Hurray - Tooth Fillings to Be a Thing of the Past!

Scientists are experimenting with ways to regenerate decayed teeth. Once they have perfected the technique of implanting crystals into cavities, fillings will be a thing of the past. Halleluyah!

Enamel and dentin (which are the materials that make teeth strong) will be regrown from these crystals. Dentists will still have to spot decay early in order to remineralize the tooth, but signs point to it actually happening, not too far in the future. Don't you think that's awesome?

This work is being done by Professor Sally Marshall, who is leading the research at the University of California at San Francisco.

In the meantime, remember that sugary foods produce acids that demineralise the enamel coating of our teeth. This allows bacteria to break through to the dentin inside our teeth. So I ask you, why eat or drink sugar? If you simply must drink soda, drink it all at once; don't sip it and let it stay on your teeth.

They say that our teeth are a lot like our bones; if we have poor teeth, we probably have poor bones, too.

Those metal fillings in our mouths have been poisoning us since they started using them in the 1840's. I had mine taken out and haven't regretted it. How much bettter to not get them at all.

I was talking with a guy I met at the airport who was big into essential oils. He said he has been successful in helping several people avoid root canals by having them apply essential oils around their afflicted teeth. He told people to use oregano, clove, and thyme oils diluted 50/50 with a carrier oil (they used Young Living's V-6 oil) and to use a Q-tip to apply to the affected area of the gum. I didn't think people could avoid root canals???

My daughter also told me about a woman who avoided a root canal by having her chiropractor adjust her teeth. I'd never heard of such a thing.

They say that it is actually better for people to have a tooth pulled than to have a root canal done. I guess when we chew something, the teeth send some kind of electrical impulses back and forth and tell the body where to send the nutrients that are being processed. (The genius of the intricacies of the human body never fail to astound me).

At any rate, I am glad they're working on this new technique, and can hardly wait to never be drilled upon again.