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Brilliant, brilliant article Laura, thankyou!

 

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rawfood , Laura Haddaway <iamdunroamin>

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> How To Enjoy Healthy Teeth & Gums - In Spite Of Your

> Dentist

>

> ROBERT O. NARA, D.D.S. Speaking at Total Health '87

>

> The dental profession has the public pretty well

> boondoggled into thinking that we have to go to the

> dentist & get our teeth cleaned & checked every six

> months & we've been conditioned to believe that

> somehow or other this has something to do with our

> having healthy teeth & gums.

>

> I don't particularly believe that that's true. In

> fact, I believe that you could very easily live out an

> entire lifetime & never see a dentist. Every time you

> have your teeth cleaned, about 2 to 3 microns of your

> enamel goes away. It's a very abrating kind of

> process, this business of having your teeth cleaned.

>

> In fact, I believe that there are a lot of detrimental

> things that happen in the cleaning process & the

> scraping of the roots. Even in dental professional

> literature, they state that there is probably some

> damage to the root surfaces when they scrape with

> these scalers.

>

> CALCULUS OR TARTAR:

>

> I want you to think about another thing. At some time

> or other you've had a tea kettle or some kind of a pot

> on your stove that boils water & , over a period of

> time, a scale forms on the bottom. If you've ever

> looked carefully at that scale, you will find that

> it's kind of dark brown in color, kind of brittle

> looking & , in fact if you scrape at it a little bit,

> some of it may come off in chunks. If you look inside

> your mouth & you have a large number of deposits on

> your teeth, what dentists call calculus or tartar,

> you'll find that it's going to look

> just about the same as that stuff that collects on the

> bottom of your tea kettle. The reason that it looks

> like it's the same stuff, is because it is the same

> stuff.

>

> Now, once every six months or so you could scrape the

> bottom of the tea kettle & try to get that stuff off,

> which would be a tough job as you can appreciate, or

> you could put a little bit of vinegar in your tea

> kettle & the calcium hydroxide salts that are stuck on

> the bottom of your tea kettle would go back into

> solution, because the acetic acid from the vinegar,

> working with the calcium hydroxide, which is a base,

> neutralize each other & you can dissolve the deposits.

>

>

> So if I suggested that, instead of having all that

> scraping all the time that we just dissolve the tartar

> off of the teeth, that would make a whole lot of

> sense, wouldn't it?

>

> STRUCTURE OF THE TOOTH:

>

> Now, let's take a look at the tooth structure. The

> hard structure of a tooth is the enamel & the dentin

> is underneath it.

>

> What is the tooth made of? Well, it's primarily made

> of calcium & phosphorus, the same stuff our bones are

> made of except there is a little more calcium &

> phosphorus in the teeth than there is in the bones.

> That's why they are harder. If you fall down & break a

> leg & the doctor puts the two pieces of the bone back

> together & puts a cast over the whole affair so that

> it can't move; in about six weeks your leg is healed.

>

> How did it heal? Did the Doctor put some super glue in

> there? No, you grew some brand new bone. In order for

> the bone to heal, for the two pieces to heal back

> together, you grew brand new bone. If you have a

> cavity, why don't we grow some brand new enamel? Now,

> there is no reason to believe that if we can grow new

> bone, that we can't grow new tooth structure. There's

> no reason to believe that if a substance comes out of

> solution & deposits on your teeth, that it can't go

> back into solution & get off of your teeth.

>

> BIOLOGICAL BALANCE IN THE MOUTH:

>

> I would like to talk to you about a hypothetical

> situation which can take place inside of a person's

> mouth, let's call it biologic balance.

>

> Let's pretend that we have a condition inside of your

> mouth which is identical to the first few hours after

> you were born. Now, when you were first born, your

> body was completely sterile - there was no bacteria

> anywhere in your system. All the bacteria that your

> body takes on, where do you get it from?

>

> Your body gets it from your environment. But, at the

> time that you were first born, you had saliva in your

> mouth. There was no bacteria in your mouth. The saliva

> at that time was, for all practical purposes, for

> several days or even longer, sterile. No bacteria. The

> saliva has a high concentration of calcium &

> phosphorus ions, the same stuff our teeth are made of.

> Our blood also has a high concentration of calcium &

> phosphorus ions floating around in it. So you see, the

> basic building blocks of the body are all around.

