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How to halt severe tooth decay in a young child with dietary changes alone within a matter of days. No dental intervention or surgery required.
The CDC is reporting that preschoolers’ teeth are in really bad shape. In a startling trend reversal, the number of preschoolers with severe levels of tooth decay is rising.
Dentists everywhere are confirming this trend.
More and more preschoolers from all income levels have 6 -10 or even more cavities. (1, 2)
It doesn’t seem to matter if the child gets regular checkups or whether good tooth brushing habits are followed.
The decay is often so severe that the teeth are literally crumbling out of a child’s mouth.
The solution recommended by conventional dentistry is immediate surgery.
Multiple fillings and root canals in a single visit necessitate general anesthesia as a child that young cannot sit still for the length of time required to fix so many severely rotting teeth.
Sometimes sedation with laughing gas and a local anesthetic works, but not always.
Something is obviously very, very wrong with the diet of the vast majority of children to cause such severe tooth decay at such a young age.
Constant snacking on refined carbohydrates and juice is no doubt a big part of the problem as is the complete void of nutrient-dense foods in most children’s diets.
Conventional Dentistry Ignores Cavity Reversal
Fortunately, more parents are discovering the power of simple dietary changes to save their children’s teeth.
I’ve written before about how I healed my child’s cavity in a few weeks with dietary change alone. Â
No filling was ever required for that tooth. This was over 15 years ago!
How about severe and rampant decay in a preschooler’s mouth, however?
If you think that your child’s teeth are beyond help and surgery is the only option, there is hope!
The video below of how it only took 5 days for severe decay to stop with dietary change alone is sure to change your thinking about the possibilities for your own child.
Be aware that conventional dentists ridicule this approach. They never learned that cavities can heal in dental school.
However, the fact is that tooth decay CAN be reversed was documented and photographed by renowned dentist Dr. Weston A. Price in his book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.
Just because conventional dentists don’t believe it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.
At the very least, dietary change is worth a shot before putting your child through surgery, wouldn’t you agree?
Simple Dietary Changes for Astounding Results
The protocol the Mom in the video below used for reversing severe decay in her young child is outlined in detail in the book Cure Tooth Decay by the late Rami Nagel.
I had the honor of meeting and conversing with Rami extensively about his views on oral health at a health conference in 2013.
I highly recommend his book as a must-read if you are having cavity problems in your child (or even in yourself!).
The Mom in the video below was told surgery was the ONLY way to go due to the severity of her daughter’s decay.
This conventional dentist was wrong!
Only simple dietary changes were required to fix this child’s severe tooth decay. This avoided certain surgery and likely general anesthesia.
Toddler Tooth Decay Halted
Please note that while dietary changes were responsible for healing this rampant tooth decay, a natural remineralizing toothpaste that facilitates the reparative process can also be helpful.
This brand of tooth gel and remineralizing powder is also safe and effective if you are not able to make your own.
Beware of commercial remineralizing toothpaste and treatments, including those sold at dentist’s offices.
Conventional remineralizing toothpastes contain fluoride which negatively impacts a child’s IQ, according to Harvard scientists.
Biological Dentists Recognize that Teeth Can Heal
I get many, many requests about who I recommend as a truly holistic, biological dentist.
I recommend Dr. Carlo Litano of Natural-Smiles.com in Pinellas Park, Florida (727) 300-0044. He has treated our entire family for many years.
He sees both children and adults and does phone consults for those who don’t live close enough for an office visit and may need a second opinion.
Medical tourism is a growing trend well worth considering as well.
Tell Dr. Litano that The Healthy Home Economist sent you and get 10% off your first cleaning or exam.
(1) Rise in Preschoolers Cavities Prompts Anesthesia Use
(2) Trends in Oral Health Status, CDC
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10 Signs Your Dentist is Truly Holistic
Avoiding Root Canals with Diet
Most Wisdom Tooth Extractions Unnecessary
I find this very hard to believe.
Where are the before and after pictures?
If this is true, why cant anyone reverse their decay? Decay just doesnt go away, it spreads.
If not treated can cause more issues.
I agree diet is do important Most of the instant food is garbage and high in acidity. It destroys kids teeth very, very quickly.
