-Healthy teeth look white and brighter. Highly mineralized teeth reflect light, so they look white and have a glow to them. Tooth whiteners have an acidity in them. How are they whitening? They’re etching the glass in the teeth. Teeth will look white, but they’re getting damaged. Teeth become more porous, rougher, lose biofilm, get more sensitive, more gum recession, more prone to a cavity. The inside of the tooth is getting damaged from whitening.

-Do we want to avoid xylitol made from corn? No difference. It’s in lots of foods.

-John asks why not to floss? If you have an infected mouth, you have pathogens in the pockets and you don’t want to push those guys into the blood stream. If you have swollen, bleeding gum, gum disease, get rid of it, then use floss to get rid of food stuck between your teeth. Dr. Ellie flosses while she has toothpaste on her teeth. Pick your floss with care. You’re not going to improve the ecology of your mouth with a length of string. See your mouth as a total ecosystem.

-Harry asks how could glycerine be inhibiting remineralization – it’s in all the toothpastes. However, do those toothpastes work? Use her complete mouth care system for 6 weeks, then try going back to your prior system and compare.

-Robert eliminated baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, threw away his glycerine toothpaste, uses Crest Anti-cavity, and can see a glow in his teeth. But he sees dark areas under crowns by the gums. Do people with partials need to do anything extra? You have more risk, use her total system ACT fluoride, keep toothbrushes clean. Brush partial with toothpaste and Listerine and rinse.

-Alexandra wants to know about doggie teeth. DO NOT use xylitol with dogs. Be aware you will share bacteria from a dog’s or partner’s mouth. Can transfer bacteria among people sharing wind instruments or harmonicas.

-Bridgette has an oozing gum near a particular tooth that doesn’t hurt. Take an X-ray – does the infection appear to come from the inside of the tooth – does it have a dead center? Comparing the tooth to an egg, if the “yolk” has died, there’s no way for the infection to get out other than traveling down to the root and exiting into the bone. If that is the case, get the tooth extracted. Don’t leave a dead tooth in your mouth. Can’t bring a dead tooth back to life. Or, is there some popcorn or floss stuck down there that damaged the gum? Brush with a clean toothbrush, massage well around the gum area. Might generate the lymphatic system to start dealing with the infection. Get your body healthy, eat good food.

-Dentists won’t tell you what you can do for herself.

-Lasers can do amazing things, more valuable than a scalpel, better healing.

-Zaneta is using Indian herbs instead of toothpaste, does some oil pulling, has gum recession. Oil pulling can wipe out all of the bacteria in the mouth. Testing showed a person who aggressively oil pulled with coconut oil had a clean mouth, not infected, but no biofilm and thus didn’t have the maintenance of healthy bacteria.

-Molars are a place for healthy bacteria to get entrenched. We need those grooves. Oil pulling might be helpful. Sesame oil is best. Oil pulling can be successful for gum disease but not cavities. Could cause receding gums. Receding gums means you lost the protection of the biofilm. Gum disease is different from receding gums. 50% of 30 year olds have gum diseases and they .