Scientific studies regarding mercury fillings, plastic fillings, root canals and gum disease are uncovering dramatic conclusions. Recent acknowledgements about the status of the gums and teeth correlating to body illness such as heart disease, is enlightening. When teeth build up with plaque, gums become inflamed from fighting the bacteria and infection of the gums, seeping into the bloodstream. The heart having difficulty counteracting the blood infection will register an attack. The heart, over time, can no longer fight the infection and succumbs.

This information has been known for years among the WELLNESS community which has been circulating a diagram that correlates each quadrant in the mouth to a corresponding organ or system in the body. On this chart, molars represent the heart and small intestine which may also affect the shoulder/elbow/hand, restlessness, lack of joy, heart palpitations or lack of desire. Where infection in the molar may affect these areas of the body and psyche, pulling a molar may also have an effect. OR a broken number 10 tooth chipped after eating a cookie or pain emanating from it, may signal a kidney or bladder infection. Because the Cartesian notion of separation and compartmentalization has been an accepted fact for so long that the knowledge of these connections has been forgotten and lost.

Mercury levels are exceedingly high in individuals across the nation. Yet, scientists blame fish before considering tooth fillings. Only specifically trained dentists can remove mercury fillings imbedded in the teeth. The toxicity from the removal of mercury fillings is so high that many people have died just from breathing the fumes during removal. Even electric tooth brushing and flossing emits vapors. Mercury fillings also affect the physiology and mental states. Yet psychologists and physicians don’t consider dental health when a symptom arises (because professional training never introduced those connections) . Years ago, tooth fillings contained high levels of mercury. But nearly 50% of the over 1,000,000 amalgams placed in teeth of Americans today are PCB plastic composites. Either material causes physiological harm over time.

Root canals are just as significant a problem. Apparently bacteria is harbored in root canals no matter how perfect the procedure. These bacteria mutate and become toxin factories, get out into the bloodstream and cause degenerative diseases or make them worse. In cavitations (the space left in the jawbone when a tooth is extracted) if an infected tooth or simply a wisdom tooth needs to come out to make space, problems can arise with dead tissue in the jawbone. A 25-year research program that was conducted by Dr. Westin Price in the early 1900’s and published in 1923, reported that some 5,000 animals over the 25 year period who had root canals, no matter how good they looked, or how free they were from symptoms, always remained infected.

British colleagues of mine quip that US citizens have a fetish with teeth. Yet, science would concur that care and maintenance of teeth and gums is imperative to health and well-being as well as immune strengthening. Charts are available that describe the relationship between each tooth and its corresponding emotional and physiological counterpart.