Archive for November, 2010

The Shocking Tooth About Trigeminal Neuralgia

The New England Journal of Medicine June 29, 2000, Vol. 342, No. 26 To the Editor: A 66-year-old woman with a two-year history of right-sided Trigeminal neuralgia (involving the second Trigeminal division) presented with severe exacerbation of her typical sharp pain after a root-canal procedure in a right upper incisor. The procedure had slightly repositioned […]

Dental X-rays Can Prevent Stroke

Dental X-rays can do more than save your teeth; they could even save your life! A 67-year-old woman in Rochester, N.Y., was in danger of a stroke caused by calcified deposits in her neck arteries. Dental X-rays picked up the problem. “She wasn’t aware she could have died at any moment,” Dov Almog, of the University […]

Dental Wisdom

from Ann Landers Dear Ann: Please tell your readers that an infection in the mouth or an abscess in a tooth can lead to painful and deadly bacterial infections of the bloodstream. My beloved brother died recently from an infection that began in his mouth. I am so grief-stricken I can barely get my thoughts […]

Dealing With Dental Anxiety

Preventing Illness and Premature Death There is a war going on inside your mouth and chances are you are losing. The enemy? Bacteria that hide in moist, dark places and rot the surrounding tissues. Without constant vigilance, these bacteria multiply out of control and can lead to life-threatening medical complications. Billions of these tiny bugs […]

Could Flossing Add Years To Your Life?

You know the importance of daily flossing in order to keep your teeth and gums healthy. But did you know that regular flossing could extend your life by more than six years? That’s right- six years added to your life! You see, the bacteria that flourish in your mouth lead to tooth decay, gum disease […]

Why Use Biological Dentistry?

The number one concern of a biological dentist is the well-being of each patient. A good biological dentist will see health as a state of vigor, of wholeness, not just the absence of illness. Although a dentist can neither diagnose nor treat medical conditions, it is essential that you find a dentist who is aware […]

National Water Week Marked by Congressional Probe on Fluoridation

Monday, May 15, 2000 WASHINGTON D.C.–(BW HealthWire)–May 15, 2000–In the week set aside by President Bush in 1990 for observance May 7-13, 2000 as National Drinking Water Week, the House of Representatives Committee on Science expanded their field of inquiry on fluoridation of public water systems to include other agencies that play a part in […]

Why EPA’s Headquarters Union of Scientists Opposes Fluoridation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] CHAPTER 280 P.O. BOX 76082 WASHINGTON, DC 20013 202-260-2383(V) 202-401-3139(F) May 1, 1999 The following documents why our union, formerly National Federation of Federal Employees Local 2050 and since April 1998 Chapter 280 of the National Treasury Employees Union, took the stand it did opposing fluoridation of drinking water supplies. Our union is comprised […]

Fluoride in School Lunch

How Much Fluoride is in a School Lunch? Source: www.nofluoride.com/school_lunch.htm The following food items were obtained from an elementary school cafeteria in Mountain View, California on Dec. 1, 1998 and sent to a laboratory for an analysis of their fluoride content. Here are the results for the school lunch. Please keep in mind that Mtn. […]

Fluoride in Bottled Water

Written by Dr. Eugene Sambataro, DDS, Dental Physician As printed in the Baltimore Resources Journal, Summer 2001 Although recent studies have questioned whether manufacturers of bottled water really are producing pure water, you can be comfortably reassured that chlorine and fluoride have been filtered out. But now on the scene is one large corporate conglomerate […]