How To Regrow Receding Gums?

[Joao]

Hello Project Avalon Forum Members,

I am 22 years old and for the last 3 years I have been having Dental Problems so at this point I have a Double Dental Ceramic Bridge on my 3 front teeth’s. It is my second one that was placed a few months ago ( by my choice ). And I was really happy about it, because finally I had the teeth's that I was dreaming to have for a long time since I had a chipped tooth on my last bridge and 2 gum lines with receding gums ( that I didn’t like it at all ) . To my bad luck I noticed a few days ago that my gums started to retract in between 2 of my front teeth’s ( in my bridge ) . And for this time I think it was due to hard flossing on that area.. But I know I also have periodontal disease or gums infection ( whatever you want to call it ) But I am already doing something about that at the moment ..

This is what I found out on the Internet about this topic :


1. Oil Pulling ( with Organic Cold Pressed Coconut Oil in my case ) for 20 minutes a day in the morning :

http://www.ada.org/en/science-resear...of-oil-pulling


2. Massaging the Gums for 10 minutes per day with Organic Sesame Oil :


http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/gum...and-gingivitis


3. They also talk about taking Vitamin C to promote Healthy Teeth’s and Gums :

http://www.naturalhealth365.com/vita...ease-1056.html


4. And the last thing that I found it was the normal thing dentists and other Health professionals might say to you, include lots of fruits, vegetables that are high in Vitamin C and drink lots of water and avoid sugars and those processed foods.


I have started 5 days ago with most of this techniques in the hope that will stimulate my gums to regrow ..

Only time will tell me I guess..

If any of you have successfully regrown receding gums please feel free to share your stories and techniques or technologies that might been used in your case

I really don't want to believe that it is impossible to regrow gum tissue back to its original place naturally and only by doing surgical procedures

P.S. If there is any psychic people here or any healers feel free to send good vibrations ( energies ) or any good healing vibration to me that might help my situation. I know this shouldn’t matter that much but it doesn't help my low self esteem .. and this has been hard for me having all this dental problems so young ..

Thank you any way if you have read this and I hope the information on here ( the techniques ) might have help someone in a similar situation

Joao

[Daughter of Time]

I recommend oil pulling.

While I don't have periodontal disease, my gums have been slightly receding for years. Oil pulling has been very helpful in re-growing gums and keeping them strong.

Take one tablespoon of sesame or olive oil and rinse your mouth with it for about 15 minutes first thing in the morning, before food or drinks. After rinsing with the oil, spit it out and then rinse your mouth with lukewarm water. In the short term, this process removes bacteria and toxins that accumulate while sleeping. In the long term, it helps to rebuild your gums. You will notice a difference about three months after doing this. But don't stop! If you want your gums to stay healthy, this ritual should probably be done for life.

Vitamin C from fruits alone will not be enough if you have periodontal disease. You will need at least 3,000 mg per day of high quality, natural vitamin C supplement. When your gums get stronger, you can start to diminish.

I know all of this is stated in the links above, but I'm writing from experience,

Good luck!

[genevieve]

Do you think oil pulling is beneficial even though there are mercury fillings present?

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

[Daughter of Time]

Posted by genevieve (here)
Do you think oil pulling is beneficial even though there are mercury fillings present?

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

Oil pulling is beneficial for the gums alone.

Mercury fillings are very harmful. I've had all of mine removed. Anyone who can afford to replace the mercury fillings with a less toxic substance, should definitely do so.

Regardless of the type of fillings one has, oil pulling will still benefit the gums.

[raregem]

Posted by genevieve (here)
Do you think oil pulling is beneficial even though there are mercury fillings present?

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

May I add that eating cilantro will aid in eliminating the heavy metals in your system including mercury. Please have the mercury removed a s a p
I had mine removed and I ate large cilantro salads for awhile. I craved the cilantro. Cravings are gone but I still use cilantro.

[Daughter of Time]

Posted by raregem (here)

Posted by genevieve (here)
Do you think oil pulling is beneficial even though there are mercury fillings present?

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

May I add that eating cilantro will aid in eliminating the heavy metals in your system including mercury. Please have the mercury removed a s a p
I had mine removed and I ate large cilantro salads for awhile. I craved the cilantro. Cravings are gone but I still use cilantro.

Cilantro is the gentlest and most natural way to remove (some) heavy metals.

However, if one has mercury fillings, cilantro, or any other chelator, will remove mercury straight from the fillings because that's where the highest amount is!

In order for cilantro or any form of chelation to work in removing heavy metals from the vital organs, the mercury fillings have to come out first!

