04feb2014

Le cavitazioni o NICO

Alcune informazioni sulle cavitazioni (NICO)

Una cavitazione è una struttura porosa dell’osso causata dall’estrazione di un dente (osso “vacuolato”) o dalla presenza di flogosi periapicale in un Dente traumatizzato, otturato o devitalizzato. Al momento dell’estrazione di un dente, il tessuto periodontale (composto da cemento, legamento ed osso alveolare, con funzioni di ammortizzatore e nutrizione) non ha più motivo di permanere e pertanto deve essere rimosso. Una corretta rimozione di questo tessuto, prevede anche l’asportazione di una piccolissima frazione di osso alveolare compromesso da variabili concentrazioni di metaboliti tossici o microrganismi anaerobici. Se tale tessuto non viene rimosso, la sua sola presenza (anche senza infezione) può rallentare ed impedire la corretta guarigione e ricrescita dell’osso.
La cavitazione è stata osservata sia in denti estratti, sia all’apice dei denti devitalizzati. La cavitazione non da dolore, non ha effetti immediati e non coincide con il più frequente e conosciuto ascesso. A distanza di anni o decenni, in particolare nei momenti di stress che mettono in deficit funzionale il complesso sistema psico-neuro-endocrino-immunitario, può diventare focus attivo come “osteite” (Infiammazione dell’Osso) o “necrosi asettica” (area de-vitale senza presenza di batteri).
Nel corso di laurea in odontoiatria si insegna da tempo la necessità di ripulire bene l’alveolo dopo l’estrazione di un dente... ma la pratica di molti dentisti non osserva sempre queste buone regole. Shankland (2002) riporta la presenza di cavitazioni nel 95% dei casi delle estrazioni dentali. Huf (1999) ne riferisce una frequenza intorno al 65%. Anche se la letteratura non è uniforme, in ogni caso, si tratta di frequenze molto elevate.
Le cavitazioni o foci odontogeni sono raramente la causa primaria di una malattia diffusa nel corpo, ma hanno sempre una importanza determinante nel rallentare o alterare le capacità di regolazione omeostatiche locali (gengiva, trigemino, salivazione), segmentali (suture craniche, seno mascellare, occhio, orecchio, lingua...) e globali (cuore, reni, articolazioni, allergie, patologie autoimmuni e reumatologiche).
Il dr. Richard Hansen, spiega che anche se viene eseguita l’estrazione dei denti devitalizzati (ancora più significativo, se il dente sia stato in precedenza portatore di otturazione in amalgama), l’osso alveolare può non riuscire a guarire correttamente, a causa della sofferenza del sistema vascolare (linfatico, venoso ed arterioso). Fondamentale risulta quindi il ripristino del drenaggio linfatico ed il miglioramento della circolazione venosa e dell’afflusso sanguigno all’osso alveolare nell’area che ha subito una estrazione.
Una buona e sana rigenerazione ossea post-estrazione dipende quindi dalla corretta procedura chirurghica (vedi di seguito), ma anche dallo stato locale, segmentale e globale dell’organismo. Alcune procedure e tecniche osteopatiche e di terapia manuale, possono facilitare il drenaggio linfatico, il deflusso venoso, l’apporto arterioso del sito alveolare portatore del processo morboso, favorendone i processi omeostatici che portano all’autoguarigione. Molti degli Autori americani, tedeschi, francesi che si sono occupati di questo problema (la corretta rimozione chirurgica delle cavitazioni) hanno riferito che diverse forme di malattie croniche sembrano rispondere favorevolmente, sia a livello clinico (riduzione del dolore, delle disfunzioni...) che a livello diagnostico (miglioramento dei parametri ematici della flogosi, riduzione dei farmaci...). E’ importante altresì segnalare che al momento attuale manca ancora in letteratura una casistica accertata a cui far riferimento con indubbia evidenza scientifica.

Bibliografia:
Thoma, 1934 (American Academy of Oral Pathology) G.V. Black, 1935
R.M. Box, 1955
Ernest Adler, 1976
Lorenzo Acerra, 1990 a seguire Bob Jones, 1980
Meinig G., 1994
Huf, 1999
Christopher J. Hussar, 2000 Robert Kulacz, 2002 Shankland, 2002
Richard Hansen, 2010

NEVRALGIE causate da osteiti o necrosi (NICO).

