For years I suffered from chronic daily migraines, blocked nasal passages and swelling of my right ankle on a daily basis.

My crown broke off my root canal and I couldn’t afford to have it fixed. Had it extracted and within one day my nose unblocked, ankle stopped swelling and headaches are gone.

Take it as you will believe it or not but I will NEVER have another root canal again.

I would rather be toothless then go through that horrible pain again.

Can you please suggest the name of the dentist that removed your tooth canal?

If I remember correctly, the whole process cost me around $2,000 but I think this number may vary greatly from dentist to dentist. You really need to ask your biological dentist for all the fees up front. Be careful, as sometimes there are hidden fees they don’t mention until you get your bill. (For example, if you ask how much a cleaning costs, they will give you that cost but not tell you that you also will be responsible for paying for an office consultation and x-rays in addition to the cleaning.) Let us know how it goes! Best wishes.

I came across your website and found information to be helpful. Here is my background:

I am a male in the mid 20s with issues on my upper front tooth (and potentially related health issues). I injured it when I was a little kid and the tooth color turned grey only just about over a year ago (a few months after a sinus surgery interestingly that involved deviated septum and turbinate reduction) so per my dentist recommendation, I had a rooth canal done. The front tooth side still felt weird so I had another dentist examine me and I got a CT scan done and it was revealed that I had a sizable infection. Hence, I had a apicoectomy done about six months ago but the front side still feels weird and hurts sometimes. I am thinking whether rooth canal is the cause and am strongly considering extracting the tooth. I researched that root canals can cause many issues to your body, as you also point out in your blog. I feel as if my symptoms that I am going through such as lack of concentration, fatigue, speech problems, heart palpitation, loss of memory, etc. strongly have something to do with this.

From your experience, approximately what % of people say that they felt better after extraction? Also, how much would this whole process cost (initial visit to a biological dentist, extraction, partial removal, etc)?

Would greatly appreciate your input and hope you are getting better day by day!

Almost a year to later I am now dealing with swelling and infection again in the same place…. I do not have the tooth any longer but I am really confused as to why this has come back… Just wondering if you have heard of this before. I have been treated twice by my biological dentist and he tells me the infection seems to be coming from the wisdom tooth near the extraction site that I had removed 20 plus years ago. He treated me by injecting who knows what into the infection to clear it and it did work for a month.

I am needing to go back again as the infection does not seem to clear. I am really concerned.

Any thoughts on this Julie? I have to tell you that you have been such an important support for so many and I thank you for my learning from you.

Now I am worried about this infection that doesn’t seem to go away.

Thanks for your time and feedback.
xoxo Caroline

As far as mercury, you can get a hair test from Doctor’s Data to see your levels. The tricky part is interpreting the test results correctly. Having no or low levels of heavy metals can mean your body is holding onto them and you are unable to excrete them properly. Andy Cutler, PhD, has devised a “Counting Rules” way of interpreting the hair test for heavy metal levels. Please see http://planetthrive.com/focus-on/mercury-poisoning/ and scroll down to the “resources we love” section at the bottom to find good sources of info for mercury poisoning diagnosis and treatment. Here is a site that has info on the Counting Rules I mention above: http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_hair_test.html. The hair test is relatively affordable, and you don’t necessarily need a doctor to order it. You might want to allay your concerns with a test. On the other hand, if you have no major health symptoms, you might want to just focus your energy on living/eating really well, and getting plenty of exercise and using a sauna regularly. Best, Julie

A few years back I coaxed my family doctor into requesting a blood test for mercury inasmuch as I’d had that proximity with liquid mercury as a young boy and had also eaten a great deal of tuna fish over the years. The blood test came back as negative or within acceptable limits. Should I continue to be concerned?