MD JD Levy - Hidden Epidemic: Silent Oral Infections Cause Most Heart Attacks and Breast Cancers

Silent Oral Infections Cause Most Heart

Attacks and Breast Cancers

Silent Oral Infections Cause Most Heart

Attacks and Breast Cancers

Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD

DISCLAIMER

This book is intended to be an information resource only. There is no intent that this book be used for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. A specific physician/patient or dentist/patient relationship is necessary before any medical or dental therapies are initiated. In no manner should this book, or any of the information in this book, be used as a substitute for diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical and/or dental healthcare professional.

Copyright 2017 by

Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD

First Edition: 2017

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017909900

ISBN: 9780983772873

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In memory of my beloved Mother, Catherine,

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Acknowledgments

To Les and Cindy Nachman, whose support and friendship continue to be invaluable to me in my attempts to get out my medical messages to the world.

To my editor, Dave Nicol, who continues to make my writing so much more intelligible and impactful than it would be otherwise.

To my wife, Lis, and my daughter, Daniela, who motivate me on a daily basis to continue my work.

To Ron Hunninghake, MD, my friend and medical sounding board for years now. His perspective always improves mine.

To John Augspurger, DDS, and Corbin Popp, DMD, my friends and dental colleagues, for their consistent help and insights.

And as always, to my friend and mentor, Hal Huggins, DDS, MS for opening my mind and showing me the big picture. I wish he was still here to discuss so very many different things.

Foreword

Our pathway to health and longevity, although a bit daunting, can reward us with a vital and happy life. Staying healthy is a life-long process that requires a certain degree of personal discipline. We must concern ourselves with the food we eat, its source, and how we prepare it. We exercise, drink plenty of water, take our vitamins, and meditate to balance our emotions and spirit. Yet even when we try to do everything possible to maintain our wellness and vitality, we are not granted immunity from the non-communicable chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, hormone imbalance, chronic inflammatory conditions, osteoporosis, heart disease, and early aging that are all around us.

Why?

The human body is an amazing biological system. At the microscopic level, 10% of the cells in our bodies are human and the rest are non-human microorganisms. Functionally, were an ecosystem that scientists call the microbiome. At the molecular level, we are a massive conglomeration of organic/inorganic chemicals and biomolecules, some stable and some not, that are involved in a free exchange of energy and electrons. A healthy body maintains all of the cells, microorganisms, chemicals, and biomolecules within an organized and balanced system.

However, various factors can disrupt the flow of energy and/or interrupt the balance in the microbiome and throw our bodies into states of chronic disease. This book reveals some of these factorsfactors that have been frequently identified by medical researchers yet have failed to be acknowledged by medical and dental practitioners.

In this body of work, Dr. Thomas Levy presents a logical and coherent thesis as to the major cause of this plague that infects a large percentage of the adult population. He presents a powerful case that links the pandemic incidence of chronic degenerative disease to infected teeth, gums, tonsils, cavitations, and sinuses. Most of these infections are insidiously asymptomatic. We dont see or feel them. And even when they do manifest with obvious symptoms, mainstream medicine and dentistry seldom see them as anything more than an isolated condition with no connection to the development of heart disease, cancer, dementia, diabetes, and a host of other chronic degenerative diseases.

To make matters worse, decades of antibiotics overuse have made us more susceptible to an imbalance of our microbiome. When certain pathogenic microorganisms take hold we call it infection. Frequently, these pathogenic microorganisms slide in under the radar. They colonize and set up shop in and around the jaws, teeth, gums and soft tissues of the head and neck. But just because an infection takes up residence in a localized (focal) area, such as in a tooth, in gum tissue, or in a sinus doesnt mean that its impact is limited to that focus of infection.

Contrary to the way we often think, our body does not understand itself as a gathering of isolated parts; rather, it is a unified organism. Pathogens and toxins generated by a focal infection can freely circulate throughout the body via our venous and lymphatic systems. We must understand that the effects of these infections are far-reaching and insidious. The medical and dental literature contains copious evidence of these life- and health-threatening effects, and Dr. Levy has exhaustively mined it out and uses it to clearly present his case.

As an integrative biological dentist I face three important challenges on a daily basis. First, I am in a constant battle with infections of the head and neck. Second, I must be able to recognize and properly treat them. Third, and perhaps the most difficult, I must explain the nature of these infections and their implications for overall health and well-being to my patients who think everythings fine. Hey, when youre symptom-free, pain-free and feeling fine, what could be wrong? Unfortunately, thats the nature of the silent but deadly oral infections with which we wrestle.

The human body has the amazing capacity to heal, if given the appropriate support. Dr. Levys informative, well-referenced text provides important information that dramatically exposes the presence and the dangers of silent oral infections. And, not only does he drag these silent destroyers into the light, he gives precise protocols for addressing them. It is priceless information for the clinician and the patient.

In todays world we have many challenges to our health. These challenges come in many forms, but once recognized, understood, and effective therapy is given, the patient can progress toward wellness. As an academic and seeker of truth, I applaud this work. Truth and knowledge brings enlightenment. This work provides all that and more.

Phil Mollica, MS, DMD, NMD

President and Professor

American College of Integrative

Medicine and Dentistry

Preface

About 23 years ago I left my practice of adult cardiology. Providentially, I had crossed paths with Dr. Hal Huggins, a dentist with a masters degree in immunology. At the time, and even since in reflection, it appeared to be one of those moments in life for which the saying was first penned: When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. For many reasons, I was more than ready, and until he appeared, I had no idea where my restlessness in cardiology was going to lead me. It was then that my second medical education was effectively kick-started by this extraordinary person.