It is not true that dental treatments and fluoride are the only ways to heal your teeth from cavities.
Using nutrition, Dr. Weston A. Price reduced the rate of tooth decay 250 times in seventeen individuals who had severe tooth decay. In this group, approximately half of all teeth had been affected by decay prior to Price’s nutritional program. After the program, only two new cavities formed within a three year time period putting the rate of reoccurance at 0.4%. 1
No longer should we accept dental surgery or the dangerous chemical fluoride as our only hope and solution for tooth decay. My book, “Cure Tooth Decay: Heal And Prevent Cavities With Nutrition”, describes another way to heal teeth that flies in the face of the medical dogma that believes in disease and suffering.
I began investigating tooth decay, and health in general, because my own daughter was afflicted with tooth decay at the age of one. Children’s tooth decay is commonly referred to as “Baby Bottle Mouth” because it is supposed to happen when children drink fruit juices from bottles. My daughter did not eat sweets frequently, never had fruit juice, was breastfed regularly, and has almost never eaten any type of processed foods, which are known to be harmful and decay promoting.
Weston Price documented how our modern nutrition program is a primary cause of disease and tooth decay. The theory that tooth decay is caused by germs and bacteria is outdated and it does not hold water. The reason is that germs do not like to eat nutrient devoid foods. Germs and bacteria need sustenance just like we do. So when the dental associations say that germs cause tooth decay by eating certain foods and producing acid, it is unreasonable to believe since germs cannot eat devitalized foods like white sugar and white flour - the foods that we know cause tooth decay.
Weston Price was widely respected in his time, and frequently published in many dental journals, including several articles in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Why have his wise words been forgotten, and what did he teach us?
Three Important Food Factors
Dr. Price documented that both water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins are missing from our modern diets. Of particular note, is the near complete absence of fat-soluble vitamins in our modern diet. Without eating those special foods, and it does not have to be large amounts of them, but frequently, and enough to fulfill your bodies needs, you can be susceptible to tooth decay, gum disease, and other diseases.
Eating special foods with fat-soluble vitamins won’t cure tooth decay in themselves, but they are a part of the cure.
These special foods are as follows:
- Raw grass-fed dairy including, milk, cheese, cream and butter.
- Organs of sea animals including fish organs, fish heads, fish eggs, oysters, clams, mussels, and crab and lobster with the innards.
- Organs of land animals, including liver, bone marrow, tongue, heart, kidneys, pancreas, adrenal glands, gonads and for the more adventurous, brain, eyes and stomach lining.
Dr. Price found that a characteristic of groups containing a high immunity to tooth decay is that they ate regularly from two of these three food categories.
Our modern diet is so lacking in these special foods, and they are not consumed in regular amounts, so it is no wonder why our bodies degenerate.
Tooth Decay Gets Worse Over Time
In an extensive study of over 15,000 people, the Centers for Disease Control published some statistics regarding tooth decay that should be cause for alarm for most people.
Here is a summary: The older you get, the more your teeth are affected by decay. That’s why old people have dentures (fake teeth) and most young people do not…yet.
On average, people in the 16-19 age group have 11.6% of all teeth affected by decay at one time. This steadily increases, and by the time adults are over 60, more than half of their teeth (62.36%) have been affected by decay. A total of 93.1% of all people over the age of 60 have had teeth affected by tooth decay.
If brushing, flossing, massive fluoridation campaigns, and dental surgery were effective in preventing tooth decay, it would not get worse over time. It would stay the same, or get better. This is what I refer to as unscientifically sound practices. If we are to examine the effects of our dental care as a society, the statistics clearly show it is a failure, as tooth decay becomes worse and worse over time. Either Nature is fundamentally flawed and has doomed us to a life that includes decaying teeth, or humans are flawed in understanding and utilizing Nature.
Until we change the way we live, and return to more natural and life-building foods, the trend of tooth decay worsening with age, will continue.
What Really Causes Tooth Decay
After reading and studying the work of Weston Price, the late Harvard Professor Earnest Hooten said we need to consider the habits and ways of the indigenous people, because “it is store-food that has given us store-teeth.”
Time and time again, Dr. Price documented the tragic plight of indigenous people coming into contact with modern industrialization. Many of these groups enjoyed generation after generation of life without significant tooth decay. But after the arrival of industry and commerce, and with them modern foods, their teeth began to degenerate very rapidly.
Freedom From Tooth Decay
This is just an introduction to how you can be free of tooth decay, and avoid those pesky root canals. Our teeth can rebuild themselves, and cover themselves over with a hard and glassy layer, provided we give ourselves the right kind of nutrition.
Living Without Tooth Decay
I have written an entire book on how to live without tooth decay and how to heal your teeth with good nutrition. I cannot give you all the answers in an article, but I can let you know that there is a new way to having healthy teeth.
I was diagnosed with three cavities two and a half years ago. But through regulating my diet, and eating special foods, my teeth have become stronger and the cavities have halted. My daughter has lived with her tooth decay without the need for dental surgery for close to three years now. With enhanced nutrition her mood has improved, and her teeth have protected themselves internally from infection; this is called arrested decay.
In our society we have deep beliefs in disease and suffering. We believe that “life is suffering.” Or some say that “to be human is to be in a state of sin.” Many of us are not totally conscious of these beliefs, or others like them, so we inadvertently look past answers staring us blatantly in the face. We promote systems such as dental surgery and water fluoridation, which are many times not necessary given the light of knowledge showing us that our teeth are not designed to decay.
You can minimize your tooth decay, indeed prevent it entirely and even heal it once a cavity has formed, if you make good choices for yourself based on the knowledge of decay-free indigenous people.
