However, if you look carefully at some of their procedures, you'd be shocked at how unsafe some of these are, as well as how they can result in long-term health problems. In particular, root canal treatment, a procedure touted as safe and routinely performed the world over, transforms healthy bacteria into highly toxic bacteria which remain inside and around the tooth, jawbone, and periodontal ligament and cause chronic diseases that affect the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

Root canal treatment and how it impacts teeth

The American Association of Endodontists (AAE), which oversees dentists who specialize in tooth pain treatment, defines a root canal as a "treatment [that] carefully removes the pulp inside the tooth, cleans, disinfects and shapes the root canals, and places a filling to seal the space." The procedure is usually done in patients with infected or inflamed tooth pulps, the inner core made up of tissue and fibers connected to the bone.