Il prof. Jerry Bouquot documenta alcune migliaia di casi di nevralgie che sono state messe in relazione causale con denti devitalizzati o con osteiti lasciate da precedenti approssimative estrazioni di denti infetti (NICO). Infatti curettando questi focus sulla mandibola i pazienti guariscono da condizioni croniche molto gravi. Scrive Bouquot: “La nevralgia del trigemino e molte altre patologie nevralgiche della testa hanno avuto essenzialmente cause ignote fino a poco tempo fa. Abbiano scoperto di recente che un elevata percentuale di queste condizioni sono da mettere in relazione causale con infezioni o necrosi dell’osso (osteiti o cavitazioni). La percentuale di guarigioni che si ottengono con la loro bonifica è imponente”.

Dunque i detriti e metaboliti infiammatori che si accumulano a livello apicale rappresentano terreno fertile per un fenomeno progressivo che dura anni e che porta a necrosi dell’osso mandibolare. Questo fenomeno viene di molto accelerato dall’uso ripetuto di vasocostrittori insieme con le anestesie dentali e da estrazioni non accorte che non includano il curettamento di resti di periodonto o tessuti ossei molli e infiammati o anche resti di radici lasciati nella mandibola nel momento dell’estrazione dentale.

Si viene a creare dunque un’ulteriore causa d’interferenza, ben caratterizzata dagli studi di Bouquot e colleghi, che potrà manifestarsi come mal di testa o come qualsiasi altro disturbo cronico che deriva dal sovraccarico del sistema vegetativo causato da focus infiammatori dentali.

Roberts (1979), Shira (1984) e Ratner [1976, 1979 e 1986] ha effettuato delle ricerche molto dettagliate in cui ha descritto vari tipi di mal di testa e di dolori nevralgici che si irradiavano da siti dentali affetti da osteite, che arrivavano a risoluzione mediante il curettaggio che ne permetteva la guarigione.

Questi siti dentali affetti da osteiti si sviluppano dopo una non corretta estrazione di un dente devitalizzato o di un dente del giudizio. La guarizione della mandibola dopo l’estrazione dentale viene impedita se eventuali rimasugli di periodonto o di tessuto infiammato non sono stati curettati via. Non è raro che si sviluppino situazioni necrotiche dell’osso mandibolare (cosiddette NICO) che hanno la potenzialità di causare mal di testa ed altri effetti a distanza.

Anche i rimasugli di radici possono creare mal di testa e nevralgie del trigemino (Urbani 1982) nella misura in cui possono essere soggette a putrefazione o anche impedire la corretta guarigione post estrazione che negli anni porta ad importanti necrosi ossee focali (Benech 1986, Chuikin 1989).

Werner (1909) aveva osservato la guarigione di una donna da una grave nevralgia del trigemino dopo l’estrazione di un dente del giudizio e curettaggio dell’adiacente osteonecrosi mandibolare.

Osservazioni di questo tipo furono fatte su centinaia di casi da GV. Black, considerato il padre dell’odontoiatria americana, che prese un grosso interesse nella questione degli effetti focali delle osteonecrosi mandibolari. A quei tempi il problema delle osteonecrosi era particolarmente sentito, perché curettare le infezioni sull’osso era notoriamente associato ad infezioni sistemiche a causa del materiale tossico messo in circolazione, e quindi quasi nessuno sentiva la vocazione di volerlo fare. Quindi l’infezione e l’osso compromesso non venivano allontanati.

Inoltre i dentisti magari lasciavano pezzi di radici con le loro estrazioni e nessuno se ne poteva accorgere, perché non faceva reazioni sintomatiche e fare ortopanoramiche dentali complete non era ancora all’ordine del giorno.

Il dottor Shankland (2000) riporta molti casi di pazienti cui aveva apportato delle guarigioni individuando ed estraendo le focalità di denti devitalizzati. Il Dr. Shankland ci fa sapere che prima di arrivare alla giusta diagnosi questi pazienti si erano recati da numerosi altri specialisti dentali, che avevano letto come normali le stesse irregolarità dell’ortopanoramica che erano state usate dal suo team per individuare osteiti.

