[Raw Food]Teeth! Dentists! Fluoride! Help!/distilled water

[Guest guest]

Hi Storm

 

> 1) Antibiotics:

 

I haven't heard of anyone needing antibiotics before a cleaning, but I

can ask my sis if you like. I guess it must be from your heart

condition, but it is not immediately clear why antibiotics would

protect THAT condition in particular. I would think that a raw-food

mouth is cleaner and healthier than a cooked-food mouth, but we ALL

still have lots of bacteria in our mouths no matter what. Take the

antibiotics if they tell you too!

 

 

> 2) Fluoride:

 

Great issue here. I read about the effects of flouride in several

different reputable places, and have stayed away from it for 2 years

now! I use only flouride-free toothpaste and I drink distilled water

only (with 1/8tsp of sea salt per liter). It is amazing to hear about

how much it affected you! My sister (dentist) readily admits that

flouride is poisonous, but she says " it is supposed to be good for

your teeth " , although even then she admits she doesn't really know why

it would be. The only thing thats really good for your teeth is

calcium from mineral-balanced alkaline sources, i.e. raw fruits and

veggies.

 

In case anyone is wondering, I found that after a few months of

drinking plain distilled water my teeth became a touch sensitive.

Then I recalled some authors recommending a pinch of sea salt per

liter of water to re-mineralize it, and since I have done this the

sensitivity has gone away completely.

 

Anyway, your reaction to flouride speaks for itself! It is one of the

most unnatural foreign substances to ingest out there! Contributes to

cancer, etc etc...whatever you've read is pretty much all true in my

opinion.

 

 

> 3.) Cavity, filling, and anasthesia:

 

You are going under just for a cavity? Thats seems VERY extreme. Do

you have a good relationship with your dentist? I know that if they

dislike or have difficult clients, they sometimes opt to just put them

under rather than deal with them. Even the hygienist can

make/recommend this call.

 

 

> 4.) Wisdom teeth:

You don't need to go under for wisdom teeth either, but if you have

some condition in which it is dangerous to be awake, then it might be

recommended. I got all mine out awake, but in either case you will be

given lots and lots of freezing and it will be a pretty crappy couple

of weeks afterwards. Good luck, but DO get them out soon, or else

they will become much harder to get out. At 23 they should pop right

out with very little fuss. Mine came out at 28, and they still popped

out without grinding/cutting but it took quite a bit of force, yours

should go a lot easier.

 

 

Hope this helped, and good luck with your dentist visits!

Oh, my sister is also always surprised at how clean my teeth are for

calculus around the gums and also on the inside. Again, it is the raw

food scraping it away every day. I haven't had my teeth cleaned in 2

years and she says they hardly need anything at all!

 

Cheers!

 

Joe

[Guest guest]

Joe, Sharon:

 

Thanks for your responses! I've returned from my second dentist-visit safe and

sound.

 

About the fluoride, Joe, I too have been using no-fluoride toothpastes and watch

the water

I drink for fluoride content, which is probably part of why it did what it did

to me--I guess

most people are kind of inoculated by their toothpastes and the water they

drink, and I've

just become resensitized to its toxicity due to my recent lack of exposure.

 

About the anaesthesia, it was supposed to be just local anaesthesia, but I opted

to get my

cavity filled with no local anaesthesia at all. (And don't worry, I didn't get

the mercury-

filling, I've never gotten that one.) For the wisdom teeth extraction, it would

probably just

be local anaesthesia too. I'm just worried, given the extreme reactions I've had

to non-

natural chemicals I've experienced since having gone 100% raw, that my body

might have

an extreme reaction to being injected with the local anaesthesia, no matter how

" harmless "

it may be to most people, and was before I went raw.

 

Also, is it really such a terrible thing to keep one's wisdom teeth? The

hygienist told me

bacteria can build up there because they're difficult to clean. Am I wrong in

suspecting

that the bacteria that builds up in a 100% raw-person's mouth is not necessarily

a bad

thing?

