Re: Protecting teeth / Fluoride

[Guest guest]

The key to life is a well functioning digestive system. Childrens teeth are

protected by the food they eat and assimilate. Not what you brush on or the

pills ingested. Fresh veggies, salads, wholesome organic foods are very

important. All salt (unless it is sodium that is naturally part of the

plant) kills enzymes which are necessary to activate the digestive process.

Refined foods and simple carbohydrates are an invitation to overload of

toxins and breakdown of organs, and in turn causes dental problems along

with other health problems. The closer to nature your foods are, the more

benefit they are to the body. Sunlight and excerise are also necessary to

get the benefits of vitamins and minerals from the foods. If the teeth are

bad, the rest of the body is also suffering. It will just be a matter of

time before the symptoms will appear.

homeschoolmomtosarahandbethany wrote:

Subject: Re: toothpaste, etc., Flouride info/ now a better choice

I do want to know what to do to help protect their

teeth, especially in this more urgent matter with my dd tooth, so it

is time to find a dentist.

Carol

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[Guest guest]

I like your HOLISTIC approach to dental health. Dr. Price would be very proud of

your

synopsis.

I was curious if you have any REFERENCES to your comment about SALT? I've never

heard

anything like that and I can't imagine how salt (necessary for life) can destroy

an enzyme. Are

you talking about enzymes in the food, the digestive enzymes, or both? Also,

which enzymes

" activate the digestive process " ? I'm not aware of that process either.

Will Winter

> All salt (unless it is sodium that is naturally part of the

> plant) kills enzymes which are necessary to activate the digestive process.

[Guest guest]

The key to life is a well functioning digestive system. Childrens teeth are

protected by the food they eat and assimilate....

Yes, we all know this is the way we should eat no doubt but just because you do

all this does NOT guarantee no teeth problems!

My mom and dad had poor teeth and so do I. My husband (who grew up on raw cows

milk) doesn't have the best teeth either. (His dad had good teeth and his mom

did not....half of the nine siblings have pretty good teeth).

Our children had raw goats milk or raw cow milk most there lives, lots of whole

grains, our own garden vegetables, no pop, not much sweets, really an all around

pretty good diet and most have had lots of decay. Believe me we have tried many

things. It has been very frustrating for us, not to mention very expensive. I

have eight children. My 23 yr old and 20 yr old have had lots of cavities. My

17 yr old who tried a lot harder than most to brush after meals doesn't have as

many cavities (she also hates milk, but will eat homemade yogurt and chevre), My

14 yr old LOVES starch and is not a very good brusher but uses a rife machine

often has okay teeth. My 11 yr old that physically looks much different than

the rest (phenotype, maybe differnet genotype too?), many can't believe she is

from our family (most definitely is..homebirth) has had very few cavities, very

nice teeth! She doesn't do anything different than the rest! Go figure that

one! My 8 yr old has cavities and my five yr old who has been on the clo and

x-factor butter most his life (my little experiment) has just as many cavities.

Our 6 month old no teeth so no cavities yet.

I have asked many relatives about cavities and other people too. It always

seems to work that if one of the parents have little or not decay that the

childrens teeth are good.

My sister is a good example: Her husband has one cavity and my sister has worse

teeth than me. She has three children and they are on a horrendous diet. All

packaged food and couple cans of pop everyday. They have NO cavities! BUT,

there children ARE plagued with other problems: pre-diabetic, gallbladder

problems,(both these problems run on the dad's side) allergies, etc. My

children have NO other health problems!

I know, I have read all the books too where the teeth are the indicators of the

health of the rest of the body, but it just isn't fitting in my life or the many

I have questioned.

I still know that traditional foods is the way too go but you can't just give

the simple answer, eat this and do that and you will have healthy teeth.

Been there, done that,

Shari

RE: Protecting teeth / Fluoride

The key to life is a well functioning digestive system. Childrens teeth are

protected by the food they eat and assimilate.

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[Guest guest]

My dh rarely brushes, used to live on diet coke and although his diet has much

improved,

it's still the most conventional of all of us, he only goes to a dentist every

few years and he

has great teeth. I eat more traditionally, always brush and floss, use

toothsoap, visit the

dentist regularly and still get cavities. It's very frustrating. We go to

Tschetter's office and

the woman dentist told me something about a bacteria that causes cavities that

it

obviously is in my mouth and not my dh's.

Lynn

> Our children had raw goats milk or raw cow milk most there lives, lots of

whole grains,

our own garden vegetables, no pop, not much sweets, really an all around pretty

good diet

and most have had lots of decay. Believe me we have tried many things. It has

been very

frustrating for us, not to mention very expensive.

> I still know that traditional foods is the way too go but you can't just give

the simple

answer, eat this and do that and you will have healthy teeth.

[Guest guest]

Since we're on the subject of teeth and cavities, I need to get some

opinions...

About a year ago, my daughter (now 3-1/4) started to develop cavities

on the fronts of her 4 front top teeth. The dentist that we saw back

then blamed it on night nursing (I don't really know what to think

about that...). She had a good diet, no pop (of course!), no juice;

actually, she wasn't that much of an eater before she turned two, so

she wasn't really eating all that much of anything when these

cavities started to develop. My husband and I have good teeth. So I

don't really know what caused the cavities (of course, I can't help

but to feel that I did something wrong somewhere).

