{"id":7228,"date":"2018-03-11T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2018-03-08T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T19:39:16","slug":"infected-root-canal-teeth-heart-attacks-brain-aneurysms-anxiety-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/infected-root-canal-teeth-heart-attacks-brain-aneurysms-anxiety-and-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Infected root canal teeth, heart attacks, brain aneurysms, anxiety and depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Kulacz, DDS shares this in his interview – Medical Alert: Root Canal Procedures \u2013 on the Holistic Oral Health Summit<\/a>, hosted by Jonathan Landsman:<\/p>\n

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all root-canalled teeth that are infected to begin with will stay infected after the root canal is completed. Period. You cannot sterilize an infected tooth with a root canal\u2026.<\/p>\n

Certainly, it\u2019s very difficult to say definitively that the patient\u2019s disease process [be it anxiety, depression, insomnia, heart disease, cancer etc.] is caused by a root canalled tooth. But we can say that these root canal teeth are toxic. They release potent exotoxins. They release bad bacteria into the body. And certainly, they may be the main cause or a contributing factor in a host of various diseases.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you have one or more root canals and have you ever been told they could be a factor in your unresolved health issues and even ongoing anxiety? It\u2019s a controversial topic and Dr. Kulacz wants his patients to have the information in order to make a choice on whether or not to have a root canal, as well as being able to decide whether or not to have a root canal extracted. This is some of what he shares about myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack):<\/p>\n

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in 2013, a study [Bacterial signatures in thrombus aspirates of patients with myocardial infarction<\/a>] came out where bacterial signatures in thrombus aspirates of patients with myocardial infarction, and the conclusion was,\u201cDental infections and oral bacteria, especially viridans streptococci may be associated with the development of acute coronary thrombosis. Bacterial DNA, typical for endodontic infection,\u201d that\u2019s root canals, \u201cmainly oral viridian streptococci, was measured in the thrombi. And periodontal pathogens from the gum was also a contributing factor.\u201d<\/p>\n

So these bacteria from these root canalled teeth, these bacteria from the gum tissues, travel from the mouth, go to the heart, go to the arterial plaques inside the coronary arteries\u2014and that could be a major contributing factor to the development and progression of coronary artery disease\u2014and also to the inflammation that causes that plaque to rupture and causing a heart attack.<\/p>\n

So, we have a smoking gun here. It used to be said, \u201cOh, it\u2019s correlation that oral infection can cause heart disease.\u201d This is more a direct causation. We\u2019re seeing the same bacteria in these root canalled teeth in the gum tissues in the plaques and coronary arteries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He shares this about cerebral aneurysms, also called brain aneurysms which can leak or rupture, causing bleeding into the\u00a0brain\u00a0or a hemorrhagic\u00a0stroke:<\/p>\n

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in the Journal of Neurology\u2026.published back in 2013, The Connection Between Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms and Odontogenic Bacteria<\/a>. Conclusion -\u201cThis is the first report showing evidence that dental infection could be part of the pathophysiology of intracranial aneurysm disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

So these bacteria go everywhere. There are going anywhere. So they can affect your heart. They can affect the blood vessels in your brain. They can affect your kidneys. They can affect your lungs. They can affect your brain.<\/p>\n

I just wish the American Dental Association would just say, \u201cHey, listen! We have to\u00a0look at this seriously. Now, we can no longer bury our head in the sand and say these root-canalled teeth can pose no health threat whatsoever.\u201d That\u2019s their position, that the bacteria found in these root-canalled teeth do not travel to other parts of the body and that these bacteria and toxins do not cause any other disease. And that simply is not true.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here is my contribution to the above discussion and my connection to anxiety and mood\u2026.<\/p>\n

There is so much research on the gut brain connection and we now know that the bacteria in our gut can impact our levels of anxiety (and depression), but what if the bacteria in our mouth can also contribute to our anxiety?<\/p>\n