We continue to fool ourselves, saying that diseases are not curable. But it is time to move away from these limiting beliefs. The cause of tooth decay is known, and knowable. From this knowledge, let us become empowered to take more responsibility for our dental health.
You can learn how to live without tooth decay. You can heal and prevent cavities. To purchase a digital or print copy of Cure Tooth Decay, visit curetoothdecay.com
1 Price, Weston A, DDS, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, CT, 1939
About the Author...
Rami Nagel is the author of "Cure Tooth Decay: Heal And Prevent Cavities With Nutrition," available from: curetoothdecay.com. Rami is a father who cares about the way we affect each other, our children, and our planet through our lifestyle choices. His health background is in hands-on energy healing, Hatha & Bhakti yoga and the Pathwork. Rami is also the author of several health resources including: healingourchildren.net - Learn the Cause and Prevention of the Diseases of Pregnancy and Childhood and preconceptionhealth.org - A Program for Preconception Health based on Indigenous Wisdom.
Feb 6th, 2008 at 6:37 am
This is a very good article. I will be ordering the book. I have found that I too have stopped further tooth decay of my own dental cavities. I make my own tooth soap & essential oil blend that is used in my tooth soap and mouth wash. I have also added virgin coconut oil to my diet.
Pat Bailey - Steubenville,Ohio USA
vontriesaromas.com
Feb 6th, 2008 at 6:39 am
I have found this to be true. When I read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A Price, I was amazed to see photos of tooth decay that had gone simply by changing the diet of children. Cavities gradually filled in, expecially helped by a combination of high vitamin butter oil and cod liver oil. I decided to try it with my two youngest children, who got cavities in their teeth as the first teeth emerged, despite being fully breastfed. (I only discovered how to eat real food myself after the last child was 4 yrs old). They now take daily high vitamin cod liver and butter oils. The 9 year old’s teeth have got a lot better, and with her last baby tooth to fall out, the dentist said it was the last one in her mouth with holes and the rest are cavity free. My youngest, now 6, appears to be having his cavities reduced in size; holes that once hurt in baby teeth now months later cause no problem, and appear only small. Once these baby teeth fall out, his teeth should be very good. We also drink copious quantities of raw milk and eat a lot of eggs from chickens on pasture which I am sure helps. I look forward to reading the advertised book, and hopefuly avoiding teeth problems as I get older myself.
Feb 6th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Sorry in advance for the long reply. This response is related to oral health, and in particular, healthy gums. A few years ago I was working on village aid projects in southern India. In the local grocery stores, I had seen many brands of tooth powder but not paid much attention to them.
On one occasion , I visited an organic producers trade expo at an agricultural college in Pune. On display were a hundred or more small scale producers, most of which had value-added their raw products into a large diverse range of products.
One of these products was a herbal tooth powder with a long list of natural ingredients. Having just run out of a conventional western brand of toothpaste, I bought a 100gm packet to give it a try. Wow! What a difference. I had long accepted having a chronic condition of periodontitis (gum disease) despite regular routine dental care and twice daily brushing etc. I’d lost several teeth to it and bleeding gums was just a regular part of daily brushing. My dentist had told me that 4 out 5 people suffered from it. Which never made much sense to me as most westerners have access to cradle-to-grave dental care.
Within days of using tooth powder, bleeding gums were history. Within weeks, my gums were growing back strong and healthy, something my dentist had told me would never happen. Loose teeth firmed up. Since then, I’ve nearly always used herbal tooth powders sourced from India.
On a couple of occasions when I’ve run out and had to try using commercial toothpastes again, bleeding and other signs of chronic inflammation have immediately reappeared. Can’t help wondering if the very products which are supposed to be assisting dental hygiene aren’t actually causing most of the problems, generating more product sales as people try to ‘cure’ the problem. But hey, I’m a cynic…
The most easily obtainable brand seems to be Vicco (Vajradanti) Pure Herbal Tooth Powder. I have bought this at Indian grocery stores in Brisbane (QLD) and Perth (WA). Tastes great, economical, and lasts ages. 100gms container costs around AUD$4 and lasts me about six months. Cleans well, leaves the breath sweet, and so safe you don’t spit, just swallow.
Best explanation of the efficacy of these products I have seen thus far is that herbal products like these preserve the naturally healthy microflora/fauna of the mouth/digestive tract while discouraging the unfriendly dudes which cause infections etc. On the other hand, commercial toothpastes, gargles etc. sterilize everything, leaving (to use an agricultural analogy) bare fallow ground for the weeds to reinfest. These ‘weeds’ are opportunists (R-selective), infesting quickly. Thus requiring more harsh ‘Product’ to counter them and creating a certain dependency on ‘Product’. Great marketing and sales tool, maybe not so good for your health though….
Feb 6th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Hi Lindsey,
Thank you for sharing the good word about tooth powders. I recommend tooth powders in my book as an alternative to tooth paste. I am not specifically familiar with ones from India. Clearly herbs can help heal gum problems and I will make a note of it in future revisions of my book.
Feb 7th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Hi,
Lindsay can you tell me where the Indian Grocery Store in Perth is? I would love to try some of that tooth powder.
Also Mary said that she had an improvement in her childrens teeth thanks to Butter Oil, Cod Liver Oil, Raw Milk and Eggs. I have a 2yo son with cavities on his teeth but he is allergic to dairy products & eggs (and wheat). I am at a loss as to how I can help his teeth with his diet restrictions.
