A Veterinarian saved my tooth and probably my life!
As a Doctor Of Chiropractic, I work really hard at being healthy. I eat a healthy diet, take more nutritional supplements than anyone I know and work out 4 days weekly. I drink plenty of water, eat lots of fresh fruit and raw vegetables and avoid the bad stuff as much as possible. I understand that my health and longevity depends mostly on what I do on a daily basis and therefore I‘m probably the healthiest guy you know. That being said, I am not without my own personal health challenges. My biggest frustration, has been battling tooth loss, which according to my dentist, is related to bone loss caused by gingivitis (periodontal disease). Gingivitis has been a problem all my adult life and my dentist tells me that I need to brush more, floss more and get more frequent dental cleanings. But, I actually have a very good dental regimen. I brush longer than anyone I know, have been using use a special toothbrush and toothpastes, a water pik with various mouth washes and dental rinses, all in an effort to get this problem under control.
Unfortunately, last year I started having pain in a lower molar on the right side of my jaw. The pain was severe and it prevented me from chewing on that side, so I called my dentist, who is also my patient and friend. When he examined the tooth, he was able to wiggle it with his fingers and said it was falling out due to bone loss in my jaw. I told him I didn’t want to lose it and he said, “It’s too late. There was no way to save it.” So, reluctantly, with no apparent alternative, I had him pull the tooth out, but I certainly wasn’t happy about it.
Well, losing that tooth gave me a new conviction to stop this process. I spent hours on the internet researching approaches to gum disease and subsequent bone and tooth loss. I finally settled on a twofold approach. In the morning I put 100% Aloe Vera gel on my toothbrush, dip it into a combination of sea salt and baking soda, put 4 or 5 drops of Hydrogen Peroxide on it and I brush all four quadrants for a total of 3 minutes (recommended brushing time). Then I would gargle with Listerine Total Care mouthwash until my tongue was numb, spit it out and purposely not rinse, just to keep the germ killing properties in there. I would gargle again after lunch. At night, I once again put the Aloe gel on my toothbrush, dip it into a powdered herbal formula designed to stop gingivitis and loss of teeth and brush 3 minutes, this time followed by a liquid Aloe rinse. I had been following this regimen for many months and thought I was doing well.
Then, once again, I began having tooth pain, in a molar next to the tooth I lost last year. When I closed my mouth, I could actually feel that the tooth was raising up out of my jaw. I was obviously losing another tooth and was very upset. After everything I was doing, for this to be happening again was incomprehensible. I found myself driving to work with my index finger pressing my tooth down into my jaw, just to lessen the pain. I knew if I visited my Dentist, another tooth would be gone and I thought, how is this possible? What else could I have been doing?
Then, in my head I heard the words from my favorite health lecturer, a doctor who said in THE most famous health lecture of all time, “and if you think you have gum disease, gingivitis and are losing teeth because you don‘t brush and floss enough, I‘ll sell you some oceanfront property in Montana.” and then he went on to explain that the underlying problem was actually a simple mineral deficiency.
Now, that’s a pretty bold statement, which is obviously contrary to what all the dental experts say. Plus, I was already taking a very good mineral supplement with 100% of the RDA of this mineral, so I thought I was safe from mineral deficiency. But, following the dental experts' advice wasn’t saving my teeth, and this doctor explained that most mineral supplements are in a form that is difficult to absorb, and it's only what you absorb that counts. So, I decided to follow his recommendations and see what happened.
Well, in two days my tooth stopped hurting and within two weeks, it had re-anchored in my jaw. The tooth is no longer raised, it’s back down where it belongs and I am now able to chew on that side with no problem. To say that I am excited would be an understatement, because following this Doctor’s advice, I not only saved “a" tooth, I believe I’m also saving the rest of them.
How is it that this one Doctor has such a different opinion than all the “experts“? Well, honestly, he has a very unique combination of background, education, experience and open mindedness. Just one of his many degrees is being a Veterinarian, hence the title above, but to try explain all that here would be too lengthy. I will say that I don’t believe there’s another person on the planet who knows exactly what he knows, and he’s not afraid to make a few enemies in the process of helping us live a very long and healthy life.
If you’re wondering why I said “he also probably saved my life“, it’s because he taught me that every person who dies of “natural causes“, dies of a nutritional deficiency. Also, that we need 90 essential nutrients (60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 essential amino acids and 3 essential fatty acids) every day, in the right form and right amounts, to avoid deficiency diseases, many of which are life threatening. So, now that I understand that and follow his recommendations, he not only saved my tooth, he also probably saved my life! :-)
Please don’t think I am being critical of my dentist or his profession. He is a great Dentist, he is open minded and he cares and therefore, I believe my experience will be helpful to him and his other patients. I also understand that he knows what he was taught in Dental school, just as all your MD knows is what he or she was taught in Medical school. Obviously, neither of them was taught how to save a tooth or a life with nutrition.
If you’d like to learn more about this Doctor, who he is, why he knows what nobody else does and about the 90 essential nutrients you need every day to avoid deficiency diseases, help your body heal and live to your genetic potential, please read the next article entitled:
If not, I have some oceanfront property in Montana for you.....
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