Aww yisss

Hard to say anything definitive without comprehensive medical history and diagnostics

One challenge with online medical/dental advice is that self-reported symptoms vary a lot between individuals, even if guided by a clinician

We're missing a big part of the picture - the signs that clinicians can objectively see and measure in a patient

Sticking with my domain of expertise, can she elaborate on "plaque in her throat?"

I guess my approach would be to try to rule out any obvious life threatening causes. After that, let the body's defenses run its course

This has been a popular film of controversy in my industry, I'm surprised it took so long for me to watch it in full.

I did, just off the top of my head:

-There's a full range of truth, half-truths, genuinity, ulterior motives in this film

- most of the dentists/endodontists I know understand that cleaning a canal doesn't fully sterilize it. The point of contention is how the individual can/can't handle the residual bacterial load

- We know that root canal therapy on a tooth that's vital is much more successful than on a tooth that's been necrotic for a long time (high failure rate regardless of surgical precision)

- people that need root canal therapy because of active oral decay (cavities) are in poor overall health. It's no surprise that they are highly correlated with cancer/laundry list of illness/malaise. I don't think I can reasonably draw the conclusion that every root canal treated tooth is the direct cause of systemic illness/disease

- getting root canal therapy has a different risk/reward calculation if you're healthy and lose a tooth to acute trauma, like catching an elbow to the mouth. It's less likely that bad bacteria had a chance to multiply in the tooth, and if sealed appropriately, inhibited indefinitely

- they're still developing technologies that yield better surgical outcomes like positive/negative pressure ultrasonic cleaning of lateral canals, and more biocompatible materials like MTA sealers instead of gutta percha and resin based sealants, etc

- it's true that a lot of existing and ongoing root canal treatments are sub-par and do cause problems in the long term. I'd say less than 2% of dentists/specialists can perform a root canal therapy to a standard that's acceptable for my mouth

- getting root canal therapy is a different tradeoff calculation for every individual

- in my decade of practicing, I've helped individuals extract root canal treated teeth based on watching this documentary. Most dentists know it's best practice to currette the socket to facilitate healing

- because of unresolved systemic health issues, they usually come back in 6-12 months looking for the next suspect

- in the documentary, this filmmaker went on a journey to improve his overall health, which more likely coincided with fixing his broken boner than a root canal treated tooth, provided it was asymptomatic

- if you're concerned about a previously root canaled treated tooth in your mouth, do take a CBCT and any oral radiologist/endodontist would tell you if the root canal treated tooth is problematic based on the health of the tissue around it. A general dentist may miss some details when interpreting the image

- ceramic implants are more biocompatible than other replacement options

- no replacement is ever as good/biocompatible with your natural teeth. Take care of them as much as you can

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Finally have time to watch this. Going through it now

Appreciate the shout out, Ben 🙏

And it's going to be a circular economy. If any chemistry enthusiast/domain expert can advise me on creating custom n-Hap toothpaste, I'll send some sats ⚡

I've played around with cultivating L. reuteri in yogurt to bolster the gut microbiome

Noticed a slight improvement in sleep quality

Stopped because cultivating it was too time consuming and I sleep well enough

Learning from other posts in this thread

I appreciate your thoughts, Bill

I have not heard of Dr. Whitman and I'm unfamiliar with the FYGG brand

Checking out their site, I'm hearing for the first time that 1-3% n-Hap is optimal. I haven't seen strong evidence supporting or refuting that claim. Last time I checked, there was no literature on that topic

I'm gonna have to do some scouring to verify that - it'd definitely help with cost-effectiveness of n-Hap if true

Followed back

It worked out alright for me, but rolled it over to terrible energy investments afterwards lol

Got scammed by the ESG grift

Lol, the days of CGC and ACB. Proto-lessons of shitcoin trading 😂

APH was my horse in that race

Is it outlandish to suggest that the quality of care degrades as the quality of money degrades?

I.e. The market delivers goods and services via trade. Price is the language that individuals in a market economy use to express value. If price is distorted via arbitrary inflation via central banking, the market is crippled in its ability to organize to deliver goods and services, better, cheaper, and faster.

https://youtu.be/1ee-cHbCI0s?si=sc0AvbPPlwG73EBz

Hmm I'm wondering if you could see my response because I only see it on Amethyst, not Primal

I've never used it, nor do I know anyone connected to it. From what I've seen on their site, looks like good stuff.

Checks off all the boxes of which I consider green flags for high quality toothpaste.

They make the claim that lower concentration hydroxyapatite could be just effective as higher concentration, the former is reflected in the price.

Tbh, I haven't seen any literature on effectiveness of hydroxyapatite at different concentrations. Just that nHA clumps up, and in my mind, not enough nHA might mean that not every surface gets covered 🤷‍♂️

I'm a practicing dentist and disagree with your statement that 0.7-1.2ppm water fluoridation doesn't have adverse effects. Made a series of videos to address that

https://primal.net/e/note1j902e59qtrv28sajrs9vv2k687twa255x3cn9757yr80vdz67h4shuf8ja

https://m.primal.net/MEFS.mp4

#BITCOIN FIXES DENTISTRY

Biggest fumble of all time so far

Literally can't see it coming

Lack of sear/crust 😯

Born too late to explore planet Earth

Born too early to explore the cosmos

Born just in time to meme #Bitcoin to global reserve currency

Hopped on the Nostr train to experience the legendary daily GM's

Thank you for showing me the way 🫡