CATEGORY AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST 67 simple pH test. Hydration is mineral rich water, and one water for every de-hydrating fluid (coffee, fruit juice, carbonated citric acid based drinks). 1 dehydrating drink + 1 water = Zero Hydration/ This addresses # 3 All of these steps have been researched, and answers been made available, for decades, but most young Oral Health Professionals are taught Oral Disease is caused by Diet and Smoking, and a lack of preventive Home Care brushing and flossing. This is only half the Equation. Lets look at Protocol # 2 The Patient goes to the Dentist / Periodontist / Hygienist, and they do a professional debridement. They advise the Patient to remove Plaque, aka improve their Home care reduction of Biofilm. We all know that “plaque“ is produced by Diet. I had never heard of, or been taught anything about oil pulling, in dental school or since at dental seminars. The main benefit from “ oil pulling “ derives from a little known fact about teeth and gums. “Crevicular fluid”. Crevicular fluid is a body fluid pushed out around the teeth all the time by the “ shock absorber” that holds your teeth into the bone of your jaws. When you do oil pulling, you are creating a “ suction “ that helps your teeth’s crevicular fluid do its job. You are basically vacuuming out the sludge and pathogens, aka subgingival plaque removal, at home. That’s why “oil pulling” helps. You have to use coconut oil, as it is a tried-and-true ancient method to look after teeth. Thousands of years before “Listerine”. The fatty acids in coconut oil are medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs), lauric acid, capric acid, and caprylic acid. These fatty acids are destructive of many pathogen bacteria, viruses and fungi. (Human breast milk also contains high levels of lauric acid that protects the nursing baby from catching all kinds of illnesses and diseases.) So this oil is has natural targeted effects on pathogens in the mouth and throat, and the entire Digestive Tract. Should you, as the Oral Health Professional endorse “Oil Pulling”? Why not? Most Periodontists dont even endorse a “Waterjet”. Oil Pulling addresses #2 and perhaps #3. Students are taught to ask about “smoking cigarettes”. While smoking cigarettes can make Perio worse, cigarettes do not produce Perio. I was sitting at a Nutrition Conference about 10 years ago, beside 2 Periodontists. I asked them, “ why do some people form no white scale opposite the salivary ducts, and other people just pump out new scale within weeks/months?” And “what is the difference between white supra ging scale, and the hard black subging scale”. They told me to wait and listen to the Presenter, Orthopeadic Surgeon, Dr Gary Fettke talk about Calcium metabolism, and the affect on uncontrolled diabetes and bone healing. “The white Calcium scale opposite the saliva ducts is a sign that the systemic calcium metabolism is out of order.” Wow ! I now had a clue, to help my patients ! Some patients never formed scale. Other patients, I would clean it, and it would be back 3 mths later. Some patients with really good saliva, would form some white crusty scale, and when I removed it, the gums were slightly inflamed, and no perio pockets. Others had black subging scale and bone loss 5-9mm, and roots coated with hard black scale. We know that “Perio” is a Host/ CLINICAL Defence disease. Its chronic, no pain, but fundamentally causes tooth loss. I assert that it has very little to do with Age. I am now finding patients as young as 30y with advanced bone loss. I have also Patients with no bone loss at age 70+ who smoke cigarettes. Because of my Nutrition education, I now know about Vit D3 and Vit K2. Nicotine chews up available Vit D. Vit K2 is essential for osteoblasts and bone healing. The huge number of Patients prescribed Bisphosphanates, by GP Doctors, are never told about “Vit K2“. These issues address # 3 and # 4, but almost no Oral Health Professional mentions this important health information. So, Lets get to the crux of “Perio “. Lets try to deal with # 3 Host resistance and # 4 Immune function. We all agree that it is a Host/ Bacteria disease. As Dentists who bang on about Sucrose, we should also bang on about Vit D3 and K2. If you had a patient that is losing bone around their teeth, surely you would try to help them BOOST their HOST DEFENCE and IMMUNE FUNCTION. Vit K2 actively reverses Osteoporosis, because it is THE ESSENTIAL co-Factor for the Osteoblast enzyme “ osteocalcin “ to lay down new bone. Prolia just reduces Osteoclast activity, so the skeleton maintains density but ages instead of being daily renewed. What is “Periodontitis” aka Oral bone loss really? Just the plaque and scale? Just not brushing properly? or an underlying systemic issue, that an Oral Health Physician can help with. Do you as Oral Health Physicians, see that your therapy, needs to look at the other half the Equation. u https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/23702931/ www.profdent.com.au Give your patients a Lightening White Smile 16% Carbamide Peroxide and Chlorofluor Gel Proudly Australian Made & Owned
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