Posts by Tom Dickson

Image of Egyptian Mummy cavities in front teeth and infections on upper right and left front teeth.

Here’s an excellent article [long, detailed and in depth article] explaining why infections in your mouth cause damage to your cardiovascular health. This heart disease and mouth infection link is nearly undisputed among modern medical researchers and should not be ignored any longer.   Notice the 99 references [yes 99, which is a lot even…

Why you wouldn’t have wanted to go to the dentist 13,000 years ago: Ice Age find reveals sharp stones were used to create cavities before filling them with tar and hair Researchers found scratches and other marks on the inner walls of the teeth And, each contained an unusual hole that extends down to the…

Here is the Newest research about Aphthous Ulcers [Canker Sores], with a more cogent explanation but no definitive answers  [what a surprise].   The newest explanations point to genetics [again, it’s your parents fault] and a genetic-immunological  hypersensitivity to food and normal mouth bacteria [which is a different  assortment of species of bacteria in people who suffer from Canker Sores].    No…

A vaccine is in development against the “keystone bacteria” of periodontal disease.   If successful, this vaccine could break the already identified developmental steps in the  chain of host and bacteria reactions in the disease process which is known as periodontal disease.   This vaccine would create the in host response [ i.e.  patient response] the immunological ability to ‘nip in the…

When a root canal [or endodontic treatment] ‘fails’, it means that the treated tooth did not heal–which is the entire point of the root canal treatment in the first place.    Root-canal treatment attempt to remove the infection from inside your tooth [fun fact-teeth are not bones, but more like fingernails than bones], and then allow…

Here’s an article that again shows that lasers can be uniquely helpful in treating periodontal [i.e. gum infections].    If you don’t want to ready the details [which are incredibly fascinating], scroll down to the red highlighted  summary for the results.   That, however, is almost cheating. Benefits of laser treatments for dental problems Computer simulations show…

Benign Hemangiomas, or small benign blood-vessel growths, generally get bigger with time and have a pattern of some days bigger and some days smaller. They are blue or purple, soft and tend to run in families. They can bleed [a lot] if they are allowed to get bigger with time. They are removed in a…

J Alzheimers Dis. 2009;18(1):79-87. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1126. Systemic inflammation and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia: a prospective population-based study. Sundelöf J1, Kilander L, Helmersson J, Larsson A, Rönnemaa E, Degerman-Gunnarsson M, Basun H, Lannfelt L, Basu S. Author information Erratum in J Alzheimers Dis. 2010;20(2):681. Abstract Inflammation is suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and…

Mouth cancer rates soar over 20 years Date: November 25, 2016 Source: Cancer Research UK Summary: A new analysis reveals that rates of mouth (oral) cancer have jumped by 68 per cent in the UK over the last 20 years. The figures reveal the cancer is on the rise for men and women, young and…