If you ask most people whether or not you can heal a cavity, the answer you would get 99.9% of the time is that it is impossible.
Even conventional dentists would agree with this assessment. Ask a typical dentist at a routine cleaning whether you can heal a cavity on your own and he/she is likely to look at you like you’re crazy (I know this from experience).
In stark contrast to this current conventional “wisdom”, Dr. Weston A. Price DDS wrote of numerous situations in his dental practice back in the 1920s and 1930s where cavities healed with no need for drilling and filling. Dr. Price discovered through research that cavities are caused by nutritional deficiency and when this nutritional deficiency is corrected, the cavity heals.
Biological dentists also understand and teach their patients that teeth can remineralize naturally when the diet and microbial conditions in the mouth are conducive to the healing process.
If you think about this in an open-minded manner leaving all preconceived ideas about cavities behind, doesn’t this make sense? Shouldn’t the body be able to heal a cavity just like it heals a broken bone or a cut on your arm? Why would teeth be any different from a broken wrist after all?
Having read Dr. Price’s epic work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration some years ago, I’ve been of the school of thought that cavities can indeed be healed with proper nutrition for some time. But believing something intellectually and knowing it works from experience are two very different things, are they not?
For this reason, I am very excited to relay to you a recent story regarding one of my children. You see, my oldest child (12 years old at the time) developed a cavity in his top right lateral incisor. It was behind the tooth right on the gumline. My husband noticed it one night as he was checking his teeth to see if he was doing a good job brushing and flossing (he’s way too old for nightly brushing by Mom or Dad).
There was a definite hole in the tooth and not a small one either. My husband called me over to take a look and I was alarmed to see the hole and I used a rubber-tipped tooth probe that we have on hand to check how deep it was. The tip of the probe went way into the hole. There was no doubt that this was a cavity, and we both agreed that we needed to get it filled pronto.
Our reasoning was that the incisors are very prominent teeth and taking a chance that the nutritional approach would not work quickly enough to save the tooth was a big concern for us especially given that our soon to be teenager’s diet could likely not be controlled closely enough to ensure rapid success.
I called the dentist right away and made an appointment. In the meantime, I began insisting that my son take 3 butter oil capsules every morning along with his normal, daily teaspoon of fermented cod liver oil. I’ve always been pretty strict about the daily cod liver oil dose before school, but a bit slack about the butter oil along with it to be perfectly honest.
Not anymore. With this big hole in the back of his incisor, I knew that he needed to take both together. Dr. Price discovered that cavities healed faster when these two therapeutic and nourishing oils were taken together.
The dental appointment was a few weeks out, so I continued with the butter oil capsules every single day. I also told my son that he really needed to go back to his breakfast of two slices of toast each morning with raw butter and honey. This instead of tahini and honey which is what he had been having in recent months.
He was fine with that as he loves raw butter and had just gotten out of the routine of having it every morning. Did this simple change of breakfast have an impact on the development of his cavity?
Probably.
I didn’t change anything else. He didn’t go off grains and he still ate the occasional sugar junk that he gets at school (ugh). It was Easter time too so this type of stuff was rampant. He is almost a teenager, after all. Try to take all grains and sugars out of their diet and you are going to get a rebellion. Kids need to learn some things on their own.
I’ve found you can’t protect your kids from this stuff and raise them in a bubble. You can only teach them to be wise and they will learn moderation on their own over time.
On a side note, I was pleased to see that at a party following his class’s Poetry Day that he bypassed the big bottles of soda and Hershey bars. Amazingly, this junk was being handed out by the parents afterward (no, I’m not kidding).
I was very very proud of him. He knew that eating that stuff would give him a couple of zits for sure and make him feel lousy all afternoon and probably the next day too. We Moms have to celebrate little victories along the way, don’t we?!
Anyway, back to the cavity story.
As it turned out, the day before his dental appointment, the receptionist calls to say that the appointment needed to be rescheduled as the dentist had to unexpectedly go out of town for family reasons. This pushed out the appointment for another couple of weeks, but all the while, we continued with the 3 capsules of butter oil with a teaspoon of fermented cod liver oil after a breakfast of 2 slices of raw butter and honey toast.
Last weekend, I decided to take a peek at the cavity to see if it was getting any worse. It had been about a month since my husband discovered it and I was a bit concerned given that it was one of his top front teeth. I took a flashlight and he tipped his head back and I looked, and looked, and LOOKED!
NO CAVITY!
