Dental bone loss - Teeth bone loss - Causes of dental bone loss

What do we mean by teeth bone loss or dental bone loss?

Teeth bone loss, as used in this article, means the loss of jaw bone around the teeth or
their roots. Dental bone loss, as used here, refers specifically to the loss of jaw bone in
areas that are usually not directly associated with teeth. Sometimes both kinds of bone
loss occur in the same jaw.

For most people, bone loss is often associated with a disease called osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a condition of decreased bone density which is most common among
post-menopausal women, when symptoms finally appear, such as spinal deformity, and
hip fractures. Although density changes occur in the jaw bones as we age, osteoporosis is
not found to any significant extent in the jaws.

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Tooth Infections are the second most common reason for teeth bone loss.
If you get an infection in a tooth from a cavity, or a cracked tooth, or a tooth that
has been hit and injured, and the infection spreads via the nerve in the tooth root
to the jaw bone surrounding the root tip, then the infection will eventually destroy
some of the bone next to the tip of the tooth root. Teeth bone loss is especially true
if the infection becomes chronic. Sometimes a chronic tooth infection may become
acute, with pain and swelling. The common name for this condition is an abscess,
because pus has formed where the infection has destroyed the bone. Sometimes
the pus from a tooth abscess is released through a pimple like opening in the
gums, called a fistula, on the side of the jaw next to the infected tooth. This usually
reduces the pain and swelling, but not the infection. Infections causing teeth bone
loss can also occur with partially or completely impacted teeth, such as wisdom
teeth.

Occasionally an infection in the jaw bone becomes lined with skin cells. When this

happens we call it a cyst. Like an abscess, cysts can cause teeth bone loss or

dental bone loss, depending on whether a tooth is the source of the infection or

not. Cysts do not contain pus and they are typically painless. Click here for more
information on tooth decay and holistic ways to keep your teeth healthy.

Extraction of one or more teeth is another reason for dental bone loss to occur at

The second reason for bone loss to occur from an extracted tooth is that

sometimes complete healing does not take place, even though the extraction site

appears to be healed. Instead, a symptomless area of dead bone, called a

cavitation now exists in the jaw bone beneath the apparently healed extraction site.

Cavitations are described in detail in the next section below.

What if you have the misfortune of losing one or more teeth? Under this

circumstance, if a dental implant is placed immediately or shortly after this happens,

the alveolar bone will often remain around the implant, and the bone loss will be

minimized. The reason this happens is not fully understood, since ‘healed’ dental

implants are rigid in the bone and do not seem to provide the same functional

stimulus that a tooth would.

Cavitations cause dental bone loss to occur in either jaw bone, although they are
found mostly in the lower jaw bone. Cavitations are toxin-containing holes in the
jawbone, often at the site of a previously extracted infected tooth. Cavitations are
called by scientific names such as ischemic osteonecrosis, or, if pain is present,
neuralgia inducing cavitational osteonecrosis (NICO). Most cavitations are painless,
silent conditions which are difficult to diagnosis or detect, even with x-rays.
Fortunately, An FDA approved ultrasonic device called a Cavitat, which can
accurately find cavitations, has been invented specifically to locate and diagnosis
cavitations in the jaw bones. Dental schools generally do not teach anything about
cavitations, and often deny their very existence, even though jawbone cavitation is
not a new disease, having been described in an oral pathology book written in the
1800’s.

A cavitation often develops because of incomplete healing after a routine

extraction.

It is believed that the process of healing and blood flow is impaired

when there is pre-existing infection in the bone and a less than robust immune

system to defend against and destroy the infection. Pre

existing infection is most

likely to be caused by a tooth with a root canal or from any infected tooth,

especially a wisdom tooth.

While the extraction site will

invariably heal shut, the

healing is often incomplete. Underneath the apparently

healed over surface a

hollow space forms in the bone marrow, which becomes a

breeding ground for

disease causing, or anaerobic, germs to grow, particularly

when the blood supply is

compromised.

The result is a cavitation.

The contents of a cavitation

always

consists of necrotic, dead or dying material

with a high concentration of anaerobic bacteria and their bacterial toxins

The

microscopic picture looks the same as gangrene, and like gangrene, the dead

tissue will sicken the rest of the body. Until recently, treatment was limited to

invasive, sometimes high risk and costly surgery to remove the dead tissue in the

cavitation.

A safer non-surgical approach has since been developed which

involves the use of ozone gas injected into the cavitation to destroy the

toxic producing germs.

Ozone therapy greatly increases the odds of healing

cavitations

without surgery, because ozone gas literally follows

the infection, killing

all the bugs,

whether they are bacteria, fungi, or viruses.

