The Gum Crevices Surrounding Every Tooth between Teeth are Loaded with Bacteria.

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Not only should these foci sources be repeatedly considered by heart disease patients and their doctors, but also by the average person, for the oral cavity environment is a daily possible source of bacteria which can threaten body organs or tissues.

Most individuals are known to have some degree of gingivitis (gum inflammation) in their mouths. It is not difficult today to picture how the bleeding from the extraction of an infected tooth or other oral procedures can be a way for bacteria to invade the bloodstream and thereby attack an already weakened heart. However, it is understandably difficult for heart patients to hear from their doctors that they need antibiotics not only the surgical dental procedures but also for routine prophylaxis.

While bacteremias from dental procedures are usually of short duration and are insignificant to the average person, those people who have had rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, valvular heart disease, etc, must realize that bacteremias, however transient, are potentially very dangerous. This is exactly what Dr.Price demonstrated with his research so long ago.

One of the most severe complications of heart disease is subacute bacterial endocarditis. Before the advent of penicillin, this was almost always fatal. On the preceding page is the picture of a Price rabbit which developed endocarditis from a root filled tooth of a heart patient.

Twenty percent of cases experiencing heart complications after routine dental treatment do so within several weeks after the dental procedures. Because this time lapse is often present, patients usually fail to connect the worsening of their heart condition to their past dental treatment. This is a key reason why such patients must not neglect routine antibiotic care.

The gum crevices surrounding every tooth, and particularly between teeth, are loaded with bacteria, plus food debris and calculus deposits which also contain bacteria. Some bleeding during scaling and curetting procedures can easily introduce these bacteria and toxins into the bloodstream and result in bacteremia that can seriously damage the heart.

This means that even during tooth brushing, flossing, toothpick use, or chewing hard crusty items of food, it is easy to start minor bleeding which can allow mouth bacteria to be introduced into the bloodstream. Scientific tests have established that bleeding of the gums can cause a high incidence of bacteremia; that is, bacteria in the blood.

The relationship between the transfer of dental bacteria to the heart and the resulting development of infective endocarditis has been directly demonstrated to take place in rabbits by Dr. D.A. McGowan and J.M. Hardie, are reported in 1974 in the British Dental Journal, and also by Dr.S.L. Bahn in the Journal of Dental Research. These two studies confirm Dr.Price's many reports of heart lesions in the transfer of streptococcus bacteria from humans to rabbits.

Inasmuch as there are no antibiotics or combinations of antibiotics which can affect the hundreds of possible different microorganisms found in the mouth that can easily gain entrance into the bloodstream, it behooves physicians and dentists to instruct patients who have heart trouble or body part replacements of their increased vulnerability to all focal infection sources. These patients should be instructed as to the importance of maintaining a high level of oral hygiene care, continued periodontal gum and other dental treatment, and daily meticulous home care procedures.

Little or no consideration is being given to destroying the majority of mouth bacteria at their source: in the gum crevice. This can be accomplished with local, in the mouth degerming with special mouth washes and or topically applied gum disinfectants. These approaches have proven to be more effective than penicillin injections to reduce bacteremias. At least eight major scientific research investigations reporting these findings have been published in such journals as those of the American Dental Association, Oral Surgery, Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Endodontics, etc.

Copyright (c) 2007 Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S

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Dr. George Meinig, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. is a Founder of the Association of Root Canal Specialists Discovers Evidence That Root Canals Damage Your Health Learn What to Do. Learn how Dr. George Meinig discovered that a meticulous 25 year research program. To subscribe to the newsletter: Visit:www.1stultimategumsolution.com Edited and prepared by Sung Lee, alternate author

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