Hi steve,

There really is no such thing as a "suspect root canal tooth" given that all root canaled teeth are unhealthy, harbor necrotic infected nerve tissue and due to the lack of vitality, create an unhealthy ischemic reaction to occur in the ligament and bone surrounding the tooth. There are no exceptions to what occurs with these teeth... there are just different time frames and patterns that they occur dependent upon the persons individual situation and overall health of their immune system.

Any tooth, root canaled or not, that has a radio-graphic halo around the apex or any other area of the tooth clearly indicates abnormal pathology. The area is either a pool of infection, cystic or tumor related and is always associated with loss of bone. Again there are no exceptions to this.

All dentists commonly see these radio graphic areas associated with root canaled teeth, therefore, they expect to see them. That does not mean there is not a problem.... it just means it's a common occurrence. Conventional dentists tend to play it off unless or until the patient has pain, swelling, severe bone loss, and proliferation of the infection to the adjacent areas or teeth. Biological dentists accept that the lack of symptoms does not indicate the severity of the problem and that this infection is a proliferation of infectious bacteria that will continue to spread, deteriorate the jaw bone and sooner or later become systemic beyond the area of the tooth.

The second rc tooth that had the fistula and root amputation... is not healthy. A root amputation of a tooth does not "cure" an infected tooth. It is an invasive procedure that removes the most infected root while leaving the less infected root(s) present. A single rooted tooth can not have a root amputation as the root is what holds the tooth in the jaw bone, so this has to be a multi rooted tooth meaning there is at least one if not two infected roots still holding this tooth in. The pain that you have with this tooth is due to the infection brewing inside of the tooth and it's root system. The large crown is just an added irritant as it may be leading to gum irritation that you may not yet be aware of.

It is common and highly probable for infections of the mouth and teeth, irrelevant of symptoms, to be connected to a systemic health concern even connected to a delayed or abnormal healing from an injury or surgery any place in or on the body. Simply because the bacteria, both good and bad, that lives in our mouths and teeth filters through the blood stream into every vessel and organ of the body. All dentists are taught about this systemic connection but the emphasis of their education is on the technical aspect of dentistry much more so than the oral and systemic connection. Biological dentists have that same education but have sought further teachings on the systemic connection to offer their patients health oriented and less toxic dentistry.

I am going to attach the following:

1) A diagram of the anatomy of a tooth showing the hundreds upon hundreds of microscopic canals called Dentin Tubules that are not accessible and contain life nerve tissue in healthy teeth and necrotic infected nerve tissue after a root canal procedure.

2) A tooth and organ chart which has been in use since ancient Chinese medicine and is still used to this day as it tends to be incredibly accurate.

3) Here's a few specific blood markers for inflammation. None of which should be inclusive of the other as they are all important for measuring inflammation.
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), Fibrinogen, Plasma viscosity (PV), High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (HS-CRP), Homocysteine, Ferritin, VAP plus Lipid Panel, Monocytes along with other White Blood Cells, and Blood Glucose.

Important to note that blood serum tests have a pre determined range of what is considered normal. However, that same range pertains to any age... from infancy to 100+ years old and from the very sick to the very healthy. So of course anything abnormal would be indicated by being out of that range but also anything anywhere near high or low of normal should be questioned. This is why it is essential to never rely on just one or few markers to tell the story as each marker plays a different role in the body and they all have to be taken into consideration to determine the overall inflammation or health of a person.

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