Alternative Root Canal Procedure

My dentist said the I needed to get a root canl. He is a biological dentist and performs a root canl therapy called the Sargenti or N2 method. Is anyone on this board familar wih this method? Below is some more information on the method and a link to a web site that talks about it.

Root Canal Treatment for Everybody

In most European countries, the general practitioner in the daily routine has to deal with a root canal problem. Treatment is time-consuming and difficult. Out of this reason, a special dentist group has developed in certain high-class and rich markets, that is the endodontists specialized in treating the root canals with special knowledge and good success. The only problems are the high price, which is needed, and the fact that social security ensured people cannot pay for this treatment. For this reason, general practitioners in most European markets use a fast and easy treatment by quick cleaning of the canal followed by filling with a spiral drill (lenrulo) with a root canal cement, or better called root canal sealer, by the name of N2. N2 contains a very low rate of formalaldehyde, not more than you'd find in a large glass of milk. Unluckily, over the years decisions were made in certain markets to ban this product and take the possibility away from general practitioners to treat the public with this procedure having been used throughout Europe for over 50 years.

This did not matter to people who are able to pay for the endodontist treatment. The fast N2 technique used by 10,000 dentists was excluded in certain markets, e.g. in Sweden, partially in Poland and possibly in other markets. Now the decisive government agencies have recognized this problem and have officially reinstated the N2 technique with an official announcement in the Swedish Dental Journal.

We think that with this move the state will save a lot of expenses because instead of extracting the root canal infected tooth, the general practitioner will start trying to save this tooth to avoid any high-price crown and bridge work in the future.

Link: http://aesoc.com/

I think the bottom line is that a root canal is a dead tooth where anaerobic bacteria can flourish releasing all sorts of nasty toxins.

Awhile back I was looking into a root canal procedure where the filling used supposedly calcified the dentin tubules (so that anaerobic bacteria could not hide out there and cause havoc).

Have you considered trying to remineralize the tooth through diet / supplements?