Dentistry, just like general “Medicine,” has been full of myths. Mercury is poisonous and never leaves the body.
Dentists believe that fluoride is good for dental health. It is tragicomical that fluoride does produce a few-micron “protective” layer on the teeth that, of course doesn’t protect much. When I told the water company that water fluoridation uses industrial waste and is poisonous, I got nowhere. (In their antediluvian pipes, they are also using chloramines instead of chloride for disinfecting the water, which are a 100 times more toxic, cannot be removed by boiling or by letting the water sit around; only carbon filtration can do the job.)
While I am at it, toothpastes are unnecessary and contain lots of unpredictably nasty stuff, and also mess with digestion, if done shortly after eating... Flossing and brushing can work, but are insufficient alone.
Tooth health has a lot to do with one’s diet, but also the environment, because certain variables obviously deplete the body from minerals and affect hormone production and hormonal balance. I’m pretty certain that my lifetime preference for melted cheese has something to do with it, but good rock salt and good fats are also imperative, while the pseudo-medical establishment wants you to consume fat-free and low-salt products (for that matter, most cheap fats are indeed bad for you, industrially-produced salt in processed food happens to be quite bad as well), while both salt and fats are indispensable for survival. In those, who follow “medical advice” in this case, the resulting inflammation of the blood vessels produces higher levels of cholesterol, which the butchers love to lower back with their toxic “medications” whose list of very-intentional “side effects” would be alone enough to justify their use in the sick-care industry, but they seem to cause harm even with the function they are promised to fulfill.
Sweets do harm teeth. Some six-year-olds don’t have a single good tooth left, because they grow up on sweets (that contain generous amounts of corn syrup from GMO corn and mess up metabolism) juices and soda. Artificial sweeteners are worse than cane sugar, because they mess up the body big time. Once metabolism is pushed off-balance, it is usually quite difficult to get it back to normal.
Brushing? Not for me. I’ve settled for Waterpick, because it works for me. No, this is not an advertisement.
If I can add something to an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure I would like to note that Boron is the missing element that supports strong bones & teeth & I wish I had learned this in my youth instead of my late 5th decade. Think boro-silicate glassware as used in the production of strong laboratory glassware & Pyrex stove tops & cooking dishes & jugs. Don't take my word for it as an Australian Dr upon researching found that Boron was the dietary element that not only put arthritis at bay but also helped all sorts of orthopeadic complaints that make up almost a third of all medical expenditure related dis eases. After selling pills for treatment for nearly 3 years & getting excellent feedback he decided to tell the medical regulatory body in Australia (TGA). That was a big mistake as they promptly made it illegal to sell such a threatening (to the pharma complex) treatment. I used common Borax (& still do) about a teaspoon to 10 litres of purified rainwater (regularly over some months) to eradicate a very painfully developing elbow condition & strengthen my teeth. The best natural source I discovered also is organic sultanas (so grapes would be the same). This might be why I've noticed some how some people have very good teeth despite eating sugary foods as I suspect they lived in good wine/grape country or consumed sultanas in their youth. Extrapolate how you will.
A very weak society was established where we weren't responsible for ourselves, but the doctor, the
teacher, the lawyer, the dentist, THEY were responsible, not us. And, here we are now. And just
so incompetent at self care, in knowing this takes a lot of time, time away from our preferred
activieis. These were established also, whether netflix, TV, YouTube, doesn't matter, it's a bad
habit, and not sure how long THAT takes to break. Longer, harder, I think, on again, off again.
East Indians sometimes had beautiful, white, strong teeth, and they chewed some bark after
a meal in India. Probably good to look into that. Not sure what bark, or barks.