Dr. Cole Sommers

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Getting to the Root of the Root Canal Controversy: Facts vs Ideology

All truth passes through three stages.

First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Stephen Barrett and Quackwatch

Stephen Barrett again added my name to his Quackwatch website. Barrett states: "The Toxic Tooth claims that "Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that virtually all root canal-treated teeth are still infected and slowly and continually leak disease-causing...

Root Canal or Implant, What Should I Do?

After every article that I have either written myself, or have read by other authors regarding the systemic risks of root canal-treated teeth, the same questions continue to surface: “So stop having root canals? What are we supposed to do?” “Are all root canal-treated...

Using First Principles to Distill the Truth

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. Arthur Schopenhauer How do we decide what is...

People Are More Important Than Profit

For those readers who have read my story about how the New York State Office of Professional Discipline attempted to revoke my license to practice dentistry, these two articles below will be of interest to you. I had always thought that these type of stories were only...

Bacteria May Cause Type 2 Diabetes

The following article appeared on yahoo today, June 1, 2015. This article further illustrates the role of chronic infection on various systemic diseases. Chronic exposure to the toxins produced by the common skin bacteria Staph aureus can lead to a variety of...