Our dentist recommended “Tooth Mousse” which has bioavailable Calcium/Phosphorus. It is suppose to harden his teeth so the decay doesn’t get worse. But the rest of the ingredients on the back don’t fill me with confidence. The product also contains glycerol, propylene glycol, phosphoric acid (why would there be an acid in it???), saccharin and benzoates!
I would love any suggestions people have.
Kelly in Perth
Feb 8th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Hi Kelly,
Stretching the brain cells here. It has been several years. Perth changes quickly but I think it should still be there. Well established shop for the Indian community. Reference: Central train station, Northbridge side. Go north up William street towards Hyde Park. Somewhere around Aberdeen/Newcastle streets. There are a couple of blocks there which have quite a number of Asian supermarkets, butcher shops, and other specialty Asian stores. Indian supermarket is on the right side of the road (William St, if you are facing uphill, north) Plain exterior.
There are dozens of different brands of toothpowder, most with very different ingredients. Some are based on ground charcoal, which isn’t particularly palatable (or attractive !!). Another I have used was capsicum/red pepper based and was quite hot to taste. Vicco is probably the most common brand and has a detailed listing of its herbal ingredients. They also make a toothpaste, though I believe international imports of the toothpaste were halted for a short while because of some contamination issues. Some products from India can be a bit dodgy but for the most part, India has very stringent standards on product quality. Good luck. Hope this helps.
Phosphoric Acid is a bit suspect. It is commonly used as a flavouring agent but it is fairly severe. It is the phosphoric acid content in Coke Cola which makes it so acid and a good paint stripper. (Can of coke in the toilet and left for an hour is great for removing rust scale from porcelain bowls!) Not sure I’d want to use it on a child’s teeth. Plenty of other non-dairy dietary sources of calcium. I’d also be looking out for hidden sources of dietary sugar which maybe feeding the cavity-causing plaque. Some baby foods etc have a horrendous amount of sugar in them.
One of the issues implicit in this discussion is the presence of friendly micro-organisms in the digestive tract (starting with the mouth). I once read something which said the average healthy person may have up to 3-5 kgs of micro-organisms which aid digestion and health. As with any health issue, it is in part about taking a whole body approach. That is, the interaction of many aspects of health have an impact. Sometimes easy to become focused on the specific health issue itself and undervalue general health issues.
Re Dairy allergies: It might be worth keeping in mind that many dairy reactions are related to processed milk products. Some people have found that they respond quite differently to raw milk (unprocessed/pasteurised Milk) From memory, there is a chapter of raw milk enthusiasts in Perth. Have a look at the Australian Real Milk website for contacts if interested.
Cheers, Kelly
Feb 9th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Hi Kelly
I’ve bought the Vicco powder at the soap products shop at the Freo markets. I’m not sure if the Northbridge one is still around anymore. Last year I went to an Indian market somewhere around Osbourne Park/Balcatta area. I don’t have the Perth phone book so I can’t give any more info.
Andrea
Feb 10th, 2008 at 2:43 am
I think it’s the vitamin D in the cod liver that helps strengthen teeth. This is from online:
Vitamin D facilitates the delivery and retention of calcium into the teeth, which may strengthen tooth enamel, making it more resistant to the toxic bacteria that cause tooth decay.
In a clinical study elderly persons (aged 65+) who received vitamin D supplements experienced a 14% reduction in tooth loss.
Dosage:
400 - 1,000 IU per day.
The optimal form of vitamin D is vitamin D3. This is the form that is naturally produced within the human body when exposed to sunlight.
Alternatives:
Cod Liver Oil contains high amounts of the vitamin D3 form of vitamin D…
Cod liver oil contains high amounts of vitamin D, which helps to prevent tooth decay by helping the teeth to retain calcium. Retention of calcium in the teeth strengthens tooth enamel, enabling it to resist the toxic bacteria that cause tooth decay.
In a clinical study, children who received one tablespoon of cod liver oil per day for one year reduced the number of new cavities by ½ compared with children who did not receive cod liver oil.
Dosage:
15 ml (one tablespoon) per day.
http://www.vitaminexpress.com/encyclopedia.php/topic/ToothDecay.php
From the 1950’s I have a book by a nutritionist who wrote that not only did improved nutrition, especially including vitamin D, help children’s teeth, but the dental arches widened as the child grew, so that the teeth were no longer crooked. The older the child, the longer the improvement took. The amount of vitamin D the author recommended was higher than that recommended today.
Myrrh gum powder quickly cleared up a slight but long-standing gum infection for me.
Feb 21st, 2008 at 8:13 pm
This article is a real eye opener. I wish that I had had access to this information when my daughter suffered early tooth decay.
Feb 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I would like to comment on the tooth paste called Vicco used by Lindsey.
After reading the comment I well looking for it and found it at an Indian shop in Enmore Sydney.
I quickly read the ingredients and was horrified to find that it contain paraben componds with are not the best things to your toiletries. I would therefore be cautious. Read the ingredients and find out what each one is. Being a Nutrition Student, this has become common practise to me.
Mar 5th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I believe that Lindsay was mostly describing her experience with the POWDER version not the paste.
The powder version does not contain Paraben. It is the powder version that is recommended.
I personally do not like the paste, but that is my opinion. I use the Vicco powder and switch off with or in conjunction with Tom’s of Maine non-fluoride. Also recommend Miswak sticks inbetween brushings.
Mar 6th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
what a great article, i was very interested in pat bailey and her homemade tooth soap and essential oil belnd, i was wondering if you would like to share this recipe with us, i am very interested….cheers nadine
Mar 10th, 2008 at 7:44 am
The miswaki sticks are wonderful. As I grew up in Africa, I got to use them a lot. In fact my grandmother who is 97 this year has never owned a tooth brush but uses the miswaki and she still has all her teeth in place.
