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(Madison, WI - 6/2/05) On a recent beautiful, sunny day at the Madison Mallards ball park, fans arrived for the big event honoring National Root Canal Appreciation Day. In a short ceremony, Dr. Chris Kammer actually filled a root canal at home plate of the baseball diamond.
Kammer claims to have completed the world's most modern and high tech root canal procedure ever - combining laser and ozone technology for the most sterile conditions ever inside the tooth. This was followed by filling the tooth with a new polyester material called Epiphany, bonded into the tooth canal with a resin cement called Resilon.
"If this is going to be the 'root canal heard around the world'," said Dr. Kammer, "I want it to utilize the most advanced technologies available today, to give our patient, Colin O'Keefe, the best chance of keeping his tooth for a lifetime." Kammer claims these technologies offer the cleanest, strongest and most tightly sealed root canals ever performed.
It appears that this dentist has hit a home run for the often-maligned image of the root canal. "They save 37-million teeth every year and the time has come to give the procedure the respect it deserves," says Dr. Kammer who received proclamations for his health awareness day from Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.
It was by coincidence that Mr. O'Keefe offered to serve as the honorary patient for the first National Root Canal Appreciation Day festivities. Seems the Spring Green, WI high school student had an unfortunate encounter during a family game night with a Skittles board - the 1940's vintage game, not the candy - after one of its spinning pieces went awry, landing smack dab on, and partially knocking out his front tooth! Dr. Kammer recommended root canal therapy to save the damaged tooth from being pulled.
"If dentists don't relate the message of modern dentistry to the public, we can expect root canals and dental visits to remain the punch line of jokes, perpetuating negative, false images of important health care," Kammer explains of his eclectic antics. Discussions about the stereotypical dental experience are antiquated because dental treatment has gone far beyond tolerable, advancing to an enjoyable experience that is a major health benefit, according to Kammer. "It's too bad the world hasn't caught up with the progress made by the dental profession." |
