Oral health is so crucial. Everyone knows my stance on the silver/mercury amalgam fillings, as well as root canals. I opted for an extraction in the past few years due to not wanting my first root canal.
I do not mean to concern anyone about root canals…you can do your own research. I just opted to avoid them due to having past illness issues, and desiring minimal possibility of a festering infection in my gums, due to the lack of circulation present when a root canal takes place. Was just too much for me to risk, in light of managing illness.
It is theorized now that a great many systemic issues start in the mouth. Seems to always boil down to a mouth or colon origin. And in many ways it just makes sense. With the mouth, we have one of our primary entry points for foreign objects entering our bodies. The input sublingually is enough of a concern, but surely the gums and where the teeth meet the gums presents another entry point.
The idea is to (hopefully) not get TOO paranoid about infectious issues.
But with the toxic world we now live in, and the interrelationship between toxic environments and germs…I choose to be conscious of all of these things to assist my immune system, and in turn my energy reserves, as much as possible.
I brush with a very soft-brisled tooth brush, and I brush in circular motion, in each direction, forward/reverse.
My “toothpaste” is, believe it or not, coconut oil. Sometimes I’ll spray some of my magnesium oil on it. After brushing with either, I spit into the trash, instead of down the sink for the same reason one would not put animal fat/grease down…just to help avoid any potential clogging down the line
Once or twice a week, I will take an organic strawberry, mash it down into a near-liquid, and add an equal part aluminum-free baking soda in, stirring it into a paste. I will brush with this for five minutes, very gently, and ultra-slow. The strawberry has whitening properties, and the baking soda is a great alkalizer.
Between brushes or before social events, I’ll swish with no more than 3% H2O2, perhaps with a little spring water mixed in, and then rinsing with spring water. H2O2 creates a powerful oxygenation, so I would not use any stronger H2O2 to protect the gums, and I make sure it’s a pharmaceutical grade H2O2.
A drop or two of straight organic peppermint for breath freshening, or cinnamon which is a great anti-bacterial.
At social events, organic cloves…one or two popped in the mouth and allowed to dissolve (it takes a while) is a great spice for breath freshening with an at-times intense spicyness that does the job well.