Updated Information on Root Canals and Treatments by Dr Dana Rockey

[@jkc4560]

20,000 views and only 337 likes???? I needed to hear this information today. Thank you for presenting this information. I have an increasing distrust of all dentists, you sir have given me hope that there are some like yourselves who still have the patients best interest at heart.

[@yugoslava6409]

Because this narrative is...... reckless, contraversial and dishonest! Period!

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Most doctors and dentists strike me as being pleased with themselves and underlying complacent. You stand out as not giving that impression. Clear and honest, thank you.

[@kellyclover5953]

My own experience shows that root canals often have deeper periodontal pockets than other teeth. The likelihood of bone damage in the vicinity of root canals is greatly increased. It often takes years before significant harm is apparent but it happens sooner or later with most root canals.

[@MrBigBoy4Life]

Now, if the dental industry can make these remedies more affordable to the masses, that would be great especially if it can prevent illness and improve quality of life. I have dental insurance and had to come outta pocket over 3K this year alone for dental maintenance and a root canal with a crown. I have a good City job and it’s still very expensive let alone for those less fortunate.

[@osharev3375]

One does not believe to any doctors or dentists. We do not know what it is this tim. Maybe treating does not get them enough money. Now they have to remove teeth in order to put implants to get thousands. Then they will say the implants not a good idea for they go septic and so forth....🤣If they treat the root canal perfectly, with all necessary procedures🤔. But of course they are thinking of us, poor souls🤣. 😎

[@osharev3375]

You said it brother, it is an industry. We are not in that club. We are just the milking cows for them. 🙏🏻

[@raushanali5733]

God bless you for your honesty and transparency unlike others who would not have the courage to admit

[@Mspiggy375]

Thank you so much for caring enough to share this information!

[@JenMarco]

Thank you for your truthful information. Drs are chastised for being honest and looking out for our best interest

[@agelesswisdom2341]

Maybe they are just pushing the most lucrative therapy...

[@FEARisCOLD]

That’s scary. Going toothless doesn’t sound so bad anymore.

[@wiseguysavant]

glad you got the extra training. you are on a new level now. thanks for the upgrade. keep us updated!

[@thomaswalker9635]

Over a week ago I had a painful toothache. 4 ibuprofen would not lessen the pain. (This is after midnight) An hour later the pain persisted, then my wife, a nurse, had 2 Tylenol with codeine...tried one, no effect, took the second, no lessening of pain. I'm desperate to get some relief and sleep. Started taking, every 30 minutes, 2 grams vitamin C--a mix of ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate dissolved in water with one capsule of 600mg Alpha-lipoic acid. Within an hour the pain reduced from about a 7 to a 2. Took the combination one more time and finally feel asleep around 3am. I awoke around 7 and repeated the combination of nutrients and feel asleep for a couple more hours. From that day I have tapered back to about 10-12 grams of vitamin C spaced throughout the day with occasional 600 mg Alpha-lipoic capsules if pain increases. I had a dental appointment last week and X-ray showed a healthy root and bone area under an old crowned #19 tooth. Wondering if an infected tooth root can heal back with optimal nutrition and avoid a root canal? I really cannot afford it and have read enough to know about failed root canal procedures to be very cautious, especially now since pain is almost gone.

[@bill-gray]

Thank you for your honesty. It’s so important.

[@maricruzsilva5856]

Thank you very much for taking the time to share this important information. !!!

[@AlejandraGomez-br9hs]

I've had an infected root canal for I don't know how long. I had a root canal done in 2015 and then again, same tooth, in 2019 due to reinfection. I had no idea that the root canal was, again, reinfected until last month. I went to my orthodontist to check if it was and he confirmed that there is infection so he referred me to an oral surgeon who will extract the tooth next week. I have had so many weird symptoms in my body that to me feels like infection in my body. Symptoms like headaches, muscle spasms, digestive issues, weird and burning sensations on my skin but specially on ny head and neck and neck pain (specially on the left side, same side as infected tooth). Despite all the scans and blood work done on me during the last year and a half nothing has been found and my doctors think it's somatoform disorder but I know there is something causing my symptoms. I notified my orthodontist and oral surgeon about my symptoms but they aren't concerned obout it spreading. Could this be from the root canal infection and how do I test to know if it has spread to other parts of the body? How do I treat it if it has spread. TIA🙏

[@Carmenn123]

I’m going through the exact same thing. Nobody seems to be concerned. I’m going to see the endodontist today. What did you end up doing? I hope your issue was resolved and you’re feeling better 🙏 Please keep us updated!