> They're in the blood, they're in the saliva, & if you

> have something going wrong later on, there is no

> reason that these building blocks are not available.

>

> They're there & they can work for you. But only under

> the right conditions. Saliva is a very good first-aid

> type fluid that helps us. It has very beneficial

> effects. It also contains calcium & phosphorus ions

> which are available at any time. If you have a decent

> diet, you will have a pretty high concentration of

> these calcium & phosphorus ions in your saliva.

>

> If your diet is not good, you're going to have a lower

> concentration of them. So obviously, diet is very

> important to

> good dental health. Diet is important to all health.

> If we don't eat right, we're not going to be healthy

> no matter what.

>

> BACTERIA CAUSES DECAY!

>

> The dental profession has been telling us all these

> years that sugar is the thing that raises all the

> ruckus with our teeth. Most people that I have talked

> to have said that they have a friend, or relative, who

> seldom brushed, didn't clean their teeth very well &

> ate candy bars till they were coming out of their

> ears, & never got a single cavity.

>

> How come? The environment wasn't right. That

> particular person was immune to the types of bacteria

> that cause decay. & , there are about 3 or 4 main

> decay-producing types of bacteria, the two primary

> ones really are the strep-mutanes, which are the big

> ones & then after that comes lacto-bacillus.

>

> These bacteria, the 3 or 4 main types which attack our

> teeth, do it by producing toxic waste products in the

> form of

> acids that literally eats holes in the enamel. If you

> want to stop that process, the first thing you have to

> do is get rid of the infection.

>

> You all know what appendicitis is. That's inflammation

> or infection of the appendix. You may also have

> " molaritis " or " bicuspiditis " , infection of the tooth.

> Dentists just refer to these things as cavities to be

> filled. If you're a dentist every cavity looks like a

> filling, not a healing, but a filling.

>

> My wife & I have 3 children, the oldest one is a

> dentist, the next oldest one is a medical doctor & the

> next daughter is a physical therapist. None of our

> children have ever had a cavity. They never will, any

> more than there's every going to be grass growing in

> this room; because the environment is not right. Now,

> you can create this. It takes a little effort.

>

> REMINERALIZATION OF CAVITIES:

>

> Modern research has shown in the past several years

> that almost every human being walking around today,

> even people whose mouths are in good condition, has on

> the average about 20 cavities in their mouth at all

> times. & these cavities are either getting bigger or

> getting smaller, & the availability of the calcium &

> phosphorus ions from our saliva depositing in these

> areas is the thing that keeps the teeth healthy

> enough.

>

> Now, if the deposits are coming back onto the tooth

> structure

> about as fast as they are leaving, then your teeth

> stay healthy. If the reverse is true, then a hole

> starts to develop. People have asked me what they can

> do about some of these things? Well, let me offer just

> one idea about this business of speeding up the

> remineralization of cavities.

>

> If you have a hole in the tooth, it's nothing more

> than soft

> tooth structure; earlier it had more calcium &

> phosphorus ions in it. If you want to strengthen it &

> harden it, there is a mouth spray called Zero-lube.

> Zero-lube was originally designed & produced by a

> laboratory in the United States called Scheer Labs, in

> Dallas, Texas.

>

> This product is very unique. It was designed

> originally for people who had severe radiation of the

> head & neck regions. What radiation does is, it

> atrophies the saliva glands in the floor of the mouth

> & on the side of the cheeks. & as these saliva glands

> atrophy, they don't produce saliva anymore & , if they

> do, it's a very small amount. The average human being

> produces about a litre of saliva every day.

>

> Without it, however, people have a very dry condition

> because their salivary glands have atrophied & any

> dentist will tell you that the roots of the teeth, the

> root surfaces, the gum areas that protect the roots,

> deteriorate at an extremely rapid rate. So, this

> product was originally designed to help these people

> who had had excessive radiation & didn't have enough

> of their own saliva to even keep their teeth wet.

>

> All you have to do is spray with this stuff a few

> times a day &

> you are adding a very high concentration of the

> calcium & phosphate ions in your mouth, & if you swish

> with it for several minutes before you spit it out,

> you are actually helping to heal these areas that have

> softened up. Your saliva contains these same ions on

> its own & , if your teeth are perfectly clean & your

> mouth is in biologic balance, you do not need this

> product. In fact, when you achieve biologic balance

> you don't need hardly any products except just a

> toothbrush, some dental floss & maybe an irrigator.

