographic imaging, it can show up in women of all ages.
This is not just limited to women either as estrogen dominance is also seen in men. Please note as the thermogram can see estrogen dominance, not all experience will experience physical changes in their breast tissue.
This is not a time to panic, but to become proactive.
Thermography For Fibrocystic Breasts
The good news is that thermal imaging/thermography and ultrasound can distinguish between fibrocystic breasts (an almost universally experienced condition) and breast cancer (a significantly less common disease).
Thermography has the ability to show the heat associated with the backup of estrogens and xenoestrogens in the body, because synthetic estrogens and hormones affect breast and fatty tissue with distinct heat patterns that can only be seen on Infrared Thermal Imaging.
These estrogens show up classically as leopard spots or mottling in thermographic images reflecting inflammation. It is one way you are able to assess the severity of this syndrome and response to lifestyle changes that you will be making. With thermography you can get a real live time image of the toxic load your breast may be carrying.
There is much you can do to reverse fibrocystic breasts and lessen your risk factors, as these can increase your risk of having breast cancer anywhere from two-fold to six-fold.
The Risk Of Environmental Estrogens
When it comes to breast cancer, and breast health, one of the greatest concerns is exposure to environmental estrogens.
There are many kinds of estrogens that are not tested in routine hormone profiles. Environmental contaminants known as xenoestrogens and Bisphenol-A(S) attach to receptor sites and mimic biological estrogens, disrupting your entire endocrine system.
Studies have shown that chronic endocrine dysfunction can lead to cancer, birth defects, infertility, depression, mood disorders, blood abnormalities, frequent illnesses, chronic fatigue, and severe immune suppression.
Our constant exposure to environmental toxins may be partially attributed to the alarming increase in cancers. Estrogen dominance is evident in the weight gain around the midsection.
In thermography it is very common to see the leopard spots, or mottling from the estrogens on fatty tissue, especially belly fat. Fat has been called the third estrogen. The more adipose or fatty tissue there is on a person, the more mottling and estrogen dominance can show up in the thermographic image. That alerts me to suggest to the patient a metabolic detox and balancing of the hormones.
This woman needs a metabolic detox:
Estrogen Dominance
Estrogen dominance is a condition that occurs when there are abnormally high levels of estrogen in the body and reduced levels of progesterone, which has been linked not only to the development of fibrocystic breasts but also to the development of breast cancer.
According to the late Dr. John Lee, “We believe estrogen dominance is an unrecognized risk factor for breast cancer, and in this context, it makes sense that chronically lumpy and painful breast would also be a risk factor.”
To quote Dr. Patrick Fratellone, “Whenever you find these estrogens on a woman’s breast in thermography get rid of it as soon as possible. These are toxins. You wouldn’t leave toxins lying on your kitchen table, so why would you leave them on your breast?”
Most doctors know about estrogen deficiency but not estrogen dominance. If you would like more information on how to detox these toxins from your body, contact me for a consultation on recommended lifestyle changes with supplementations that decrease estrogen.
A Six-Month Comprehensive Protocol for Women to Detox and Reduce Harmful Environmental Estrogens While Optimizing and Restoring Breast Health
Prior exam:
Six-month follow up after detox:
Yours in Radiant Health,
Patricia Luccardi
Offering Breast, Upper Body and Full Body Exams
PS: Stay on top of your thermographic follow up. Refer a friend and get $50 off your next follow up. Contact me today to schedule.
Thermography is radiation-free, painless, safe, preventive screening regardless of age, size, density or nursing.
Did you know that root canals can have untold, negative effects on your health?
There is a growing recognition among integrative dentists and physicians that dental health has a tremendous impact on the overall health of the body. People are slowly discovering the hidden dangers of root canals as more medical professionals speak out about their dangers.
“The toxicity of root canals was disclosed by Mayo Clinic and Dr. Weston Price jointly back in about 1910. Close to a century ago. Price’s textbook on root canals, published in 1922, upset the dental associations at that time, and still does today. The American Dental Association (ADA), denies his findings and claims that they have proven root canals to be safe; however, no published data from the ADA is available to confirm this statement. Statements, but no actual research.” Dr. Hal Huggins D.D.S.