[@abyssopelagic4813]

Get the whole tooth removed, there is no saving it

[@abyssopelagic4813]

Listen to the podcast with Dr Rouzita Rashtian

[@slimj82]

Your white blood cell count wasn't higher than normal?

[@AlejandraGomez-br9hs]

I removed the whole tooth with out a graft. I'm still having all myvsymptoms which now make me suspect I'mm dealing with cervical instability.

[@lormace3352]

Who’s to say that drilling into bone and attaching implants won’t result in infection down the line?

[@tlsings55]

I have wondered this myself.🤔

[@AffiliateMarketing-nc4vl]

Exactly 💯 image 20 years from now, 🥴

[@UltimateGoldenGirl]

Thank you so very much for your video. I have always been fabulously healthy as I take amazing care of myself. 4 months ago I had a root canal and immediately had awful symptoms and even ended up in the ER for 19 hours. I am trying to make sense of this. Been to so many specialists and they can't figure it out which doesn't make sense to me either. They tell me the root canal is good. I doubt it. I am having so many different symptoms can't keep up. Never was sick at all prior to. I feel answerless. I hope just getting pulled out will take care of it.

[@craigenputtock]

Thank you for this information. I I would hope that most doctors who do root canals would inform their patients of this, as it seems to be, probability.

[@teflo2]

Thank you for posting your experience.

[@gerardinecizmar]

I'm facing two root canals due to fillings from the mid 90's failing. I was told I have decay above the fillings. All my other teeth are mostly fine. I live in NYC so of course, everything is inflated here and 2 implants will cost me a small fortune. I've heard about the dangers of root canals for years. My insurance does not pay for anything beyond fillings. My health is important so it looks like I may go the way of implants. I've already been to one dentist and I'm not going back to him because he failed to fill a tiny cavity properly. I couldn't imagine how he would perform a good root canal and he was asking 3k per tooth. The new dentist I'm scheduled to see charges 1800 per root canal and he said he'd give me a discount. I've heard of a new kind of root canal called Gentle Wave that's supposed to be less invasive and supposedly clears out all the bacteria in the tooth. I don't know how much that would cost but I'm sure it's expensive. I'm also not really convinced it's foolproof.

[@robinedwards7985]

Wow! Have you checked out state university school of dentistry?

[@HotRoute7]

What’s the update? I recently was told I “need” a root canal as well and came across that gentle wave bit 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@debbiedobrzenski7005]

Lost every root canal done . So I believe what is being said.

[@jss.2020]

Who did you have do them? Your dentist?

[@debbiedobrzenski7005]

Dr Kruchick

[@patricia19551]

Thank you so much for sharing what you learned.

[@midraju3771]

It is not clear to me what the doctor's conclusion is.what is he aggressive about after learning the chronic disease thing? Is he favouring root canals? please share .

[@agelesswisdom2341]

@@midraju3771 He now favors the most lucrative therapy which is implants.

[@Anangelfromabove]

Can implants actually be done in the same day if I get a tooth extraction? Also thank you for your honesty it’s super refreshing!

[@r.s.lapoint1178]

no, you have to heal for 6 months.

[@robinedwards7985]

Yes. They do same day implants

[@cherylallis2458]

It depends. Sometimes you need a graft and need time for the graft to heal before the implant can be done.

[@Anangelfromabove]

@@cherylallis2458 sounds like a lot of work.

[@sivonparansun]

Great video thank you for posting

[@stevebuss69]

What happened to what goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas?!

[@nnaycha]

Thank you for the update.

[@evacarolinulmer6298]

Can't implants get infected as well?

[@angelaschaefer5883]

Yes my mom had implant get infected.

[@crazyunrichasian7297]

Thank you for this video. Very interesting.

[@pompanobeachclub]

It's hard to find a good dentist. My previous dentist retired and I am now without a dentist. I continue to search for an honest dentist.

