I have several cavities (apparently from getting hooked on Altoids,
though I didn't want to admit it). I decided I just was not going to
let the dentist make these holes in my teeth bigger, or fill them with
any old toxic stuff, so I *finally* got serious with the natural
remedies I keep reading about. Oil pulling (though I somehow only seem
to get to it half the time), irrigating at least twice a day (WaterPik
type of thing, directed right at every hole and dark or questionable
spot), and one of those calcium sulfate (?) toothpastes (Arm & Hammer
"Age Defying", for one).

Several months later, the little round role in the side of a molar
seems smaller (and is certainly not any bigger), a big nasty black
expanse on a broken molar is almost white now, cavities around two
"leaking" composite fillings are at least not any bigger, and the
extremely sensitive, soft areas of all my teeth at the gumline are
hard and not-sensitive now. I believe I'll keep this up.

I bought an irrigator thing from Oramedia.com that hooks directly to
the faucet, needs no electricity, and is handy-dandy right there where
you need it (if you don't mind it ugly-ing up your faucet). I may not
have kept using the electric irrigator so often...

Joy


--- In native-nutrition@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Seay <entheogens@...>
wrote:
>
>
> --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Amanda Smith <amanda@...> wrote:
>
>
> > what can/should i do since i am pregnant? have them filled
> > if indeed they are cavities? wait until after birth? is
> > there anything i should absolutely decline if offered?
>
> 1) Don't get them filled with mercury amalgams. Other than that, I
don't know why you should wait until after birth. Get them filled.
>
> 2) You might try oil pulling. I have just started it myself.
> I don't know if it works or not, but some people claim to have had
good results from it. It's cheap, so worth a shot.
>
>
> -Thomas
>