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