Natural Remedies

Receding Gums and Faulty Tooth

Posted by Kolade (Lagos) on 06/29/2022

Receding gum and a faulty tooth

I have removed a total of 5 teeth and I honestly do not desire to lose more. However, I have receding gums and my teeth are weaker as a result.

Several months ago, I began feeling pain on a tooth and my dentist asked whether to denervate or remove the tooth because a nerve was exposed: I asked for more time to decide. Two days ago, I started feeling intense pain. I used paracetamol to ease the pain but it's really bad now as I have had headaches consistently. I had a filling on the said tooth which is now either out of place or exposed somehow, so I don't think it can be filled again.

Can I still save the tooth and others? Should I just take it off....

I need help, please. Kolade

Replied by mmsg
somewhere, europe
06/30/2022

Kolade, people have written wonderful things about oil pulling being useful in saving teeth. Read up on it.

Replied by Beth
London
06/30/2022

There's no cure for receding gums. A gum transplant is possible, though expensive. Preserve what gum you have by seeing a dental hygienist twice yearly, who can remove plaque and go deep into any gum pockets if necessary. Once all plaque and tartar are removed, be rigorous about oral hygiene, using a water flosser twice daily and an electric toothbrush, as well as interdental brushes. If you have no access to a water flosser, use dental tape. Oil pulling may also help, but you need the plaque removed first. Obviously fix your diet too, if that's bad.

Any bleeding or bright pink gums mean gum disease and you need to fix that fast, not least as gum disease is linked to inflammation and Alzheimers. Gum disease is the chief cause of gum shrinkage. However, some people do just have the bad luck of connective tissue problems, which can also lead to receding gums with no disease present; and age causes some shrinkage too.

Re the tooth, if the nerve is exposed, the only way is to kill it - probably by means of a root canal. This may save the tooth for a few years. Alternatively, have the tooth removed. This is the cheapest solution but will gradually cause other teeth to lean over and will also lead to jaw bone loss, unless you have an implant. Sorry this sounds negative but it is as it is.

Can you have a good discussion with your dentist? Dentists should have your best interests at heart though of course they earn more for more expensive treatments.

If you can afford it, and depending where the other missing teeth are, it may be possible to have one implant with several false teeth attached. On the bright side, there was far less Alzheimers when most of the elderly had no teeth, and so little gum disease, but the more teeth you lose, the more jaw bone you lose too.

Replied by HisJewel
New York
06/30/2022

Greetings Kolade Of Lagos

Be encouraged.

As a senior woman over seventy, I want to hold on to my remaining teeth. When I was in my late twenties, a dentist once told me it is better to hold on to your teeth than to have them pulled.

So how do I get my gums teeth and gums back into acceptable operating condition. I did some you-tube-n, but what really gave me a fast track leap was the advice of a woman I met on the Amtrak.

She was a woman in her mid-eighties. She came from a family of doctors as she told me her story. She herself had been an educator. Since she had a few years on me I decided to ask her if she Knew about loose teeth and gum disease. She shared with me how her dentist had said he would have to do a root canal on a tooth. She asked him to just pull it and give her a replacement tooth. He did not want to pull it. Instead, he gave her another appointment to come back. She said, she started using what she described as the Purple Listerine. When she came back, the dentist said the infection did not show on the xray this time. He asked what she did, and told her to keep doing it.

What I was dealing with:

A loose tooth,

Infection behind that tooth,

Receding gums,

And two teeth with missing fillings.

About a month before my trip, I had already bought dental cement from Amazon and filled in two long time missing fillings. They had not bothered me for years, during those years I brushed my teeth with baking soda, rinsed mouth with iodine water. Then came the senior challenges.

I was helped by many articles and videos.

Here is an article:

https://wellnessmama.com/health/remineralize-teeth/

Here are 2 videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO9T4lmWins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q7H-HYq_Is

What I used to help gums and teeth:

I bought a powdered Probiotic which I dropped it on the tip of my tongue and massaged my gums with.

I take: Cod Liver Oil for A and D, I also take vitamins E and K

I take COQ 10, I started with 100mg once a day. Now I take 200mg twice a day morning and noon, extra benefit from COQ10 I got my strength for walking back, this is a first since the 2019 energy stealer and then Covid 19 years following.

I take Goldenseal ¼ teaspoon powder about 5 days a week. I drop it on the tip of my tongue and sweep it around my gums.

And… as the woman on the train suggested, I rinse my mouth with purple Listerine.

I do not have a special order. Some days I skip some things. But I still have great results.

When my upper tooth had a gumball, I tried the garlic, but what brought it down was baking soda lightly rubbed on the area.

My teeth and gums are much better, but I still have one tooth that is still in the healing process, but it is so much better.

So, read a few articles and try re-mineralizing your teeth, it just may surprise your dentist.

Jesus is Lord,

HisJewel

Kolade
Lagos
06/30/2022

I am grateful for your in-depth response. May God continue to strengthen you and increase you in wisdom. Thank you

HisJewel
New York
07/08/2022

Greetings Madelyn,

The Probiotic I am using is "NOW, Probiotic-10"

50 Billion Powder"

Replied by Madelyn
Idaho
07/02/2022

Dear HisJewel,

Could you share which brand of probiotic you like? I have been looking into getting some oral probiotics, and just saw your comment. Thank you!

Replied by Madelyn
Idaho
07/09/2022

Hi HisJewel, Thanks for letting me know! I was planning to try a NOW product, and now you've confirmed it for me!