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CAVITATION TREATMENT
Cavitations are a relatively new term in the dental dialogue. Most patients are not aware of cavitations, and even most dentists probably do not know much about them as yet.
What are Cavitations?
A cavitation is a hole in the bone, usually where a tooth has been removed and the bone has not filled in properly. When a tooth is being extracted, in what has been normal dental procedure, the surrounding periodontal membrane is usually left behind. Theoretically, when a tooth has been pulled, the body will eventually fill in the space in the bone where the tooth once was. But when the membrane is left behind, an incomplete healing can take place which leaves a hole or a spongy place inside the jaw bone. Experts speculate that perhaps this is because the bone cells on either side sense the presence of the periodontal membrane and "think" that the tooth is still there.
A cavitation can form in any bone in the body, not just in the jaw bones. There are also other reasons that cavitations form, some of which are localized traumas, poor circulation to the area, clotting disorders, and the use of steroids.
On X-ray of an extracted tooth site, this membrane can form an image that appears to be a shadow of a tooth. Almost always, this is indicative of a cavitation. Most dentists are aware of this phantom tooth image, but they do not recognize it as a site of potential problems.
What’s hiding inside?
Inside a cavitation, bacteria flourish and deviant cells multiply. Cavitations act as a breeding ground for bacteria and their toxins. Research has shown these bacterial waste products to be extremely potent. Cavitations can also cause blockages on the body's energy meridians and can exert far-reaching impact on the overall system. Investigation has revealed that some cavitations are reservoirs of huge amounts of mercury. Cavitations may be a source of low level or high level stress on the entire body.
Diagnosing cavitations is an elusive process because cavitations do not always readily appear on X-rays. Sometimes they show up only as very subtle differentiations in the texture pattern of the bone. If your dentist is not specifically looking for the cavitations, then your X-ray will be read as looking "just fine".
There are other ways to discover cavitation sites. For example, they will sometimes cause pain when the area is lightly stroked or when pressure is applied. The EAV instrument is extremely effective in helping find potential cavitation sites, however it is not recognized as a diagnostic device so the patient must assimilate all the evidence and decide how they want to proceed with treatment. There is, however, a new FDA approved instrument, similar to a sonogram, which is designed to detect these cavitations.
Treatment
I often recommend two primary methods of treatment for my patients. First is a procedure where special homeopathic medications called Sanum remedies are injected into the cavitation site, and then a modified form of low level laser light therapy is applied to the area. If this method is not successful, the alternative is to surgically open the area and clean the remaining ligament and resultant debris from the bone. Every biopsy of bone material I have collected from cavitation surgeries has shown osteonecrosis, or dead bone material.
NICO
Specialists have recognized cavitations as a possible cause of chronic facial pain and termed them "NICO" (Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis). Often this is the overlooked factor in trigeminal neuralgia, as well as other kinds of facial pain.
SICO
While it is good that the impact of cavitations on facial pain is finally being considered, the far-reaching bodily impact of cavitations is still vastly underappreciated. Cavitations on major meridians can cause serious health problems. I prefer to call cavitations "SICO", or Sickness Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis, which better indicates the power a cavitation can have over the general health of the patient. Analysis of cavitational samples by researchers at the
University of
Kentucky have thus far found every one of them to contain biologically toxic material.
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