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Tooth Truth

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The author makes the point that once a person dies, their teeth may last thousands of years. Yet, while alive and part of an nutritional/immune system, most people are hard-pressed to keep them from rotting out of their mouth within a few years -- and think this is normal.

He lays out the chronology of most people's progressive dental deterioration; the first fillings at 8-12, progressing to crowns in 20's-30's, root canals and bridges in 30's-50's with subsequent extraction and dentures in old age. There is nothing left, after having marched arm-in-arm with the state-of-the-art dental care ... and thinking this is normal, despite folks in other parts of the world living life with a set of choppers the likes of which most dentists never even see.

The author lays out the realities and falsehoods behind each common dental procedure, as well as a dental care profession that has managed to isolate itself from the rest of medicine. This permits denial that the procedures and materials used in dentistry usually result in chronic infections and toxicity that have far-ranging, degenerative health consequences all over the body.

The latest thing is radioactive composite fillings "that show up better on x-rays". Banned from glowing wrist-watches, but OK for implantation in your mouth (the levels are "safe").

The good news is you don't have to wait the generation or two it will take for the policy-making ADA dental leadership (whose egos and prestige are at risk if the last century of treatment methods are recognized as being erroneous and harmful) to die off and reform to set in.

Tooth and gum rot can be arrested and dental health improved by changes in behavior and diet. It's your choice: have the Mountain Dew for breakfast every day, gradually destroy your dental health while setting yourself up for a lifetime of futile, painful dental work that will only establish a range of other chronic infections and diseases ... or don't.

The book lays out the information you need to manage your own dental health and find a dentist more concerned about your health than toeing the party line.

It's remarkable how advances in medicine are thought of as a major benefit of modernity. Yet, considering what's going on with cancer, dentistry, AIDS, in which politics, ego and perpetuating institutions are more important than solutions, perhaps this time will be looked upon even less favorably than when "leeching" was common. At least back then, it was lack of knowledge. Nowadays, the errors are due to perversity; the knowledge exists but is disregarded to perpetuate human power and dodge responsibility for error. Who is living in the Dark Ages?

Dentistry has never been at the top of my list of things I would like to learn about in this lifetime. In fact, for most of my life, dentistry has been on a different list: "Things I would prefer not to know." But while ignorance is bliss, ignorance can also be costly. The costs come in the form of declining health and money spent for dental treatments that aren't in one's best interest.

Tooth Truth provides some shocking and disturbing information about the current practice of dentistry. By the end of the book, I could see why Dr. Frank Jerome, D.D.S., states in his introduction, "This book is a warning to every person that there is much danger every time they enter a dental office." The dangers include almost every aspect of dentistry, from treatments recommended to the materials used.

Dr. Jerome states, "It is common knowledge among dentists that over 95 percent of all dental treatments are optional." It is important, therefore, that the patient have the information to discern which of these treatments might be beneficial and which might not. Tooth Truth is a book for the consumer, a dental primer, providing an understanding of dental techniques and materials so that informed decisions can be made when your dentist makes recommendations.

For most people, the normal course of action is to accept a dentist's recommendations, have the treatment done, and then forget about it. In contrast, Tooth Truth provides a broader perspective, letting us know the consequences of a particular treatment ten years later so that we can decide whether or not it is wise to have a particular treatment in the first place.

For example, if you know that crowning a tooth increases the probability of needing a root canal later, then you might choose not to have a tooth crowned. Dr. Jerome explains how damaging it is to remove all of a tooth's enamel in order to crown a tooth. Furthermore, we learn that twenty percent of all crowned teeth die. Once the tooth dies, most dentists will want to do a root canal.

Rather than having a tooth crowned, Dr. Jerome suggests either a composite filling or an onlay. An onlay is bonded to the top of the tooth and allows more of the enamel to remain intact. An onlay is far less damaging to the tooth than a crown, yet dentists are less likely to suggest this option. Dentists are taught that they need to "do more crowns to increase practice profitability."

In fact, in quite a variety of areas, dentists do not seem to take into account the toxicity of the treatment being recommended. An example of this is the continued use of mercury in fillings. Dr. Jerome explores the use of mercury in dentistry and discusses its toxicity. Mercury is poisonous to the body, and has been proven to cause birth defects.

In addition to the health threats that mercury poses, the disposal of the mercury-containing amalgam is a noticeable threat to our environment. The mercury-containing amalgam filling is considered hazardous waste before it is put in your mouth, and it is also considered hazardous waste if the filling is ever removed from your mouth. (Yet, somehow it is considered safe while it is in your mouth!) A newspaper reports that 25 percent of the mercury in the air in Denmark comes from crematoriums. Mercury enters the sewers from dental offices and contaminates the environment. Some dental offices in Europe are required to use mercury separators on their sewer lines, but there is no such requirement in the United States.

