Welcome to the Dental Horror Slide Show. 
The images will broaden your understanding of various dental tragedies.

Please note that some graphic images of extracted teeth
are to be found in these slide shows

Mercury Amalgam

Amalgam is a mixture of metals with Mercury.  It is not a stable alloy.

Dr Harold Loe, Director of the National Institute of Health in the USA (1993) condemns amalgam as the worst filling material on mechanical grounds

Mercury from amalgam implants can have profound effects on health

Amalgam is often left accidentally in bone.  Some is placed there intentionally.  It is really an implant of mercury directly into the brain

See what the World Health Organisation says about mercury from amalgam implants

Amalgam placed at the end of the root of a tooth is really implanted into bone.

Amalgam Removal

Decay and Dead Teeth

Decay in a tooth can kill the nerve

Abscess - what they look like on X-ray

Root Canal Therapy

Overfilled root canals are always accompanied by death of the surrounding bone.  This is common practice

Root therapied dead teeth can have profoundly detrimental effects on health

Multiple Root Therapies increase the amount of toxins entering the body

Condensing Osteitis is associated with a weakened immune system

The ends of the roots of upper back teeth are often in or near the floor of the sinus.  Dead teeth here will often cause sinusitis.  There is a statistical link between Sinusitis and Multiple Sclerosis

Neural Interferences - the acupuncture connection

Implants - the latest fashion in dentistry. May cause autoimmune diseases

NICO - Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis

Pulpotomy - death to baby teeth

Multiple Metals are often placed into the same mouth with devastating effects on health

X-Rays rarely tell the whole story

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