| Copyright (c) 2007 Sung Lee, and George Meinig | | | | of five such attacks of inflammation, plainly visible |
| D.D.S | | | | on the picture, and accompanied with progressive |
| Because dentists construct dentures which look | | | | severity over a two year period. Picture shows |
| and act so much like natural teeth,people have | | | | teeth which appeared normal on x-ray film. |
| come to believe that they are just as good as | | | | After the offending teeth were extracted from |
| their own. While dentures are among the best of | | | | the patient, the acute inflammation she suffered |
| all body replacement parts, they are never as | | | | was markedly recuded and was nearly gone in |
| good at masticating food as natural teeth in good | | | | three days. She had no recurrence of the |
| repair. Most patients with full dentures are | | | | condition after three years. Dr. Price found that a |
| enthused about them and insist they can eat | | | | variety of eye problems of patients were readily |
| everything. | | | | transferred to rabbits, and many became severe |
| Having checked diet intakes,however, I have | | | | enough in the rabbits to cause the loss of sight. |
| found that when a denture patient can't chew | | | | Kidney Trouble: Originally Dr. Price believed kidney |
| certain foods, foods that prove difficult are | | | | infections only remotely related to dental focal |
| gradually dropped from the diet and are replaced | | | | infections. He eventually found, however, many 30 |
| with foods they chew. In time, the diets of many | | | | to 40 year olds were developing nephritis(kidney |
| are composed of only soft foods which require | | | | disease) without the disease being suspected by |
| little mastication ability. Most of the soft varieties | | | | the patient or the physician. Below is an x-ray |
| chosen are of poor nutritional quality. | | | | picture of a tooth under a rabbit's skin from a |
| Some patients even plead with dentists to take | | | | patient with kidney trouble. |
| out healthy teeth, based on a belief they will then | | | | The case report of a 41 year old married woman |
| be through with the expense of dental care. The | | | | who was suffering from rheumtism and heart |
| fact is most people's poor nutritional habits cause | | | | trouble is of particular interest. A routine urine |
| their gums to keep shrinking away, necessitating | | | | analysis also disclosed kieney involvement. He |
| the relining of their dentures. This can be done | | | | extracted tooth was cultured and rabbit inoculated |
| only once or twice before new dentures are | | | | ina vein with one cc of the 24-hour old culture. |
| required. Each new set of teeth means that the | | | | After 49 days, the rabbit died. |
| gum ridge roundation which supports the load of | | | | These pictures show the rabbit's two kidneys |
| chewing is continueing to shrink. The answer to all | | | | were enlarged enormously. The patient's lassitude, |
| this is to Save natural teeth; that is, to "prevent | | | | rheumatism and nephritis all cleared up promptly |
| decay the proven way"by eliminating junk foods | | | | on removal of her two lower infected teeth, and |
| and replacing them with natural ones. | | | | there was no recurrence of former severe |
| There are so many degenerative diseases I won't | | | | symptoms for three years, even though the |
| try to list them all here. The most common ones | | | | patient was carrying a heavy work overload. |
| Dr. Price found easy to transfer by infected tooth | | | | Stomach Ulcers: Another case concerned a 43 |
| implantation from patients to animals were | | | | year old woman who had been an invalid for six |
| arthritis; rheumatism; heart lesion;kidney, liver and | | | | years suffering from nervousness,neuritis, and |
| gall bladder problems; neck, back and shoulder | | | | nervous indigestion. These symptoms were |
| stiffness; eyes ;ears; skin; shingles; anemia; | | | | associated with neuralgic pains that occurred at |
| pneumonia; appendicitis; neuritis, neuralgia, and | | | | her saistline. Such cases were usually grouped |
| nervous system breakdowns; and hardening of | | | | together as alimentary tract and associate organ |
| the arteries. Further discussion of how | | | | lesions, as they involved the digestive track, the |
| degenerative diseases were found to be involved | | | | gall bladder, stomach, intestinal indigestion, and the |
| follow. Endocarditis and myocarditis heart | | | | appendix. |
| problems, along with circulatory system | | | | Dr. George Meinig, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. is a Founder of |
| involvements, were discussed in chapter 12. Some | | | | the Association of Root Canal Specialists |
| others are: | | | | Discovers Evidence That Root Canals Damage |
| Eye Infections: Eye infections transferred to | | | | Your Health Learn What to Do. Learn how Dr. |
| rabbits from patients with eye diseases was very | | | | George Meinig discovered that a meticulous 25 |
| dramatic. The accompany picture "C" shows a | | | | year research program. |
| woman patient's eye condition. She had a history | | | | |