 

Happy gray day! (Gray here in DC at least. Feels like Paris...)

 

-Storm

 

rawfood , " Joe Postma " <joepostma wrote:

>

> Hi Storm

>

> > 1) Antibiotics:

>

> I haven't heard of anyone needing antibiotics before a cleaning, but I

> can ask my sis if you like. I guess it must be from your heart

> condition, but it is not immediately clear why antibiotics would

> protect THAT condition in particular. I would think that a raw-food

> mouth is cleaner and healthier than a cooked-food mouth, but we ALL

> still have lots of bacteria in our mouths no matter what. Take the

> antibiotics if they tell you too!

>

>

> > 2) Fluoride:

>

> Great issue here. I read about the effects of flouride in several

> different reputable places, and have stayed away from it for 2 years

> now! I use only flouride-free toothpaste and I drink distilled water

> only (with 1/8tsp of sea salt per liter). It is amazing to hear about

> how much it affected you! My sister (dentist) readily admits that

> flouride is poisonous, but she says " it is supposed to be good for

> your teeth " , although even then she admits she doesn't really know why

> it would be. The only thing thats really good for your teeth is

> calcium from mineral-balanced alkaline sources, i.e. raw fruits and

> veggies.

>

> In case anyone is wondering, I found that after a few months of

> drinking plain distilled water my teeth became a touch sensitive.

> Then I recalled some authors recommending a pinch of sea salt per

> liter of water to re-mineralize it, and since I have done this the

> sensitivity has gone away completely.

>

> Anyway, your reaction to flouride speaks for itself! It is one of the

> most unnatural foreign substances to ingest out there! Contributes to

> cancer, etc etc...whatever you've read is pretty much all true in my

> opinion.

>

>

> > 3.) Cavity, filling, and anasthesia:

>

> You are going under just for a cavity? Thats seems VERY extreme. Do

> you have a good relationship with your dentist? I know that if they

> dislike or have difficult clients, they sometimes opt to just put them

> under rather than deal with them. Even the hygienist can

> make/recommend this call.

>

>

> > 4.) Wisdom teeth:

> You don't need to go under for wisdom teeth either, but if you have

> some condition in which it is dangerous to be awake, then it might be

> recommended. I got all mine out awake, but in either case you will be

> given lots and lots of freezing and it will be a pretty crappy couple

> of weeks afterwards. Good luck, but DO get them out soon, or else

> they will become much harder to get out. At 23 they should pop right

> out with very little fuss. Mine came out at 28, and they still popped

> out without grinding/cutting but it took quite a bit of force, yours

> should go a lot easier.

>

>

> Hope this helped, and good luck with your dentist visits!

> Oh, my sister is also always surprised at how clean my teeth are for

> calculus around the gums and also on the inside. Again, it is the raw

> food scraping it away every day. I haven't had my teeth cleaned in 2

> years and she says they hardly need anything at all!

>

> Cheers!

>

> Joe

>

[Guest guest]

I tried to keep my wisdom teeth and it was a big mistake now I have to live

with extreemly crooked teeth or wear braces to fix what my wisdom teeth did

to my other teeth most people dont have room for the teeth to come in and it

ends up destroying your other teeth but some people have enough room and

never have to have them out. go figure

 

 

> " Love Food Lane " <lovefoodlaughter

>rawfood

>rawfood

>Re: [Raw Food]Teeth! Dentists! Fluoride! Help!/distilled water

>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:25:47 -0000

>

>Joe, Sharon:

>

>Thanks for your responses! I've returned from my second dentist-visit safe

>and sound.

>

>About the fluoride, Joe, I too have been using no-fluoride toothpastes and

>watch the water

>I drink for fluoride content, which is probably part of why it did what it

>did to me--I guess

>most people are kind of inoculated by their toothpastes and the water they

>drink, and I've

>just become resensitized to its toxicity due to my recent lack of exposure.