This greatly helps to

enhance the

immune system and promote healing.

Biological dentists and holistic

physicians

who are trained to treat cavitations, can be found by using the “Find a

Medical Conditions, such as non-dental infections, diabetes, tumors,
developmental cysts in the jaws of a fetus growing in the womb, radiation treatment
for tumors in the jaw bones, as well as certain medicines, may all cause both teeth
bone loss and dental bone loss. At the beginning of this article, a class of drugs
called bisphosphonates is described, that can produce severe, uncontrollable
dental bone loss. It is beyond the scope of this website to include all the medical
conditions, treatments, and drugs that can cause teeth and dental bone loss.

Searching for a holistic physician on the home page of the American College for
Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) may lead you to someone who can provide
you with the answers you are seeking for medically related jaw bone loss.

Click here for a suggested dental health supplement program for teeth and
dental bone loss.

So what can you do about all these conditions that lead to teeth or dental bone
loss?

First, it is important to seek the care of a biological dentist. Appropriate dental
treatment by a biologically trained dentist, and improved mouth hygiene, as taught by a
holistically motivated dental hygienist can also do wonders to better the health of your
mouth. To find a biologically trained dentist or hygienist, go to the website of the
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT), www.iaomt.org, or the
Holistic Dental Association (HDA), www.holisticdental.org. These organizations focus
on dental treatment from a holistic perspective, which is much more likely to be of benefit
to you than the traditional dental approach which uses harmful dental materials,
antibiotics, fluoride and root canal treatments.

Second, do everything possible to strengthen your immune system, because it
is your first line of defense against infection and disease. Disease literally means a
lack of ease. All healing occurs from within. In fact, a well nourished body doesn’t
make mistakes. If you suspect that you are experiencing any kind of dental or teeth
bone loss, then think of it as a mistake that will only correct itself when your body is
properly nourished. Only under these circumstances is it possible for the process of
healing to be enabled at its optimal best, and for your immune system to function at its
peak level of performance.

How do you strengthen your immune system?

You strengthen your immune system by obeying a fundamental principle of health.
Everything we are exposed to is either a complement or an insult to our well-
being. Nothing is neutral. In order to become healthy and remain healthy you must
minimize the insults and maximize the complements you allow in your body.
Using all natural, organic, green whole food supplements is an easy way to start making
this principle work for you.

For information on nutritional support to keep your immune system strong,
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Is there anything else you need to do besides taking supplements?

From a holistic perspective, you will bring about two critically important changes which will
make you healthy if you do the following:

Follow a healthy life style by consuming the right kinds of foods and drinks,
including fruits and vegetables and other foods that are organic, whole grain,
unprocessed or raw, and contain no added sugars, chemicals or synthetic
ingredients of any kind.
Exercise regularly.
Avoid as many environmental toxins as possible.

This will create an internal, slightly alkaline, health promoting environment in your body
and second, you will make your immune system very strong.

But isn’t that really hard for most people to do?

That depends on your priorities. Since most people will rarely meet all of the conditions for
health described above, the solution for strengthening your immune system is to still
consume the right kinds of foods and drinks when you can, to still exercise and avoid
toxins as much as possible, and to make up for the health creating deficiencies in
your life style by adding all natural, organic, green whole food supplements to
your diet.*

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Why should you make up for the health creating deficiencies in your life style by adding all
natural remedies like organic, green whole food supplements to your diet? The answer
lies in the fact that the human body is a marvelously designed living organism
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The purpose of this page is to explain teeth bone loss
or dental bone loss and their causes.

Healthy Teeth 'n' Gums

Click here for a comprehensive description of root canals and for more
information about chronic infection from root canals.

Another type of chronic infection in the jaw bone, called a cavitation, is sometimes
associated with teeth that have had a root canal. This unique kind of infection
destroys bone and causes both teeth and dental bone loss, although it is usually
not visible on an x-ray. Cavitations are described further down in a separate
section.

Chronic infections from root canals and cavitations constantly stress and
weaken your immune system. To strengthen your immune system with my
recommended dental health supplement program, click here.

Doctor” feature on the home page of the International Academy of Oral
Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) ), or you can contact Dr. Philip Mollica in
New Jersey at 201-587-0222.

Root canal treatment of teeth sometimes causes teeth bone loss around
the tips or ends of roots. Root canal treatment is intended to eliminate infection
in a tooth by removing the infected nerve tissue inside the root or roots of a tooth
and then filling the space that was occupied by the nerve with a special filling
material called gutta percha. Assuming that the root canal space is completely filled
and properly sealed by the dentist, any infection that has spread to the jaw bone at
the end of the root or roots should then heal, including any pre-existing teeth
bone loss from the infection.