The late Dr. Weston Price, D.D.S, M.S., F.A.C.D. former director of Research for the American Dental Association, discovered that root canals had within them bacteria capable of producing many diseases. They had no place in the body.
He made the claim that teeth that have had root canals are removed from people suffering heart or kidney disease, these diseases will resolve.
He found that implanting these teeth, even after rigorous sterilization, when put under the skin of an animal, resulted in the animal developing the same disease as the person and resulted in the animal dying of that disease within weeks.
There is also a relationship between specific teeth and illness. In the 1950’s, Reinhold Voll, M.D. of Germany discovered that each tooth in the mouth correlates to a specific acupuncture meridian.
Using his electroacupuncture biofeedback technique, he found that if a tooth became infected or diseased, the organ on the same meridian becomes infected or diseased. The opposite held true, as well, that a dysfunction in an organ could lead to a dysfunction in the corresponding tooth.
Is there a link to breast cancer and root canals? Dr. Weston Price seems to think so.
Leakage from Gum Disease to the Breast
A documentary released on Netflix in the fall 2018, Root Cause, questions the safety of root canals.
Netflix soon met opposition from the American Dental Association (ADA), American Association of Endodontists (AAE) and American Association of Dental Research (AADR).
In a letter dated 29 January 2019, the ADA, AAE and AADR wrote that continuing to host the film on their platform could harm the viewing public by spreading misinformation about safe medical treatments like root canals.
Root Cause was removed from Netfix but can be viewed on Apple, Amazon and Vimeo for purchase or streaming.
Among the most jarring claims in Root Cause is a connection between root canals and breast cancer.
From a thermographic perspective, it is becoming more common to see oral inflammation that drains from the oral cavity, down the anterior neck and into the lymphatic system, in some cases creating lymphatic pathways into breast tissue.
Thermography offers a non-invasive way to measure areas of inflammation in the dental, cranial and thyroid regions.
It can also be used to help detect any indications of physiological changes around sites of dental work such as the presence of infection, concerns with a crowned tooth or a failing root canal, and/or jaw cavitation’s due to extracted teeth
Dr. Price discovered that root canals had within them bacteria capable of producing many diseases. He claimed they had no place in the body.
Which is more important?
The life of the tooth or the life of the patient?
This argument still faces us today. The body burden is under daily assault from toxins in our food, water, plastics, air pollution, beauty care products and add that to any number of focal infections in the mouth as well as mercury amalgams.
Currently more than 15 million root canals are performed yearly and more than 41,000 performed daily. Is there any wonder why cancer and auto-immune illnesses are on the rise?
The good news is 25% of the population can survive the toxins from root canals because of a healthy immune system. (More on immune health in an upcoming blog.)
Start working with a biological dentist. Biological dentistry stresses the use on nontoxic restoration materials for dental work, and focuses on the unrecognized impact that dental toxins and hidden dental infections can have on overall health.
Biological dentistry treats the teeth, jaw and related structures with specific regards to how the treatment will affect the entire body.
According to Hal Huggins D.D.S, a pioneer in this field, “ Dental problems such as cavities, infections, toxic or allergy producing filling materials, root canals and misalignment with the teeth or jaw can have far reaching effects throughout the body.”
Is there a difference between holistic dentist and biological dentist?
The names came out of the various organizations that dentists started as alternatives to the American Dental Association and other mainstream, conventional, dental organizations.
The Holistic Dental Association was founded in 1979 and the International Academy of Biological Dentistry & Medicine (IABDM) was founded six years later, in 1985.
The Holistic Dental Association tends to be more open to spiritual healing and energy healing than the IABDM, and the IABDM is a larger organization. Many Holistic/Biological dentists belong to both organizations, and use the term holistic and biological interchangeably.
Neither holistic nor biological dentists need a specialized education in order to call themselves holistic or biological, unlike specialties like periodontist or orthodontist, which do require additional study in dental school.
Root canals and dental toxicities are a lengthy topic, so here is what you need to know. 2019 Root Canal Dangers – The Weston A. Price Foundation
“I don’t feel comfortable using a substance designated by the Environmental Protection Agency to be a waste disposal hazard. I can’t throw it in the trash, bury it in the ground, or put it in a landfill, but they say it is okay to put in people’s mouths? That doesn’t make sense.”Richard Fischer D.D.S.