Miswaki is swahili for tooth brush.
One other thing we used as kids to keep teeth white was charcoal powder which was rubbed on the teeth then rinsed out.
Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I used a Weston Price based diet (after being vegetarian for 4 years) and stopped a tooth that had abscessed and was ready to be pulled or root canal. After 1 month the pain went away, swelling went down and tooth stopped being tender. After three months the tooth feels like all my other healthy teeth and is firming nicely. If you don’t have the money for a dentist you can cure your teeth problems on your own with diet. People have been doing it that way for thousands of years.
Mar 12th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Re Miswak:
Locals in the part of India I was working in often chewed twiglets from the common Neem trees as toothbrush substitutes. Similar to Miswak sticks I guess. Neem is a great herbal plant with many uses.
We had a couple of young camp dogs which both had terrible skin conditions and hair loss. I boiled up a mixture of neem leaves, simmering it down to a concentrated brew. Used this with fine clay to make up a mud pack. This was slathered thickly over the pups, much to their outraged indignity, and left to dry for 20 mins. Then washed off the mixture. (Probably the first bath they’d had!) Ad hoc herbalism but it worked, clearing up all the old scabs/lesions and leaving the skin smooth and healthy.
Mar 12th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Very interesting to see that people have treated their own dental issues. Well I have one and would love some advice.
Six of my front teeth are loose from what I think is weakened gums. They bleed when brushing more often than not and have receeded.
I am very self conscious as you can imagine and woul love some advice on how to treat then and grow my gums again.
I am current using weleda’s Ratahnia toothpaste and myrrh mixed with echinacea tincture as a mouth wash. I am not a vegetarian but i eat mostly fish and chicken with the occassional steak.
Mar 12th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Hi Donna, did you use the myrrh gum powder on th tooth brush or did you dissove it first.
Mar 13th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Danilla,
Please try some of that VICCO Vajradanti ayurvedic tooth POWDER…not the paste kind but the powder.
Brush your teeth with it… massage the powder into your gums as well….
Also if you can find NEEM powder which is also a an ayurvedic powder…. massage neem into your gums as well…
One poster explained how Vicco helped her gums to heal up and teeth stop being loose… she was losing her teeth…
I use VICCO myself and can attest to the fact that it is helpful and works…..powder not the paste….and try to find one with a good manufacture date on it….
if you can’t find locally check ebay.
Lay off the sodas…. drink green tea….
all the best
Mar 13th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Hi Linsay,
A big thank you for taking the time to share the tooth powder. I will be passing it onto many who I know would love to use it. Sharing things like this really make a difference to our world for the better.
Re the Neem mudpack for the dogs, do you think if I made it into a gel which you could leave onto dry would it still have the same effect? - the dog owner friend has trouble with bending.
Thanks deb
Mar 14th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Thanks Swan. I will try to get the powder. I will let you know how I go once I start to use it.
Thanks Again.
Mar 14th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Hi Deb,
Thanks for your question re application of neem. The Neem tree has seemingly endless uses for herbal remedies, each part of the tree (leaves, roots, bark etc) having different properties. There are plenty of web references on the qualities of the Neem tree. There are an increasing amount of neem-based products available at health shops etc. If you have access to fresh neem, even better.
The mudpacks on the dogs served several purposes.
One was to hold the herbal infusion there long enough to soak through the heavy layer of scabs, mange, and dead skin the young dogs had. In doing so, the infusion would kill the sub-surface nasties, and go to work on any infectious wounds on the skin.
Second, the clay mixture tends to act like a poultice, drawing the moisture up out of the skin, including oils, pus, etc.
Thirdly, having softened the dead surface material, once the mudpack dries a little, it tends to pull away the scabs etc. when you remove it. (You don’t want to let the mudpack dry too much or this could be painful to remove.) It also picks up any loose hair etc.
Fourthly, the infusion is quite bitter so the animal tends to leave it alone as it tastes bad. However, the infusion is also a good worming agent, so if the animal does lick at the mudpack, it’s all good for cleaning out their “innards” as well.
In terms of making a gel up, Neem is such a powerful herbal that it can only do good. I have not read of any adverse or toxic side effects, but presumably any herbal product can be abused and used to excess. So always research well and be cautiously experimental. Your main need would be to include a mucilage, thickening or geling agent. There are a number of natural products available for this. You might also experiment with the powered thickeners commonly used to ‘jelly’ drinks etc. for people with difficulty in swallowing liquids. (Cerebral Palsy etc.)
Good luck, Deb
Mar 14th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Hi Lindsay,
thanks for the extra info. The dog in question had lost all hair, some sort of mange thats why I I thought of the gel. I do make natural creams and for the gels I use a food grade Xantham gum which is commonly used in food products. The gel dries in around 15 seconds and holds a bit of moisture in for a while. I also have access to a fresh neem tree, so will experiment. I will try the mudpack on the neighbours dog who has bad skin condition on her back. Will let you know how the gel goes. My friends were so excited to hear about the toothpowder.
Jun 2nd, 2008 at 2:47 am
Hi everyone! Its been a couple months since anyone has posted but hopefully I will get some feedback. My teeth are very slanted and I was steadily chipping my lower right teeth constantly. I got braces to correct the problem. Well, after getting them off, I dont know if it was the pressue or a deficiency, I am noticing small cracks in my enamel developing and well as some spots of tender gums and recession. I currently use all the processed toothpaste junk. I cant seem to find anything other than Tom’s dental products but I’m not sure if theyre any good. Thoughts? I ordered the Weston Price reading yesterday but have yet to receive it. Has anyone else experienced cracking enamel?? I know if I go to the dentist, they will want to crown me or something. Does the diet help to heal these types of degeneration, and not just decay?? Im at a loss and even scared to eat with my teeth now. Ahy help is appreciated. I hope someone checks the board soon.
