The Two Ingredients That Are Most Important For The Health Of The Oral Tissue

Hello, I missed the first half of this. So my question is, is salt good to use instead of toothpaste? Salt? Yeah, I've had good results myself, and I wanted to know if I could use it on my daughter. So you wet the toothbrush, sprinkle a little salt. What's the benefits of salt? Salt is creates an osmotic gradient. So if the gums are inflamed, it helps fluids

in the inflamed tissue to drain. Right. We recommend salt water for a lot of things in the mouth and salt on the toothbrush. Here's the only thing that I have to say about that is that, especially for young children, there really wasn't a suitable product for young children, in my opinion, until I developed a replacement. And it's one of the, you know, I was at Harvard

Medical School in complimentary and alternative medicine, and I came out of that program and I was like toothpaste is garbage. It was flavored detergent for the mouth was invented by soap makers 150 years ago. And really a study from Japan, I found in the 1970s found that the two ingredients that are most important for the health of the oral tissue is vitamin C and curcute. Again,

as a matter of fact, everyone and Sarah is giving 15%. If I could get rid of every product, if I could, if I had to get rid of every vitamin, but one, the one I would keep in my medicine cabinet is vitamin C. Vitamin C, and that's where they found scurvy and sailors on boats. They found it was a deficiency in vitamin C, but vitamin C

is so important for the body. And this vitamin C, I actually developed this. This is a lot of things that I've been doing. I've been doing a lot of light basalmal vitamin C that light basalmal delivery, a lot of absorption. So salt, I would really, I understand you're using that. And you've been having good results in terms of cleaning it up. But you really want to

kind of feed your children's smile feed their gums. And that's where vitamins are really important. And that's why we're inviting us basically a vitamin delivery for the mouth. Excellent. Thank you. Thank you. Dr. Curitole. Next, we have step O. I'm going to unmute you. Hi, Steph. Hi, how you doing? I came late. So please forgive me if you've already addressed this. But recently, I've been brushing

my teeth. And I noticed there's like my gums bleed when I brush my teeth. And I know it's related with cardiovascular issues and stuff, which I do have. So we'll, we'll, what would your advice be to me moving forward of how to get this together? Yeah, so that's a sign of gingivitis, which, which was a major thing that I talked about a sign of, it's the

body's number one source of chronic, low grade inflammation. So you really need to, first of all, I would definitely get professional, a professional examination and a professional cleaning. But because you may have been overdue, a lot of people during this shutdown, we've come through this past, you know, number years and a lot of people have avoided going to the dentist and didn't go to the dentist.

And I actually petitioned with the governor in the state of New York to say that we're going to create bigger problems because preventative health is just as important as, you know, it's an important part of your immune health. So I petitioned for, for to open the dental offices open before any other healthcare practice. Patients, you know, we're staying away from the dentist, their gums were bleeding.

They, they were getting a lots of inflammation. So, um, believe it or not, where vitamin would help you as well, because it's really effective in reducing gingible bleeding. So get a checkup, get a cleaning, use a good home moral care product like where vitamin, take vitamin C, vitamin C is great for bleeding gums. Skurvy, the gum is ble, blood like crazy. This is called optimal C.

And it's a liposomal delivery, you just do a teaspoon, keep it under your tongue for three seconds or so and swallow. Very, very good dietary supplement for bleeding gums. Thank you so much, Dr. All very valuable information for us. And I'm going to move on now to Janet P Janet P. I am. Janet. Hi, Janet. There we go. Hi. Thank you. Thank you. Um, thank you.

I, um, my question is I regularly got my teeth cleaned and my dentist. I'm from the Chicago, and area Illinois. I have waved the full, um, uh, X rays that they want to do every few, you know, years. And it's been five years. And each time I waved the X rays, I, um, I have to sign a waiver that they are, you know, that I'm okay

with it because they truly want to X ray my entire mouth. And I've read pros and cons about it. Well, it's been five years. And I was told at my appointment that I can no longer see this dentist. If I do not allow them in a five year period to X ray my teeth. So what, what's the deal on that is that I have a health

agreement. I'll sign I eat plant based whole food and I don't have any problems with my mouth. Do I need X rays? Uh, that is a fantastic question because yes, the older, the older dental X rays and, you know, Dennis, we're like, Oh, you get checkup X rays every time you go, you got these little, uh, they're called bite wing X rays. And then you do

a full series every three to five years, where we look at everything. It's a bit of a dilemma because I'm going to tell you something that, um, you know, what you see above the gum is the tips of the iceberg. And what's under the gum is, is a host of different problems. I often had a brochure of what is shown by dental radio grass tumors, infections,

fractured teeth, all kinds of things. So I am not a fan of dental X rays because ionizing radiation is cumulative. Now digital X rays 90% less ionizing radiation. So that's going to make sure it's a digital system. When you get an X ray taken, I do not believe we use my dental hygienist uses. So the bite wing X rays are to check for cavities between your

teeth. Um, that may be forming. And there's other technologies we have now called transillumination. So we have a transillumination device that actually illuminates your tooth. And you could see a dark shadow, um, which is better than taking an X ray. But a general set of X rays, when you start in a dental office is an important protocol. But they make sure that they're digital. Final thing.

Um, it's easier to do a CBCT, which shows everything. Um, and it's less exposure than doing 18 pictures. Um, uh, to do the, um, the holistic CBCT, which is a cone beam computerized tomography. Again, another technology with a very low exposure, very, um, very, very effective. Clarity of everything that's going on, but you know what? Unfortunately, dental X rays are necessary. If you can't, you can't

continue to go to the dentist without knowing what's going on below. Remember, what was, what was below the surface of the water is what's something to Titanic. Okay. So you're looking at the tip of the iceberg. Look on, we need to see what's underneath to effectively treat you. Competently treat you. Yup.