That’s right. There was no hole at all. It had completely filled in and was as smooth as the tooth next to it. I told my husband and he took a look too. He was delighted to see that the hole was gone.
I took the probe and pressed around just to be sure and confirmed what my eyes were telling me – the cavity had indeed healed over.
I will still be taking him to the dentist to have a check-up but there is no doubt that there is nothing wrong with that tooth any longer.
The best news of all is that I changed very little to get this tooth to heal. He didn’t use coconut oil pulling or any special remedy. He simply continued on his normal, nourishing traditional diet at home with the lapses that typically occur at school and playdate events. We added the butter oil with his daily dose of cod liver oil, and he substituted raw butter for tahini on his toast every morning. The butter oil added critical Vitamin K2 to his diet which supercharges the absorption of the Vitamins A/D in cod liver oil.
That’s it!
I hope you find this story encouraging! Dr. Price’s research really does work in practice!
Dentist’s Conclusion After Examining My Son’s Cavity
This brief update has been added since the original posting date of this blog. I did indeed take my son to the dentist to have a full examination and there was no cavity to be found anywhere in my son’s mouth. A hole was there, the hole is gone. Nutrition can indeed heal cavities!
Diet not only heals early cavities, but it can also heal severe ones where a root canal is recommended. This article on avoiding root canals details that scenario.
Please note that a cavity in a tooth that has already been drilled and filled in the past cannot be healed. Please see a dentist right away to have that cavity filled with non-toxic materials (not mercury amalgams).
Also, a tooth that is cracked or has had part of it broken off cannot be healed with diet. Again, consult with a dentist to have that situation properly handled.
Best Cod Liver Oil and Butter Oil to Heal a Cavity
Please click here for where to buy cod liver oil and butter oil. Note that any old store brand of cod liver oil is not going to work for healing cavities. These brands contain synthetic Vitamin A and D and are heavily processed. Only use these vetted and tested brands to ensure quality results.
Click here to watch my video blog on how to make ghee if you are not able to order butter oil where you live.
Also, this article which provides photographic proof cavities heal can help you see the visual results.
Child Needs to Be on Traditional Diet
Please note that if your child is not on a healthy diet already, the addition of cod liver oil and butter oil (for Vitamin K2) alone will not be sufficient to heal a cavity. A diet consisting primarily of convenience foods that resulted in a cavity problem cannot be rectified with a couple of superfood supplements. It will definitely help and may prevent future cavities, but won’t fix existing ones.
For more information on the diet necessary to heal cavities including high vitamin cod liver oil and butter oil, read the book Cure Tooth Decay.
A Second Cavity Healed!
In May 2017, the same child mentioned in the story above healed yet another cavity. This time he did it all by himself (he is 18 years old now). He noticed a small hole in one of his front teeth. Like the last time, the early cavity was right along the gumline. It was also on the front of the tooth and easy to see in the mirror. I am kicking myself now that we didn’t take before and after pictures!
He asked me what to do about it, and I referred him to what we did 6 years earlier to heal a hole in one of his lateral incisors. He hadn’t been taking much cod liver oil for awhile. So he immediately went back on 1 tsp raw, extra virgin cod liver oil per day (which we are now using instead of fermented liver oil). To supercharge the absorption of the Vitamin A/D in cod liver oil, he also doubled his Vitamin K2 intake (180 mcg/day). Finally, he cut out the few sweets he was eating. Within 2 weeks, the hole was gone!
Please note that instead of butter oil to add K2 to the diet, this time he used a potent natto extract supplement. Both butter oil and natto extract contain the critical Vitamin K2 necessary to heal cavities. It is best used synergistically with cod liver oil for optimal and fast results. Butter oil contains MK-4 and natto extract contains MK-7. This article contains more discussion on MK-4 vs MK-7 forms of Vitamin K2.
Diet is Always First to Heal a Cavity Followed by Cod Liver Oil/K2
My son felt very empowered by the experience. Please note that other than lagging on his cod liver oil/K2 supplement regimen, he was eating an excellent Traditional Diet. Certainly no fast food (ever), candy or soda. Junk to him is a piece of pizza at a party and sweets are a couple of organic cookies after a quality whole foods dinner.
As a Mother, there is nothing better than knowing your children have learned from your efforts raising them and are able to successfully put traditional health into practice for themselves as young adults.
Where to Find a Biological Dentist
I get many requests about who I recommend as a truly holistic dentist. If you are looking for one, I recommend Dr. Carlo Litano of Natural-Smiles.com – (727) 300-0044. Be sure to tell Dr. Litano that the Healthy Home Economist sent you and get 10% off your first visit!
