ToothPaste Ingredients, Safety Ratings - Natural Alternatives to Enzyme and Mineral Supplements

The ingredient danger rating of Tom's Fluoride free toothpaste is much lower than Colgates. The ingredient that is rated as least safe in Tom's is Zinc Citrate Trihydrate. 

I looked through the ingredient list of a number of calcium+magnesium+zinc supplements and noticed that they vary widely in the type of zinc. Some actually don't use zinc at all. Instead they use oils that are high in zinc such as peanut oil. 

This is not the first time I noticed this. CQ10 is available as a supplement. If you look at the ingredient list of a CQ10 supplement you will notice that it is rice bran oil. Thats how I found out about rice bran oil. Its much much cheaper when purchased in the grocery section.

EWG.org's online cosmetic and oral care ingredient database will be useful to determine the safety of Beauty Bar mouthwash. I believe ewg.org will do a free safety rating of products. However the marketing of mouthwash and the regulations that control it are complicated and a legal nightmare.


Toms of Maine Hazardous Ingredients

http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/479404/Tom%27s_of_Maine_Antiplaque_%26_Whitening%2C_Fluoride-Free_Natural_Toothpaste%2C_Fennel/

Mineralized Oils challenge mainstream mouthwash market

Homemade mouthwashes could lead to a new trend in the mouthwash market. Today people are mixing minerals with oils as an alternative to mouthwash. Oil pulling, which is essentially rinsing with sesame oil is very popular on the Internet. If one looks a little further, one will find those that mix oil with clay to make toothpaste or mouthwash. 

The big questions is do these alternative mouthwashes work and if they do, why? To answer these questions, one place to look is the mineral content of oils and clays.  There are several minerals that are known to help bone and tissue health. These include magnesium, silica and zinc. 

If a mouthwash or toothpaste has these minerals it may well help nutritionalize the mouth. To what degree is an open question. However, it is not only mineral content of these homemade mouthwashes that may help improve dental health or stop decay, but also the pH level of these mouthwashes. Bacteria in the mouth emit lactic acid which tends to lower the pH level (make more acidic) of the mouth.  On the other hand, solutions that are high in minerals tend to increase the pH level (make less acidic). Bacteria, like all living organisms,  require a healthy environment to live.  Environments that are high in pH, such as a baking soda solution or just plain mineral water, may make it more difficult for harmful bacteria to survive. 

On the other hand, there are bacteria that don't emit lactic acid and are considered beneficial to your health.  For example, yogurt is sometimes done to replenish the supply of good bacteria in the mouth. 

Still where does this put the mainstream mouthwash companies. Well many are making new concoctions that have natural ingredients. On the other hand, one has to wonder if the profit margins on these products will allow for mouthwashes or toothpastes with a high enough mineral content to be effective. 

Editorial Calendar: Summer, 2015

Over the summer, Alternative Dentistry News  will focuse on the nutritional and chemical content of toothpaste and mouthwash ingredients. Individual, companies and organizations that would like to have their article proposals,  press releases, and web pages featured in Alternative Dentistry News email your submissions to the editor, mark.c.stansberry@gmail.com

Summer 2015 Editorial Calendar

• Mineralized Oils, Just How Effective, Ingredient Analysis
• New Designer Toothpastes Promising Cavity Free Future 
• Toxicology of mouthwash ingredients ,,,, Just how dangerous are they ........natural mouthwash ingredients versus traditional ingredients
• RDA Minerals Found in Toothpastes 
• PH and Oral Health
• Homemade Mouthwash and Toothpaste Treatments 
• Beauty Bars: Just what are they
• Manuka Honey emerges as new ingredient for alternative toothpastes. 
• The economic impact of dental health on the consumer

Pain Free Cavity Treatments

Author Contact: Mark Stansberry, BookMarkTutoring.com, Pain Free Cavity Treatments, July 6, 2015


If you are afraid of drills and dentists, you might want to consider pain free cavity treatments. There are two pain free cavity treatments that you can opt for. One uses lasers and requires a dentist to administer and the other is a self-healing treatment.