Visto che la ortopanoramica non riesce a vedere bene la situazione del dente e anzi in oltre il 90% dei casi nasconde infezioni apicali anche di grande portata, diventa interessante segnalare la modalità esplorativa di questi problemi dei focus dentali secondo il Dr. Voll.

Il Dr. Mike Godfrey (1997) ce ne parla in una pubblicazione sul Journal of Advancement in Medicine intitolata “Focus dentale come causa di nevralgia del trigemino: un caso clinico”. Una 21enne lamentava da due anni un dolore inizialmente intermittente all’orecchio sinistro, che poi era diventato continuo e riguardava tutta la testa. Aveva consultato numerosi specialisti otorino-laringoiatri, dentisti, chirurghi maxillo-facciali, senza ottenere nessun miglioramento. Numerosi cicli di antibiotici le erano stati somministrati per una presunta ma non dimostrata infezione all’interno dell’orecchio, e per cercare sollievo dal dolore le erano stati somministrati farmaci anti-infiammatori non steroidei, analgesici e anti-depressivi (persino meperidina e morfina). La Tac e le altre indagini radiografiche erano state effettuate ma non avevano rivelato alcunché. Quando si presentò in questa clinica, la paziente aveva dolori molto forti nonostante fosse sotto medicazione combinata di carbamazepina, morfina e fluoxetina, e avrebbe dovuto essere operata dieci giorni dopo.

Il nostro approccio è stato di fare una valutazione con l’apparecchio EAV. Abbiamo riscontrato un focus alla mandibola, cioè risuonava l’ampolla test “osteitis”. Il 6° inferiore sinistro era il dente coinvolto. Il focus fu poi confermato dal dentista mediante il test della neuralterapia. Il sollievo dal dolore all’orecchio era apportato dall’iniezione di neuralterapia nella zona del dente; il sollievo era immediato e durava per oltre 15 ore. La settimana dopo fu effettuata l’estrazione del dente con tutto il protocollo di bonifica dell’osteite sottostante, e la paziente guarì e rimase libera da problemi per cinque mesi, allorquando ci fu una piccola ricaduta che fu mandata in remissione con due sedute di neuralterapia della zona del dente estratto. Da allora la paziente è rimasta libera dal dolore all’orecchio per tutto il periodo di follow-up di due anni”.

Oggi comunque esiste la possibilità di ottenere una rappresentazione dettagliata del dente in tre dimensionali e digitale (quindi a bassa radiazione), la cosiddetta Cone Beam, che offre uno strumento più efficace di verifica dei sospetti relativi a situazione di infezione dei denti devitalizzati.

L’importanza di approcci complementari alla diagnosi risulta chiara quando uno va a leggere nella letteratura medica che il solo modo d’identificare le focalità dentali a volte è partire dalle neoformazioni che possono causare nel cervello (cisti, ascessi), e capire se i microorganismi sono tipicamente quelli provenienti dalle zone dentali (Feldges 1990, Valachovich 1979, Virolainen 1979).

In una rassegna di 2565 casi nei quali una massiccia infezione odontogena fu messa in relazione con effetti a distanza, Andra (1978) segnala che oltre il 65% dei casi né il paziente né gli specialisti di competenza erano stati in grado di risalire al focus dentale nonostante problemi sistemici ricorrenti ed un’estesa valutazione clinica inclusa anche quella dentale.

What are cavitations?  

A cavitation is a hole in the bone, often where a tooth has been removed and the bone has not filled in properly. In the last several years, the term cavitation has been used to describe various bone lesions which appear both as empty holes in the jawbones and holes filled with dead bone and bone marrow. Dead, cavitational areas, which produce pain, are now called NICO (Neuralgia Inducing Osteonecrosis) lesions. Cavitations are often a result of either ischaemic osteonecrosis, due to poor blood flow in the marrow, or a traumatic bone cyst.

In his book on oral pathology, Dr. G. V. Black, one of the early experts on cavitations, suggested surgical removal of these dead bone areas. Other less traumatic measures are now first used and surgery with curetting is used primarily where the patient has significant health effects not resolved by other means. When a tooth is being extracted, in what has been normal dental procedure, the surrounding periodontal membrane is usually left behind.

