Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Health and Wellness > Dental Health
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 09-12-2016, 08:22 PM
 
9 posts, read 24,883 times
Reputation: 15

Advertisements

Many controversy surrounding the danger of root canals and it effects on long term health. Any thoughts ?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 09-13-2016, 07:03 PM
 
1,656 posts, read 2,781,647 times
Reputation: 2661
Can you give us any peer-reviewed science or data on this?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-14-2016, 07:29 AM
 
629 posts, read 933,827 times
Reputation: 1169
Quote:
Originally Posted by toofache32 View Post
Can you give us any peer-reviewed science or data on this?
By "peer-reviewed" do you mean the number of likes or re-tweets?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-15-2016, 05:57 PM
 
9 posts, read 24,883 times
Reputation: 15
I never came across any peer review that dismissed the claim either.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-15-2016, 06:28 PM
 
1,656 posts, read 2,781,647 times
Reputation: 2661
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsquash View Post
I never came across any peer review that dismissed the claim either.
I never came across research that proves a parachute increases you chance of survival when jumping out of a plane. Google "null hypothesis".
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-15-2016, 06:57 PM
 
74 posts, read 183,777 times
Reputation: 30
I mean, if you find enough people who've had root canals and have had cancer, I'm sure you can make a "substantial" analysis from that. Same if you only researched people who didn't have cancer but had RCs.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-15-2016, 07:28 PM
 
3,211 posts, read 2,978,672 times
Reputation: 14632
You can read about that at snopes.com, if you'd like more information. 97 Percent of Cancer Victims Had Root Canals? : snopes.com
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-15-2016, 08:15 PM
 
1,656 posts, read 2,781,647 times
Reputation: 2661
Quote:
Originally Posted by pet1984 View Post
I mean, if you find enough people who've had root canals and have had cancer, I'm sure you can make a "substantial" analysis from that. Same if you only researched people who didn't have cancer but had RCs.
Google "statistical significance" to learn why this is not necessarily true. Especially when there are tens of thousands of people with root canals, and tens of thousands of people with cancer. OF COURSE there are gonna be people with both. What about red hair? There are THOUSANDS of cancer patients who have RED HAIR!!! It can't be just a coincidence!

I wake up at 6am every morning. The sun rises soon after. Every single day. Therefore, I must assume that if I don't wake up at 6am tomorrow then the sun won't rise.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-15-2016, 08:18 PM
 
2,085 posts, read 2,141,237 times
Reputation: 3498
I looked this up about a year ago...this is an old wives tale from what I understood, started by some old guy who was using outdated methodology to gather his data..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-15-2016, 08:20 PM
 
1,656 posts, read 2,781,647 times
Reputation: 2661
Where did you look it up?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Health and Wellness > Dental Health

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:19 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top