bacteria and teeth rot

Even tho the bacteria itself doesn't attack our teeth they digest the sugars that we eat and produce acid as a byproduct that degrades our teeth eventually causing cavities. We can choose not to eat real sugar and stick to artificial sweeteners to feed our sweet tooth but who can do that all the time? Aspartame is ok for gum but there's no substitute for real sugar in all the desserts that we like to eat. Maybe toothpastes should have small amounts of antibiotics in them to keep the bacteria levels down lol

shaftless wrote:Even tho the bacteria itself doesn't attack our teeth they digest the sugars that we eat and produce acid as a byproduct that degrades our teeth eventually causing cavities. We can choose not to eat real sugar and stick to artificial sweeteners to feed our sweet tooth but who can do that all the time? Aspartame is ok for gum but there's no substitute for real sugar in all the desserts that we like to eat. Maybe toothpastes should have small amounts of antibiotics in them to keep the bacteria levels down lol

The answer is Xylitol gum. Helps reverse all the issues before they get worse.

My pursuit of the ideal toothpaste continues, however, it is obvious the wrong pursuit. Oral health is less about those hygienic moments, but to have most of the physiology in the oral cavities sufficient with its requirements. Parotid glands, salivary glands, gums, periodontal tissue, and microbiomes are all systems we need to address.

The diet outperforms most of the hygienic attempts, however even in a ''modern'' processed food-based diet things can be kept in check and somewhat balanced.

Cavities prevention is mostly a PH issue that can be corrected via the limitation of the sugary intake, as well as with simple sodium bicarbonate buffer. It appears naturally to do its magic, so one can not make a lot of things wrong. Committing to killing vs changing the environment are the only strategies. We can argue who gets exhausted first, but it is the human will that gets weak in this process usually.

With the reversal of the plaque and tartar buildup, which dentists are so obsessed to drill into it in their understanding of addressing cleanliness, there is an alternative. There is a drop of melatonin, a drop of DMSO, and a drop of peppermint in a teaspoon of the non-refined vegetable oil carrier. Short-chain fatty acids will be easily absorbed into periodontal tissue, and assist in breaking through the microbial frontline through the front and back door while providing a strong signal where the calcium needs to be.

Rinse it after acidifying the meal, with the bicarbonate, and this could be it.

This comes from somebody who 12 years ago got a prognosis from a dentist that in order to restore his oral health all 4 wisdom teeth need to go be pulled out due to cavities, or another form of degradation through wear.

12 years later, those 4 wisdom teeth are not going anywhere, since I need them to chew hard food with ease. They are meant to stay, what was not the case for the dentist.

Wisdom teeth removal is a total scam. Of course dentists will argue that "they need to be removed" because of crowed teeth so that they can install orthodontic methods, however, this is expensive and unnecessary.

Crowded teeth is a nutritional issue.

One interesting observation, the carnivore community appears to experience a low low rate of dental tartar and other similar issues.

Probiotic Lactobacillus sp. inhibit growth, biofilm formation and gene expression of caries-inducing Streptococcus mutans

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29316223/

CausticSymmetry wrote:Wisdom teeth removal is a total scam. Of course dentists will argue that "they need to be removed" because of crowed teeth so that they can install orthodontic methods, however, this is expensive and unnecessary.

Crowded teeth is a nutritional issue.

One interesting observation, the carnivore community appears to experience a low low rate of dental tartar and other similar issues.

Chewing meat that is raw/semi raw seems to stimulate all the good things.

I too have been given the news that all four of my wisdom teeth should to be removed.

In my case the two lower wisdom teeth are visibly rotted so cannot further be used for chewing. So I am wondering if the visible infection is a source of systemic toxins, and it would be better to remove the lower wisdom teeth following the recommended protocols such as removing the periodontal ligament.

Recently I read some research about stem cell therapy to regenerate the dental pulp. Also there is some ongoing research about regenerating teeth in full.

I am drinking more green tea and also occasionally doing oil-pulling.