Jun 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Rachel - don’t worry, your comment shows on the front page of the magazine so many people will see your comment. How about the tooth powder mentioned above? I use a powder made from woodash, neem seed oil, sea salt, anise seed, and mint leaf. Dietary wise - it sounds like you need lots of high quality, pasture-fed raw dairy (butter, cheese and milk). In addition, high doses of high vitamin cod liver oil and X-factor butter oil. Weston Price was available to reverse the effects of tooth decay in children and at least stop it from developing in adults. Hopefully others will have more information. My sympathies to you. Good luck and let us know how you go. By the way, where are you located? Perhaps you could see a more holistic dentist who follows the principles of Weston Price?
Jun 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 am
Filippa- Thanks for the comments and advice. I live in New Mexico. I saw a dentist for a cleaning after getting my braces off and found that did more damage than good. I have scratches from the instruments on my teeth which is not good. Especially, since grinding off the cement from braces already removes some enamel. I found a link to dairies selling raw milk and it turns out i live very close to one. Im going there in a couple minutes to get some raw milk. Can i make my own butter from this? Also, I have a bottle of cod liver oil from the health store that i have been taking, as well as calcium magnesium citrate but I have a hard time deciding whats good. I cant tell the synthetic vitamins from the good ones. I am going to order the butter oil though. Where can i find high vitamin cod liver oil?? Again, any help is appreciated.
Jun 14th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Rachel, try Green Pastures. I’ve heard that the fermented CLO is the best (but this is just what someone else told me and I haven’t looked into the whys and wherefores!
Jun 14th, 2008 at 11:52 am
I’m interested in the Vicco tooth powder but also tooth soap that I keep hearing/reading about but still remains a bit of a mystery. Does anyone have this booklet: The Perfect Prescription For Your Teeth?
Jun 15th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Some people have had problems purchasing Rami’s eBook “Cure Tooth Decay: Heal And Prevent Cavities With Nutrition,” available from: curetoothdecay.com. If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to contact Rami directly through his website.
Jun 16th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I have that booklet Filippa, i purchased it a few years back and have been using tooth soap for the same amount of time. its got some good information in it, and I feel confident I am doing the best I can for my teeth from the outside using the soap. - of course diet is of even more importance, but in terms of cleaning my teeth, they certainly feel good after using the soap, and the information/research that backs it up resonates with me!
Jul 2nd, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I appreciate all the help from Rami and everyone. I was running a cash register a while back, and a lady flew in and said that you can live up to ten years longer if you brush your teeth 3 times a day!!
I’m sure the powder would work better. At the Univ. of Detroit dental school a student dentist by the name of Craig told me that there’s nothing wrong with scrubbing your teeth a little harder than usual. Since he told me that I ‘ve been doing it, and haven’t noticed any pain for a couple years except for a cavity in one of my lower back molers.
I believe everyone that reads this should eliminate HYDROGENATED OILS from your diet cause I believe that they are really bad for a person and for your teeth, and also to e-mail Pop Weaver and suggest that they quit using hydrogenated oils in their popcorn cause that is where the greasy feeling on top of the roof of your mouth is coming from. (Learned this by reading some of Toxic Relief by Dr. Don Colbert M.D.)
I just bought a 15 pack of microwave popcorn recently from Pop Weaver, but I just about threw out the rest of the box- in fact I’m going to do it right now after all; cause I think that hydrogenated oil is such fricken garbage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way I am a drummer, and a future baseball player hopefully. I am looking to get started a Professional Baseball League in just about every capitol city in America which would be called CAPITOL LEAGUE BASEBALL. I need ideas, sponsors and investors, ball players (male or female can try out) umpires, managers, and other people that could help this Vision get going.
Please e-mail me if you can help or have any ideas or names of people that could. This would be a professional baseball league separate for the most part from MLB , and if we build it, or re-use the stadium they will come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! email me, Christopher Hakim at helpstartcapitoleaguebaseball@yahoo.com
I will respond to all e-mails. Thanks, Yours Truly, Christopher ps my phone # is 602-275-5427 Funny that I grew up only about 70 miles from where FIELD OF DREAMS was filmed!!!
Great things are happening here in the capitol of Arizona!!!! Tomorrow I am auditioning for the semi-famous band called The Michael Nitro Band!!!!!!! http://www.michaelnitro.com check it out. some great talent there.
Peace out, and oh,
by the way Pop Weavers website is http://www.popweaver.com sent them a note. Thanks!!!!!
Hydrogenated oils are terrible for your teeth I believe. Feel free to write back or call if you
have ideas for the baseball league. God Bless!!!!!!!
Aug 3rd, 2008 at 1:10 am
Hi - Currently, I have a tooth that abcessed. The swelling has gone down, but my only option is a root canal or extraction. I don’t want either. Is it too late to halt the decay and avoid the dentist? From what I’ve read the cure is raw meat and fish. I have a hard enough time eating it cooked and can no way eat it raw. Does anyone know of an herbal extract (maybe oil of oregano) that halts tooth decay? I’m willing to try anything at this point (except eating raw meat and fish.)
Thank you :)
Karen (PS - I brush with Peelu toothpaste and use Goldenseal and Grapefruit Seed Extract to help with my infected tooth.)