He sees children and does phone consults too!
More Information
Child’s Severe Tooth Decay Healed with Diet
Whiten Your Teeth Without Dangerous Chemicals (that will eventually destroy the enamel)
Healing Periodontal Problems with Bone Broth
Natural Alternative to Baby Teething Gels
Coconut Oil Stops Oral Strep Bacteria from Damaging Tooth Enamel
Cause of Crooked Teeth
10 Signs Your Dentist is Truly Holistic
Could the Cause of Your Illness Be Right Under Your Nose?
Wisdom Tooth Extractions
Are there vegetarian alternatives to the FCLO? Thank you and Blessed Be!
I don’t think there is, you could try doing lots of vit c in the diet and get a ton of vitamin D from the sun because I don’t think you can get it really from any plants. Soak and ferment all grains, beans, legumes, and nuts and find out how to neutralize, plants just like animals want to live and protect themselves and they do so by giving off poisons and anti nutrients.
I believe there would be no way for me personally to be healthy on a vegetarian diet. And I think very few can do well on one, most of the people I’ve seen and heard of that start taking these and following the weston a price diet were vegetarians because they were suffering so badly. It could be the fact these people that suffer are usually too limited didn’t get enough vit c and d and don’t think outside the box on how to get their minerals, such as eating seaweeds, grasses, and moss as a staple to their diets. I believe that is unlikely though, most people are just meant to eat meat and organs if not all.. plain and simple. Just look at nature, until we live in a world where 100% of predators stop eating animals then I will stop, because otherwise I will really suffer. We probably even learned to eat and hunt for meat from animals. Plus like I said, plants want to live too… only because they aren’t cute and blahblah nobody cares. Life is sacrificing.
Hi, and thanks for writing this. I am about to turn 24 and just noticed a pinprick of what I believe to be a cavity. My first one. I have a dentist phobia and if I can find a natural remedy to try first, Goddess knows I will. I always do anyway. My main issue with your suggestion is that I am a vegitarian and thus can’t do the FCLO. I am not Vegan, so I can do the butter oil or ghee. Is there something I can replace the cod oil with? Thank you and Blessed be!
I got way too caught up in reading the comments. anyway, I just received my order of Green Pasture’s FCLO & BO, we can’t get raw milk where we live, but bought Kerrygold on Wardee Harmon’s recommendation. We will be getting raw milk and butter in Tennessee soon. Is there a toothpaste like Earthpaste or like that you recommend or used? My 5 yr old’s is very very tiny, but want to try to heal it naturally. I saw where you said “to hit it hard twice a day” Do I give her a total of 4 FCLO capsules a day? Dosage is 2 capsules, I know you do the liquid. Thank you, I need this information!!!
Lets pretend for a second she is right. Now lets pretend 75% (I’m sure it’s an extremely high estimate) of dentists/scientists/other related fields are all in on this giant conspiracy to suppress knowledge and line thier pockets. How about the other 25%? This amounts to tens of millions of good people. People who are in the same field and care about humanity, not to mention the fact that something like this being proven would easily guauruntee a Nobel prize and the giant cash rewArd that includes. If they are so selfish they would take that easy money and call it a day. Not to mention what they could earn from appearences and books and interviews. Look at journalists! I’m not talking about big papers because I’m sure you will tell me those are corporation controlled conspiracy giants as well. I’m talking about the small up and comers who believe in getting the truth out at any expense. I could go on, but the fact of the matter is…. This lady is likely niave as all hell, or an employee of someone who reaps dividends from these types of sales. C’mon guys… No one is praying for this to be true more than I. We are on the cusp of a treatment being released in the near future, but I can pretty much guaruntee you whatever it includes, it isn’t gonna be fats! It’s like the people that are so certain brushing their teeth with butter is superior to tooth paste. Of course they can’t figure out why their teeth are yellow and rotting out at 45. I’m no professional, but I was an amateur bodybuilder for about 15 years and I’m well aware of the health benefits to be had from omega 3’s, amino acids, and/or fish oils. Unfortunately regrowing teeth isn’t one of them.