Theoretically, when a tooth has been pulled, the body will eventually fill in the space in the bone where the tooth once was. But when the membrane is left behind, an incomplete healing commonly takes place which leaves a hole or a spongy place inside the jaw bone. Experts speculate that perhaps this is because the bone cells on either side sense the presence of the periodontal membrane and "think" that the tooth is still there. This appears to be one common cause of cavitations.

Ododontic cysts are also commonly occurring usually in the gums at the tip of a tooth, that have pockets of bacterial infection that can cause inflammation and pain in some cases similar to cavitations. Bacterial infections are also known to have systemic effects.

A cavitation can form in any bone in the body, not just in the jaw bones. There are also other reasons that cavitations form, some of which are localized traumas, poor circulation to the area, clotting disorders, and the use of steroids.

On X-ray of an extracted tooth site, this membrane can form an image that appears to be a shadow of a tooth. Almost always, this is indicative of a cavitation. Most dentists are aware of this phantom tooth image, but they do not recognize it as a site of potential problems. Other means of locating or identifying cavitational areas include sonic imaging (CAVITAT), local anaesthesia, Spect Scan, pressure to determine trigger points, Computer Electro Dermal System, etc. While positive Spect Scans were found in 19 of 20 patients with jaw pain, several control patients with no pain also had positive scans- often finding previous jaw pathoses. Thus the Spect Scan was not sensitive at differentiating painful from non-painful conditions. Some of the other methods had more success at such differentiation.

What’s hiding inside?

Inside a cavitation, bacteria flourish and deviant cells multiply. Cavitations act as a breeding ground for bacteria and their toxins. Research has shown these bacterial waste products to be extremely potent. Cavitations can also cause blockages on the body's energy meridians and can exert far-reaching impact on the overall system. Investigation has revealed that some cavitations are reservoirs of huge amounts of mercury and other toxic substances. Cavitations may be a source of low level or high level stress on the entire body.

How toxic are cavitations and what type of effects are caused by cavitations?

The results of recent research of Dr. Boyd Haley (former Chairman, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky) show that ALL cavitation tissue samples he's tested contain toxins, which significantly inhibit one or more of the five basic body enzyme systems necessary in the production of energy. These toxins, which are most commonly likely to be metabolic waste products of anaerobic bacteria (bacteria which don't live in oxygen), may produce significant systemic effects, as well as play an important role in localised disease processes, which negatively affect the blood supply in the jawbone.

There are indications that other types of toxins also accumulate in cavitations, and when these toxins combine with certain chemicals or heavy metals (for example, mercury), much more potent toxins may form.

High levels of mercury are commonly found in some cavitations and in general in the jawbone of those with mercury amalgam fillings and to have significant local and systemic effects. Mercury is known to be extremely toxic and to commonly cause chronic adverse local and systemic health effects. Yeast and fungi have also been found to accumulate in cavitations, and to have significant systemic effects.

Accurate tests for cavitation-related bacterial toxins have been developed by the Affinity Laboratory in Kentucky, based on research by Chemists from the University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry. The toxins released by anaerobic bacteria in cavitations have been found to be extremely toxic, and to have major effects on necessary body enzymes and the immune system.

Cavitations are very common

One study of cavitation incidence involved an analysis of 112 randomly selected dental patient charts who had been tested for cavitations, with patient age ranging from 19 to 83 years among 40 males and 72 females. The cavitations were tested for using exploratory drilling. Cavitations were found at approximately 75% of all extraction sites examined.

The most commonly extracted teeth, the third molars ('wisdom teeth'), produced CVs that were found by clinical exploration in 313 out of 354 extraction sites (88%). Cavitations were found in 35 of 50 second molar extraction sites (70%), and for first molars, 60 of 73 extraction sites showed cavitations (82%). They were found in 441 of the total number of 517 molar extraction sites explored (85%). For the maxillary non-molars, CVs were found in 72 of 123 extraction sites (58%), and for mandibular non-molars, 23 of 51 extraction sites were affected (45%). For all non-molars, the cavitation rate was 55%, representing 95 of 174 extraction sites. Note that the cavitations found were not all related to pain or known chronic conditions, and dental patients who had been tested for cavitations is not the same as the general population, so the general population likely has a somewhat lower cavitation incidence.