As it turns out, it is actually quite common to find toxic elements in dental materials. Porcelain, for example, commonly has radioactive material added to help give it luminescence. Nickel, which is carcinogenic, is commonly found in braces and crowns.

In addition to toxic materials, dentists frequently recommend toxic procedures as well. An example of this is the root canal. Since the philosophy of dentistry is to "save every tooth," root canals are frequently recommended in spite of the fact that root canals are a heavy burden on the immune system. According to Dr. Jerome, the acute infection in the tooth may subside, but a chronic infection continues and the bacteria continue to produce toxins.

In contrast to the "save every tooth" philosophy, Dr. Jerome's philosophy is "no tooth is worth damaging your immune system." Dr. Jerome recommends having the tooth pulled rather than leaving the dead tooth in your mouth. In addition, he discusses the importance of properly cleaning the tooth socket after a tooth is extracted.

Those who are familiar with Dr. Hulda Clark's books (The Cure for All Cancers, The Cure for HIV and AIDS, etc.) will recognize this philosophy. In fact, it was through Dr. Clark's books that I first learned about Dr. Jerome, as Dr. Clark interviews Dr. Jerome in all of her books. Because of this connection between Drs. Jerome and Clark, I assumed that Dr. Jerome's new edition of Tooth Truth would have the same dental recommendations as Dr. Clark's latest book The Cure for All Advanced Cancers [see The New Times, September 2000 issue for review].

As it turns out, they have different recommendations in the area of fillings. Dr. Clark recommends laboratory-processed composite inlays (cured according to the procedure in The Cure for All Advanced Cancers so that no toxins can seep), while Dr. Jerome uses the composite Visiofil. This is a major difference in recommendations, and Dr. Clark devotees will want to take note of this difference.

However, in spite of this difference, Tooth Truth contains a wealth of information that can benefit everyone. Such technical distinctions and details may seem like too much information for the average dental patient, but, given the current practice of dentistry, it is no longer advisable that we blindly follow a dentist's recommendations. For the preservation of our health, it is essential that we become informed consumers in the area of dental care. Tooth Truth provides the details of dentistry to help us make those informed decisions.

I really regret not ordering this book before embarking on my quest to have my mercury amalgams replaced.

Most dentists want to put crowns wherever they can remotely justify it. They are usually not necessary and lead to a root canal, then removal of the tooth.

I had a crown placed 8 years ago, I've had nothing but problems with it, 2 years after placement, I got a root canal. That did not solve the problem. Now, they recommend I get an apicoectomy. Lovely. More money for them. That is where they go into the gum and cut off the bottom of the root canaled tooth and fill it with something to stop the infection. This would stop the problems for a while, but eventually lead to my tooth being extracted. According to Dr. Jerome, this happens more often than not. There is a very predictable sequence of events. This is what keeps dentists in business.

It makes me sick to read this book after having 2 new crowns put in recently. Over $2,000. I could have saved that much by buying this book first.

Make an educated decision at the dentist's office. They are very motivated to keep you on the gravy train.

After reading this book, I know to take the shortcut and have the root canaled tooth removed. I can then have a partial made, thus ridding myself of the toxic dead tooth.

Most of this book is about the horrors of mercury. If you need to be convinced, this book will leave you with no doubts.

He explains many dental procedures and why one is better than others for certain patients. One in 5 crowned teeth dies. This puts you back on the root canal train, then the tooth extraction train. After much expense and pain.

Instead of a crown, they can do inlays or composite fillings. The dentist always wants you to do a crown. They have to saw away half of your tooth to do this, that sets you on the path of destruction.

Don't spend another dime at the dentist's office until you read this book.

While reading this book I found myself alternately furious with my past dentists and the dental work I've had done, then relieved that I stumbled across this book before making any more uninformed decisions. The Tooth Truth contains truly groundbreaking information. In my opinion, this should be required reading for anyone who steps inside any dental office.

This book is to the point on how your health is affected by your dentistry.Thank God there are more and more dentists who won't implant mercury/amalgam into a thier patient's mouths anymore. Some dentists are replacing the amalgam with composite and that can be even better when if it is done correctly.(Hal Huggins Protocol)
Dr. Jerome tells all and adds more to the story, explaining how you can lose your quality of life with root canals and other metals in the mouth.
A quality-of-life saver book.

After having my health decline horridly, and living on antibiotics every other month for four-and-a-half years, I began to think that I'd rather be dead than continue on with the quality of life I had.

