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Root Cause (2018)

73 min · documentary film

Popularity4.5/5
12-month trend5.3k1.9kExpand

12-month trend

Monthly article views

5.3k02025-09: 5,252 views2025-10: 4,344 views2025-11: 3,447 views2025-12: 4,746 views2026-01: 4,195 views2026-02: 4,050 views2026-03: 3,422 views2026-04: 2,938 views2026-05: 2,182 views2026-06: 4,277 views2026-07: 2,352 views2026-08: 1,874 views
Sep5.3kOct4.3kNov3.4kDec4.7kJan4.2kFeb4.1kMar3.4kApr2.9kMay2.2kJun4.3kJul2.4kAug1.9k

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Frazer Bailey

The story

The film follows the filmmaker's 10-year journey to solve his chronic fatigue and anxiety, starting with mainstream medicine but then winding through a range of alternative medicine practices, and finally arriving at the conclusion that his old root canals were the source of his ailments. In the film, root canal therapies are claimed to be associated with cancer, and it is suggested that pulling an infected tooth is a better approach. The film's trailer implies that root canals or infected teeth can lead to migraines, diabetes, lupus, fibromyalgia and heart disease.

Genres

documentary film

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