Are Root Canal Treatments as safe as we expect them to be?

Many adults have root canals every day. But what if those procedures may be resulting in long-term health issues down the road?



According to a research, many of them are. In particular, the research points that often the bacteria that leads to the original root canal often remains even after the procedure - which can result in nasty complications later.

As a result, may dentists no longer perform root canals therapy anymore.


While the American Dental Association continues to say root canals are safe, but this still remains a topic of debate.

It is believed that, the patient should alway be informed that the treated tooth may still remain infected and the post Root Canal Teeth complications  may arise in the future as the bacteria can indeed travel to other sites in the body, and that bacteria in root canal teeth and the surrounding bone release potent toxins, then the patient can decide to have a root canal or not.

According to the ADA, any remaining bacteria will be "entombed" within that tooth, but that's not true either. The gutta-percha, the filling material used to seal the canal, is not getting into the tiny lateral canals that branch off the main canal, so leakage is almost always possible, especially since the tooth is porous; even a perfectly sealed root canal cannot prevent the small molecule exotoxins produced by the bacteria inside the root canal tooth from easily migrating out of the tooth and into the body.
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Because teeth are more like sponges than solid structures, they're perfect for harboring bacteria.

And, as a result, that bacteria can often cause problems later - as the bacteria move to better habitable places in the body.

Other research has shown pathogenic bacteria from infected root canals destroy or kill the white blood cells designed to eliminate them, which is why the surrounding jaw bone can harbor such chronic infection. 

The bacteria can also evade your immune system by:



  1. Bacterial mimicry; mimicking your body's own bacteria, which your white blood cells will not attack
  2. Disabling your antibodies and white blood cells
  3. Forming sticky bio-films

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