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Root canals are the devil?- Discussion of Netflix documentary Root cause

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Recently there has been a very interesting documentary I watched on Netflix over the new years. With the success of "To Make a Murder" Netflix has started to create more documentaries on controversial subjects. I humbly enjoyed the documentary To Make a Murderer. The show did not convince me that Steven Avery case was innocent, but it showed me the amount of faulty police work that can go into a murder investigation and the evidence that was planted. "Root Cause" as well has a very controversial message but also shares a very important theme of how connected our health is to our teeth.  As a quick summary, this documentary follows the story of the director. The main character received a root canal after having been in a fight overseas. Tooth was traumatized and doctor had asked him to get a root canal to save the tooth. The individual claims that since that day he has had chronic depression and fatigue which has caused him to try millions of alternative...