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I
am a father of a precious 3.5 year old girl. We have
successfully treated early childhood tooth decay for
2.5 years, without drugs, dentists, or surgery. I estimate
we achieved an 85-98% reduction in the rate of tooth
decay.
Two
of my daughter's teeth are worn to the gum line, and are
black. Even with this, her gums are healthy with no sign
of infection. Cosmetically she has two worn front teeth,
they don't look pretty, we are not going to do any cosmetic
restoration.
The
problem:
In
the U.S., 27.9% of all children ages 2-5 have some tooth
decay, with an average of about 5 out of every 100 children's
teeth having some decay.
Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5403a1.htm
Young
children cannot sit still to undergo normal dental procedures.
A mother's lap is okay for some quick dental treatments,
but not for substantial dental treatments.
Developmentally,
young children do not understand what a dentist is, or
even what they are doing in a dental office. Children usually
do not want people staring into their mouth's, and sticking
things into their mouths. It takes a child until the age
of 6-8 years to be capable of really understanding what
a dental procedure is, and to be capable of going through
a typical dental procedure without much trauma. When a
dental procedure is performed prior to that age, it may
be moderately to severely emotionally harmful for the child,
because you are doing a medical procedure to them, against
their will.
Local
anesthesia usually does not work on young children because
they cannot sit still even for a few minutes for a dental
procedure. Local anesthesia may or may not be effective
and it is difficult to tell if a young child's tooth and
mouth is numb prior to dental surgery.
The
other remaining possibilities for dental treatment are
to rapidly pull teeth without anesthesia, and full anesthesia
dental surgery.
With
young children's bodies so delicate, full anesthesia surgery
comes with the risk of death. The risk of death from full
anesthesia surgery is very low, although I could not find
a reliable and conclusive statistic. There is an approximate
35% risk of an adverse event from general anesthesia on
young children which is about twice as high as adults.
This is above and beyond the emotional shock and pain of
the disassociated feelings caused by the anesthesia drugs.
Anesthesia and Analgesia: http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/content/abstract/70/2/160
General
anesthesia surgery for tooth decay is costly, prices range
from $2,000-$4,000 US.
Studies
show with general anesthesia dental surgery:
23%
of all children require further extractions and restorations
52% of children have a relapse within 4-6 months.
57% have new cavities in 6-24 months. (different study)
Journal of Canadian Dental Association: http://www.cda-adc.ca/jcda/vol-69/issue-5/304.pdf
In
addition to the severe emotional pain for such a procedure,
it is hardly effective. So why would we consider such a
procedure when there is a suitable alternative?
Highlights
Of Wisdom Surrounding Healing Early Childhood Tooth Decay:
The
modern treatment for dental surgery dose not work, as it
treats the symptoms of the problem, but does not treat
the root of the problem.
Fluoride
is a deadly poison, avoid it at all costs.
Flouride Action Network http://www.fluoridealert.org/
Tooth
brushes, tooth pastes, sealants and other facsimiles
do little to prevent or cure tooth decay, because they
do not address the root of the problem, but rather the
symptoms.
It
is store food that has given our children store teeth.
Acid
on teeth is not a primary cause of tooth decay, teeth
decay because tooth bones are destroyed possibly by active
and passive nutrient transport, digestive enzymes in
the mouth, or odontoclasts.
It
is not just inadequate nutrition, but impaired nutrient
absorption, particularly blocked calcium utilization
in the intestine that can cause early childhood tooth
decay.
Once
decayed, baby teeth cannot grow back, however a protective
layer of tooth dentin (secondary enamel) can be built
to protect against infection and pain.
Even
with severe decay on the first set of teeth, with specially
reinforced nutrition, your child can have a healthy set
of adult teeth.
Curing
children's tooth decay means that they do not suffer
pain or dental infections, in some cases, the rapid decay
can be slowed to a crawl, but not yet stopped. A system
of glandular supplementation based on anthropometrics,
in addition to a special diet, may be able to entirely
halt decay in every case.
Odontoclasia
is a recognized form of children's tooth decay. It occurs
even in some indigenous groups in tropical area's on
their native diet. My guess as to the cause of decay
is too much sweet foods, even natural ones. In the indigenous
groups, even though some children have severe tooth decay,
as adults they have straight and healthy teeth. This
shows the power of a healthy diet with whole unrefined
foods that include fat-soluble vitamins.
Night-time
nursing does not cause, or promote tooth decay. Claiming
night-time nursing causes tooth decay is simply anti-breastfeeding
propaganda that is not scientifically based.
See, Brian Palmer, DDS: http://www.brianpalmerdds.com/caries.htm
Night-time
nursing, and night snacking helps your child grow strong
and healthy since children grow when they sleep.
Still
breastfeeding? Mothers need to follow a special diet
too, following the protocol's listed in this article
or on my website will help. http://www.yourreturn.org/Treatments/Teeth/index.htm
Tooth
Decay is preventable in adults through balancing blood
sugar levels. In adults this is done by avoiding and
limiting most sugars, and by eating small meals with
animal proteins and fat with lots of vegetables throughout
the day. Such a protocol may work for some children as
well.
See the Page Fundamental Food Plan: http://www.ifnh.org/Page%20Food%20Plan.PDF
Dietary
Keys for Halting Tooth Decay in Children:
Raw
or cooked grassfed bone marrow, as much as they'll eat.
(frequently)
Raw
or cooked, grassfed liver, as much as they can eat. (daily
if possible)
Yellow
butter, or a supplement of high vitamin butter oil or
both (2-3x daily with meals) Let your child eat as much
as they want, my daughter would steal sticks out of the
refrigerator of the yellow Anchor New Zealand butter
and just take big bites out of them.