Bob Jones is the inventor of the CAVITAT –  an ultrasound instrument designed to detect and image cavitations that has been approved for testing for cavitations by the FDA after undergoing FDA clinical trials. He found cavitations of various sizes and severity in approximately 94% of several thousand wisdom teeth sites scanned. He also found cavitations under or located near over 90% of root canal teeth scanned in both males and females of various ages from several different geographic areas of the United States. Note again that the population being tested for cavitations in these trials is not the same as the general population, which might have a somewhat lower incidence of cavitations. But its clear that the occurrence is very common.

Confirmation of cavitation necrosis and toxicity is commonly by 2 or the leading labs in the U.S. with technology for performing such tests, the Maxifillio Center in West Virginia and the Affinity Laboratory in Kentucky. Analysis typically finds clear evidence of chronic intraosseous inflammation – often with dense marrow fibrosis or non-resorbing necrotic bone flakes with very little healing or new bond formation. It has also been found that these lesions often spread to other areas to initiate further cavities.

Root canals and cavitations

Research has demonstrated that virtually all root canals result in residual infection due to the imperfect seal that allows bacteria to penetrate. The most commonly used material in root canals is gutta percha, which is soaked with chloroform and heated. But when the chloroform evaporates and the gutta percha cools, there is significant shrinkage in all such root canal fillings, which allows entrance of bacteria. A condition that commonly occurs with root-canalled teeth is a radicular or periapical cyst or apical periodontitis, which is a pocket of bacterial inflammation that often forms in the gums at the tip of root-canalled teeth due to bacteria inhabiting the tooth. These are the most common type of cysts that form in the gums and can also be a factor in formation of cavitations in the neighbouring jawbone.

Once established, non-mutans streptococci, enterococci and lactobacilli appear to survive commonly following endodontic root-canal treatment of teeth with clinical and radiographical signs of apical periodontitis. Large scale tests found cavitations under or located near approximately 90% of root canal teeth scanned in both males and females of various ages from several different geographic areas of the United States. The general population could be somewhat different from this sample as the sample was not a random sample. In tests of 745 randomly chosen root-canalled teeth at a dental school, done at least 1 year prior to test, 33% were found to have apical periodontitis.

The toxins given off by these bacteria are often even more toxic than mercury. The bacterial toxins from root-canalled teeth and associated cavitations can cause systemic diseases of the heart, kidney, uterus, immune, nervous and endocrine systems (see later).

A useful and commonly used test to assess the cause of toxic related chronic health conditions is the urinary fractionated porphyrin test, which measures the degree that toxic exposures have blocked digestive enzymatic processes necessary to the function of the body, by looking at the level of various waste porphyrins in the urine caused by these blockages. The level of such toxic related porphyrins in the urine of people with chronic conditions including Parkinson’s have been found to decline in some patients after cavitation treatment (or amalgam removal). This is also been found for many cases of Lupus and MS. Lupus symptoms are often associated with blockage and resulting high levels in urine of Uriporphyrin, while MS is more commonly associated with high Coproporphyrin.

Cavitation treatment usually results in significant pain improvement

Cavitations commonly cause adverse health effects, and many thousands of cavitations have been treated. They are commonly tested or biopsied by labs having the expertise to provide these services, and virtually all that have been tested or biopsied were found to be associated with dead, necrotic tissue and extreme toxicity. The types of conditions that cavitations have been most commonly related to are atypical facial neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, chronic sinusitis, phantom toothache pain, and headaches including migraines.

Dr. Breiner, DDS, and others recommend two primary methods of treatment for their patients. First is a procedure where special homeopathic medications called Sanum remedies are injected into the cavitation site, and then a modified form of infrared light or low level laser light therapy is applied to the area. In some cases the light therapy alone has been sufficient to resolve the problem. This is often successful in cases related to smaller cavitations with primarily poor blood flow or bacterial toxin effects. Cavitations have also been treated successfully using oxygen/ozone therapy. Although cavitations are very common, they should only be treated surgically if there is indication of a relation to pain or chronic health effects not resolved by other means. There are various ways to assess this.

