Nutritional Dentistry Defined - Nutritional Dentist Theory

The number of posts about cavity cures and cavity treatments continues to rise. Controversy and skepticism surrounds the idea, but evidence continues to mount that cavities and the associated continued decay of teeth can be stopped with proper nutritional treatments.

One of the arguments is that cavities can not be cured with nutritional mouthwashes or anything at all. A filling for example does not cure a cavity, but it does stop the tooth from further decay. Nutritional mouthwashes, primarily mineral based, may just as well be able to prevent further decay and stop the pain as does a filling does. And one of the suspected reasons is that most Americans have mineral deficiencies that are directly affecting the natural rebuilding and remineralization process of their teeth.

Nutritional dentistry uses mineral intensive solutions with an oil base. These types of mouthwashes can offer a high PH, which reduces bacteria count, have a high mineral content that delivers needed minerals directly to where they are best absorbed, the mouth, and often contain necessary enzymes that will facilitate biochemical reactions that help remineralize the teeth and gums.

Nutritional dentistry also focuses on teeth grinding. People who grind their teeth, that is people under severe stress, often are more vulnerable to cavities and gum disease. In nutritional dentistry, stress relieving exercises are used that help reduce teeth grinding when awake and when asleep.

Nutritional dentistry often works best on people that make a dedicated effort to have a diet that optimized nutritional. On the other hand, those that have poor diets that are filled with sugar products and absent of nutritional foods, fruits, vegetables and Omega-3 rich foods, may not respond as well. Or may need to rinse with mineralized mouthwashes for longer periods of time.

Regardless, even if one has a great diet, stopping a severely decayed tooth from further decay and or rebuilding it with minerals such as to eliminate pain can take persistence. Reports indicate that pain can decrease quite rapidly with mineral washes or dissolving mineral tablets in ones mouth. It is believed that the time to eliminate the pain  is proportional  to number of rinses per day, the length of time of the rinse and the severity of the decay.

Warning: Always consult a qualified health care provider and nutritionist to help you evaluate different formulas and alternatives to traditional dental methods. Although some methods work well for some people, they may not be suitable or applicable to your dental problem or your specific life style. There are numerous environmental and physical conditions that effect tooth decay, oral health and efficacy of treatments. Among them are diet, water, general physical health, , methodology and application of dental treatment, exercise and even air quality.