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[cottencandy]

Hello,

I am an avocate for alternative medicine, however I cannot aways afford it.  I carry a health insurance plan for western medicine and heavy copays and always deny drugs and all invassive tests.  I am so frustrated as accupunture, massage, exercise, and herbal medicine does work.  I recently had to have 3 root cannals all of which were a nightmare.  tThe first one I was on oxygen for 2 hours after an injection of novicane.  I am allergic and did inform them, and somehow this was totally dismissed.  They suggested sedation.  Can you believe this after the 2 hours of oxygen.  Was this a joke?  Are they trying to kill me.  Long story short.  When I finished with a second dentist western medicine on my ins plan}  I became extreemly ill for months.  My back was so tight and in spasm.The infection kept circulating in me.  I exercise regurlary ,hot yoga, but I could barely make it out of bed.  This has been going on ,as I now have to finish my third and afraid of getting sick again.  Bad Year.  MRI of spine as my spine was affected has major changes with DDS and Spondy level 2 now.  Question are there non drug therapies and does ins cover some of this.  How exp$ if not.  What should the average cost be.  Thank you

[Top 3 Dentists]

There are holistic dentists who do alternative treatments by using alternative techniques.
Please read below:
Root Canal Alternatives
Injections next to the tooth with German isopathic remedies, procaine, homeopathics or ozone can sometimes save an infected tooth. Alternative treatments to root canals include extraction and thorough cleaning of the infected socket. If a root canal is required, then a particularly effective treatment is the use of a compound known as Endocal© (previously known as Biocalex©), which contains calcium oxide, zinc oxide and a special (ethyl/glycol/water) liquid that swells into the tubules, sealing them to prevent chronic infection.[iv] The resulting substance, calcium hydroxide, has been repeatedly demonstrated to be the most biocompatible (safe) material available.[v] The possibility of a “toxic tooth” may be significantly reduced using this material.

Endocal© isn’t used routinely in root canal therapy because its protocol is radically different from what is usually taught in dental school, where students learn to “compact” filling material into the canal to the greatest extent possible. Because of the volumetric expansion and penetration of calcium oxide, it has to be loosely compacted, allowing room for expansion to the apex of the tooth. Most endodontic specialists are skeptical of this concept, even though there’s adequate science to substantiate it. If you can find a dentist or an endodontist who will use Endocal©, be sure it’s noted on your records, because calcium hydroxide eventually converts to calcium carbonate and won’t show up on x-rays, so a dentist you visit in the future won’t be able to see that you’ve had a root canal!

The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT), considered by many to be a world leading authority on biological dentistry, has thoroughly investigated the root canal controversy in order to produce a “position paper” on this subject. They concluded that, at the present time, the available scientific evidence doesn’t give a completely clear answer of “yes” or “no” about root canal treatment. Each individual case needs to be evaluated in the context of the whole person. That’s really the core of a holistic dental practice. And in my case, two weeks before completing this book, I decided to get a root canal treatment instead of an extraction for a tooth that was causing me grief. Interestingly, though I was referred to an endodontist who uses Endocal, he suggested, and I agreed to, the use of the other filler: gutta percha. So, each of us must make the best decision we can, based on our personal circumstances.