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<blockquote data-quote="Tail Gunner" data-source="post: 1277325" data-attributes="member: 2705">Thank you for your input.&nbsp; I am always open to hearing more information.&nbsp; I am open to the idea that a root canal (or tooth extraction), if done properly with modern methods, will not create a systemic health problem.&nbsp; Unfortunately, just as you cannot trust all doctors or lawyers to do a proper job, you need to ensure that your endodontist knows what he is doing and ask some probing questions about how he does the procedure.&nbsp; Modern dentistry may have changed from the bad old days.<a href="https://www.endoruddle.com/blogs/show/18/quack-watch-keeping-your-patients-informed" target="_blank">https://www.endoruddle.com/blogs/show/18/quack-watch-keeping-your-patients-informed</a>I take some exception to this statement.&nbsp; &nbsp; At least one scientific study, which reviewed other scientific studies, concluded:<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28190585" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28190585</a>It is also well-established that lack of oral health can cause systemic illness.&nbsp; Just doing a very quick Google search, the first entry is from the Pennsylvania Dental Association, which states the following:<a href="https://www.padental.org/Online/Resources___Programs/News_Releases/Past_News_Releases/Connection_Between_Oral_Health_and_Systemic_Diseases.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.padental.org/Online/Resources___Programs/News_Releases/Past_News_Releases/Connection_Between_Oral_Health_and_Systemic_Diseases.aspx</a>So, if the endodontist does not do a proper job, then it certainly leaves patients open to systemic illness.&nbsp; It is unknown whether a properly done modern root canal procedure can also occasionally lead to such systemic illness.&nbsp; Like everything else in life, you take your chances based on best information.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tail Gunner, post: 1277325, member: 2705"] Thank you for your input. I am always open to hearing more information. I am open to the idea that a root canal (or tooth extraction), if done properly with modern methods, will not create a systemic health problem. Unfortunately, just as you cannot trust all doctors or lawyers to do a proper job, you need to ensure that your endodontist knows what he is doing and ask some probing questions about how he does the procedure. Modern dentistry may have changed from the bad old days. [URL]https://www.endoruddle.com/blogs/show/18/quack-watch-keeping-your-patients-informed[/URL] I take some exception to this statement. At least one scientific study, which reviewed other scientific studies, concluded: [URL]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28190585[/URL] It is also well-established that lack of oral health can cause systemic illness. Just doing a very quick Google search, the first entry is from the Pennsylvania Dental Association, which states the following: [URL]https://www.padental.org/Online/Resources___Programs/News_Releases/Past_News_Releases/Connection_Between_Oral_Health_and_Systemic_Diseases.aspx[/URL] So, if the endodontist does not do a proper job, then it certainly leaves patients open to systemic illness. It is unknown whether a properly done modern root canal procedure can also occasionally lead to such systemic illness. Like everything else in life, you take your chances based on best information. [/QUOTE]

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