Cavities and children

hlat

hlat

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My 3 year old has cavities on her molars. What can we do about this? I am hoping to find an alternative to dentist drilling. The 3 year old is very shy around strangers, and I think dentist drilling would likely be a very bad experience for her.

We tried brushing her teeth with baking soda twice, but she hated it. I supposed we will try again if you think it will help.

I am in the process of ordering non-gmo birch xylitol (brand Smart Sweet) to replace all sugar in the home. I am open to other methods to improve her teeth and health. All suggestions and help welcome!
 
hlat said:
My 3 year old has cavities on her molars. What can we do about this? I am hoping to find an alternative to dentist drilling. The 3 year old is very shy around strangers, and I think dentist drilling would likely be a very bad experience for her.

We tried brushing her teeth with baking soda twice, but she hated it. I supposed we will try again if you think it will help.

I am in the process of ordering non-gmo birch xylitol (brand Smart Sweet) to replace all sugar in the home. I am open to other methods to improve her teeth and health. All suggestions and help welcome!
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Now sure where you are based, but there is an alternative to drilling for cavities that are not too deep. See here

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130070080

The main point is:

"When tooth decay begins, minerals, like calcium, are leached out of the tooth enamel, leaving behind sponge-like pores in the enamel. If the decay process is allowed to continue, the pores grow and form a hole, known as a cavity.

The new treatment uses a coating of mild acid that is applied to the decay to open up a route to the pores and clear out decayed enamel. Then the open pores are filled with a clear resin."
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Also, removing all sugar is the best way to prevent further problems, but remember that carbs are also basically sugars, so if you want to be sure, you should limit those as much as possible.
 
Thank you!

I will research to see if I can find a dentist in Southern California that uses Icon resin filling.

Thank you again. We failed as parents when it came to teeth care, and I am hoping to spare my child from the consequences of my mistakes.
 
There is a great deal of information "out there" about oral health, if you are willing to search for it and can tolerate contradictory and partly erroneous information well. Sarah Pope (_http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/) has some interesting stories about teeth repairing themselves, although I don't know if you will find that on her website. I have been going through a collection of presentations and Q&A sessions that is sold at _http://healthymouthsummit.com and it has given me a lot to think about. I am especially thinking that I need to find a new kind of dentist, although I don't know that there ARE any with good training in this region.

Bacteria in the mouth are normal and necessary and are not by themselves the cause of tooth decay. Killing them is not a particularly good idea. Sugar is also not the cause, although it can exacerbate existing problems. I'm afraid a lot of the problem may simply be the lack of essential nutrients in the diet that has been an issue since the dawn of agriculture. Without the right nutrients and without the right hormone levels, the normal protection and repair mechanisms of the teeth break down. We have come to believe that that is "normal."

Rather than replacing sugar with something similar, you might want to be thinking about eating real, unrefined foods. It can't hurt.
 
based on my experience I actually think carbohydrates are the culprit. without diet change, minimizing the contact on the teeth I guess. the molars have valleys in them which can collect food particles (carbohydrates) which makes them more susceptible.

I think if it is too hard to follow a brushing protocol then for instance drinking water after carbohydrate meal or finishing a meal with meat (any non-carbohydrates) might be effective to a lesser degree. chewing raw vegetable perhaps.
 
FWIW, in "Clinical Experiences of Frederick R. Klenner, M.D., as abbreviated, sumarized and annotated by Lendon H. Smith, M.D.", it is reported the following:

_http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/198x/smith-lh-clinical_guide_1988.htm

Cavities: A gram of Vitamin C every day for each year of life (five grams a day for the five year old) will prevent cavities.
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For me it sounds more like a temporary solution while dietary adjustments are made. I always had gum problems other than cavities until I removed gluten and dairy from the diet. Washing them was always bloody and painful.
 
Psyche said:
I always had gum problems other than cavities until I removed gluten and dairy from the diet. Washing them was always bloody and painful.
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Me too. Though I had very few cavities. Getting rid of gluten and dairy has saved my jawbones, gums, and teeth.
 
Laura said:
Psyche said:
I always had gum problems other than cavities until I removed gluten and dairy from the diet. Washing them was always bloody and painful.
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Me too. Though I had very few cavities. Getting rid of gluten and dairy has saved my jawbones, gums, and teeth.
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Same here, my gums aren't bleeding anymore and tooth enamel become much stronger. No more caries, of course.
 
My friend sent me the following link a few months back (_http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-i-healed-my-childs-cavity/), which may help or not.

The blog writer says that she used butter oil and fermented cod liver oil to heal her childs cavity:

I called the dentist right away and made an appointment. In the meantime, I began insisting that my son take 3 butter oil capsules every morning along with his normal, daily teaspoon of fermented cod liver oil. I’ve always been pretty strict about the daily cod liver oil dose before school, but a bit slack about the butter oil along with it to be perfectly honest.

Not anymore. With this big hole in the back of his incisor, I knew that he needed to take both together. Dr. Price discovered that cavities healed faster when these two therapeutic and nourishing oils were taken together.
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About a year ago, I noticed that my daughter had cavities. To say that I was shocked is an understatement: she has a paleo diet and she brushes twice a day. I decided to go and see a holistic dentist. When she saw my daughter and my distressed face, she immediately said: 'She is very tall for her age, has she had a growth spurt recently?' I answered that yes, she had. She said: 'Yes, I see it at her lower legs. She must have needed a lot of minerals, more than her diet could provide and the body turned to a quick fix to get those: the teeth. But this is reversible."

She then advised to take Dr. Schüssler's salts. Our daughter began taking them religiously and during our next visit, two weeks later, the dentist looked very pleased: "one of the cavities is already gone and one is well under way to be."

I'm not saying this is necessarily the case with your daughter, but maybe on top of the other recommendations, you could also try these salts? Maybe she went through a sudden growth spurt as well?
 
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She then advised to take Dr. Schüssler's salts. Our daughter began taking them religiously and during our next visit, two weeks later, the dentist looked very pleased: "one of the cavities is already gone and one is well under way to be."
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Are Dr. Schüssler's salts a homeopathic treatment or mineral salts?
 
Mrs. Tigersoap, I am also very curious to hear more about the salts. Which preparation was it exactly that your daughter was given?
 
It was a homeopathic preparation (little tablets).
On the dark glass bottle was written 'The 12 Schüssler salts in D6' and they were listed (Calc. phos - Calc. sulf. - Calc. fluor - ferrum phos. - Kali mur. - Kali phos. - Kali sulf. - Magn. phos.- Natr.mur. - Natr.phos. - Natr. sulf - Silicea in D6).
 
Wonderful, thank you! Just a fyi, I see that on the US market the same preparation is available from Hyland under the name Bioplasma at most online retailers of supplements and vitamins.
 
There is evidence from research that tooth decay is related to hormone imbalances, evidence that has been ignored even by the institution where the research was conducted. Teeth are designed to exist in an environment teaming with bacteria, and to regenerate and repair themselves, and teeth still do that in scattered parts of the world where the people haven't been poisoned by their diet and environment. Unfortunately, there is no profit to be had from healthy teeth that don't need dental care.

I will try to dig up a reference if I can. At the moment I am blanking on the name of the institution.
 
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