-A tiny bit of fluoride applied topically is beneficial.

-Practice of dentistry is like Whac-a-mole. It’s waiting to pick up sickness. Should be about balancing the body. In Japan and Asia, have equipment called The Inspector, which can measure changes in enamel strength via light. The other important measure is the bacterial composition of the mouth.

-Mouth and body are connected. Loss of teeth associated with dementia. Poor mouth health associated with pre-term birth, arthritis, bowel, heart valve issues, chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease, diabetes. Reversal is much more difficult than prevention. Cleaning up the mouth has reversed diseases. It’s never too late.

-Even if you no visible gum or teeth problems, you can still have bad bacteria in the mouth.

-What foods do we eat for healthy teeth? Xylitol and xylitol containing foods (mushroom, strawberry). Cheese is non-cariogenic and can remineralize. Organic dairy. Cream. Ask your dentist if you really need the cleaning?

-D asks if a little bit of iodine in one’s tooth/mouth cleaning product is a good idea? Dr. Ellie doesn’t think so because you don’t want to kill everything. Xylitol alkalizes, feeds the good bacteria, makes plaque slippery. Mints and gums are best, available from her website.

-Don’t give xylitol to pets.

-Trent says dark stevia works great on tooth infections. Dr. Ellie would like to see studies.

-Dr. Ellie was the outlier at 98% on how good her oral health was in a American Academy For Oral Systemic Health study. Attributes it to her Complete Mouth Care System. Next year’s winner was someone who switched to Dr. Ellie’s system.

-Essential oils target specific bacteria.

-Where can you get the products she talked about? Get the booklet from her website.

-How does she feel about carbohydrates? It’s more about timing and meal habits than specific ingredients. Eat drink and be finished. Nutrition is important though. Don’t overeat fruit.

-Fluoride in drinking water is awful. Get chemical engineers to assess water, not dentists.

-Xylitol is hygroscopic. Pulls special saliva to come into your mouth. Likes Gerald Pollock’s thoughts about structured water.

-Teeth remineralize only when pH is around 7.4. Give your teeth time to heal themselves. Eating and drinking damages the teeth. Need to put in more minerals than what come out.

-Brushing with baking soda, especially for women, cleans away the pellicle, the protective protein layer. Salt is scratchy and very alkaline. If what you’re using isn’t working, change.

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