Tooth Care
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Practices
Oil Pulling
Oil pulling is an ancient ayurvedic therapy for maintaining oral hygiene. Recent studies show that oil pulling helps against gingivitis, plaque, and microorganisms that cause bad breath. How? Most of these microorganisms are single-celled, covered with lipid membranes. When then come into contact with oil they adhere and are thus able to be spit out.
Enhanced Oil Pulling Recipe
- Coconut oil – largely made of lauric acid, which is well-known for its antimicrobial agents.
- Oregano oil + Peppermint Oil – strong antimicrobial effects + taste.
- Sea salt (first dissolved into filtered water) – mechanical cleansing action and antiseptic action as it is a hypertonic solution in relation to bacteria, which undergo lysis (destruction of cell walls). It also contains some minerals that are the building blocks of new enamel. Which brings us to our last ingredient.
- Calcium carbonate - calcium must be present in the mouth for proper tooth remineralization. Supplementation will increase levels in the saliva, but adding it to an oil pulling solution will help raise levels even more.
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Flossing
Ozone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p2J79kCkvU
Foods
Fermented Veggie Juice
Toothpaste
Clay
Sea Salt
Baking Soda
Hydroxyapatite
Hydroxyapatite is a naturally occurring form of the mineral calcium apatite, also known as calcium phosphate. The enamel and dentin in human teeth consists of about 97 percent hydroxyapatite, 1.5 percent water and 1.5 percent collagen and other proteins [1]
- Toothpaste containing a range of 5%-15% HAp applied for 5 minutes 3 times / day to extracted human teeth was found to lessen lesion depths and improve tooth remineralization. [2]
- Toothpaste containing 7% nano-hydroxyapatite (NHA) + fluoride was shown to significantly out-perform fluoride for tooth remineralization (15s brushing twice / day).[3]
Abrasive effect: Comparison
- G1: Oral-B 3D White, G2: Close-up Diamond Attraction Power White, G3: Sorriso Xtreme White 4D, G4: Colgate Luminous White, G5: Crest (conventional toothpaste), G6:erosion only (control).
- G1 promoted the highest enamel wear (3.68±1.06 μm), similarly to G3 (3.17± 0.80 μm) and G4 (3.44± 1.29 μm). G3 and G4 performed similarly between them and compared with G5 (2.35± 1.44 μm). G2 (1.51± 0.95 μm) and G6 (0.85± 0.36 μm) showed the lowest enamel wear, which did not differ between them and from G5. Oral-B 3D White showed the highest abrasive potential while Close-up Diamond Attraction Power White showed the lowest abrasive potential on eroded enamel in vitro. [4]
Whitening
- A study measuring the relative whitening strength over time showed efficacy, in order: microbeads in 3DW (MeΔSGUTCU=11.00), hydrogen peroxide in LWA (MeΔSGUTCU=10.00) and blue covarine in WAD (MeΔSGUTCU=9.00). Effective whitening was also demonstrated by B&W activated charcoal (MeΔSGUTCU=6.00) and XW4D optimized abrasives (MeΔSGUTCU=6.00); however, the whitening was statistically lower than with LWA, 3DW and WAD. Conventional toothpaste (TA) showed no whitening efficacy even after 4 weeks of consecutive use. The most effective product over both time periods was 3DW. [5]