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this is amazing! but makes me sad because my son (who we brushed his teeth 2-3 times a day) dentist said he had an enamel defect. the enamel would just peal off his teeth. but anyways 3 dentist later at only 20 months he had to have oral sugery and had his front four teeth removed! I cant even explain how horrible I felt! he on the other hand felt 100 times better. his father and family on his fathers side all have teeth enamel problems also multiple abseced teeth which my son also had in his front two teeth they could see in the xray. I wish I would have found this and tried it first! but my son again has issue with a new molar and we are definitely starting this right away!! thanks you times a million!
Please don’t talk down dentists. My husband is a dentist and while most of you think “he is just trying to make money” or acts like a “used car salesman” he is actually trying to help you. One of the best ways to avoid tooth decay is obviously diet. HELLO! I don’t think that is rocket science! The worst he has seen in his office is parents who give their child bottles with milk or juice to bed. He had one lady who was 25 and didn’t want to take proper care of her teeth or change her diet. She had all her teeth pulled for dentures. Isn’t that sad? At 25 dentures. Do you think he wanted to pull all of those teeth for her? No! There was no other option. If you are not going to take care of your teeth you cannot leave the problems in your teeth and just think they will “go away.” Severe infections can lead to systemic infections, bone loss and many other problems. What I’m trying to say is yes try this method! Change your diet! And if it doesn’t work? Visit your dentist. If you think he is too expensive, or “a used car salesman,” find a different one because there are a lot of good dentists who actually care about you. And I know many of you will not like this, but guess what fluoride actually does work !! It is the best way to prevent cavities.
Ramiel Nagel has a nice toothpaste product he came up with. Or you can try to make your own using tinctures of cloves, chaparral, turmeric, cayenne pepper, myrrh, cardamon and Pascalite clay. I get my tinctures form Herb Pharm.
Great article, any suggestions for healthy fluoride free toothpaste? Baking Soda, any one in particular?
Thanks
I watched my own teeth and gums go from getting fairly regular small cavities and daily bleeding with brushing to no more cavities and only rare bleeding (if something gets lodged in my gum, like a popcorn hull, it will fester and then release the troublesome bit, then no more bleeding). We have been eating a WPF type diet for years but we live at a very northern latitude (62 degrees N) and I never got enough vitamin D. When I started supplementing with D-3 (50K once a week at first, then doubled that for a few more years) my teeth and gums normalized. I floss, but irregularly, and I frequently miss my night time brushing but my teeth and gums are the healthiest they’ve ever been.
Bone broth, LOTS of coconut oil, bacon fat and pastured butter (plus fclo), minimal sugar and grains, and lots of cooked greens are also what I attribute the change to.
I also need to add that I am 55 now and my dental problems had been occurring since childhood. They were exacerbated by having four children in under six years (from age 36 to almost 42). I had just found Nourishing Traditions around the time I conceived my now 16yo. but implementing it took time and I was completely unfamiliar with healthy child spacing.
My 18 year old (the oldest of these four) had the worst of the decay issues in my kids. She was also the only one of them who received a regular immunization schedule AND I let her eat chewable vitamin C. Those are the only differences I have been able to come up with between her and her younger siblings. She chooses a very good diet now and her adult teeth are healthy and strong but her poor little baby teeth had issues with decay.
Hope this helps someone and gives hope and/or a warning to others.
I’ve been hearing about very young children’s teeth crumbling and falling out of their mouths now for the last few years, and have been very disturbed by it. These are people I personally know who know others with this problem. Nearly 3 years ago, my parents had a neighbor (who has since moved away) whose third child was born with basically no enamel on his teeth and his teeth started crumbling apart, and he was only a little over a year old. The family was very distraught and didn’t know what to do. I mentioned the Ramiel Nagel book to my mother, lent it to her, and also said that she was welcome to loan it to her neighbor. She said she didn’t think the mother would be interested. How sad is that? Not only did my mother not mention this book to the family, but I am pretty sure nothing has changed and that little boy will likely always have severe tooth issues. I guess some people just don’t want to know.
My daughter, 4 years, was recently diagnosed with four cavities the dentist wants to fill and two smaller ones beginning. I am reading the book you suggest, but I do not want to add organ meat in our diet. I am looking into adding the cod liver oil and butter oil to get concentrated amounts of the fat soluble vitamins immediately. Can you explain more of what you changed in your diet? I am a mom who wants my child’s cavities to heal without fillings. Please help.