[@sonofman9404]

This sounds like a good man, but the problem is that dentistry is a bloody racket. Their second name should be criminal tooth technicians. Not doctors. They are not far from criminals even though they are very useful and needed. The fact that someone is in pain does not give you the right to literary force them to give you all their money or death. Is that not what armed robbers do? They charge way too much for doing way too little. If that is not criminality, somebody please correct me. And don't tell me that schooling is expensive because many of them are very greedy millionaires from robbing people who must either part with their cash or die in pain. I had a root canal done twice by people who just wanted money. It was done very fast and surely got infected. The same doctor insisted that a paid another $1500 to fix the bad job he did. I WILL NEVER DO ANOTHER ROOT CANAL especially now that the truth is out. Thank you.

[@Coco-572]

What about Regenerative Endodontic Procedures ? Could the prf or hydrogel and Vital and Non Vital pulp therapies and adult pulpotomy procedures using Biodentine achieve a return of the area to homeostasis and odontoblasts and dentin repair as presented in the middle eastern, Japanese and Brazil and study findings and clinical long term successful outcomes showing bone repair prove the effectiveness of the treatments? Like APEC TUMS #6 and Septodont Polska presentation ?

[@raghuarmani8341]

Can implants also have gaps for bacteria to live?

[@yugoslava6409]

If this is true then my whole family, my friends and many people who are in their sixties, seventies, eigties and older defied this THEORY!!! Boy o boy, I have to let know my percents in their late 80s to die as soon as possible as they are ruining modern statistics. Me, too. I should be bad ridden by the amount of crowns over "dead" tooth I have beein carrying most of my adulthood lives. Do I like it? No. It doesn't look nice any more!!! But it does justice to functionality and to fill the space that I look decent( not beeing toothless). So, in my experience this is total nonsense. And this is a great platform for non- ethical people who love word UNSIMPTOMATIC to play with oyr minds!!!! Talking about implants, thank God they are out of reach of ordinary people, they have more negative effects on you then root canal treatment!

[@amyurlacher4385]

Can you suggest a dentist in ND I have so many root canals and am supposed to get 2 more.

[@katherlinetwilley3205]

Thank you for your video

[@gtrdoc911]

Hello Dr. Rocky. I am a colleague of 30+ years experience. It's curious how root canals have gotten such a bad rap in recent years. All these so called "holistic" dentists are yanking out all RCT'ed teeth, symptomatic or not, and heroically placing implants. As you and every dentist who places implants know, implants have no true epithelial attachment. So you don't need to be Nostradamus to predict that 10-15 years down the road these implants will turn into pretty nasty sources of infections in some cases. Have we then really served our patients?

[@CobCeo]

how do we find a dentist in our area that is aware?

[@HomemakingwithLuma]

Do agree regarding bacteria issue after root canal. But what are the other options we have.? Pulling off strong tooth because of pain is not easy. Than what can be done living in Pakistan. Waiting for your reply. God bless you. Regards Homemaking with Luma

[@littledancingfawn]

Is there anything other than an implant when extracting the tooth?

[@saifshaikh3191]

You are here too lol. So what have you done? you said on other video you want extraction but you are scared of teeth changing original positions right? Did you extracted your tooth?

[@Meleeman011]

i'm faced with this decision as well, and i've been recommended partial dentures, not fun. going to try implants in mexico since they're usually cheaper. although implants can come with similar territory if they go wrong.

[@KrystynaSvon]

@@Meleeman011 hi, how are you doing? Did you get an implant or partial dentures? I am not sure what to choose, maybe bridge?

[@laurainda613]

What about a tooth that has undergone trauma causing the pain, specifically prepping for a bridge causing the nerve damage/pain. There was no previous infection/pain. Do a root canal and add the bridge, then have to pull the tooth in future. Or pull the tooth and have no anchor for the bridge.

[@theresageiger584]

Wish I had known this

[@bowhunt2472]

Question Doc, Do you think this just applies to root canals? Reason being i have been dealing with chronic hives for 4 months. I am working with a combination of primary, dermatologist, and allergy doc. My dermatologist asked be three questions. Athletes foot? No. Jock itch? No. Any dental issue? Hmm? I did have a crown replaced after it fell out a coupe we 0:02 eks prior to this. No root canal though. But when he put the cement in the crown he quickly used something to disinfect the tooth and sent me to the moon in pain. Then quickly put crown back. Could there be bacteria trapped there?? Thoughts?