> (See also: Demineralization & Remineralization)

>

> GUM & NECK OF THE TOOTH PROBLEMS:

>

> Now, most of the people in this room are already doing

> a pretty good job with a toothbrush & with floss or

> tape, but the serious problem that exists today is gum

> tissue problems. Once they have started, there is a

> little space down between the neck of the tooth & the

> tooth itself. For all practical purposes, let's call

> it the neck of the tooth disease.

>

> This is the area of the biggest amount of problem, &

> it seldom gets cleaned properly because food &

> bacteria collect in this

> space, on the outside of the tooth & on the tongue

> side, & we don't really clean there very well. The

> dental floss is designed to clean in between the

> teeth, & the brush cleans the outside, the biting

> surface & the inside, but this little space between

> tooth & gum, unfortunately does not get cleaned, or in

> most places not very well.

>

> Now, if you are using a brush in a very unique manner,

> & if you are young & you have used that solculus

> brushing method very carefully, you can probably get

> by without every using an oral irrigator. But, if you

> have any dental problems, or any amount of disease or

> any amount of dental recession, then it is highly

> advisable that you use some form of irrigation to

> clean around the neck of the tooth.

>

> The pattern of gum tissue disease is that it is

> basically a problem of not getting the neck of the

> tooth clean, & that is why the disease process starts

> marching down the tooth.

>

> From the time I graduated from dental college I had

> figured out that the Water-Pik was a pretty handy

> device, because you could remove a lot of debris from

> the mouth with it. In fact, the people that we have on

> Water-Piks, especially with the special tips to flush

> out pockets, tell me, all of them, that after their

> evening mean they brush well, they use their dental

> floss, they clean very well, they do everything right.

> Then they use the Water-Pik with the special tip, with

> their head in the sink

> in the bathroom, & the food & the debris & the

> particles that come out is unbelievable to them. They

> say, " Wow, no wonder I have been having these

> problems. " So about twenty-some years ago, with the

> help of my dental staff, my wife & a couple of other

> people, we took the conventional Water-Pik tip, which

> is kind of like a shotgun tip, it just squirts water

> in every direction, it's not very directional. We made

> it very directional by adding a section of stainless

> steel surgical tubing, so that instead of it squirting

> in every which direction, it would squirt in a very

> specific place.

>

> It's kind of like a garden hose with a blunt end on

> it, that just squirts all over the place & if you put

> a nozzle on it & tighten it down & it squirts in a

> specific place, you can get more pressure & you can

> get a better cleansing action, & you

> can flush out dental pockets.

>

> Pockets are nothing more than the same little space we

> started off with earlier which was normal, & which has

> now gotten deeper & this is called a periodontal

> pocket. It's nothing more than a space between the

> tooth & the gum, & the deeper they get, the more food

> & the more bacteria pack down in there. & the deeper

> it gets, the more it ruins the attaching fibers.

>

> If you want to know how your gum tissue sticks to your

> teeth & bone, all I want you to do is think about the

> Velcro that we have on clothing & wallets, because

> that is how your gum tissue sticks. There are little

> attaching fibers, & the minute that there is some

> irritation in the depth of that first crevice which is

> only about a millimetre deep when we are a young child

> & a millimetre or two deep when we get to be a

> teenager.

>

> If it starts to get to three or four millimetres you

> have a

> pocket & you cannot clean the depth of that pocket.

> So, this little space that keeps getting deeper &

> deeper, you can't clean it with a toothbrush, you

> can't clean it with dental floss, you can go to the

> dentist & have it scraped out & , generally speaking,

> the dentist is going to tell you that instead of

> coming back every six months for a scraping, to come

> back every three months for a scraping.

>

> I call it " Scrapeodontics. " & after it gets very bad

> they might tell you to come back every one or two

> months for a scraping. This isn't doing any good.

