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When I wrote the post about how to heal a cavity, I had no idea that the post would end up being circulated around dental forums where it became the target of ridicule and even anger from a number disbelieving dentists. The fact is that teeth can and do heal, even those in need of a root canal.
Whether or not conventional dentists choose to acknowledge it does not really matter. Holistic dentists know the truth! For example, Dr. Weston A. Price DDS documented many cases of cavities resolving when nutritional deficiencies were corrected in his book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.
While I received many negative emails and comments from dentists (I also received a few positive emails from dentists, I might add), I was also delighted and amazed by stories from Moms just like me who had experiences very similar to my own…tooth problems resolving with nutrition or natural medicine alone!
One of the most interesting emails I received was from a homeopath named Kay, who lives in Australia, coincidentally right near where my husband was raised! Kay wrote me the following story which I thought so fascinating that it absolutely needed to be a guest post:
Homeopathy Instead of a Root Canal
Dear Sarah,
My sister who lives in Hong Kong sent me the link to your site after you wrote an article about butter oil and how it reversed tooth decay when taken along with cod liver oil.
I am a homeopath and teach workshops to parents on how to use natural medicine to raise healthy children, so I was fascinated by this piece of information and it prompted me to share another tooth story with you and your readers about how my son was saved from a root canal at the age of 14 years old by using natural medicine.
Jack had been playing golf with his brother over the school holidays and while hot tired and emotional ( a normal state of affairs for my son at the time), his golf club got stuck in the bag. So, with sheer brute force, he ripped it out of the bag straight into his mouth and broke off the bottom of his front tooth!
We went straight to the dentist who did tests and declared the root was dying and that he needed to do a root canal before the tooth discolored. I told him to remove his drill from my son’s mouth and said I would try and save the tooth with homeopathy. A not very happy dentist told me there was a time and place for homeopathy and this wasn’t it and if there was any remote chance I could save this tooth he would send me all his clients.
I took Jack home and gave him homeopathic Arnica for shock, trauma and bruising. Then, I used homeopathic hypericum, a great remedy every parent should know about as it repairs nerve damage. I gave it to Jack every few hours and then reduced it to 2 x day for the next week. In America I believe you can buy homeopathics in health food stores quite easily, so always have arnica and hypericum in your cupboard for “teeth” accidents.
Today Jack still has his original front tooth with a little cosmetic dentistry to build up the bottom half and the dentist still has not sent me one client!
Thanks for letting me share this story Sarah. Just knowing these small pieces of information can create such better health outcomes for our children and families.
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i have cavity in my teeth due to which i have big hole in teeth
Now doctor is saying for Root canal for teeth is there any homeopathic option or medicine which can avoid RCT treatment.
i have cavity in my teeth due to which i have big hole in teeth and 1/4 part of teeth have cavity.Due to which i am feeling pain and senstivity in my teeth.
Now doctor is saying for Root canal for teeth is there any homeopathic option or medicine which can avoid RCT treatment.
Hello. What homeopathic drops did you use?
Thank you
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I was told i have a root canal on my front tooth anout 9 years ago and being a single mom at the time didnt have the buget to get the procedure done, but as time went by sometimes it would hurt and pus would form on my gums but then it would go away and thats the way it been since then…how would one applay treat this…please help
Ive had my tooth x-rayed and it showed an infection at the root of the tooth. I did have a lump on this tooth and thats why i went to the dentist. They have said that i need this tooth out (or root canal – but this was not really recommended). Do you think that some of these natural remedies could help my tooth or does it really have to come out?
thanks
I got my root dead in my tooth..due to this infection is started in my tooth…my dentist recommend to go for root canal…I want to see for alternatives..can anyone help me out.. please
Hi can someone help me out please..i an having a deep cavity in 1teeth and might be i have to undergo root canal.. I was looking alternative for this..please guide me about homeopathy ready to try anything.Thanks
Hi Sarah,
I’m a holistic health specialist in Los Angeles, California. I just read your article and it so happens that my 88 year old father needed a root canal. Knowing that they are unhealthy I gave my father a homeopathic treatment and took him to get an acupuncture treatment. My father is doing well and all pain and inflammation is gone. I will continue the homeopathy drops for about a month.
Hi Allie,
What homeopathic treatment did you use for your Dad? I have a toothache and I am sure they are going to recommend a root canal, which I want to avoid. My toothache is in an area where I had a filling recently, and I am sure it cracked or fell out, and I am not anxious to go back and be tortured with that pain. I would love to know what you used, if you wouldn’t mind.
Thanks so much!
Mary
Hello, I have a question. I recently went to the dentists and they told me that I had decay in one of my teeth that was forming UNDERNEATH a filling. That tooth hasn’t bothered me yet but they’re saying they can’t tell if it’s at the root or not, but it looks like it’s close. They say if it’s too close or at the root, they have to do a root canal. I definitely can’t afford a root canal and I’m only 25, I don’t want to get my tooth extracted & be missing teeth already. Do these oil treatments work even if the decay in UNDERNEATH a filling? God I really hope so.
Yes, the oils draw out from the gums. I’m a holistic health specialist and I helped my 88 year old father avoid having a root canal with acupuncture and homeopathy.
Dear Sarah
I have two cavities on my left teeth. The dentist says that I have to undergo root canal treatment. Apart from the prohibitive costs (I can’t really afford it), I’m discouraged by the fact that I have to take time off work to undergo the treatment. The entire operation will be spread over 1 month time, I don’t have it.
Anyway I can alleviate the pain? It really hurts when I have to eat anything.
My husband’s front tooth broke into half when he was 7 years old with a nerve exposed. Dentist bonded a fake tooth on. Now 30 years later its infected and got a root canal in feb. Since the root canal, the tooth has gotten worst. We went to few other dentist to get a second opinion and they said referred him to a root canal specialist since the root is not dead and still need more “root canal therapy”. He would prefer to save his tooth too but we are not sure now since the first root canal has already been done…. we are not sure if there is still the chance of saving the nerve, has anyone ever saved a nerve even after a dentist started a root canal?
Also, is there any natural/holistic treatment or any medication to stop the ongoing infection?
use turmeric powder musterd oil and espom salt mix and rub on teeth by finger as brush pinch of salt pinch of turmeric powder little oil