Storm's teeth

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My personal experience with dentists has been very limited. I have

very healthy teeth and have only gotten them cleaned twice in my 30

years of life. I have no cavities.

 

I regretted having my wisdom teeth removed. It was a horrible

experience, unlike childbirth, which was wonderful.

 

I am not an expert on dentistry or on YOUR body, but if it were me,

I would not have my cavity filled or my wisdom teeth pulled. (I

also wouldn't bother getting my teeth cleaned...)

 

My wisdom teeth caused me pain as they made their way slowly in, but

there was nothing wrong with them. The pain of having them pulled

was horrific and now I have some problems with the scar area and an

exposed nerve (still there 3 years later) between the scar area and

my back molar.

 

By the way, most dentists will tell every single person that

they " NEED " their wisdom teeth pulled. I don't doubt that some

people do need them pulled. My husband had one that came in cracked

and became infected. But, not everyone will have this problem.

 

Good luck,

Marjorie

rawfood , " Love Food Lane "

<lovefoodlaughter wrote:

>

> Hello Joe,

>

> This was a heartening post! Perhaps you can help me if your sister

is a dentist and you eat

> raw foods!

>

> I went to my dentist on Tuesday for a cleaning/check-up, and ran

into several problems

> perhaps you or someone else with more experience and/or knowledge

can help me with.

>

> 1) Antibiotics:

> First off, I lied (which I don't like doing) and said I had taken

the massive amount of anti-

> biotics I was supposed to have taken 4 hours before cleaning due

to mitro-valve prolapse

> (I think that's why I'm supposed to take them--because a valve in

my heart doesn't close

> properly and my heart could potentially become infected from the

bacteria that would be

> dislodged from my teeth in the professional cleaning process.) I

didn't want to give them

> legal liability by having them treat me though I hadn't followed

protocol. Also, I figured,

> since I've only eaten raw foods 100% since my last cleaning (6-7

months ago) the bacteria

> in my mouth can't be that harmful.

> Was that a stupid assumption? I am NOT a scientist.

>

> 2) Fluoride:

> Then the dental hygienist handed me the cup of fluoride rinse and

told me to swish for a

> minute. I thought: " I haven't used flouride toothpaste for over a

year...maybe my system

> will be more sensitive now that I've been 100% raw for seven

months? (I was about 80% raw

> before then.)...I have heard some nasty things about

flouride...but those are mostly from

> conspiracy-theorist-types, and besides, everyone else takes

flouride and they're fine... "

> So I poured it into my mouth, remembering, however, that

homeopathic remedies are

> taken under the tongue because that's where stuff gets absorbed

fastest, so I tried to use

> my tongue to protect that area from the nasty-tasting liquid while

the hygienist watched

> the clock.

> " Now spit! " she said after one minute. I did so with relief. Then

to my dismay she handed

> me another cup of fluoride rinse and said " Just one more minute! " .

I poured it into my

> mouth and tried to keep it in my cheeks where it wouldn't be

absorbed as easily.

> The taste became unbearable. My eyes were watering, but there was

nothing to spit into,

> so I had to keep it in my mouth until she gave me the funnel-on-

the-sucker thing, one

> whole minute later. She told me not to eat or drink for an hour. I

told myself: " I am not

> even going to swallow for an hour! " and I grabbed a bunch of

tissues.

>

> From that point on, every time I felt the natural need to swallow,

I spat instead. Pretty

> gross, maybe, but I wanted to be careful. I am sharing this my

experience to prevent if

> possible others from suffering the same. Of course there will

always be those stubborn

> ones (like myself) who must try everything for onesself to believe

it, but for you other,

> prudent types, please take heed!

>

> 10 minutes after my treatment, as I exited the building, I was

feeling a little spacey, very

> relaxed and apathetic. About 20 minutes after my treatment, as I

was walking towards the

> metro--thank God I had not been driving!!--I suddenly had no idea

where I was or when I

> was or where I was going, and had only the vaguest idea of WHO I

was. I sat down, feeling

> very dizzy, having a confused notion of which way was up and which

way was down, and

> breathed deeply, trying to collect myself. (I have experienced

Lithium toxicity before--long

> story--which is similar, and so dealt with it instinctively the

way I used to deal with that.)

> In less than a minute, I'm guessing, I remembered who and what and

where I was, and got

> up to walk towards the metro again. After this point I totally

lost track of time. I remember

> feeling like my legs were made of lead, and that the journey to

the metro was endless, and

> excruciatingly slow. I remember thinking: " I should call an

ambulance, or at least Mama "

> but then checking my phone and seeing it had died. (I definitely

did not have the with-it-

> ness to go into a store to call or anything.) I remember a large

woman on the sidewalk

> (downtown DC) seeing me stumble and giving me her elbow, and

saying " Are you okay,

> girl? " I think I just said, " Thanks, I'll be fine, " out of habit,

or because explaining my state

> would have been too confusing and difficult for me at the time. In

any case, my words

> were so slurred--my jaw was stuck closed, it seemed!--that she

probably wouldn't have

> understood me. Though I don't remember much at all after that,

only strange dreams and

> sounds and swirling sensations, I must have somehow gotten to the

metro and then

> walked from my metro stop all the way home (thank goodness for

dumb animal routine

> savoir-faire!) because I woke up on my living room floor about

five hours later with a VERY

> sore jaw (my teeth must have been clenched tightly together while

I slept--again, that

> " lockjaw " feeling) and feeling like I weighed 500 lbs.

>

> Since then (now 2 days ago) I have felt generally out-of it, and

increasingly

> psychologicaly/chemically depressed, the same way one feels at the

end of a marijuana-

> high, if I remember correctly (it's been a long while). Every so

often, out of nowhere I have

> felt so weak I couldn't move for a few minutes, and every so

often, I have continued to

> have semi-amnesiac moments lasting about 1 minute. I suspect these

are symptoms of

> detoxification at this point, and expect they will not carry on

too much longer.

>

> The last time I got a flouride treatment I was eating about 80-90%

raw. I might have felt a

> little spacey but no more. News to all who haven't found out the

hard way for themselves:

> 90% raw is VERY different from 100% raw in terms of one's

reactions to unnatural

> chemicals! Beware!

>

> 3.) Cavity, filling, and anasthesia:

> Now I'm faced with another dilemma. Apparently I have one very

tiny cavity. I'm supposed

> to get it filled today. I am most frightened of the anasthesia--

might it have a toxic effect

> on me as the fluoride did? Does anyone 100% raw have experience

with anasthesia?

>

> 4.) Wisdom teeth:

> I'm 23 and mine are just coming in. The dentist says I MUST have

them pulled, which

> would theoretically involve anasthesia too. Any ideas?

>

> I would welcome any and all feedback! Thanks in advance and stay

away from poisons!!!

>

> -Storm

>

>

>

> rawfood , " Joe Postma " <joepostma@> wrote:

> >

> > I find my teeth cleaner and whiter than ever! The high water

content

> > of fruit and veggies helps to clean the teeth I think, and the

fiber

> > and roughage definitely helps scour them and the gums as well.

My

> > sister (a dentist) agrees with this assessment (well, she gave

me this

> > assessment! ).

>