Aug 3rd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
My friend is a dental nurse, she says if you have a hole, you can stop the rot by brushing gently straight after you eat, avoid sugars and acidic foods and by flossing. As for nutritionally, the NT diet is great for building and maintaining healthy teeth, but I doubt it can reverse such a bad abcess. For tooth pain you can use clove oil or bite down on a couple of whole cloves. It’s disinfectant and helps numb the area.
Aug 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm
I think it depends on what is actually going on in your mouth. Here’s another online resource on teeth roots and dental self-care in general:
mizar5.com/root.htm
From what I can tell, you need to find out if the abscess is in the gum or inside the tooth. If it’s the former then there are people that have healed from that. I’m not sure about the latter, it seems that once the inside is dead then it’s very problematic.
If it were me, I’d be doing the following:
1. follow the WP etc dietary advice as much as possible, including avoiding all refined sugar and flour. I’d have a pretty hard time eating raw meat too, but lately I’ve been eating liver raw by putting a teaspoon of it on the tip of my tongue and swallowing with a glass of water with herbal vinegar in it. You can barely taste it.
2. Use a strong anti-infective herb internally. I prefer echinacea tincture (not capsules). Infusion would be good too. Tincture dosage needs to be high - 1 drop per kilo of body weight, every few hours initially, and then drop back to 3 times a day once there is obvious improvement.
There are other herbs you could consider too (garlic is very good at healing infection too), but really herbs need to match the person more than the disease, so it depends on your situation and body etc
I’d be careful about using Golden Seal. Not only is it endangered, but it is very drying to the mucous membranes, which is not what you want to be doing in the mouth.
3. Stop using toothpaste. Even ‘natural’ toothpastes have things in them which upset the microbe balance in the mouth. You want the good bugs to survive and keep the potentially harmful ones in check, you want the right pH balance kept, and you want lots of salive. From what I can tell these are crucial to maintaining dental integrity. I use baking soda dissolved in warm water, as the b.s adjusts the pH, but for many years I just used water. Some people use salt, or a salt b.s mix.
I’d also recommend not using Essential Oils (including oregano) on a daily basis medium or long term as they may disrupt the natural mouth flora. You could use them medicinally to fight the infection acutely, but you can just as easily use herbs for that without the same degree of side effects.
4. Use herbs topically to reduce infection and increase healing. Plantain is very good. I use echinacea tincture or infusion as a mouth wash, which is especially good because it stimulates saliva production which is vital for tooth health.
Again it will depend on what herb matches you best.
5. Support immunity in general. Here’s my favourite two resources on optimal immunity:
http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Strengthen_Your_Immune_System.htm
http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/June04/wisewoman.htm
Medicinal mushrooms in particular are good at making the immune system strong.
With any herb or new food, research well :-)
6. Gently but firmly clenching the teeth strengthens them too. That and using the toungue to swish saliva around are both things that you can throughout the day in addition to the stronger infection fighting strategies.
best wishes,
kate.
Aug 4th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Hi Karen, I had your exact symptoms 4 months ago and I am now almost clear. My approach was the Vicco tooth powder for brushing twice daily, Cod liver oil a teaspoon twice daily, and most important was the oil pulling which I have only recently discovered. This alone works well as long as you are using cold pressed sesame oil. You can find step by step instruction on http://www.oilpulling.com/ . This also has other benefits such as pulling toxins out of you body, increasing you metabolism and having very positive effects on you skin.
And finally I soaked half a teaspoon of neem powder in a tablespoon of cold water over night then applied it to my gums in the morning (leave it on for 5 min) after the oilpulling and brushing with tooth powder. I started noticing results pretty quick.
I hope this works for you should you decide to try it. Good luck and let me know how you go. May it work in your highest truth and in light and love.
Aug 4th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
You can also help infection/pain by high doses of Vitamin C. I have a number of badly decayed teeth which I can’t afford to fix at the moment but taking at least 4g of Vitamin C a day (4 x 1000mg tablets) helps stop them hurting or getting infected. If they are infected take at least 8g a day (half in morning, half at night). This is completely safe, I am following this routine while I am pregnant as I also don’t want to have dental work done until after I give birth.
Aug 7th, 2008 at 8:33 am
High dose vitamin C isn’t without risks or side-effects. Please research if you are going to use that.
Aug 8th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I would like to get some advise on how to heal or stop further decay of my 20 month old son’s tooth. I saw a tiny brown dot on his top molar. The molar only erupted about a month ago! And we’ve been trying to follow the Weston Price diet closely…Cod liver oil every day since he was eight months old, organic chicken or beef liver each week, bone soup each week, no juice and any sweets, and all home made food prepared freshly by me (not processed food), raw qephor and breastfeed often. He doesn’t drink a lot of raw milk, but I do. I don’t know why he can still have cavity on the tooth that only erupted a month ago. I tried to clean his teeth twice a day with a wash cloth (he won’t let me do the regular brush nor the baby brush). But I though with proper nutrition, the brushing is the main cause of the problem. I don’t want to take him to the dentist for filling since he’s not complaining any pain. Any suggestion or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Aug 8th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I think maybe adding vitaming butter to your sons diet could help. Or, if your not opposed, most orthodontists sell a high concentration flouride paste. I think perhaps putting a dab of the gel on the molar could stop further decay. I realize the Weston Price diet goes against flouride, but I think it will work. Since he wont let you brush with a toothbrush, is it possible its a stain in the fissure? Or is it on a smooth surface?
