Hi James,

Glad you found this forum!

I think this dentist, being trained as he is in the proper procedures for biologic dentistry would now what he is talking about. if you can? Go with his advice, because root canals can be a source of the worst kind of potent concoction of toxicity, exceeding even amalgam.

Just as sosick on here! This also goes for those suffering from cavitation toxicity (ie, no doubt myself). Hal Huggins believes that those with cavitation illness are sicker than amalgam patients (this goes for root canals too).

The thing is, if your root canals are a part of what is going on, they will likely interfere wth your body's ability to detox the mercury. It's a two edged sword. As soon as I had a wisdom tooth removed, coincidentally? Apart from the viral infection I already had (which was bad enough) things REALLY spiralled down. No amount of efforts on my part during that time was really paying off. Strict diet for candida was probably about the only relief I gained in the end, but again I cannot heal properly.

Before that? I was getting proper detox reactions due to the mercury coming out of me. ONce I had the tooth removed? I was a gonner. Everything came to a stand still and after that? Chelation caused problems. Trying to fix one problem, whilst having another inteferring could end up with very bad results.

One wrong move and I would be devastated with long term reactions. So the tooth removal, may have resulted in a cavitation and then bacteria set in (like gangrene). This is only a possibility, because they are very hard to detect and are often hidden cavitations.

So removing the root canal is probably a very wise move. If you have a tooth removed, make sure the dentist removes the periodontal ligament as well as the tooth (leaving this behind is often a cause of cavitation development). Also request a non vaso constrictor local anaesthetic. Vaso constrictors are used to constrict blood flow to the area. This maybe helpful in some cases to numb the area for longer or more effectively, but is apparently a factor of encouraging cavitations or dead teeth. It inteferes wtih healthy blood circulation required for healing!

I'm sure your biologic dentist would know all this already, but confirm it with him. You want to make sure that everything will be done properly, because you are the one paying for this. He needs to listen to any concerns.

Removing the gold crown, root canals, amalgams, is all important on lessening the load on the immune system. As well as replacing the materials with a biocompatible one! I'm sure he will make sure you get a good replacement.

Keep up the good diet, it is really essential to help recovery. The best one I know of is one by Dr WEston Price. It is not just about "killing" candida, it is about denying it the foods it thrives on, plus building the immune system, so the body can take care of it itself. In fact killing it with antifungals can for some people result in toxic overload from what the yeast releases during aggressive killing. If the yeast contain metals, you can wind up acutely poisoned.

It is better to starve it out, whilst building yourself up with lots of protein foods (eggs, meats, organ meats) and good fats (like butter, olive oil, fish oil (mercury free) and avoiding the bad fats like canola oil etc) and lots of lower carb vegetables etc. Hal Huggins recommends the high protein diet too with butter. He feels this is helpful in healing mercury patients.

I believe it has helped me too under the circumstances, though my problems are pretty far reaching and go much further than anything can readily address. Gangrene is not something you can "cleanse out", if that is what is going on with me.

Anyway, best of luck with your dental work. It is of course up to you what you wish to do first and when you wish to do it. Also many of us are financially challenged too! So that does not help.