>

> The net result is that, not only is it not stopping

> the cause, but it is damaging the roots of the teeth

> besides. So it is up to you to decide which way you

> want to go, if you want to pay a little attention &

> put on a little effort, you can enjoy a state of what

> is called biologic balance in your mouth. & if the

> depth of the pocket is not enjoying the same state of

> biologic balance, then that " neck of the tooth

> disease " is marching way down the neck of the tooth

> headed right for the tip of the tooth & , by the time

> it gets about two-thirds of the way down there, your

> teeth are going to start wobbling around. There is not

> enough bone left to hold the teeth in place. But, you

> can grow new bone, & grow it right back up the neck of

> the tooth again.

>

> In October, 1977, the Journal of the American Academy

> of Dentists, tells all about the bone growing right

> back up the necks of the teeth.

>

> When my wife & I were young & met at Michigan State

> University, her mother had, at that time, five teeth

> in her mouth, two on the bottom & three on the top.

> She had suffered a lot of gum disease over the years &

> dentists had done all of the things which they could

> do. These five teeth were so wobbly that you could

> move them around with your fingers, in fact, she was

> already scheduled to have those removed & have upper &

> lower dentures made.

>

> Her soon to be son-in-law dentist said, now wait a

> minute. At least those five teeth will help stabilize

> partial dentures. It is better to have partial

> dentures than a full denture. & these teeth were so

> loose that they were practically ready to come

> out on their own. We put her on the program of

> cleaning the neck of the tooth. We eliminated the

> " neck of the tooth disease " in her mouth & the bone

> grew back. My wife & I will celebrate our 30th wedding

> anniversary this summer, & her mother still has the

> five teeth. So, when dentists tell me that you can't

> do these things, I just say, " Well, Doctor, it is kind

> of like if you believe that you can't do them, then

> you can't. "

>

> VIADENT:

>

> A company in Switzerland by the name of Viadent, who

> consulted with me by the way, built some special tips

> for their unit which is similar to the Water-Pik. It

> is different in several ways & the Viadent unit comes

> with four tips, two conventional tips which are good

> for young people, particularly small children because

> it will flush away the food & bacteria that collects

> below the neck of the tooth, & the other two (sulcus)

> tips that come with it are designed to flush out

> pockets.

>

> Now, those of you who heard Reverend Willhelm, heard

> him tell you just how effective hydrogen peroxide was

> in killing bacteria. (this should be pharmacuetical

> grade if possible)

>

> If you want to get hydrogen peroxide down into the

> space between the tooth & the gum, if you just rinse

> your mouth with it that is partially beneficial, but

> if you have pockets & spaces down along the necks of

> the teeth & someone has recommended surgery for you or

> whatever, then I would highly advise you to get a unit

> like this & use it initially two or three times per

> day & squirt the hydrogen peroxide or salt water or

> salt & soda or a variety of other rinses that are

> mentioned in that Issue No. 9.

>

> The Gum Tissue Issue of the No. 9 (People's Dental

> Association) newsletter has a whole page on rinses &

> the different variety of rinses that are available. If

> you are going to stop your own gum disease, you have

> to stop the bacteria.

>

> So, I just want you to think about these things.

> They're your teeth. They're going to be either with

> you or not with you for the rest of your life. The

> person that is in control is you. You are in charge of

> your own dental destiny. The more you rely on the

> dentist & the less you rely on yourself, the more

> likely you will wind up with teeth at a ripe old age.

>

> You're going to have to do a little homework, you're

> going to

> have to study a little bit, you're going to have to

> change your frame of reference, & you're going to have

> to say, well maybe there is a better way.

>

> THE PEOPLE'S DENTAL ASSOCIATION:

>

> The biggest problem that this whole situation faces is

> the lack of knowledge. In the first place, the public

> does not have this knowledge, but that's not really

> where the problem lies. An organization in the United

> States called Opinion Research Corporation did a very

> extensive study to find out just why it is that

> prevention & the knowledge that has been produced in

> the past 20, 30, 40, 50 years, is not being practiced.

>

>

> Dentists practice with drills, doctors practice with

> forceps, they don't practice with knowledge. & Opinion

> Research

> Corporation set out to figure out why. Why is this

> existing knowledge not being put to use? Why is it not

> being taught to the public?

