Re: toothbrushing and tooth decay

[Guest guest]

I brushed my kids teeth " religiously " twice a day until they were about five.

Then I let them do it themselves but I always checked. I prided myself on how

consistent I was with this. My son is almost eight and just developed his first

cavity - presumably developed before I switched to raw milk and nt?

We've only been doing nt for a couple of months. I'm trying to do the

remineralize thing but I don't know how I can tell if we are making progress. I

asked before but no one answered, as to whether or not my dentist will be able

to tell me if any new enamel has been laid down.

C.

----- Original Message -----

From: sharon wagner

Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:56 PM

Subject: toothbrushing and tooth decay

Hi, I was wondering about you families out there that have little or no decay.

How good are you about brushing your teeth? How often? How about flossing and

waterpicks? How about you with little ones that need this done by an adult? Do

you really brush their teeth EVERY night? Lets be honest here and see if

toothbrushing really matters. I know it probably has EVERYTHING to do with

diet. The toothbrush wasn't even invented until the 1790's.

Shari

[Guest guest]

Tooth brushing doesn't matter. Weston Price pointed it out. We do it for

other reasons. Diet *is* the thing.

Bianca

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:56:24 -0500 " sharon wagner " <asejmlae@...>

writes:

Hi, I was wondering about you families out there that have little or no

decay. How good are you about brushing your teeth? How often? How about

flossing and waterpicks? How about you with little ones that need this

done by an adult? Do you really brush their teeth EVERY night? Lets be

honest here and see if toothbrushing really matters. I know it probably

has EVERYTHING to do with diet. The toothbrush wasn't even invented

until the 1790's.

Shari

[Guest guest]

Why do so many people I know have good teeth when they eat the typical SAD diet?

Is it the Fluoride they are ingesting? I know of several people in my extended

family that eat terrible diets and so did their parents, yet they have only one

or two cavities as adults. The children in these families also tend to have

good teeth IF one of their parents did? Couldn't it be somewhat genetic? Or

could they just have had some great, great grandparents that ate well? We have

My children have had very bad decay. My husband and I both have poor teeth. My

husband's diet growing up was better than most. Always raw milk and fried eggs

and bacon every morning, too many desserts though. My sister has worse teeth

than me, but her husband who eats very poor and is basically an alcoholic and

smokes has one cavity. Their children 10 and 7 years have no cavities and have

all the pop, candy and junk food they want? Why is this!!?

Shari

----- Original Message -----

From: bianca3@...

Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:33 PM

Subject: Re: toothbrushing and tooth decay

Tooth brushing doesn't matter. Weston Price pointed it out. We do it for

other reasons. Diet *is* the thing.

Bianca

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:56:24 -0500 " sharon wagner " <asejmlae@...>

writes:

Hi, I was wondering about you families out there that have little or no

decay. How good are you about brushing your teeth? How often? How about

flossing and waterpicks? How about you with little ones that need this

done by an adult? Do you really brush their teeth EVERY night? Lets be

honest here and see if toothbrushing really matters. I know it probably

has EVERYTHING to do with diet. The toothbrush wasn't even invented

until the 1790's.

Shari

[Guest guest]

>> Tooth brushing doesn't matter. Weston Price pointed it out. We do it

for other reasons. Diet *is* the thing.<<

Okay, I'll confess! I'm a terrible mother and I really almost *never*

brush their teeth. They are 6 and 4 with ... NO cavities. Neither of

them eats as much protein as I'd like; but then again neither of them

eats anywhere near as much sugar as *they'd* like. Their dad's head is

full of fillings; I don't have any.

~ Carma ~

To be perpetually talking sense runs out the mind, as perpetually

ploughing and taking crops runs out the land. The mind must be manured,

and nonsense is very good for the purpose. ~ Boswell

Carma's Corner: http://www.users.qwest.net/~carmapaden/

[Guest guest]

>> Why do so many people I know have good teeth when they eat the

typical SAD diet? <<

My *guess* is that everyone is born with genetic strengths and

weaknesses, which nutrition then works on. So you might have genetic

potential for 6'2 " but due to poor nutrition reach only 5'11 " . Ditto the

genetic weaknesses: eating a similar poor diet, one person will have

tooth decay, another osteoporosis, another cancer, etc. So someone

eating a worse diet might still have better health in some areas than

one eating a better diet. Another factor would be how well

parents/grands ate. For instance, my dad was raised on a farm,

breastfed, raw milk, fresh veggies, their own butchered meat, etc. He's

the healthiest 62yo you'll ever see. I credit him with my good teeth (no

cavities), and my kids are getting some of that protection despite my

generally poor diet until lately.

>> Is it the Fluoride they are ingesting? <<

My understanding is that people who live where fluoride occurs

*NATURALLY* in ground water have better teeth, and on the strength of

that research, the IPTB (Idiot Powers That Be) decided to allow toxic

waste to be dumped into our water supply, burying research showing that

kids in fluoridated communities often have MORE dental caries than those

with uncontaminated water supplies.

" The chemicals (fluosilicic acid & sodium fluorosilicate) used to

fluoridate water are derived from the phosphate industry's air pollution

control equipment. " http://www.fluoridealert.org/phosphate/overview.htm

and see other fluoride links on my Health page:

http://www.users.qwest.net/~carmapaden/health_resources.htm

~ Carma ~

To be perpetually talking sense runs out the mind, as perpetually

ploughing and taking crops runs out the land. The mind must be manured,

and nonsense is very good for the purpose. ~ Boswell

Carma's Corner: http://www.users.qwest.net/~carmapaden/

[Guest guest]

>> burying research showing that kids in fluoridated communities often

have MORE dental caries than those with uncontaminated water supplies.

That should be, kids in fluoride-SUPPLEMENTED communities, as opposed

to naturally occurring.

~ Carma ~

To be perpetually talking sense runs out the mind, as perpetually

ploughing and taking crops runs out the land. The mind must be manured,

and nonsense is very good for the purpose. ~ Boswell

Carma's Corner: http://www.users.qwest.net/~carmapaden/