Having healthy teeth in this day and age is easy if you know what to do.
Many people don't realize that healthy teeth start with a healthy digestive system.
Why a healthy digestive system you ask? Well - if you don't digest your food in the first place, how do you expect your body to get nutrients to your teeth to make them strong to work and prevent disease?
So the first piece of advise is to watch what you eat. By this I mean to eat foods that have nutritional value and actually feed your body. Many people think this is important just because of the plaque that can accumulate on our teeth. However if you are eating the right foods, our digestive system can help strengthen our teeth from in the inside preventing a whole host of problems from cavities, to gum disease. If you eat toxic food, it doesn’t just stay on our teeth, it also inhibit our cells from creating healthy new cells for our teeth and our whole body.
Another way to accomplish this is by eating more alkaline foods. Foods that are alkaline include most all fruits and vegetables (there are a few fruits that are acidic) - and a few alkaline grains (millet, amaranth, quinoa). All other foods are acidic. By this, I mean, the residue or ash that is left over after we eat/burn this item that our body now has to do something with. So for example, oranges may seem acidic, but they actually have an “alkaline ash” in our bodies after we eat them and are high in organic sodium for our bodies, which helps to neutralize acid that cause disease.
Another example. If you have a jar of vinegar and put a chicken bone in the vinegar, what happens to it? It will dissolve because the vinegar is acidic. The same thing happens to our teeth and bones if our body is too acidic. Eating lots of fruits and vegetables can help to keep our body at the proper pH so that we don’t create an acidic environment, which can weaken our teeth.
Teeth chart
When I worked in California, I got a tooth chart from a holistic dentist that shows which organ is represented for each tooth. Similar to reflexology, this chart helps to show people what organ in their body may be in need of assistance and is showing up as a weakness in a specific tooth. Many people find it helpful in getting to the core of the issue with the tooth, instead of just pulling out the tooth, which of course doesn’t fix the core issue, and it will remain and most likely will cause problems later in the actual organ itself, if not somewhere else in the body. So knowing what organ or body system is weak, and working to strengthen it will not only help that part of your body, but also that particular tooth as well.
Natural Remedies
There are many herbs and supplements that can be used to help people with teeth/gum issues. One that is very common is myrrh. Myrrh is used often in natural toothpastes, mouthwashes, and can also be taken internally as an infection fighter, as well as put on the tooth with the issue. Another herb that some consider a stronger infection fighter is Golden Seal. Again this can be taken internally, or put topically on the tooth especially for infection. Another herb that is often used in the mouth, but this time mostly for pain, is Wild Lettuce. This herb can help to numb tooth pain, until you can get to your local dentist. One final supplement that works great for the teeth is CoQ10. CoQ10 is especially good for healthy gums, but I have also heard of people turning around the health of their whole mouth, just by taking CoQ10. I know it is expensive, but it can totally be worth it to prevent future dental problems, and possibly help clean up some of the ones you may already have.
Mercury fillings
This is a hotly debated topic. Mercury is a poison. Of course most dentists will tell you that this is not an issue, and there is nothing to worry about. But of course if they told us there was something to worry about, any of us with this issue, would demand that they take this out of our mouths, carte blanche because they put something harmful in us in the first place – shouldn’t they take it out? But the dental industry doesn’t think this way – and even dentists I know that do think it is an issue, charge quite a bit to take this harmful substance out the correct way. I have also worked with many people to help have their fillings taken out in the right order. We do this by using muscle testing (Kinesiology). Some dentists now do this as well to help make sure the order is correct to prevent what is called the “ghost effect” – similar to what happens when people lose an extremity. They still “feel” the extremity, even though it is no longer there. And the same can happen if you are having issues that the mercury is causing, and taking them out is good, but taking them out in the right order can be even better.
Fluoride
Another hotly debated topic is fluoride. Fluoride is now put in so many toothpastes and mouthwashes and of course our drinking/cooking water. It was put there to help prevent cavities, unfortunately it can cause many other problems. Flouride is an ENZYME poison! Well, now, doesn't that just answer some questions? You know what's funny; they tell us not to eat the fish from certain lakes/oceans more than once a week if you are young or pregnant... because that fish is mercury contaminated from living there for a few years. But somehow then its ok for the whole population to DRINK the "clean" water after it's had flouride, chlorine and more added to it. In fact, on September 1, 2005, eleven unions representing more than 7,000 workers at the Environmental Protection Agency called for a national moratorium on programs to add fluoride to drinking water, citing what they call a possible cancer risk. J. William Hirzy, an EPA scientist and vice president of the National Treasury Employees Union, Local 280, said the agency should act now in light of allegations that a Harvard University dentistry professor downplayed research showing an increased risk of bone cancer for boys who drink fluoridated tap water. Unfortunately it is still in most people’s water. Fortunately there are companies like Custom Pure that have filters that pull out chlorine and fluoride out of the water. You can learn more about these filters at www.custompure.com, or you can often get these at health food stores as well.
Healthy solutions
There are so many good dental products on the market that contain healthy things such as xylitol, which helps prevent cavities and tastes great. If you eat a good diet, brush your teeth twice daily with a non-fluoride toothpaste, floss and even chew xylitol or peelu gums or candies, you can easily keep your teeth healthy.
Sidebar
Be sure to read the gum/candy labels and avoid the artificial sweeteners (asparatame, splenda, asulfamine postassium, etc.) as some companies add the xylitol after these harmful sweeteners and these will only make your body more toxic.