>

> Opinion Research found out that the dentists don't

> know. There is a big block & no communication between

> the scientific world of dentistry & the delivery

> system of dentistry out in the field. Also, the

> practicing dentist today is not practicing much

> different than the dentist practiced 25 years ago or

> even 50 years ago. I graduated, in essence, number one

> in my class from the University of Michigan in 1959 &

> my son graduated from the same University with the

> same position in his class 25 years later, & the

> courses were all the same.

>

> There wasn't one course that had been appreciably

> changed in the 25 years between the time that I had

> left there & the time my son left there. Nothing has

> been changed. They are taught the same old mechanics.

>

> So, you have a choice, you people that are the public

> can decide. Your dentist that you have seen in the

> past, or even in the future, if they choose to think

> in the old way, I guess there is not much we can do

> about that.

>

> But you can certainly choose to think in a new way.

> That is your

> decision to make. I think that it is very possible to

> live for a

> lifetime without seeing a dentist, as long as you have

> this knowledge & you break up the bacterial colonies

> that collect around the teeth & gums.

>

> If you don't believe that these things can work, if

> you don't want to understand how they work, if you're

> not willing to deal with an open mind & learn that

> there may be some other ways to think about this, well

> then your best bet is to just continue what dentists

> have been preaching for a long time; see your dentist

> twice a year, brush your teeth twice a day, & don't

> eat sweets.

>

> You will then have a typical pattern of a lot of

> cavities & gum problems & root canals & all different

> kinds of things.

>

> I guess there is not a whole lot I can do to change

> the profession anymore, because I spent about 15 years

> of my life travelling around the Dental Schools

> teaching these same concepts. These same things I am

> presenting to you, I have presented to over 15,000

> dentists in a period of several years' time.

>

> I wrote a thick textbook about it published by

> Prentice Hall in the United States, & sold all kinds

> of them. I'm sure the dentists, at least some of them

> read it, but I can assure you none of them practice

> it. Or if so, very, very few.

>

> That's unfortunate. I finally decided instead of

> talking to dentists & trying to reason with them, I

> turned it all into a program which can be done

> directly for the public, either in the form of

> lectures like this & even more effectively through the

> mail.

>

> Everything which I am saying to you about learning &

> doing is

> included, & there are about 15 or 20 different modern

> day products listed that will help you, in addition to

> some old ones, like salt & soda & peroxide & all of

> these things. There is no one exact answer for any

> given person.

>

> So, we reduce the whole thing down to a four-page

> description which is now published in a newsletter

> called " The People's

> Dental Association Network News " Issue No. 7. Issue

> No. 7 is an

> overview of everything I am saying to you here this

> evening. It is a synopsis of the entire Oramedics

> Program that has been developed by myself & other

> people, to bring people's mouths back to a state of

> biologic balance.

>

> Now, if you have gum tissue problems, then there is

> another issue which is a condensation of about 450

> research articles, all put into a four page newsletter

> called " Issue No. 9 " which has to do with gum disease.

>

>

> I see part of my job on the face of this earth these

> days as answering the problem that Opinion Research

> Corporation found out; that the scientific world & the

> dental practitioner world don't communicate. So I see

> my role as being a source. I can't expect you all to

> go out & read a half dozen different dental journals

> each month & analyze what they say & try to figure

> what that means to the health of your mouth.

>

> So, I have assumed that responsibility. I read the

> Journals &

> determine what I think is important for the public to

> know, &

> periodically we condense it into an issue of a

> newsletter & we mail it out to the people that belong

> to this organization called " The People's Dental

> Association " .

>

> We do issues of the Network News when we have

> something important to say, if there is a breakthrough

> in the field of dentistry or the health of the mouth,

> we will come out with a special issue & it will be off

> the presses in a matter of days. We have tried to

> design this whole process so that you can conquer your

> own dental disease, at home without the benefit of a

> dentist.

>

> I used to worry about the fact that dentists are not

> going to practice prevention. (At least probably for

> the rest of my life, but I don't worry about that

> anymore>) By condensing these important preventive

> types of knowledge into books, pamphlets, materials, &

> tapes under the label of " Oramedics, " we have made

> available through the " People's Dental Association " an

> inexpensive way of self-help & learn at home to

> conquer your own dental problems.

>

> QUESTIONS:

>

> Q: Will irrigation with the appropriate solution

> remove the calculus that builds up around the teeth?