High
Vitamin/Fermented cod liver or skate liver oil. (2-3x
daily with meals) Use cod liver oil in small doses like
1/32-1/8 of a teaspoon.
You
must avoid and limit all sweets:
Sugar – White
Sugar, Brown Sugar, Organic Sugar, Evaporated Cane
Juice, Corn Syrup, Commercial Jams
Natural
sweets and sweeteners need to be strictly limited,
such as once per week or less often. This is because
sweets cause a temporary imbalance in our blood sugar,
which promotes tooth decay.
Rapadura,
stevia, maple syrup, agave nectar, banana's, oranges,
grapes, peaches, pineapples, cherry's, raisons, dried
fruit, fruit juice, and other very sweet fruits.
Strictly
reduce use of all other fruits, to ideally one meal
a day or less. Cooked fruit seems to be better than
raw fruit. So we use sparingly fruits like berries,
pear's, kiwi's and apples.
Avoid
all processed flour and flour products, anything baked,
and all breakfast cereal's. The exception here is that
homemade bread with freshly ground and then fermented
grains is okay.
Ideal
Foods for young children:
Healthy
fats from organic and free-range foods, are nourishing
to the body and help build healthy bones.
Grassfed
butter, raw grassfed cream, wild caught fish eggs,
avocado's, grassfed bone marrow, grassfed bacon, lard,
suet, tallow, duck fat, olives, coconuts.
Excellent
Foods:
Feed these foods to your child in proportion to their
appetite for them.
Homemade,
wild fish and free-range chicken bone broth's made
with the organs.
http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/broth.html
Raw
grassfed whole fat milk
Raw
or barely cooked farm eggs or yolks
Raw
fish, is especially potent in reducing tooth decay, including
oyster's and clams.
Fatty
pieces of fish that have lots of fish fat.
Raw
and rare cooked grassfed beef or lamb.
Raw
grassfed cheese
Balancing
Foods:
Feed
your child fermented foods like fermented sweet potatoes,
sauerkraut, yogurt and kefir.
Cooked
vegetables with lots of butter or cream added, like zucchini's,
string beans, kale, and chard.
Seaweeds
of every sort, it is high in trace minerals.
Raw
fresh vegetable juice of about 90% organic celery, and
about 10% organic parsley can be good if your child likes
it.
Never
ever force feed your child, if they do not want vegetables,
then it is not good for them to eat it.
**You
notice that I suggest eating some raw animal foods. These
provide for optimal absorption and utilization. Eating
raw animal proteins, such as raw fish, or raw beef is
one of the most potent ways to heal and strengthen the
body. Raw animal proteins and fat, are much more effective
at healing the body than cooked animal proteins and fat.
Raw grassfed milk from healthy cows is safer to drink
than pasteurized milk, and it has probiotics to help
aid digestion. Various types of raw foods pate's are
very effective against tooth decay. If you are concerned
about parasites from raw animal foods, freeze the meat
up to 14 days prior to eating, freeze the fish 2-3 days,
or marinate the fish cut into small pieces in lemon or
lime juice for at least 7 hours. You should investigate
your meat supplier, to make sure all animals are humanely
treated, and only fed their natural diet. For more information
please contact your local chapter of the Weston A. Price
foundation to find certified humanely raised animal foods. Visit
the Australian Weston A Price website here to find your
local chapter.
Also
STRICTLY Avoid:
Flour & Grain Products – White Flour, Wheat
Flour, Organic Flour, any unsoaked grain products. Examples:
bread, crackers, cookies, doughnuts, breakfast cereals,
muffins, pastries, tortillas, bagels, and sandwiches
(most store bought flour products even from the health
food store need to be avoided).
Hydrogenated Oils - like Margarine and Low quality vegetable
oils, Vegetable Oil, Soybean Oil, Crisco, Canola, and
Safflower (replace with organic coconut oil, organic
palm oil, organic olive oil or butter, suet, or tallow).
Any type of junk, convenience food, or modern fast foods
Soft Drinks, Nutrasweet, and anything with artificial
flavors, artificial colors, or artificial ingredients
Infant Formula, Soymilk, Protein Powder, and Excess Tofu
Fruit Juice
Pasteurized Milk, even if it is organic.
Non-grass-fed meat and eggs, and farm raised fish.
Vaccinations, avoid this criminal act.
More information with reference links at: http://www.healingourchildren.net/vaccine_side_effects.htm
Vaccines
can cause and promote tooth decay, there is evidence
of this in dogs, and I know of one case of significant
tooth decay caused by the DPT vaccine in a young girl.
Resource
for Pregnancy, Childhood Health, and Tooth Decay
Prevention:
It
is time to take responsibility for our children's health
- http://www.healingourchildren.net
We
can usually prevent tooth decay by following a preconception
health plan,
http://www.preconceptionhealth.org/preconception_health_diet_nutrition.htm and
a special diet for pregnancy and lactation. http://www.healingourchildren.net/pregnancy_health_diet_lactation.htm
Natural
health resources at http://www.yourreturn.org
A
more detailed explanation about Early Childhood Caries, http://www.yourreturn.org/Articles/Early_ChildHood_Caries_Cured.htm
My
article in the Townsend Letter for Doctor’s and
Patients “The Cause, Prevention, and Treatment
of Early Childhood Tooth Decay”
http://www.townsendletter.com/Nov2006/childtooth1106.htm
I
pray for you and your child's health.
Rami
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