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facilities are. The workers at the hospital time I was exposed? All I can think of teeth, root filled or not, harbor so much
pretty much do what they like, without is the milk. Thanks for working to make danger of becoming infected that they
much state or federal supervision. real milk available. should be extracted, though the time as
Kim Rodriguez, RD, Chapter Leader Jeff Babb to when they should be extracted will
Aiken, South Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina depend on several contributing factors.
If the patient belongs to a family where
RAW MILK TAMES ROOT CANAL UPDATE there is a low defense for streptococ-
HORSE ALLERGIES Dr. Hal Huggins was not only the cal infection, it had better be soon. . .
I went to an allergist as a child then first holistic dentist to expose and widely If the patient is in another group with
again at about twenty years old. The propagate the truth about mercury tox- a very high defense and not much in
scratch tests showed a severe allergy to icity of amalgam fillings to the world, danger of overloads, and if it is a tooth
horse dander. The doctor said he’d never but he has also been at the forefront in that is greatly needed by that patient, I
seen it so bad. The wheal, which is usu- exposing the neurological and immuno- would advise you to do what I do: retain
ally as large as a nickel, was in my case logical harm that root canal teeth cause some of those root filled teeth, because
the size of a half dollar. I didn’t need him in the body. I believe they are of more value to the
to tell me I was allergic. Any exposure to In the recent Wise Traditions (Sum- patient in the mouth than out” (emphasis
horses resulted in more than twenty-four mer 2010), Huggins confirms what the added).
hours of sneezing, wheezing, itching and late great Patrick Störtebecker found in In my practice I have found that
lethargy, even after taking a double dose his Swedish research, namely that the Price’s advice still remains true. For
of Benadryl. free flow of bacteria (as well as mer- example, when patients have removed
About five years ago, I gave a farrier cury) to the brain and body from these and detoxified their mercury amalgam
friend a ride home from the airport. Just chronic dental focal infections is a major fillings, use petrochemical-free personal
having the essence of horse sitting next contributor to the development of mul- care products, eat a nutrient-dense diet,
to me caused a massive reaction. I seri- tiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral and are on their constitutional remedy
ously considered going to the emergency sclerosis (ALS), and other neurological (according to the new Sankaran System),
room. diseases. These findings are similar to they are often able to retain one or more
I have always been a huge milk those of Dr. Weston Price, Dr. W. D. root canal teeth without detriment to
drinker. As an adult I would consume Miller, Dr. E. C. Rosenow, and other their health.
six to eight glasses a day. About three early twentieth century focal infection Once again, the quintessential ho-
years ago we started drinking raw milk. (dental, tonsil, sinus, etc.) researchers. listic dental physician, Dr. Weston A.
Although my children showed marked Dr. Hal Huggins is indeed a modern-day Price, always weighed the state of the
improvement from their eczema, I didn’t hero in biological dentistry. tooth against the health of the patient,
really notice any health changes in my- I think it is important, however, to and found that not all root canal teeth
self. also remember what Dr. Price stated create problems: “It is not proven that it
This past week, I shot a scene from in a spirited debate at a 1925 meeting is absolutely necessary that teeth be per-
a movie about a girl and her horse. I of the American Dental Association in fectly sterilized or that they be perfectly
spent seven hours in a barn, in direct Louisville, Kentucky: “. . . I must qualify root-filled in order that an individual
contact with the horses and hay dust. A the question as to the extraction of that may not develop systemic involvement,
certain death sentence, I thought. But [root canal] tooth by saying that a great since under favorable conditions the pa-
at the end of the day, I was completely deal depends on the danger of the over- tient may provide an adequate defense
symptom free. No itching, no wheezing, loads, the age of the patient and various or quarantine against these materials”
nothing. What is different from the last contributing factors. But all pulpless (emphasis added).
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