Aug 8th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I have the same problem with my son. His front two teeth started decaying not long after they came through. From what I have read, children’s teeth harden during their first year after coming through but your son seems to have got some decay on it before it has hardened. You can get a product from Dentists called “Tooth Mousse” which contains calcium/phosphate to help strengthen the teeth. However it is dairy based and my son is allergic so my dentist recommended using a herbal toothpaste as they generally contain some calcium in them as well (read the ingredients). He advised against using fluoride toothpaste as children tend to swallow it. We are also using Schussler Tissue Salts - Calc Phos - which is a homeopathic remedy which also helps strengthen teeth. I also give my son Cod Liver Oil plus a liquid multivitamin/mineral formula. This seems to be working for us as his teeth don’t seem to be getting any worse.
Aug 8th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
A friend of mine has struggled with different forms of cancer her whole life. She had bone cancer as a young girl and suffered severely with the treatment of it but survived. She tells me she used to sneak flouride pills. Ate them by the dozen cause they tasted nice to her. Not sure if there is correlation but it sparked my interest. I’d suggest intensive research before using flouride. I have seen tooth decay heal in children, my own child. The discolouration remained but new enamel grew over the carie. This was just by adding raw milk to the diet.
Aug 8th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
What is the consensus… Enamel can grow back or it can not? I was under the impression that once enamel wears away from the teeth it is all down hill from there….
Does anyone have any thoughts? Whether children or adult….is it really possible to regrow enamel?
I’ve always had very white teeth my entire life. One year I realised I was putting way to much apple cider vinegar in my homemade salad dressings….Then I noticed that my enamel had worn away a LOT! Thankfully I had pretty healthy teeth my whole life….so even at 38 my teeth still naturally look white…but I am not happy about the wear….
So any ideas would be cool!
blessings,
Swan
Aug 10th, 2008 at 5:33 am
I have read in the autism groups where vitamin k2 supplement is helpful with the teeth when you can’t do the wheat and dairy. Thorne Research has a liquid version so it’s easy to control the dose. I only mention this since the Price foundation came out with the article identifing Activator X as being K2. For some, healing the gut takes some time and adding the supplement is needed for a time until the body gets it all from food. I do wonder if you make kefir like the “kefir sodas” in Sally Fallons book “Eat Fat Lose Fat” wouldn’t also help get the good flora in the intestinal tract like the dairy kefir to help the body that way. I’m looking for anyway to get “good stuff” in a 6 yr old “autistic spectrum, picky eater”!
Aug 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Hi Wendy,
Have a look at the book on this link http://www.scribd.com/doc/2562760/GAPS-theory-for-Autism-by-Dr-Natasha-CampbellMcBride
It’s written by a doctor who is also mother of an autistic child who has developed a program to repair damage to the intestinal tract and improve childrens autism. I haven’t read it but I really want to and I would like to try her techniques on my children with allergies/eczema.
Aug 20th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
In case it hasn’t been mentioned here yet, http://www.uncleharrys.com has a great selection of tooth powders and even one for children. I have been using the tooth powder. I had receding gums and very sensitive teeth. My gums seem to be healing and the sensitivity is greatly diminished. I think Uncle Harry’s tooth powder is very high quality and effective.
Aug 21st, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I recently got some amalgum fillings removed and replaced. One of them was not done correctly, and also inflamed one of the nerves. Unfortunately I was immediately called away due to a family emergency for two weeks, and the tooth was aching mildly for the first week, then towards the end of my stay was hurting quite a bit. For the first week, I made sure I had regular doses of cod liver oil, and was eating fresh healthy food and soups - more so for the emotional trauma, then later on I succumbed to more mainstream food - chips at the pub, chocolate, pringles, slices of sweet cakes and the pain became unbearable. I saw a new dentist once I got home and he told me my tooth seemed to be dying and that I would eventually need root canal or extraction on that tooth. I was also given antibiotics to help with the inflammation and pain. After having a good cry, I went to my local dairy and got some raw milk, then slept, then checked Nourished for more info. Thank you so much for all the bloggers who had the same problem and wrote in. I have neem seed oil, which I think I will be using, as well as my own homemade comfrey tincture. I also will continue on the cod liver and also broths. I have some great herbal tooth powder too.
Thank you, Thank you! I have hope now of saving my tooth.
Aug 22nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
PS Just checked out the oilpulling website and am going to get some sesame seed oil first thing in the morning. I am excited to try it out. :-) Thank you Amy! Even though you wrote your post for another Karen, this Karen is very appreciative!
Aug 24th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Well, what is the consensus on generating new enamel? I was sticking pretty closely to the Weston Price diet and notcied that the clear edged of my teeth seemed to be filling in nicely. Then i eventually gave way to cheetos, my one true love. Anyway, I got my braces off recently. My bite was off before and causing half of the teeth in my mouth to chip, not to mention my TMJ grinding was not helping. Well, my bite is perfect now!!! except before I could say anything, my orthodontist did what they call IPR (interproximal filing), where pieces of enamel are filed down to create space for correct alignment.
After days of crying and not eating, i decided to come here for advice. What can i take to help strengthen the remaining enamel to stop it from being more susceptible to decay? Is this even possible. I would hate to have a perfectly straight, rotting smile thanks to my orthodontsit ignoring my wishes. there is only one place in town that sells raw milk and the farm is nasty….and the milk is $10 a gallon!!!!!!! Which i cannot afford right now. Im currently taking cod liver oil, though not green pastures. whats should i double up on to save the teeth? ANY help is appreciated.
aww…if only we could regrow teeth like sharks…..utopia. : )
Aug 24th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Teeth remineralise all the time. Even dentists know this but they don’t tell people so it’s not common knowledge. But a small cavity in a tooth can heal itself i.e. remineralise and replace the enamel.