The Solea Laser Occlusion Preparation treatment from Convergent Dental, Inc., according to the Gold Edison award winning company is "the world’s first computer-aided, CO2 laser system to ever be cleared by the FDA for both hard and soft tissue indications."

The company reports on its web site "that Solea dentists are experiencing efficiency gains of 25% – 40%, enabling them to routinely perform six or more additional procedures per day." The company also reports such efficiency gains are obtained without anesthesia and that there is "no need to inject patients or wait for them to get numb.


The product was introduced in June of 2015 and dentists are now offering the Solea Laser Occlusion Preparation Treatment at various locations throughout the United States (see their find a dentist page at http://www.convergentdental.com/find-a-dentist/).


The other alterative is a self-healing nutritional treatment. These type of treatments  are based on high density mineral, protien and vitamin washes that are administered on regular basis throughout the day. Most of the treatments involve mixing calcium, magnesium, zinc and silica mineral tablets (available from most health food stores) with everyday oils such as coconut oil, rice bran oil or sesame seed oil.

Whats interesting about high density nutritional mouth washes is that the ingredients, since they are just a mix of necessary nutrients and edible oils,  appear to be relativelly safe. Some might argue that these ingredients are much safer than what is found in the most popular mouth washes and tooth paste.


Whether or not these mouth washes treatment alone can stop the progress of decay and remineralize a tooth such that the pain from a cavity will stop is an open question. And that's because the progress of decay depends on a person's diet and a number of other factors. Such treatments are also said to often require that the patient stop the consumption of foods that are high in sugar content as well as go on a very high nutrition diet.

Whats different about the mineral mouth wash idea is that it takes the ideas of Dr Weston Price one step further. Dr. Weston Price recommends  a diet with silica and magnesium supplements or foods that are rich in silica and magnesium (http://healthwyze.org/index.php/component/content/article/646-how-to-cure-cavities.html)

Mineral mouth wash theory, on the other hand,  is based on the assumption that the mouth and the teeth will absorb minerals at a much faster rate then if they are just swallowed. For example, some vitamins are often administered under the tongue (See The Advantages of Sublingual Vitamin B-12, http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/advantages-sublingual-vitamin-b12-9022.html). This in turn according to the theory will allow for the faster remineralization of the teeth.

Nutritional dental healing theory also ascribes to the creation of an oral environment that does not encourage the growth of cavity causing bacteria. Some take this to practice by including foods such as yogurt, garlic and lots of different spices.


Warning:Always consult a qualified health care provider and nutritionist to help you evaluate different formulas and alternatives to traditional dental methods.  Also read the directions and warnings on vitamin and mineral supplements. Although some treatment methods work well for some people, they may not be suitable or applicable to your dental problem or your specific life style or be safe if you have a medical condition. 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.

Tooth Pain Flowchart Theory

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, exercise, methodology and application of dental treatment, and even air quality.

Tooth pain can come from many sources. One of the most common ones is a cavity. Another common source of tooth pain is an infection, often caused from an abscess, An abscess, is like a boil,  a sack of puss. Unlike a visible boil on your skin,  when in the mouth, it is often out of site and underneath the tooth.

In order to detect if it is a boil or a cavity, there are two tests that are used.  Press down on the tooth with your finger, if this causes more pain, it is most likely a boil. Drink a glass of cold water, if the tooth pain increases it is most likely a cavity. Although not hard and fast tests, or 100 percent accurate, I have found them as a way to determine how I should care for my teeth. 

If it is a boil, one home made remedy is to rinse with warm water and baking soda several times a day for several minutes. Initially, this can cause more pain as the boil swells. However, the warm water and baking soda will eventually result in the boil popping, in which case, the pain will subside quickly. From my experience, this can take  anywhere from 6 hours to three days at most. 

In either case, to be safe, you might want your dentist to monitor the infection. X-rays can often determine if the infection has subsided or been eliminated. 

If it is a cavity, consider switching to a sugar free diet, rinsing with mineral water based solution on a regular basis and having mineral mixtures applied to your teeth on a regular basis. Also eat well. It has been my experience that high density mineral mouthwashes can alleviate pain from decay if the mixture has a high pH, and plenty of magnesium, calcium, zinc and silica. Brushing with coconut oil also seems to make my teeth feel stronger and healthier. 

