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WHAT YOUR DENTIST MAY NOT TELL YOU
but you need to know before your next root canal

Injured patients should file an adverse event report with the FDA. Absent reports from the public, the FDA will not realize the extent of the dangers of Sargent Paste. Click here to file report. Also ask your doctor to file a report on your behalf. Since reports are voluntary over 90% of adverse events go unreported.

COUNCIL ON DENTAL THERAPEUTICS & SARGENTI PASTE

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The Council on Dental Therapeutics is one of many councils under the American Dental Association and was created in 1930 to oversee the evaluation of dental products. In 1931, the Council established the ADA's Seal Program and awarded the first ADA Seal of Approval to a brand of cold liver oil recommended as a food supplement to promote strong teeht and healthy gums. Neither Sargenti Paste nor any other paraformaldehyde containing root canal sealer has ever been given the ADA seal of approval.

Theis link is to excerpts from the 2006 ADA/PDR Guide to Dental Therapeutics where Sargenti Paste and, in general, unapproved drugs are discussed along with a dentists's "duty of disclosure" when these materials are used.

Sargenti using dentists are not following the written guidelines established by the ADA, in general, and the ADA's Council on Dental Therapeutics.

"Paralegally, the Council on Dental Therapeutics of the American Dental Association reissued a resolution against paraformaldelyde sealers that concluded “that the FDA has not approved any products with this formulation, [so] the Council cannot recommend the use of these products at this time(232). This report buttressed two previous negative pronouncements by Council in 1977 and 1987"(233, 234).

232. Notice: CDT resolution on paraformaldehyde pastes. ADA News 1991;22:17.

233. Council on Dental Therapeutics. Status report on the use of root canal filling materials containing paraformaldehyde. J Am Dent Assoc 1977; 94:924.

234. Council on Dental Therapeutics. The use of root canal filling materials containing paraformaldehyde: a status report. J Am Dent Assoc 1987;114:95.

A single-visit endodontic technique better known as the Sargenti technique, in which paraformaldehyde (a toxic chemical that can cause permanent tissue damage if not confined to the pulp chamber or root canal) is the principal ingredient in the endodontic paste. The technique is not approved by the Council on Dental Therapeutics, and it is not taught at any accredited dental school in the United States. Click here.

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