Based on sensation alone, meat feels healthier for the teeth. I can feel erosion happening after eating fruits, so after eating fruits important to take measures like rinsing.

I wonder what happened to this....

Researchers at King's College London have developed a technique called Electrically Accelerated and Enhanced Remineralzation, in which a device they've dubbed a "healing hand piece" is placed over the site of a cavity. The tool emits a small electrical current that promotes the remineralization of the tooth, driving calcium, phosphate, and other substances back into the enamel, the scientists told the Washington Post (cavities happen when bacteria break down, or demineralize, the enamel with acid). The technique would take about as much time and cost about the same or less than a traditional filling, and publications describing the technique should be published "in coming months," they said.

The technique could put an end the cycle of filling and re-filling, said King's professor Nigel Pitts. "When we repair a tooth by putting in a filling, that tooth enters a cycle of drilling and re-filling as, ultimately, each 'repair' fails," he told The Telegraph. But this remineralization procedure only needs to be done once, he added.

A Scottish company called Reminova Ltd is trying to commercialize the technology and said it could be available in three years if enough funding is found. It could take slightly longer in the U.S., though, due to the different regulatory environment, the scientists said.

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Maybe we can hold a D battery to our damaged teeth and let the terminals short out across the cavity  

Just for curiosity, I decided to ask open A.I. this question, however as things usually go in the medical/dental field.

Profits are best when the treatment leads to more treatments, because great solutions have a way to preventing
clients from returning.

Or as the saying goes, a patient cured is a customer lost.

That said, here's what it said, "My knowledge cutoff is September 2021, and I don't have any information on the commercial availability of Electrically Accelerated and Enhanced Remineralization (EAER) treatment after that date. It's worth noting that even if the technique had been perfected and proven to be effective in the lab, it may still take time for it to go through clinical trials and receive regulatory approval before it becomes widely available to patients. Additionally, even if the technology is made available, it may take additional time for it to be widely adopted by dental practitioners."

I figure....there will be no incentive for funding, as it is disruptive technology that undermines profits.

I looked into the medical literature and as of late, their focus is not in a good direction.

CausticSymmetry wrote:Just for curiosity, I decided to ask open A.I. this question, however as things usually go in the medical/dental field.

Profits are best when the treatment leads to more treatments, because great solutions have a way to preventing
clients from returning.

Or as the saying goes, a patient cured is a customer lost.

That said, here's what it said, "My knowledge cutoff is September 2021, and I don't have any information on the commercial availability of Electrically Accelerated and Enhanced Remineralization (EAER) treatment after that date. It's worth noting that even if the technique had been perfected and proven to be effective in the lab, it may still take time for it to go through clinical trials and receive regulatory approval before it becomes widely available to patients. Additionally, even if the technology is made available, it may take additional time for it to be widely adopted by dental practitioners."

I figure....there will be no incentive for funding, as it is disruptive technology that undermines profits.

I looked into the medical literature and as of late, their focus is not in a good direction.

sometimes you really wonder who are the experts dictating the narrative, and what is their definition of the risk, and what the benefit. i interact with such people a lot, and it is fair to say narrow focus prevents many from being able to look from the sand to see the reality of the untold has a greater percentage of ''truth'' than sometimes biased opinions that they have invested their lives into. Health, no really.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9035692/

https://www.uthscsa.edu/patient-care/dental/services/pulp-regeneration

Another interesting article:

https://stemcellres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13287-017-0506-5

Recent advances in stem cell biology have aided stem cell therapy to regenerate the pulp/dentin complex for conservation and complete structural and functional restoration of the tooth by the triad of tissue engineering: 1) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), 2) growth/differentiation factors or cytokines, and migration/homing factors, and 3) the microenvironment (scaffold, extracellular matrix)

This result is comparable with the previous preclinical findings in dogs that pulp tissue is regenerated in 70–80% of the total volume of the root canal with nerve extension to dentin within 4 weeks [10].