It is very disturbing that most conventional dentists still insist that a cavity cannot heal on its own when proper nutritional support is provided and detrimental foods to oral health removed from the diet.
The very textbooks in dental school indicate that this is possible! Here is an excerpt:
“It has been shown experimentally and clinically that incipient caries [small cavities] of enamel can remineralize.” – Sturdevant’s Art & Science of Operative Dentistry 4th Edition, 2002.
Of course, Dr. Weston A. Price DDS, a prominent, well-respected dentist early in the last century who used to be President of the National Dental Association (1914-1928), the forerunner of the American Dental Association, wrote about cavities healing with diet on numerous occasions in his nutritional classic Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.
Why has this information been so completely buried and vilified in recent decades?
Perhaps it is the profit motive that keeps most dentists from acknowledging this truism of oral health. Why dentists might be concerned about their business evaporating if this information became widely acknowledged is short-sighted, however. I mean, even if dentists promoted to their patients that cavities heal and assisted them with the appropriate dietary intervention when necessary, there still would be plenty of drill and fill business for them from caries that did not resolve from diet alone due to food intolerances or genetic issues known to impact enamel formation.
Dentists that choose to insist that diet only impacts the formation of cavities, but not whether they heal are doing their clients a huge disservice.
The reason?
Cavities that have remineralized are actually more resistant to subsequent decay kind of like a callous on your hand. Again, a direct excerpt from dental textbooks on this very subject:
“These discolored, remineralized, arrested caries [cavities] areas are in-tact and are more resistant to subsequent caries [cavity] attack than the adjacent unaffected enamel. They should not be restored unless they are esthetically objectionable.” – Sturdevant’s Art & Science of Operative Dentistry 4th Edition, 2002.
Photographs of the Cavity Healing Process
From a consumer perspective, more and more parents are realizing the power of diet to arrest and heal cavities, and they are starting to photograph it to prove their case.
Kristin S., a mother in New York then consented to the use of her own series of photographs of her child’s cavities healing over a period of six weeks.
The discoloration and holes in the teeth were identified as actual cavities by the child’s own dentist prior to the healing diet being commenced.
The photos are taken at week 1, week 3, and week 6. This article overviews the specific dietary changes and the recipe for the natural toothpaste that Kristin used with her 3-year-old son.
As you can see below, the discoloration in these cavities remarkably disappears over a six week period and the holes in the enamel begin to fill in.
These results are impressive and very encouraging for those parents who keep their children’s teeth meticulously clean only to still experience tremendous problems with cavities.
Do you have a series of photographs of your child’s cavities healing? If so, please email them to me at [email protected]
Let’s keep the heat on the conventional dental establishment by sharing with each other our successes as parents in resolving our children’s cavities!
Need the whole story about diet healing cavities?
This book by Rami Nagel is a must-read on the subject: Cure Tooth Decay
Need a Dentist Who Understands Tooth Remineralization?
I get many requests about who I recommend as a truly holistic, biological dentist. If you are looking for one, I recommend Dr. Carlo Litano of Natural-Smiles.com – (727) 300-0044. He sees young children as well as adults and does phone consults for those who don’t liver close enough for an office visit. Be sure to tell Dr. Litano that Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist sent you and get 10% off your first visit!
References
The Disturbing Trend of Minimally Invasive Dentistry
How I Healed My Child’s Cavity
Toddler’s Severe Tooth Decay Halted in 5 Days
Resolving Periodontal Problems with Bone Broth
Coconut Oil Stops Strep Bacteria from Damaging Tooth Enamel
Avoiding Root Canals with Diet Alone
Could the Cause of Your Illness Be Right Under Your Nose?
My teeth heal on their own. I’m 54 and cavity-free. I’ve never had a dentist find a cavity they identified on a followup appointment. No change to diet or regimen. It’s genetic. Same with my grandmother. Died at 85 with no cavities. White shiny teeth.
Sounds like you have a pretty healthy lifestyle haha. If you don’t mind me asking do you eat very healthy or strictly? Because I’ve lived a very healthy life but I still struggle with my teeth.
All of these articles are about children’s teeth. Can this work for adults? I have tried oil pulling, but I don’t think it really worked. I am now on the concentrace liquid in the hopes of getting rid of my cavity, recently discovered. My dentist was not convinced that I could remineralise it, but I am willing to try. Help?
Yes, of course it works for adults. You need to follow a traditional diet .. the book Cure Tooth Decay outlines exactly what to do. Just taking minerals or oil pulling alone will have no effect.
I have to disagree. Oils and pulling does slow down decay but a great diet is key to healing. I know this because I have done just the pulling/oils without changing the diet first.
Hi, I would like to say that I have had a dentist put something on a small cavity, very small but starting on my front tooth. Over the period of 24 hours I had to leave it, not brush and also not drink anything hot. This actually healed the cavity. I have never known what it was and of course this was in 1992 so where that dentist is I dont know. So there are dentists that have the know how to heal small cavities without the fuss. I will try this toothpaste but when I used the coconut oil pulling technique some of my back tooth came off and also my daughter, an adult had to have work done on her teeth when she did the coconut oil pulling.