A Toothpaste that “Heals” Dental Cavities?

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A letter I received about a new toothpaste that heals dental cavities:

Going to the dentist used to depress me like nothing else. But been far better lately since I started using the ‘liquid calcium’ toothpastes 18 years ago. I had a cavity that healed in the last 6 months, always good–and so far just the one crown that is a decade old. I figured I’d be lucky to have only two crowns by 50. I might make that (the big fillings have will eventually split a tooth making a crown necessary).

Then I do have one place with severe rescission that tooth place 20 years back–but been able to stop its advance, strengthen enamel on tooth exposed root surface–so so far so good to last for 20 years. The dentists will deny all this, but I have had kids with healed cavities too–that the same dentist couldn’t explain– and there are places on my canines that show a noticeable lump where there used to be a valley (gap between enamel and gum due to moderate rescission, that filled with noticeably whiter ‘enamel’) .

Also, when in my 20’s & 30’s I used to have vertical ridges on the front surface of my teeth from abrasive toothpaste and hard brushes from childhood. My dental hygenist … remarked on how pronounced they were. By my 40’s the ridges had filled leaving a glossy slick surface. The hygenist up here can’t find the ridges.

My front teeth actually got a small amount bigger as this calcium layer built up over the years. That proved to me that the process is similar to cave stalactites The place where I have severe rescission was originally terribly sensitive to temperature (exposed root surface). If I use this toothpaste– no sensitivity. If I run out for a few weeks, slowly the sensitivity increases. This toothpaste doesn’t have the numbing agent that the ’sensitive tooth’ toothpastes use.

So I conclude that the evidence is there for a precipitation effect where the acidity in saliva dissolves the calcium and magnesium and redeposits it on the tooth surface, which is a little beyond the remineralization that the people like to cite fluoride as being capable of.

Any dentist trained by AMA will deny that this is possible–only a small amount of remineralization can happen. No avities can heal. No enamel can grown on root surfaces. All old fillings eventually need to be replaced because the remaining tooth area holding them weakens. I have most of my 35+ year old fillings. Fillings are supposed to last 15-20 years. 25 years is a very long time. 35+ years is a fluke. I have 10 huge 35+ year old flukes in my mouth.

I figure that the odds of ten (fillings) surviving 35 years is at least a hundred thousand to 1. The only reason that the dentist doesn’t gasp to see them is that he doesn’t know that my mother had a nut of a dentist who put monster fillings in a child’s mouth as soon as the tooth erupted. In short my dentist thinks he’s looking at 20 year old fillings not 35 year old.

The dentist can deny all he wants. My x-rays and dental records show it. The kid’s records show it. I think they have about 6 fillings between the four of them. I figure with 6 people and 12 dental visits a year before the add on visits, that this simple toothpaste saved me hundreds of dollars. At least three documented ‘healed’ cavities.

The first toothpaste brand that had this was forced out of business by the big toothpaste manufacturers, but fortunately one of the larger ones bought the patented form of ‘liquid calcium’. Good thing too, because I panicked!

The toothpaste is “Enamel Care” with Liquid Calcium.

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