>

> A: Well, let's reverse that question, because if you

> were doing this already, no calculus would build up

> around the teeth. Now, if you do have calculus there,

> & if it is large deposits, you might think about going

> one last time to the dentist & have them scraped off.

> If they are really big deposits I would suggest that

> you do that. You could dissolve it all, but it would

> probably take you a better part of a year.

>

> Q: Can anything be done to reverse gum recession?

>

> A: What causes recession in the first place? If there

> has been

> recession, anywhere in the mouth, I can pretty much

> assure you that it's there because there was an

> episode in which the " neck of the tooth disease " went

> on there earlier. If there is bacteria of any kind in

> your mouth, whether it's in the bone or around the

> neck of the tooth or below the gum tissue or whatever,

> I know of no way to get it out of there without

> squirting it out.

>

> You cannot get it out with a toothbrush & you can't

> get it out with dental floss. My morning's program

> covered about six different research projects or

> research papers that I quoted

> from, that prove to me & I think anybody who will

> listen, that surgery is not the answer.

>

> DEMINERALIZATION & REMINERALIZATION

>

> Demineralization & Remineralization have a vital

> impact on the

> strength & hardness of dental enamel.

>

> WHAT IS DEMINERALIZATION? Demineralization is the

> process of removing minerals, in the form of mineral

> ions, from dental enamel. " Demineralization " is

> another term for " dissolving the enamel. " Dental

> enamel is a crystalline latticework composed of

> various minerals, the principal component of which is

> a complex calcium phosphate mineral called

> hydroxyapatite ( " hi-drox-e-appetite. " )

>

> A substantial number of mineral ions can be removed

> from hydroxyapatite latticework without destroying its

> structural integrity; however, such demineralized

> enamel transmits hot, cold, pressure & pain much more

> readily than normal enamel. For example, if you feel

> something like a toothache, but the dentist says you

> don't have a cavity, chances are good you are feeling

> the results of a severely demineralized spot on your

> tooth that hasn't yet formed a cavity.

>

> Your dentist may also tell you that your enamel is

> soft at that spot, & that s/he can actually penetrate

> your enamel with

> a probe. Dentists frequently recommend brushing with a

> prescription high-dose fluoride gel to retard

> demineralization. When too many minerals are dissolved

> from an area of the hydroxyapatite's latticework, you

> have a cavity.

>

> Cavities are the loss of the hydroxyapatite's

> crystalline latticework structure. Fortunately, the

> latticework can be

> strengthened & restored through the process of

> remineralization.

>

> WHAT IS REMINERALIZATION?

>

> Remineralization is the process of restoring minerals

> - again, in the form of mineral ions - to the

> hydroxyapatite's

> latticework structure. Remineralization is like

> replacing the missing rungs in a rickety ladder to

> make it strong & stable again – except that

> remineralization is three-dimensional, & the lost

> " rungs " (i.e. different mineral ions) must be replaced

> with " rungs " having the exact same shape, size & the

> same electrical charge as those lost from the lattice.

>

>

> Both remineralization & demineralization occur on the

> surface

> of the tooth. If you examine the cross-section diagram

> of a tooth, you will see there is no connection

> between the bloodstream & the enamel.

>

> Therefore, taking mineral supplements has virtually no

> impact on

> remineralizing the teeth. (It's also worth noting that

> this is true in reverse too: An event that draws on

> minerals in the blood, such as pregnancy or healing a

> broken bone cannot extract minerals from the teeth, as

> is widely believed.)

>

> WHAT CAUSES DEMINERALIZATION?

>

> Strong, stable acids, mostly: To a certain extent,

> these are found in acid foods, such as tomatoes or

> oranges; but they're also formed by oral bacteria that

> feed on starches & sugars in

> your mouth, especially refined sugars, secreting acids

> as by-products.

>

> WHY DO STRONG STABLE ACIDS CAUSE DEMINERALIZATION?

>

> Dental enamel is mineral, a " living stone. " In your

> mouth, as in the rest of nature, acids dissolve

> minerals, transforming them from solid mineral

> molecules into mineral ions that exist only in

> solution. Strong stable acids do not break down

> easily, so very small quantities can keep on

> dissolving the minerals in your enamel. In the

> presence of these acids, millions, even billions, of

> calcium & other mineral ions are removed from the

> hydroxyapatite latticework. Eventually, the enamel

> loses its structural integrity.

