Dave Wickware
Excerpts from http://www.healthcarealternatives.net/JBcavitations.htm
Jawbone cavitations are exquisitely described in an eye-opening book
entitled Death and Dentistry written in 1940 by Martin H. Fischer, medical
doctor and professor of physiology at the University of Cincinnati. Citing
the research of Drs. Frank Billings and E.C. Rosenow (early 1900s), Dr.
Fischer speaks of "infarctions induced of microorganismal emboli" that have
broken into the general circulation from a peripheral focal point in the jaw
or tonsils. This "metastasis" of microorganisms is the cause of a surprising
number of conditions according to Fischer (p.8, 9): "Embolic infection that
has struck the heart valves will be endocarditis; the heart muscle,
myocarditis; the pericardium, pericarditis; if all are struck, it is
pancarditis. Involving the skeletal muscles, the same pathological
background will give rise to myositis; when their tendinous junctions are
struck, fibrositis; and when the synovial bursae are affected, bursitis or
tenosynovitis. The process in the joints is arthritis; and in the nerves and
nerve ganglia, neuritis. In the brain, this is cerebritis, and in its
coverings, meningitis."
Although infection in the oral cavity may be a triggering event in the
formation of a cavitation, biopsy of the site typically shows few, if any,
bacteria. It is the toxins produced by these anaerobic bacteria that are
most damaging to the body. However, until local defenses break down and
these toxins gain systemic access, the problem remains localized and most
likely silent. Symptoms develop when the body burden of toxins increases to
the point that nutritional reserves are depleted, and the system is no
longer able to confine the toxins to their point of origin. They then travel
via blood and lymph channels and through nerve pathways to other areas of
the body.
Toxins create an extremely acidic environment. As long as the body's
alkaline reserves (primarily calcium and sodium) remain intact, pH is kept
within acceptable limits, homeostasis remains intact, and the body functions
normally. Once alkaline reserves are depleted however, balance is disrupted.
It is not only acid-forming foods (like grains and meat) so prevalent in the
standard American diet, that deplete the alkaline reserves, but also the
bacterial toxins generated at the site of jawbone cavitations. These toxins
create an acid environment and destroy critical enzyme systems in the body,
including enzymes essential for energy production. The inactivated enzymes
are then unable to fulfill their function as mineral chaperones. The net
result is that key minerals, even though present in the system, become
bio-unavailable, for the enzymes needed to activate them have been destroyed
by bacterial toxins. It is important to understand that such a mineral
"deficiency" is unrelated to mineral intake. It can exist in the face of
ample intake, though insufficient intake certainly compounds the problem.
The toxins responsible for mineral deactivation and breakdown of homeostasis
are carried throughout the system via blood and lymph vessels, tending to
settle in areas of inherent or acquired weakness. This means that my jawbone
cavitations may result in an entirely different symptom picture than yours,
simply because my weaknesses are different than yours.
Jawbone cavitations are exquisitely described in an eye-opening book
entitled Death and Dentistry written in 1940 by Martin H. Fischer, medical
doctor and professor of physiology at the University of Cincinnati. Citing
the research of Drs. Frank Billings and E.C. Rosenow (early 1900s), Dr.
Fischer speaks of "infarctions induced of microorganismal emboli" that have
broken into the general circulation from a peripheral focal point in the jaw
or tonsils. This "metastasis" of microorganisms is the cause of a surprising
number of conditions according to Fischer (p.8, 9): "Embolic infection that
has struck the heart valves will be endocarditis; the heart muscle,
myocarditis; the pericardium, pericarditis; if all are struck, it is
pancarditis. Involving the skeletal muscles, the same pathological
background will give rise to myositis; when their tendinous junctions are
struck, fibrositis; and when the synovial bursae are affected, bursitis or
tenosynovitis. The process in the joints is arthritis; and in the nerves and
nerve ganglia, neuritis. In the brain, this is cerebritis, and in its
coverings, meningitis."
Although infection in the oral cavity may be a triggering event in the
formation of a cavitation, biopsy of the site typically shows few, if any,
bacteria. It is the toxins produced by these anaerobic bacteria that are
most damaging to the body. However, until local defenses break down and
these toxins gain systemic access, the problem remains localized and most
likely silent. Symptoms develop when the body burden of toxins increases to
the point that nutritional reserves are depleted, and the system is no
longer able to confine the toxins to their point of origin. They then travel
via blood and lymph channels and through nerve pathways to other areas of
the body.
Toxins create an extremely acidic environment. As long as the body's
alkaline reserves (primarily calcium and sodium) remain intact, pH is kept
within acceptable limits, homeostasis remains intact, and the body functions
normally. Once alkaline reserves are depleted however, balance is disrupted.
It is not only acid-forming foods (like grains and meat) so prevalent in the
standard American diet, that deplete the alkaline reserves, but also the
bacterial toxins generated at the site of jawbone cavitations. These toxins
create an acid environment and destroy critical enzyme systems in the body,
including enzymes essential for energy production. The inactivated enzymes
are then unable to fulfill their function as mineral chaperones. The net
result is that key minerals, even though present in the system, become
bio-unavailable, for the enzymes needed to activate them have been destroyed
by bacterial toxins. It is important to understand that such a mineral
"deficiency" is unrelated to mineral intake. It can exist in the face of
ample intake, though insufficient intake certainly compounds the problem.
The toxins responsible for mineral deactivation and breakdown of homeostasis
are carried throughout the system via blood and lymph vessels, tending to
settle in areas of inherent or acquired weakness. This means that my jawbone
cavitations may result in an entirely different symptom picture than yours,
simply because my weaknesses are different than yours.