Unfortunately, complete healing rarely happens. In most root canals, even if the

root canal appears to be successful, a chronic infection persists within the jaw bone

next to the tooth,

without causing any symptoms to make you aware of the

infection

. You have no symptoms because your immune system is successfully

containing the germs and toxins from the chronic infection.

Sometimes the chronic infection in the jaw bone will cause teeth bone loss to occur

again around the end of the infected root or roots, because your immune system

can no longer restrain the infection. This often happens when your immune system

has to cope with some germ or virus you have been exposed to, or if you become

excessively stressed by negative events and emotions in your life. If enough bone

is destroyed, the teeth bone loss will become visible as a dark area on a dental

ray. The dark area represents infected tissue that has replaced the lost bone.

Dentists call this infected soft tissue a granuloma.

Bone is a biologically active tissue and it is sensitive to conditions that impact it
negatively. A major cause of teeth bone loss is infections that involve the nerve in the
roots of the teeth, as occurs with an abscessed tooth, or infections around the gum line of
teeth, as seen in gum disease. Usually teeth bone loss occurs at the site of the infection.
Sometimes, for reasons that are still not entirely known, teeth bone loss will occur when
there is no infection. Teeth can also cause dental bone loss. When teeth cause dental
bone loss, the bone loss appears not to be connected to any teeth, even though it is. This
kind of dental bone loss is usually caused by infections that are associated with previously
extracted teeth, or embryonic buds of teeth that never develop.

In contrast, most dental bone loss is not directly associated with teeth. For instance, it can
be caused by benign or malignant tumors that either originate in the jaws or spread to the
jaws from other sites in the body. In addition to tumors, medical conditions, such as Paget’
s disease, may produce dental bone loss. So can medically prescribed drugs. For
example, a class of drugs called bisphosphonates, when given intravenously, has been
linked to a serious condition that results in jaw bone infection and bone loss that is difficult
to control. People taking bisphosphonate drugs in oral form are also at risk, although the
jaw bone infection and bone loss take more time to occur because the oral drugs
accumulate more slowly in the body.

So let’s take a closer look at some of these causes of teeth bone loss and dental bone
loss.

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dental bone loss.

The causes of dental bone loss or teeth bone loss:

Gum infections are the most common reason for teeth bone loss. Typically,
gum infections are chronic, meaning the infection is present for months or even
years. This will result in bone loss around the tooth or teeth with the infection. Most
chronic gum infections are painless, and are easily ignored by some people, even if
bleeding, tarter and bad breath are present. This is unfortunate, because the
germs that infect gums are a burden to the immune system, and they easily spread
via open blood vessels in the infected gums to other parts of the body. There is
some scientific evidence that germs from infected gums can settle in coronary
arteries and contribute to the creation of plaque in the coronary arteries, and thus,
to heart disease.

Sometimes chronic gum disease can become acute and painful, especially if the

bone loss around a tooth has become extensive. It can take years for chronic gum

infections to reach an acute stage. When this happens, the body may not be able

to heal the infection adequately, and one or more teeth may need to be extracted,

or they may even come out by themselves because of the extensive teeth bone

loss.

Not all gum disease is chronic in nature.

A relatively rare and aggressive form

of gum disease, called aggressive periodontitis, often occurs in young people.

Sometimes it is known as juvenile periodontitis, or early onset periodontitis.

Aggressive periodontitis gets worse faster than chronic periodontitis. It usually

begins at puberty and is more common in girls than in boys. Aggressive

periodontitis is characterized by severe teeth bone loss around the six year molars

and the front teeth. In both chronic and aggressive gum disease, germs from

dental plaque are present.

The usual clinical signs of gum disease, such as inflammation and bleeding, do not
typically occur with aggressive periodontitis. Dental plaque accumulation tends to
be light. In spite of the absence of the symptoms of inflammation, and bleeding,
young people with widespread, severe aggressive periodontitis are at high risk for
tooth loss, sometimes within a year after the disease first occurs.

People with compromised immune systems from diabetes or AIDS, or immune
suppressing drugs used for organ transplants may likewise experience gum
infections with significant teeth bone loss that occurs rapidly. These people are
also at greater risk for losing teeth from gum disease than are people with chronic
gum disease.

Click here for a comprehensive description of chronic gum disease, and
what you can do to keep your gums healthy.

Another type of gum infection affects younger people who are under a lot of stress
and who fail to eat nourishing meals, such as during school exams. They may
sometimes develop a very painful type of gum infection called necrotizing
ulcerative gingivitis (NUG). This unique form of gum infection, which usually occurs
around the lower front teeth, sometimes results in teeth bone loss, although the
most obvious symptom is the extreme pain. Click here for more information about
NUG.

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