>

>About the anaesthesia, it was supposed to be just local anaesthesia, but I

>opted to get my

>cavity filled with no local anaesthesia at all. (And don't worry, I didn't

>get the mercury-

>filling, I've never gotten that one.) For the wisdom teeth extraction, it

>would probably just

>be local anaesthesia too. I'm just worried, given the extreme reactions

>I've had to non-

>natural chemicals I've experienced since having gone 100% raw, that my body

>might have

>an extreme reaction to being injected with the local anaesthesia, no matter

>how " harmless "

>it may be to most people, and was before I went raw.

>

>Also, is it really such a terrible thing to keep one's wisdom teeth? The

>hygienist told me

>bacteria can build up there because they're difficult to clean. Am I wrong

>in suspecting

>that the bacteria that builds up in a 100% raw-person's mouth is not

>necessarily a bad

>thing?

>

>Happy gray day! (Gray here in DC at least. Feels like Paris...)

>

>-Storm

>

>rawfood , " Joe Postma " <joepostma wrote:

> >

> > Hi Storm

> >

> > > 1) Antibiotics:

> >

> > I haven't heard of anyone needing antibiotics before a cleaning, but I

> > can ask my sis if you like. I guess it must be from your heart

> > condition, but it is not immediately clear why antibiotics would

> > protect THAT condition in particular. I would think that a raw-food

> > mouth is cleaner and healthier than a cooked-food mouth, but we ALL

> > still have lots of bacteria in our mouths no matter what. Take the

> > antibiotics if they tell you too!

> >

> >

> > > 2) Fluoride:

> >

> > Great issue here. I read about the effects of flouride in several

> > different reputable places, and have stayed away from it for 2 years

> > now! I use only flouride-free toothpaste and I drink distilled water

> > only (with 1/8tsp of sea salt per liter). It is amazing to hear about

> > how much it affected you! My sister (dentist) readily admits that

> > flouride is poisonous, but she says " it is supposed to be good for

> > your teeth " , although even then she admits she doesn't really know why

> > it would be. The only thing thats really good for your teeth is

> > calcium from mineral-balanced alkaline sources, i.e. raw fruits and

> > veggies.

> >

> > In case anyone is wondering, I found that after a few months of

> > drinking plain distilled water my teeth became a touch sensitive.

> > Then I recalled some authors recommending a pinch of sea salt per

> > liter of water to re-mineralize it, and since I have done this the

> > sensitivity has gone away completely.

> >

> > Anyway, your reaction to flouride speaks for itself! It is one of the

> > most unnatural foreign substances to ingest out there! Contributes to

> > cancer, etc etc...whatever you've read is pretty much all true in my

> > opinion.

> >

> >

> > > 3.) Cavity, filling, and anasthesia:

> >

> > You are going under just for a cavity? Thats seems VERY extreme. Do

> > you have a good relationship with your dentist? I know that if they

> > dislike or have difficult clients, they sometimes opt to just put them

> > under rather than deal with them. Even the hygienist can

> > make/recommend this call.

> >

> >

> > > 4.) Wisdom teeth:

> > You don't need to go under for wisdom teeth either, but if you have

> > some condition in which it is dangerous to be awake, then it might be

> > recommended. I got all mine out awake, but in either case you will be

> > given lots and lots of freezing and it will be a pretty crappy couple

> > of weeks afterwards. Good luck, but DO get them out soon, or else

> > they will become much harder to get out. At 23 they should pop right

> > out with very little fuss. Mine came out at 28, and they still popped

> > out without grinding/cutting but it took quite a bit of force, yours

> > should go a lot easier.

> >

> >

> > Hope this helped, and good luck with your dentist visits!

> > Oh, my sister is also always surprised at how clean my teeth are for

> > calculus around the gums and also on the inside. Again, it is the raw

> > food scraping it away every day. I haven't had my teeth cleaned in 2

> > years and she says they hardly need anything at all!

> >

> > Cheers!

> >

> > Joe

> >

>

>

 

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