| Dr. Page found a patient's calcium-phosphorus | | | | people with heart problems did develop |
| balance was | | | | bacterial endocarditis within several weeks |
| | | | of routine prophlaxis(tooth cleaning).This |
| the key to solving his degenerative disease | | | | is, of course, another demonstration of the |
| problem. | | | | focal infection |
| | | | |
| When balance of these two elements was | | | | theory in action. While Dr. Price was |
| achieved, illness miraculously disappeared. | | | | laughed at for his similar |
| His work confirms Dr. Price's findings | | | | |
| | | | pronouncements, these two doctors have been |
| of the importance of calcium. The titles of | | | | praised.E. Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D., M.A.; |
| Dr. Page's three | | | | W.M. Ringsdorf, Jr., D.M.D., M.S.These |
| | | | doctors reported in four articles in Journal |
| books are contained in this chapter.Harold | | | | of Oral Medicine 1968 - 1987 evidence of |
| Hawkins, D.D.S. His research was much like | | | | disturbed carbohydrate metalbolism among |
| that of Dr. Price's. However, his studies | | | | endodontic treated patients, confirming Dr. |
| didn't concern blood but rather concentrated | | | | Price's finding of increased amounts of sugar |
| on saliva, urine, feces and the acid-base | | | | in blood and urine of these patients.About |
| balance.Dr. Hawkins was a dentist with a | | | | author: Dr. George Meinig,D.D.S.,F.A.C.D. is |
| chemistry laboratory but not a | | | | a Founder of the Association of Root Canal |
| | | | Specialists Discovers Evidence That Root |
| dental chair. Many of his discoveries | | | | Canals |
| paralleled those of Dr. Price, but some of | | | | |
| his calcium conclusions appear different | | | | Damage Your Health Learn What to Do.Learn |
| because Dr. Price investigated ionic calcium | | | | how Dr. George Meinig discovered that a |
| values while Dr. Hawkins investigated total | | | | meticulous 25 year research program, |
| calcium.Like Drs. Page and Price, Dr. Hawkins | | | | conducted by Weston A. Price, DDS, under the |
| based much of what appears in his outstanding | | | | auspices of the American Dental Association's |
| book, Applied Nutrition, on the | | | | Research Institute, was buried by |
| calcium-phosphorus balance. His case history | | | | disbelievers of the focal infection theory. |
| records involving 10,000 patients showed a | | | | |
| remarkable ability to arest dental caries and | | | | Along the way, Dr. Meinig has received many |
| periodontal disease by nutritional means.Max | | | | recognition citatons and awards, both |
| Winslow, D.D.S. and Samuel H. Millstone, | | | | Nationally and internationally. For further |
| B.S.,D.D.S. from the | | | | information visit and prepared by Sung Lee, |
| | | | alternate author |
| dental division of the Sinai Hospital in | | | | |
| Detroit. These doctors | | | | This article can be reprinted freely online |
| | | | as long as the entire |
| found bacteria from dental care was usually | | | | |
| of short duration, but that 20 percent of | | | | article with resource box are included. |