Pretty sure my teeth are past the stage of this possibility 20 of my teeth are currently in half with 0 enamul…..side note… the fuck is wrong with you having a kid take oil pills like a 80 year old? x.x
I would have my kids take them if I had kids, this cod liver oil is absolutely amazing. I’m a 19 year old female and I had such a bad hormone imbalance, horrible cramps, even very painful water retention on the stomach I thought I was having appendicitis, acne, depression to where I couldn’t live with myself, and so many others… the minute I stop doing it I get all of these things back… this is the best medicine and no bad side effects and 100% natural! For me to benefit so much and not let my kids would be shameful
To add to my previous remark, why do you trust dentists – they are there to make money too.
I had a very bad experience a few times already.
All u people saying frigging fats can heal cavities and its common sense must be delusional. Common sense based on? Your graduate degree in anatomy? Or is it biology? Perhaps skeletal and muscular science? Or are you a dietician/dentist hybrid? Let me guess you have 100s if not 1000s of years of medical research that the rest of us haven’t seen? Our medical communities clinical tests and research is all funded and altered by the giant conspiracy machine… Lol. Common sense.. Yea I could see how an amino acid that helps with digestion and heart health could have absolutely anything to do with regrowing enamel and decaying bone. Christ we are still amputating dead tissue, let me know when we can regrow that first. What’s truly scary is just how quickly and easily you people eat this stuff up. Quick secret.. I’m a dental-phobe and have several cavaties due to that very reason. I would LOVE for this to be true. Talk about dream come true. Unfortunately, it just isn’t.
Kevin,
“Christ we are still amputating dead tissue, let me know when we can regrow that first”
– read Ann Wigmore book about Wheat grass juice, and research by Gary Young about high quality therapeutic grade essential oils.
Ann Wigmore was presented with a Recognition Award for work in the field of Youthfulness and for Efforts in Regeneration of Human Cells and Tissues, in 1971.
For the past 12 years, Young Living has compiled an essential oil reference library that has over 280,000 compound references. Every oil in the Essential Desk Reference has numerous research sited.
As far as comparing science and thousands of years of the experience people have had using different remedies – there is no comparison. Science can try to understand
nature, but it is not that simple.
Negative emotions change PH to acidic. The acid not only harms his body – the teeth as well (speaking from personal experience – please read my other answers).
Did anyone watch cancer-forbidden-cures and Hear the Silence?
In summary, I want to say, that we are all learn as we get older – we all have had different experiences than others, and therefore feel a certain way. Remember Shakespeare: “there is nothing good or bad – just thinking makes it so”
Don’t be angry!
As far as the author of this post getting paid – why not – she put a lot of work into it.
And then again, what if she is telling the truth? Why do people always suspect rot first?
Yes, my husband says that 99.9% of people care only about themselves. And I get hurt when someone lies to me. However, I still like to help people, and do not enjoy seeing anyone suffer. (sorry for getting too far with this, maybe)
I have a 2 and 3 year old. I purchase Ghee all the time but didn’t realize it’s also cled butter oil until watching your video. I was wondering if I could spread Ghee on toast & mix 1-2tsp of fermented cod liver oil with local raw honey & spread on top of the toast as well. Do you think this would work for my toddlers & possibly help prevent cavities?
i didn’t read through all the hundreds of comments and posts, so sorry if this has already been asked, but is butter oil the same as or similar to ghee? isn’t butter oil just the butter fat without the milk solids? i’ve been eating a lot of pure indian foods grassfed organic ghee to try to heal my teeth. it’s high in the fat soluble vitamins.
My take on it is that
Butter oil:
– Raw
– Grass fed and natural
– Not only Grass fed but collected from RAPIDLY growing grass which contains the key vitamin called Activator X or vitamin K2. When is there rapidly growing grass? in the spring time! they collect the butter oil in the spring time. Grass fed ghee might have this vitamin sometimes but it won’t always and that’s why you would get butter oil because it ensures that you are getting what you need.
I don’t know what else could be the difference though, and ghee probably is very good for you anyway. So it just depends on how much you want to make sure of what you’re doing is benefiting you to the maximum.
Another thing you could try is skate liver oil which has the vitamins in cod liver oil but on top of that has a high amount of activator x. Even higher than butter oil…
Hope this would clear things up
Jackie,
You seem to be looking for 1 solution to your problem. It does not work that way.
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For example, if you eat sweets and don’t brush your teeth afterwards,
if you have some stressful situation which affects your teeth,
if your colon needs cleansing,
if you’re deficient in some minerals,
if you have Candida,
if you don’t irrigate your teeth, don’t drink enough, etc. and so on.
I don’t mean to discourage you. I just want to emphasize that you need to examine a few things.
