Dentists. It started as a small cavity but dentists drilled to make their fillings fit or whatever their reasoning is. The filling fell out years later and now I am stuck with this hole.
This is what E.A.M Kid writes about in his research paper. He writes: "This review makes uncomfortable reading for those of us teaching operative dentistry. There is no clear evidence that it is deleterious to leave infected dentine, even if it is soft and wet, prior to sealing the cavity. Indeed, this cautious approach may be preferable to vigorous excavation because fewer pulps will be exposed and sealing the dentine from the oral environment encourages arrest of lesion progression. The reparative processes of tubular sclerosis and tertiary dentine are encouraged, thus reducing the permeability of the remaining dentine. The residual micro-organisms are now in a very different environment. They are entombed by the seal of the restoration on one side and the reduced permeability of the remaining dentine on the other. The apparent irrelevance of the infected dentine is biologically logical if it is accepted that the caries process is driven by the biofilm and its reflection is the lesion in the dental hard tissues."
"In view of the numerous studies that show the pulp can be compromised by leakage of bacteria around restorations [Bergenholtz et al., 1982], it is remarkable that their presence does not result in pulpitis and pulp death. It is probably highly relevant that the studies relating bacterial leakage around restorations to pulp pathology are done on caries-free teeth. Thus, cavity preparation will open up millions of tubules, each one a pathway to the pulp. There is a dearth of research that relates the activity of a carious lesion to the histological changes in the underlying pulp."
What he says is that it's enough with dental sealing and that's it, no caries no problems ever more. I asked my dentist for sealing, cheap stuff, and they refused so that's a sign they are in it for the money.
In a paper titled Infected Dentine Revisited by Kidd E, Fejerskov O, Nyvad B. they say "When restoring deep lesions in symptomless, vital teeth, vigorous excavation of infected dentine is likely to expose the pulp and make root canal treatment necessary. Thus ‘complete excavation’ is not needed and should be avoided. CPD/Clinical Relevance: Root surface caries can be arrested by cleaning and fluoride application. Restorations are not essential. Vigorous excavation of softened dentine in deep cavities of symptomless, vital teeth is contra-indicated. It is not needed and increases the risk of pulp exposure." This confirms more or less what EAM Kidd wrote.
I already know now how to take care of my teeth, I stopped going to dentists, they only damage my teeth to make money. They use the drill when removing plaque to make puncture/abrade the enamel on the molars so that it becomes weaker and weaker with every visit so that it finally caves in under the drill and so that they can offer expensive "treatment". I still have all my teeth including the one's with damaged molar dentin since many years, because the outer layer remineralized by following my golden rules and they also feel very good (there is also tertiary dentin which grows about, IIRC 0.2-0.3 mm per year, so the teeth will heal up from inside and outside if one is following my golden rules). But the dentists always try to scare the person that it's not possible to save the teeth and it should be treated expensively. Let's see if all my teeth will still be ok in 5-10 years from now, I will report back if I remember this thread.
My golden rules for keeping my teeth healthy is brush teeth after every meal if you feel something sticky on the teeth (or you know it's gonna become sticky if you let it stay there, it feels like starch on the teeth), if you think you have sugary stuff stuck between teeth like bread, snickers etc use dental floss to remove it, always rinse your mouth with water after you ate something and especially if you drank something significantly acidic rinse your mouth within 10 seconds with water. That's it. My favorite toothbrush is TePe Gentle Care, which is effective at removing dirt. Electric rotating toothbrush hurt my teeth so that's a sign to not use it. I use no toothpaste (the fluoride makes my joints stiff and fluoride varnish at a dentist is outright dangerous for people with sensitive joints, they use up to 15 000 ppm/g of fluoride; I tested a 5 000 ppm fluoride toothpaste and I didn't swallow, I spat it out every time, yet I got very stiff joints and on the fourth/fifth day I got a very painful stiff neck for days, and all my joints hurt too, that's when I realized it's poison).
I also realized I can remove calculus (by scratching on it) on the lower front teeth with a toothpick made of wood (I guess it's nicer/safer, after checking moh's scale, for the enamel than a dental scaler). I am now thinking about how to remove plaque on the inside of the lower front teeth with wood (it's not easy with the shape of a toothpick), or if it's even necessary, for how long is it safe to have calculus on the inside of the lower front teeth?
I read that some (maybe all) tooth floss has teflon surface, so I wonder if teflon can damage enamel (is it harder than enamel?), wonder because there was a black spot on the x-ray between my teeth where I use dental floss everyday which I told them about (but who knows if they photo shopped the x-ray picture to make me think my regimen doesn't work and I should listen to them instead)?
Edited by freddie, 29 January 2020 - 10:12 AM.