>

> HOW DOES THE BODY FIGHT DENTAL DEMINERALIZATION?

>

> To counter demineralization, the body had to solve an

> interesting problem: If dental minerals are only

> soluble in acids, how can it create replacement

> mineral ions in a way that also doesn't dissolve

> enamel, as strong stable acids do? The solution is so

> elegant, so simple, & so invisible that you don't even

> realize it's happening! Th is natural mechanism is

> enhanced be eating unprocessed foods, rich in

> minerals, including trace

> minerals, such as natural & organic foods.

>

> WHAT IS THIS NATURAL REMINERALIZATION MECHANISM?

>

> Our bodies utilize carbon dioxide from our breath &

> water from our saliva to create a mild, unstable acid,

> carbonic acid. Carbonic acid is the heart of the

> natural remineralization process. Like all acids,

> carbonic acids can dissolve minerals in our saliva

> (present from our food); however, unlike strong stable

> acids, carbonic acid quickly & easily converts to

> carbon

> dioxide & water.

>

> When this happens, the mineral ions that are dissolved

> in I,t precipitate out as solid mineral ions again -

> but not necessarily as the original mineral molecules:

> If a particular mineral ion is near a demineralized

> portion of the hydroxyapatite crystal that requires

> that ion, the ion is incorporated into the dental

> enamel!

>

> Though natural remineralization is always taking

> place, the level of activity varies according to

> conditions in the mouth. In fact, for remineralization

> to proceed, six conditions or events must occur at the

> same time:

>

> FIRST, sufficient minerals must be present in the

> saliva. Since foods are the principal source of

> minerals for the teeth, an adequate diet, or

> insufficient time chewing foods (which transfers

> minerals to the saliva) may result in mineral-poor

> saliva. (Cooking changes these minerals into a form

> our bodies can't use, as does the heat processing into

> Vitamin supplements.)

>

> SECOND, a molecule of carbonic acid must be produced.

> Only a miniscule fraction of the carbon dioxide from

> the breath is converted to carbonic acid.

>

> THIRD, the carbonic acid molecule must be produced in

> proximity to a mineral molecule, which it then

> dissolves into its ionic components.

>

> FOURTH, this all has to occur in proximity to a

> demineralized spot in the hydroxyapatite latticework

> that requires that exact mineral ion.

>

> FIFTH, that spot of the tooth has to be clean, so that

> the

> mineral-deficient spot is accessible. If it is, then

> the mineral ion is attracted to the " hole " in the

> lattice by the opposite electric charges of the ion &

> the " hole. " Many different ions have the correct

> charge, but only the correct ion has the correct shape

> & size to fit into the " hole. "

>

> FINALLY, the carbonic acid must convert to carbon

> dioxide & water before any of the above circumstances

> change! When all this happens, a mineral ion is

> precipitated out of solution into the structure of the

> enamel. All mammals (dogs, monkeys, lions, mice, etc.)

> utilize this same carbonic acid remineralization

> mechanism.

>

> In the wild, animals generally have strong enamel, so

> we know that with a natural diet, this subtle &

> invisible process really is able to maintain the

> strength of enamel! This also indicates that with a

> pre-modern diet, humans probably also had strong

> enamel naturally. For strong enamel in today's world,

> though,

> the natural remineralization process needs to be

> augmented.

>

> TODAY, WHY IS NATURAL REMINERALIZATION FREQUENTLY

> INADEQUATE TO MAINTAIN STRONG ENAMEL?

>

> As you can see, natural remineralization is a pretty

> " iffy " occurrence. In contrast, demineralization is

> enormously

> accelerated by the refined sugars & cooked/processed

> foods in most of our diets. The destruction caused by

> the strong stable acids abundantly present in our

> mouths is constant & unremitting.

>

> TO RESTORE THE BODY'S NATURAL EQUILIBRIUM, EITHER

> REMINERALIZATION MUST BE ENHANCED OR DEMINERALIZATION

> MUST BE RETARDED. EFFERVESCENT ACTION ENHANCES

> REMINERALIZATION; FLUORIDE RETARDS DEMINERALIZATION.

>

> http://www.holisticmed.com/dental/prevent.html

>

> =====

> Peace, Joy and Good Health

>

> Laura

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