[@itsaaronlolz]

i have one that’s over 10 years old. i want a zirconia implant when i can afford it.

[@Dg-zj6jo]

amazing

[@omegamale7880]

I've been using a home remedy alternative to root canal to drain a tooth abscess that I have. I'm applying a compress of an antibiotic wetted with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). DMSO is a solvent that carries the antibiotic (baking soda) through the skin to reach the infection. I've been able to cause most of the abscess to eject using this method and there's no more pain. It is a slow process requiring some diligence, though. Any thoughts on this?

[@NikephorosPhokas]

What are you writing? You are using a compress with DMSO and baking soda as an alternative to getting a root canal done?

[@midraju3771]

please explain what exactly the procedure you followed so that we can follow

[@jshaka3769]

This does very little to fix the infected tooth... You only need a root canal either when you have a crack in your tooth or when a Cavity creates a hole in the tooth and reaches the nerve an forms a crack in the tooth exposing it to the environments in your mouth. The only possible way to save the tooth before it’s Rots inside out is to drain the nerve // pulp of the infection .. Swishing baking soda does nothing except remove waste that’s on the surface of the crack .. this would bring immediate relief of the pain but only for short periods of time while your tooth still rots away from the infectious fluids that have already entered the pulp.

[@AV-tm5zf]

If your already abscessing from the gum your bone has more likely degraded. and you cant see it. Like he said the pathogens can cause internal body damage. YOu still have an infection. All the best Hope you got help. I know dental health maintenance can be expensive.

[@cherylallis2458]

You could always go ahead and try your method and when you think the infection has cleared, get a cone beam x-ray done to look at the root and bone and see if it completely cleared up. But you need to be sure the tooth is not cracked or otherwise compromised causing more bacteria to get in there and re-infect it.

[@User_2023-]

i love this health of patients and people should be superior to money 💴 collected from dentistry work

[@ralphwatt8752]

Root Canals ought to be Banned Root Canal= Cash Cow for Dentist's

[@magnumpi28]

What about apicotomies?

[@kb8729]

Had one, not nice.

[@zohafatima1202]

Plz tell me someone that root canal of an 10 years girl are right or wrong?

[@Kuvvvqingqunnn]

Very odd. Not necessary. What happened? She must have consumed many unhealthy food and poor oral maintenance habits.

[@theresageiger584]

And you must go I did a video on rucanal therapy and how I

[@taliyaslo]

Tooth implants are problematic on its own and there is no guaranty they won’t create much more serious problems. Of course, doing implants is more profitable than fixing root canals.

[@KC-ft9hp]

So he saying root canal bad??

[@samboy1406]

yes

[@joeferreira657]

My root canals, evenly infected my whole jaw

[@agelesswisdom2341]

First question to ask these dentists is how many implants they have. Most dentists have terrible teeth and don't have the expensive therapies they promote. Loads more money in implants than root canals so obviously that is what they are now pushing hard on all their clients. Show me your implants dentists and I might believe you.

[@User0ne2]

Many people just extract the tooth and leave it that way because: 1. Implants are expensive. 2. you have to wait about 6 months after bone grafting in order to place the implant. In the meantime, many people may settle down without the tooth, so they end up not implanting. Dentists know that, so most of the time, they will push de root canal treatment.

[@saifshaikh3191]

@@User0ne2 I have gone to dentist last week for cleaning a very small decay on my tooth. He said its nothing but stains. Got second opinion from other dentist who was also father of the first dentist, who said It is decay and can be cleaned with drill without needing filling. turns out the son dentist was lying so my decay gets worse and he gets more money from filling or RCT

[@HotRoute7]

@@saifshaikh3191 scary shit when these people don’t show concern for you health

[@John-mz8rj]

Good buck in implants

[@luckyapple2655]

I think I'm pretty healthy fisically, but boy, my ill teeth is killing me down. Avoid sugar, animal fat, alkohool, smoking. Vegetable. Eat row vegetable. The strongest and bigest animals in the world does that.