The Dr. K Book
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From: Tony Bad on 7 Nov 2005 12:50 As promised (to Clinton Z...not Bill Clinton) I have been reading Dr. Kulacz's book. I am not finding any thing I would say is untrue, except for the continual suggestion that the book shows things most dentists know nothing about. Contrary to this suggestion, I find that the book describes many things that are very ordinary. They may have a low incidence of occurrence, but they are no mystery to any competent dentist. The fact the author came to this group and used terms like idiots and tooth carpenters, yet has authored a book that seeks to mystify very ordinary things makes those earlier comments rather confusing. As noted in an earlier post, there are many photographs of ordinary things that have captions that seem aimed at alarming the unknowing viewer. I am just an idiot dentist, but I could take pictures like this every day. Nothing worth writing a book about. An extracted tooth with a granuloma attached...oh my! I am finishing the section on the basic theory behind much of the book. The book correctly describes that many severe complications can occur as the result of untreated or unchecked dental infection. This is not a shock to anyone. What is alarming is the suggestion that such complications should be a concern to people. Having a dental infection evolve into the types of severe conditions described in the book is like worrying about getting hit by a meteor or winning the lottery. Can they happen? Sure...will they happen? Very unlikely. Is it reasonable to have people extract their endodontically treated teeth on the basis of such fears? I say no. There is a great focus on the fact that bacteria can remain present in endodontically treated teeth. I think they do. It seems unlikely, given the complex structure of a tooth that we will get 100% sterility by doing root canal treatment...but...so what? Our body is under continual assault by microbes. Are there people with compromised immunity who may be unable to resist such bacterial assault? Probably, but once again, is this a sound basis on which to recommend the removal of any endodontically treated tooth or extraction of a tooth rather then attempting endodontic therapy. I don't think so. Sorry I don't have much nice to say about the book so far. The cover is a pretty purple color, but it seems to be rather alarmist in nature. Dr. K may very well be passionate about this topic, and feel that the chances of severe complications merit his opinions on endodontic care. I respect the doctor's feelings, which are deep enough to have prompted him to write this book, but I do not agree and have read nothing thus far that alters my views. I will continue to read on. T
From: Dartos on 7 Nov 2005 13:14 I'm impressed by your self discipline. Dartos > As noted in an earlier post, there are many photographs of ordinary things > that have captions that seem aimed at alarming the unknowing viewer. I am > just an idiot dentist, but I could take pictures like this every day. > Nothing worth writing a book about. An extracted tooth with a granuloma > attached...oh my! > I will continue to read on. > > T > >
From: Tony Bad on 7 Nov 2005 13:24 "Dartos" <tuthjockey(a)myturbonet.com> wrote in message news:436f9144_1(a)news.vic.com... > > I'm impressed by your self discipline. > > Dartos > Don't be...a really am an idiot. T
From: Dartos on 7 Nov 2005 14:23 You got nothing on me. According to Dr. K, I'm stupid. ;-) D > >>I'm impressed by your self discipline. >> >>Dartos >> > > > Don't be...a really am an idiot. > > T > >
From: W_B on 7 Nov 2005 15:33
On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:24:15 -0500, "Tony Bad" <spamspamspam(a)bakedbeans.spam> wrote: > >"Dartos" <tuthjockey(a)myturbonet.com> wrote in message >news:436f9144_1(a)news.vic.com... >> >> I'm impressed by your self discipline. >> >> Dartos >> > >Don't be...a really am an idiot. > >T > But I thought you were and idiot tooth carpenter ? -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG(a)RBAGEyahoo.com |