This link gives a good explanation of the process:
http://mizar5.com/demin.htm
According to that page it’s the direct minerals in the mouth and then the saliva that are important, not the minerals that go to the stomach and bloodstream. This means that chewing is important, and that taking mineral supplements in pill form is a waste of time.
I’m not sure if I totally agree with what they are saying, but I do think the point about saliva and the minerals in it that come from chewing unrefined, unprocessed foods is incredibly important. Following on from that is the idea that the pH balance in the mouth is imperative for remineralisation. That’s why it’s good to limit sugars, and personally I don’t use anything in my mouth regularly that might upset that balance (eg essential oils, commerical toothpaste including alternative ones).
I don’t know if you can remineralise the kind of damage you are talking about in the sense of replacing what was filed away. I have patches of enamel missing on a couple of my teeth (probably as a result of antibiotic use when I was a child and the teeth were forming) but they have never filled in. It’s not a problem for me though, they’re just like little dents in the the teeth. I assume that it’s ok for enamel to be varying thicknesses.
But I do believe that you can prevent your teeth from decaying or getting cavities (i.e. holes that will eventually go through the enamal layer to the one underneath). I have a mouth full of fillings all from when I was a child. I’ve not had a filling in over twenty years. I credit stopping using toothpaste for that, and avoiding the dentist (who would most likely have found cavities and wanted to fill them rather than let them remineralise).
One other thing I do, as well as following the advice on the mizar website, is that if I do eat something sweet I make sure I clean my teeth soon afterwards. I also do alot of saliva swishing, to get the saliva to increase and spread around the teeth as much as possible.
Aug 25th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Hey, Kate thanks for the comment. I had no idead supplements didnt eventually find a way back into the saliva stream. What kinds of foods should I chew that directly have minerals, etc. It seems everything I love like veggies are acidic. I’m just confused as to what to be eating. Also, can this diet prevent the wearing down of teeth in general? Meaning on a good wholesome, life-long diet, will we still see the gradual more obvious appearance of the dentin?? Again, any response is appreciated. : )
Aug 25th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I have heard lot of Raw Food Advocates says that they have healed cavities through their raw food diet. So chewing lots of raw fruits/vegetables/nuts would probably be beneficial.
Aug 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Wow, I stumbled upon some great discussion here! I love all the about neem and about teeth healing. I can vouch for the neem and the great herbal remedies for teeth.
I love natural alternative cures with a passion! (unfortunately my diet has not always been the best,: pasta, bubble gum, ice cream, tootsie roll pops, etc etc) Still I was blessed to be born vegetarian and had a lot of raw milk available to me.
Now I am extremely strict with my diet and have my own cows to drink fresh warm raw milk from.
About a year ago, I was about to get my back (remant of a) molar, but changed my mind when they took so long to make an appointment. I already knew from reading Juliet de b. levy’s books that she had seen clove powder stop, prevent and even heal cavities over! I also knew that a great spiritual teacher from India, had said that tooth rot comes from “insects” in the mouth and from eating bad sweets, (like bubble gum instead of whole wheat home made banana bread for example :-)
Anyways, I had unbearable pain in this piece of molar that kept me awake crying, and now it has become hard and firm and healthy because of drinking raw milk, AVOIDING JUNK FOOD LIKE THE PLAGUE, and brushing my teeth with clove powder and other special remedies.
My teeth were doing so good that I actually forgot to brush them. I got lazy about sugar and I started getting cavities. The thing is, is, I AM NOT SCARED ANYMORE. I know that teeth are as easy to grow as skin. Clove OIL is like MAGIC. It numbs the pain and heals it as well.
What I found new and yet I know it deep down, is the FRIENDLY bacteria in the mouth thing. OF COURSE! That makes sense! Our bodies can not survive without them. We have to maintain a balance in our entire digestive tract. I knew that we needed friendly bacteria in our intestines in order to be alive, but now hearing about having them in the mouth is a great big tip!
Thanks! Suchandra dasi
p.s. perhaps brushing with a probiotic would be helpful once in a while!
Aug 26th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Well i love raw veggies and nuts but not sure which are good or bad. I mean are store bought nuts okay? I have a pecan tree but i can only take so many pecans.
I love tomatoes, but like oranges, arent they acidic. I have been making large raw food salads to enjoy, but noticed that the dressing i was using is acidic as well. Does anyone have any ideas of something healthy for the teeth i could put over it?? Some sort of raw salad dressing recipe??
Aug 28th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Has anyone here supplemented their diet with bone meal powder? I’m thinking about using that. Would like any opinions. Also, about how low has it taken you to see results with your diet changes? I have been experiences some swollen gums. I actually had a blood vessel burst along the gum line and it isnt pretty.
Aug 28th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Hey Rachel,
I haven’t been having bone meal powder, but have been eating lots of chicken soup made from broth. This last week, my tooth has stopped hurting. My diet has consisted of soups, cod liver oil, raw milk, variety of herbal tinctures and powders as well as eggs, sourdough and kimchi. I also used the clove oil once early in the week and have also been doing the oil-pulling twice to three times/day with sesame seed oil. Brushing with the norfolk punch brand tooth powder also.
My tooth stopped hurting two days after starting the oil pulling. Highly recommend it. Tablespoon sesame seed oil on an empty stomach, and just swish it around in your mouth for 15-20min. Not quite sure of the science of how it works, but it does. There was a link to the website further up. It should help with your bleeding gums.
Cheers and good health,
Karen.