The frequency and length of a mineral mouthwash depends on the degree of pain. For severe pain from a cavity, you might want to rinse up to 30 minutes a day  a few times a day or consider overnight mineralizations. To stop the pain between mineralizations consider using a temporary filling that you can buy from a grocery store or pharmacy,  In the past I have found that this procedure works well, but it can take several weeks before you are able to stop mineralization treatments and eat unhealthy tooth foods such as candy, ice cream and dried fruit. 

As a preventive method, rinsing with mineral water several times a day and maintaining a healthy sugar free diet all the time may be the best way to eliminate tooth pain and decay forever. 

Tooth Decay How to Stop Pain and Decay without a dentist or with just minimum dentist support, a hybrid approach to dentistry

How fast can you cure pain from a toothache on a camping trip? 

Answer: You can use a temporary filling that you can buy from a store such as CVS Pharmacy or Safeway. One nutritional approach  is to avoid sugar and repeatedly rinse with high PH mineral water or a saturated solution of minerals (zinc, calcium and magnesium tablets from Safeway or CVS and Silica from Whole Food see ). See the link at http://alternativedentistry.blogspot.com/2015/06/alternative-holistic-dentistry-defined.html. 


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. 

Preliminary Search Results for Home Remedies to Stop Dental Pain And Tooth Decay

The books and articles below provide ways to help mineralize your teeth through diet. Newly emerging mouth sprays with nanotechnology sized particles may potentially offer a solution, because like under the tongue applications, they are reported to be more readily absorbed. 

Argument Against Healing Cavities

http://butternutrition.com/heal-cavities-fact-or-fiction/

Argument For Healing Dental Cavities

http://kulamama.com/how-to-heal-a-cavity-naturally/

REMINERALIZE & REGROW TOOTH ENAMEL: HEAL CAVITIES, NATURALLY! http://medicinal-foods.com/regrow-tooth-enamel-heal-cavities-naturally/

Ionic Magnesium and Calcium Product

http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Ionic-Minerals-Calcium-Magnesium/dp/B005P9RC5W/ref=sr_1_17?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1408735941&sr=1-17&keywords=liquid+calcium#cm_cr_dpwidget

Book on How to Cure Tooth Decay Naturally

http://www.amazon.de/Cure-Tooth-Decay-Cavities-Nutrition/dp/0982021305

Healing Teeth Natural without Drugs, Surgery or Dentists

www.healingnews.com/Healing_Teeth_article101.html

Photographic Proof That Cavities Heal | The Healthy Home ...

www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/photographic-proof-cavities-heal/

How to Heal Cavities Naturally - Cure Tooth Decay

www.curetoothdecay.com/Tooth_Decay/heal_cavities.htm

How to Heal Cavities Naturally

Stop Tooth Decay, Heal Adult and Children's Teeth, Prevent Root Canals, Slow Gum Disease, and Heal Tooth Abscess

http://www.curetoothdecay.com/Tooth_Decay/heal_cavities.htm

Nanoceuticals — Does Their Potential Outweigh Their Risk?

www.todaysdietitian.com

Remineralize & Regrow Tooth Enamel: Heal Cavities, Naturally! | Medicinal Foods

medicinal-foods.com

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tooth cavity healing formulas - Google Search

www.google.com

How to Heal Cavities Naturally

www.curetoothdecay.com

Photographic Proof That Cavities Heal | The Healthy Home Economist

www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com

http://medicinal-foods.com/regrow-tooth-enamel-heal-cavities-naturally /

How to Reverse Cavities Naturally & Heal Tooth Decay http://draxe.com/naturally-reverse-cavities-heal-tooth-decay/

Summary: This article gives research from the British Medical Journal that indicates the effect of diet on the ability to reverse tooth decay. 

http://peaceful-planet.com/Natural-Personal-Care/Dental-Care/Ramiel-Nagel-Cure-Tooth-Decay

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.