I had trouble from my one and only root canal from the get-go, and the endodontist LIED by omitting the fact that HE NEVER TOOK THE FRONT ROOT OUT. My dentist was quite angry about that because he could not put a crown in with my gum irritated like that!!!!! Of course, I put $800 on the plastic to pay for the crown, it just took two years before that phase of the fiasco could unfold.

FINALLY, my dentist says the (dead) tooth is in great shape and ready to crown. Why after telling him that I was sick all the time, been to an allergist and had been tested for over 200 items, been to an ENT numerous times, had CAT scans and blood work done, and no one had a clue what my "problem" was................WHY DIDN'T HE TELL ME THAT AN INFECTION MIGHT NOT SHOW UP IN AN X-RAY, or a CAT scan.

I decided I was not going to take another antibiotic, since I had been living on some of the strongest a doctor can prescribe, and stil would become ill within 30-60 days anyway.

When I called my dentist and said that I had ruled out every possible illness, and wanted the tooth out, he agreed. THEN, two days later his wonderful receptionist (I had been going to this dentist for 9 years) calls and says, I'm sorry but Dr.***** has a bad feeling about this, and can NOT remove " A PERFECTLY GOOD TOOTH IN GOOD CONSCIENCE." I would have thought that the appropriate time to invoke "Good Conscience" would have been two years before that when I was struggling with the root canal for two years already.

Bottom line, a very compassionate, and gifted Oral Surgeon extracted it just sixteen days ago, and my symptoms of no energy, muscle cramps, and pain in my liver have greatly decreased. AS FOR THE CONSTANT HEADACHES, EYE DISCHARAGE, SORE THROAT, AND EARACHES...................THEY ARE COMPLETELY GONE. I bought this book for my family, and will NEVER TRUST A DENTIST AGAIN IN MY LIFE.

I really learned a lot from this book.All sorts of phenomena can be led back to that dirty dark metal in your mouth!If you have crowns, caps, root canals, dentures, metal implants or dead teeth, read about the politics and health issues surrounding their existence. Run don't walk out of your dentist's office if he or she wants to put more amalgam into your mouth. Read this book and other books about why we should remove the metal out of our mouth and replace them with harmless material. It's our health, and we still do have rights.

I'm told you are "DR" Patrick J. Ryan, pediatric dentist. If so, omitting your title "DR" title, especially in this venue (teeth/dentistry) one has to question your intent. Given your critical review, and, omitting that you are a dentist, one has to instead ask....."Who is the one trying to take money from US?"

The pure truth comes out of this writting that Fank Jerome has witnessed while in the dentistry for many years. Very easy to read even for someone who doesn't know anything about dentistry to start with. Read it over and over, and over, if you need to.

So many scam-bags out there that you've got to watch yourself (and your money) out of. Once the tooth is destroyed with Root canal or Crown, no going back... Biggest sellers for dentists. Not to mention the health problems that WILL arise from it down the road. Stick with the simplest treatment that you need. If tooth is abcessed-TAKE IT OUT. Do not be putting root canals and crowns to a dead tissue that you're body is fighting against and making and infection, which you can't feel-since you're sense is gone out of it. SAY NO to any kind of metal especially amalgam, gold filligns, nickel crowns, etc. USE ONLY composites proven to be compatible with your body (look into Clifford Institute for testing).

You're reading this from first my hand experience.

First and foremost priority for Jerome is customers (Yours) health, not the dentists pushing treatment. This has happen over and over to me while going to different dentists. If you've ever touched up on Dr. Hulda Clarks materials you'll see the correlation between the two authors. I respect her and Jerome greatly!

Find a GOOD capable dentist to do your work and stick - I mean hold your guns to the principles in this book. It will save your life! (not to mention money).

Good luck and I hope you find what you're looking for!

The aim of dentistry is to "save every tooth." Sounds good, but at what price? This book asserts that "no tooth is worth damaging your immune system." Is a tooth worth a chronic illness? Dentistry is fraught with toxic time bombs that can destroy the quality of your life and even shorten your life. It happens all the time. This book is a self defense manual for patients who don't want to be victims. Dentists are dangerous because they have a mechanical, not a biological, view of their work. And their interests are NOT the same as yours. The profit motive can put blinders on people.

The author discusses the economic, political, and legal forces that make the dental business so deadly. Yes, it is a business. On page 83 he says that the ADA can revoke dental licenses. No trade organization should have that kind of power! Insurance companies also can derail the best interests of the patient.

This book exceeded my expectations. It is clear and easy to read, despite poor editing. It is understandable to lay readers and covers all the angles, with special emphasis on mercury fillings. It covers crowns, bridges, root canals, implants, cavitations, bonding, sealants, veneering, everything. It is a scathing, but fair and justified, attack on dentistry as practiced today, and it offers real alternatives. Metal-free dentistry is a new kind of dentistry, one which is long overdue.