Cavitations (aka NICOs)

Cavitation is a misnomer. The correct name is osteonecrosis or dead bone! When radiographs are taken of bone material osteonecrotic lesions look like a cavity in the bone, hence, the connotation, “cavitation”. Since cavitations can also be pain related NICO means Neuralgia- Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis.

The NICO lesion may result from poor vascular circulation of the bone marrow of the jaws according to Dr. Jerry E. Bouquot, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist. Even though the cause of Cavitations are yet unproven it is interesting to note that they appear mostly in tooth extraction areas.

Approximately 85% of the U.S. population has silver-mercury fillings in their mouths. According to the sheep studies printed in the FASEB Journal after eleven or twelve simple one surface silver- mercury fillings are placed in sheep’s mouth within 29 days some of the mercury has come out of the fillings and gone into the surrounding jaw bone and through out the body of the sheep. Mercury is the most toxic metal that is not radioactive on the planet. It is more toxic than lead and more lethal than arsenic! The question one needs to ask himself is, if he had a tooth extracted with mercury in his root and jaw bone what would his chances be for the bone in the extraction site to heal correctly?

Is it surprising that mercury like most heavy metals could cause an ischemic condition in the bone marrow or lack of blood flow? Osteocytes grow bone. Obviously they need nutrients from the blood to heal and create bone. If those nutrients do not reach the osteocytes they die, hence osteonecrosis.

The treatment for cavitations in the past has been to remove the necrotic bone by surgery. These surgical procedures are very risky, invasive, and expensive! Recently a new procedure has been found where Infra Red technology has been employed. But first the mercury has to be removed from the teeth and jaw bone and then an Infra Red instrument is used to create circulation which heals the Cavitational areas. Infra Red treatment has been used for years very successfully, mostly with animals. The cost for the instrument is about one-tenth the cost for surgery, is non-invasive or risky!