If this method is not successful, the alternative is to surgically open the area and clean the remaining ligament and resultant debris from the bone. Every biopsy of bone material he has collected from cavitation surgeries has shown osteonecrosis, or dead bone material. In all studies reviewed, the majority of those undergoing surgery for NICO pain had significant pain relief after surgery.

Clinical experience indicates that delays in treatment can lead to further infections, and the majority of patients have long term pain relief. However as much as 30% may have reoccurrence or new cavitations that lead to reoccurrence of pain. Prior to bone marrow biopsy the average NICO patient has been in pain for 6 years (up to 32 years), usually diagnosed as atypical facial neuralgia/pain, but also diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia, chronic sinusitis, phantom toothache/pain, and various headaches, including migraine headache. However treatment has also been successful at eliminating rheumatoid arthritic pain.

French and German oral surgeons have developed an alternative method of minimally invasive cavitation surgery.

Due to the nature of the mechanisms related to cavitation formation, it is not uncommon for cavitation sites that are treated to become re-infected or to accumulate other toxins that can cause a relapse of symptoms. Such cases may require retreatment using either surgery or other options.

Chronic health conditions other than pain related to cavitations and oral bacteria levels

Many researchers today believe that NICO lesions, like periodontal disease, is the focus of various infections which may spread throughout the body and have systemic effects. In the last few years, some of the most surprising medical news has been the discovery that bacteria from the mouth appear to be very influential in causing various heart, liver, kidney, and immune problems.

Researchers from New York University found that certain bacteria from the mouth may be related to preterm delivery and low birth weight according to a study in the Journal of Periodontology. The presence of specific bacteria and combinations of bacteria in periodontal pockets also appears to be responsible for the relationship between periodontal disease and acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to a new study published in the Journal of Periodontology.

Dr. Weston Price was a prominent dental researcher leading a medical research team on the relation between root-canal teeth and chronic health conditions. Through a long series of well documented clinical cases and experiments his team found that root-canals accumulate bacteria that give off extreme toxins sufficient to cause serious health conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular conditions, arthritis, neurological conditions, kidney conditions, etc. Dr. Meinig, one of the founders of the endodontic association has reviewed the research of Dr. Price and others and is in agreement with their findings.

Many doctors and dentists through their experience with patients have reached similar conclusions. They have had large numbers of patients who have had such health conditions significantly improve after treatment of root canals or cavitations along with other detoxification measures. A collaborative study by the North Carolina Institute of Technology using advanced tests developed by Affinity Laboratory has demonstrated the mechanisms by which cavitations can cause cancer.

Modern experiences also support this theory. Dr. Issels, a German physician, recommends extraction of root canal teeth as part of his protocol for terminal cancer patients. Over the last 40 years with 16,000 patients, he has observed a 24% total remission rate.

Dr. Florian Kubitzek, a physician and dentist in Munich, Germany, uses the CT scan to study the teeth and jaw. His scanning technique has been invaluable in diagnosing jaw abscesses below the teeth that have been inadequately treated by standard dentistry. Conventional dental X-rays have entirely missed the jaw abscesses known as cavitations. Kubitzek treats many cancer patients who have dental cavitations as a collaborative approach in the overall treatment of metastatic and primary cancer.

Dr. John Diamond (MD) says that all patients with breast cancer that he has tested had "root-canals on the tooth related to the breast area on the associated energy meridian."

Other clinics that treat cancer have similarly found that most of their patients with cancer have root-canalled teeth or cavitations and that treating these is an important part in success at treating cancer.

Research and clinical cases have found cavitations to be related to many chronic health conditions which have improved after cavitation treatment, including cancer, congestive heart failure and other cardiovascular problems, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and autoimmune conditions- perhaps related to cavitations major effects on the immune system.

If you have a joint implant or mitral valve prolapse, your dentist must prescribe an antibiotic before any dental treatment. Why? Because bacteria from the mouth can spread through the blood to cause serious problems elsewhere in the body. There is growing evidence that the toxins from NICO lesions do the same.

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