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The best holistic tips for healthy teeth.
Do you struggle with cavities? Does your child? Does someone you love?
Why do we get cavities? Is it really from eating too much sugar as most people think?
Cavities are one of the most rampant diseases in America! Yes, cavities are considered a disease. A disease of the tooth, and just like other diseases, resulting from an imbalance. A dysbiosis if you will.
Cavities can be prevented and even healed (to a point) with the proper whole-body health strategies.
So, the following are some top tips for healthy teeth and oral microbiome, in a holistic way.
The biggest factor is nutrition.
- Eat as our distant ancestors did. Think whole foods! Foods that our great-great-grandparents would recognize. Eating a healthy, whole foods-based diet delivers the minerals and nutrients needed to re-mineralize your teeth and facilitate a healthy oral microbiome. Processed foods make us acidic, and are full of chemicals and sugar. Cancer cells thrive in acidic environments.
Link to buy the book below “Nutrition and physical degeneration.”
Check out Dr. Weston A. Price, he is an excellent source for ancestral nutrition and cooking!
Include grass-fed butter and full-fat dairy, pasture-raised proteins including meat and eggs, organ meats, mineral-rich bone broths, varietal seafood, sea vegetables, fermented/sprouted grains, as many different vegetables as possible, low-sugar fruits, and no industrially processed foods.
Calcium, phosphorous, and magnesium are the three most crucial minerals that need to be constantly restored to your teeth. Other nutrients support this process, as well as your overall oral health: vitamins A, E, K, K2, D3, and CoQ10.
Other important factors are!
- Gut health, gut health, gut health! I cannot emphasize this enough! Get your gut health checked with a naturopathic doctor or nutritionist or get it in gear by following a gut healing protocol. You want to ensure your body is properly absorbing the nutrients from your diet. No nutrient absorption means no nutrients are being sent to your teeth. Leaky gut is the real pandemic.
- Filter your water, ideally one that also filters out fluoride. Fluoride is a known toxin and not needed for strong teeth. Then supplement your water with mineral drops. Produce has suffered a drastic decline in nutrients due to poor soil quality, and chemical pesticides like glyphosate being used. Most people are deficient in very important nutrients and need to supplement to get the proper levels for optimal health. If you want to know for sure, get your levels tested.
Link to buy reverse osmosis filter below.
The link to buy ancient mineral drops is below.
- Limit snacking. This can keep conditions in your mouth on the acidic side, which disrupts the remineralization process. Try to stick to the main three meals a day. Your saliva needs at least 30 minutes after eating anything to rebalance the pH.
- Monitor your saliva acidity with Ph testing strips. The ideal range is 6.8. The most accurate time to test is in the morning before you eat or drink anything. If your mouth is consistently acidic, this makes remineralization impossible. If you have healthy, alkaline saliva it will wash away acidity and the minerals in saliva can naturally repair the damage.
Link to buy pH testing strips is below.
- Baking Soda! Incorporate it into your daily routine, whether adding some to your toothbrush or swishing with it. You can make a great mouth rinse with ¼ tsp baking soda, filtered water, and a sprinkle of high-quality sea salt. Baking soda is incredibly neutralizing to acidity.
Link to buy in bulk is below. Baking soda has so many great uses other than dental health like detox baths, cleaning agent, and skin ailments. Stock up!
- Use toothpaste with nanohydroxyapatite. Say No! To fluoride or SLS (sodium laurel sulfate, glycerin, and other chemicals) Nanohydroxyapatite is what our teeth are primarily made of. So many people are being overexposed to fluoride. Check your toothpaste labels carefully. One of our favorite brands is coral white.
Link to our favorite toothpaste coral white, below.
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- Take bioplasma cell salts. These are chock full of minerals our bodies need, and they’re safe for everyone, even children.
Link to buy cell salts is below.
- Get your vitamin D levels checked! 42% of American adults are deficient. Get your vitamin D from sunlight whenever possible, fermented cod liver oil, or a D3 supplement. Even better if it also has added vitamin K2. Vit D and K2 work in conjunction with each other.
Link to buy high-quality Vit D. We love pure encapsulations.
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In addition to staying with your routine hygiene visits, we recommended finding a dentist who uses the airflow GBT-guided biofilm therapy technology. It is the best way to remove bio film in the most gentle way possible. This retains as much enamel as possible.
Cavities can be re-mineralized or even arrested to a point! If you are providing your body with the things it needs to do so, it will heal.
When the body is in balance, it can heal itself. The superhero movies where regeneration is superhuman strength, well it lives in us every day. We have the power to regenerate our bodies. Every cell in your body regenerates at a different speed, for example, a year ago we are truly not the same “person” we are today. We have all entirely new cells. It’s never too late to take control of your health.
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To your health!
Jennifer Corrigan RDA
Sources:
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Dr. Kayleigh A. Short DMD, formerly of Integrative Dentistry in Seattle, is your top choice for holistic dentistry, and cutting-edge care available to the greater Seattle area, Mukilteo, Mill Creek, Monroe, Snohomish, Duvall, Whidbey Island, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Everett, and surrounding areas. Washington State, nationwide, and worldwide we are available for telemedicine holistic dentistry consults. For the best care in Seattle for holistic dental and natural holistic facial aesthetic needs. We diagnose complex dental health cases, that other dentists turn away. Contact us today or schedule an appointment to discover how we can help optimize your oral health and support your wellness journey. ~Dr. Kayleigh Short and the WDC Team
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