First of all, as a dental hygienist, you CAN NOT heal cavities. If you know anything about Microbiology, anyone would know this. Once a tooth has been decayed by bacteria, feeding the bacteria any kind of natural sugar or carbohydrates only allows the bacteria to continue to multiply and become more virulent which causes even more decay. The only way you can “heal” a cavity is if there is a “white spot lesion” on the tooth which is a hallmark of demineralization. If you catch this stage early enough, you can promote remineralization by forcing calcium, phosphate and fluoride into the demineralized area by use of a fluoride application. Once tooth structure is lost, the only way to fix the cavity is by having a dentist drill the tooth which gets rid of the bacteria and then fill it. If people could heal their own cavities, then there would be no need for a dentist or dental hygienists.
If you knew anything about microbiology, you would know how silly it is to go and say what you’re saying and then say that you can drill away bacteria. One does not simply drill away bacteria period. You can not get rid of bacteria anywhere in the body, you would die or get sick and would not be able to even function without bacteria. Ever consider that you have mass numbers of bacteria all over and inside your body, yet, it does not “eat” your flesh, but once you die it “eats” you. Its the same thing here, remove the dead/dying flesh, bacteria will not “eat it.” Doesn’t mean you removed the bacteria with a drill.
Brilliant!
Megan, you’re on the right track. Izzy and Eugenia, you are completely off base and have a severe lack of knowledge of dentistry and microbiology.
Yes, our bodies are filled with bacteria. Bacteria is in our gut and in our mouths. Yes, we cannot survive without this bacteria. It plays a crucial role in our digestive process. You are both correct in that we cannot rid our bodies of bacteria. We do not want to rid our bodies of bacteria. We do, however, want to rid our bodies of harmful bacteria (yes, there are good ones and bad ones) that cause various diseases (and tooth decay) Now, for the bacteria you two seem to have no knowledge about… the one’s that cause tooth decay (caries) known as cariogenic bacteria. Cariogenic bacteria come in two forms: aerobic (needs oxygen to survive) and anaerobic (can survive without oxygen, oxygen actually will kill them). The first stage of tooth decay, demineralization, is caused by aerobic bacteria. They are present in the mouth and adhere to teeth through plaque. Plaque takes a minimum of 24 hours to form (in other words, if you do a good job of brushing a flossing once a day, you should be able to prevent most tooth decay). Once plaque is on the tooth, the bacteria need food (sugar) in order to survive. When the bacteria feed on the sugar (or other carbohydrate), they produce acid. It is the acid by-product from the bacteria that actually causes tooth decay (not the bacteria themselves). It breaks down the mineral structure of the tooth until in causes a “cavity.” Once the cavity continues to grow, there is a change in the bacteria. We then see a shift toward anaerobic bacteria. These bacteria will not be removed with simple brushing and flossing. These are the bacteria that must be removed by a dentist. These are the ones that Izzy says we cannot simply “drill out.” She is right that I cannot drill out all of the bacteria in someone’s mouth, and I don’t want or need to. I simply need to remove the affected dental tissue that has been damaged by the anaerobic bacteria. At the same time, I am removing these harmful bacteria. If I happen to miss one of those microscopic little bacteria, guess what…. I killed him by exposing him to oxygen (remember, anaerobic bacteria die in the presence of air). At this point, after the damaged tooth structure and bacteria have been removed, I now place a nice, conservative restoration that will protect the tooth from further invasion of more bacteria. This is now a healthy tooth with no decay. If, however, my patient chooses not to brush and floss properly, a new cavity can form.
As for the comments about eating this or that and healing your cavities, it is a complete lie. Teeth only have an internal blood supply and even if any of these things your are putting into your body could stop decay, your body would have no way of getting them to the external surface of the tooth where they are needed.
As far as re-growing teeth (enamel (the outmost dental tissue) or dentin (the second layer of dental tissue)), look into some tiny cells that are present in teeth early on in life. They are called ameloblasts (produce enamel) and odontoblasts (produce dentin). Ameloblasts are completely inactivated after initial tooth formation. They cannot be brought back to life in any way. Odontoblasts are still present in a limited function inside the dental pulp (the nerve and blood supply to the tooth). Again, these cells are only present inside the tooth. They do no good in healing a cavity on the external surface of a tooth.
Now, if you can offer me some solid evidence as to how these so called treatments are even getting to the tooth, and then exactly how they are re-activating ameloblasts to produce enamel, I will listen to you (as will every dental researcher, university and the committee who awards the Nobel prize). Until then, get an education about the things you are posting on the forum as facts!