Anyway, we recently moved to Burnsville and took her to another

dentist a couple weeks ago. This dentist recommended that she go

under genereal anesthesia and have two of the teeth capped and two of

them filled. This is scary to me and I don't want her to undergo a

surgical procedure, but, then again, I don't want her teeth to erode

more and become infected...

Does anybody have any advice for me? What would you guys do?

I am reading Weston A. Price's NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL DEGENERATION

for some ideas. I am already giving her cod liver oil and high

vitamin butter (although we have just started this in the last month,

so she hasn't been doing it that long).

>

> My dh rarely brushes, used to live on diet coke and although his

diet has much improved,

> it's still the most conventional of all of us, he only goes to a

dentist every few years and he

> has great teeth. I eat more traditionally, always brush and floss,

use toothsoap, visit the

> dentist regularly and still get cavities. It's very frustrating.

We go to Tschetter's office and

> the woman dentist told me something about a bacteria that causes

cavities that it

> obviously is in my mouth and not my dh's.

> Lynn

>

>

> > Our children had raw goats milk or raw cow milk most there lives,

lots of whole grains,

> our own garden vegetables, no pop, not much sweets, really an all

around pretty good diet

> and most have had lots of decay. Believe me we have tried many

things. It has been very

> frustrating for us, not to mention very expensive.

> > I still know that traditional foods is the way too go but you

can't just give the simple

> answer, eat this and do that and you will have healthy teeth.

>

[Guest guest]

,

Just a word of support...both of my daughters nursed until they were over 3

years old and this included alot of night nursing. Neither of them have ever

had a cavity. Don't let that thought change what you would do if another child

comes along!

I DON'T know what the problem might be, but agree that the treatment

sounds scary.

Good luck!

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Not sure if I have any advice on the situation itself, but... if you decide

to have them capped, I would INSIST on NOTHING metal in her mouth- I'm sure

you proabably are aware of this all ready, but... amalgam (sp?) is BAD for

our bodies- along with other metals they use for our teeth. I would INSIST

on using another material if you decide to have it done. That's all I wanted

to say- had to give my 2cents. I'm not sure that I would personally have my

child go through that, to have them fall out in a few years anyway.....???

Tara O.

Anyway, we recently moved to Burnsville and took her to another

dentist a couple weeks ago. This dentist recommended that she go

under genereal anesthesia and have two of the teeth capped and two of

them filled. This is scary to me and I don't want her to undergo a

surgical procedure, but, then again, I don't want her teeth to erode

more and become infected...

Does anybody have any advice for me? What would you guys do?

[Guest guest]

I just needed to reply to the issue of night nursing. Please check

out La Leche League's information on this. I am a retired LLL

leader, and we often dealt with this from dentists years ago.

Cavities are not caused by night time nursing. The breast does not

leak all night into the mouth like a bottle does. Leakage from a

bottle can pool up in a babies mouth next to their teeth (usually on

the bottom teeth due to gravity), but not from nursing. Often it is

genetics or some other issue.

Start with La Leche League and research this if you are feeling you

need support on this for your own piece of mind. For your current

situation I wish you the best in a difficult situation. Society

loves to blame the mom, often it's just a twist of nature.

Janice

> >

> > My dh rarely brushes, used to live on diet coke and although his

> diet has much improved,

> > it's still the most conventional of all of us, he only goes to a

> dentist every few years and he

> > has great teeth. I eat more traditionally, always brush and

floss,

> use toothsoap, visit the

> > dentist regularly and still get cavities. It's very

frustrating.

> We go to Tschetter's office and

> > the woman dentist told me something about a bacteria that causes

> cavities that it

> > obviously is in my mouth and not my dh's.

> > Lynn

> >

> >

> > > Our children had raw goats milk or raw cow milk most there

lives,

> lots of whole grains,

> > our own garden vegetables, no pop, not much sweets, really an

all

> around pretty good diet

> > and most have had lots of decay. Believe me we have tried many

> things. It has been very

> > frustrating for us, not to mention very expensive.

> > > I still know that traditional foods is the way too go but you

> can't just give the simple

> > answer, eat this and do that and you will have healthy teeth.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Don't worry... already have another and we're night nursing.

>

> ,

>

> Just a word of support...both of my daughters nursed until they

were over 3

> years old and this included alot of night nursing. Neither of them

have ever

> had a cavity. Don't let that thought change what you would do if

another child

> comes along!

>

> I DON'T know what the problem might be, but agree that the

treatment

> sounds scary.

>

> Good luck!

>

> Kathy

>

[Guest guest]

Cavities are not caused by night time nursing. The breast does not

leak all night into the mouth like a bottle does. Leakage from a

bottle can pool up in a babies mouth next to their teeth (usually on

the bottom teeth due to gravity), but not from nursing.

YES!!!! Thank you for getting this out!! Please gals who are nursing, do not

fear the health of your baby's teeth by night nursing!!! Janice is soooo

correct in this!!! Night nursing is also one of the best bonding times for mom

and babe! Do not let them scare you into missing this! Plus the ease is well

worth it!

Kimi

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