# Are Root Canals Really Toxic?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 17, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576 "2013-02-17T04:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/423 "2015-09-05T14:46:30Z")
> [@Declanium](#): > > I get you, Voyager. Just nervous. Did you read the previous pages before you posted your question? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/424 "2015-09-05T15:03:37Z")
It should not escape notice that **ineedthetruth** (who started this thread) succumbed to peer pressure (and pain), got a root canal in 2013, reported an odd heartbeat, gum swelling and possibly beard hair loss shortly afterward and has not posted in this thread since. He could be lying on a slab somewhere, dead of Toxins. If that isn’t proof of the dangers of root canals, I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![Declanium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@Declanium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declanium)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/425 "2015-09-05T15:22:25Z")
True. Would be nice to hear from ineedthetruth ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/426 "2015-09-05T15:26:02Z")
> [@Declanium](#): > > True. Would be nice to hear from ineedthetruth Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/427 "2015-09-05T15:26:55Z")
> [@Declanium](#): > > True. Would be nice to hear from ineedthetruth Not really. He made a lot of unsubstantiated and silly claims that just didn’t hold up under scrutiny. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/428 "2015-09-05T21:12:18Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It should not escape notice that **ineedthetruth** (who started this thread) succumbed to peer pressure (and pain), got a root canal in 2013, reported an odd heartbeat, gum swelling and possibly beard hair loss shortly afterward and has not posted in this thread since. He could be lying on a slab somewhere, dead of Toxins. > > If that isn’t proof of the dangers of root canals, I don’t know what is. Don’t forget the possible anal rape. The dangers of root canals are legion. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/429 "2015-09-05T22:45:12Z")
> [@Declanium](#): > > True. Would be nice to hear from ineedthetruth He last posted in February, so it’s not likely. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > It should not escape notice that **ineedthetruth** (who started this thread) succumbed to peer pressure (and pain), got a root canal in 2013, reported an odd heartbeat, gum swelling and possibly beard hair loss shortly afterward and has not posted in this thread since. He could be lying on a slab somewhere, dead of Toxins. > > If that isn’t proof of the dangers of root canals, I don’t know what is. > [@Emiliana](#): > > Don’t forget the possible anal rape. The dangers of root canals are legion. Maybe he succumbed to the [worms in his nose.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=749094) Or maybe a [bee stung his eyeball](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=738373) again. Or maybe someone [cut him on the street](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731436) again. He lived a life fraught with peril. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/430 "2015-09-05T23:23:31Z")
And then he was mocked on the internet. Keeping it classy as always. Thanks guys,. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576/431 "2015-09-05T23:29:36Z")
Classy indeed. Closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-really-toxic/650576.md?page=21)