[noprophet]

Selene posted this some time ago; I've no experience with it, but it may be worth trying.

Posted by Selene (here)
Illie, if none of these suggestions seems to help and the problem seems to be more deeply seated, I highly recommend you get one of those inexpensive “UV blue light” devices that come with tooth whitener kits, and use it daily (just the blue light) for ten minutes for a few weeks, followed by once a week for a few months. These are incredibly cheap, noninvasive and beyond state-of-the-art effective.

Let me tell you my experience.




UV blue light is an utterly safe and highly effective germicidal and antimicrobial agent that penetrates beneath the skin to where the bacteria actually resides. It will destroy even drug-resistant bacteria and is now used for infection control in hospitals worldwide. http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com...dal-light.aspx Scrubs, rinses and even gum surgery cannot do this as effectively. Some companies sell blue light devices for sterilizing large areas of equipment, kitchens, etc.

I’ve always had excellent dental care, regular teeth cleaning, etc. But one day my hygienist said “Hmmmm… Your gums are deteriorating, bleeding… don’t know why… but I’m sending you to a periodontist (specialist)” The periodontist examined my gums, found that some teeth were loosening due to deep pockets in the gums, and that I had experienced up to 90% bone loss in some places. This was serious indeed – however, no one could find any flaws in my hygiene or diet or anything. It just “happens”, apparently – could even be inherited because my mother had heavy tooth loss when she was young. I was put onto a strict program of regular periodontial cleanings, deep scraping, even flap surgery (twice!) over a period of several years – to no avail.

Finally, the dental surgeon had “the conversation” with me, explaining that there was nothing further he could do and I would almost certainly lose all my teeth sooner rather than later. We discussed dentures, implants etc. I was sickened at the thought, but he wanted to prepare me for the inevitable. I asked: Could I wait until they start to fall out? He said, sure. But let me take impressions now so that we can rebuild them as closely to the originals as possible.

So I thought, what the heck. I’ll enjoy my natural teeth while I still have them – and I bought one of those cheap tooth whitening kits off Ebay. It had a blue light, which supposedly accelerated the whitening. Whatever.

After using the kit weekly for three months, I went back to the surgeon’s hygienist for my regular checkup. She said: “Hmmm. Your gums look much better… no further deterioration…” I said: I’ve been using this blue light… it sterilizes… kills resistant bacteria. She was impressed, called the surgeon in to see. He shrugged. Didn’t listen to a word I said. Said “just a fluke…. you’re still going to lose your teeth…”

I came back again after six months. The hygienist was wowed. My gums were firmer, pinker, healthier. The depth of the pocketing was diminishing. The teeth were seated more firmly in the gums. She called the surgeon in again.

This time, he took one look and said: “What did you say you were doing, again?” Blue light… UV… antimicrobial…. I repeated. “Hmmm… I’ll have to look into this….” He urged me to continue using the device. (I was no longer using the peroxide gel.)

So when I went to my regular dentist for my semi-annual, I told him about the blue light. He said, oh yeah, I’ve just been reading something about the germicidal properties of UV blue light. I had to return the following week. He then told me that since my previous visit he’d run into the dean of the school of dentistry at the local university, and they had discussed UV blue light. The dean was quite knowledgeable and said there was a lot of interesting results coming there.

Then my dentist told me he’d now gotten one of those cheap blue lights to use for his own teeth!

Five years later, I still have all my own teeth, no longer have to see the periodontist – and use my blue light every two weeks, just to be sure.

PS. Be sure you get a BLUE light, not just an ordinary white LED. Read the description carefully before ordering on Ebay.

Cheers,

Selene

[Selkie]

Posted by noprophet (here)
Selene posted this some time ago; I've no experience with it, but it may be worth trying.

Posted by Selene (here)
Illie, if none of these suggestions seems to help and the problem seems to be more deeply seated, I highly recommend you get one of those inexpensive “UV blue light” devices that come with tooth whitener kits, and use it daily (just the blue light) for ten minutes for a few weeks, followed by once a week for a few months. These are incredibly cheap, noninvasive and beyond state-of-the-art effective.

Let me tell you my experience.




UV blue light is an utterly safe and highly effective germicidal and antimicrobial agent that penetrates beneath the skin to where the bacteria actually resides. It will destroy even drug-resistant bacteria and is now used for infection control in hospitals worldwide. http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com...dal-light.aspx Scrubs, rinses and even gum surgery cannot do this as effectively. Some companies sell blue light devices for sterilizing large areas of equipment, kitchens, etc.

I’ve always had excellent dental care, regular teeth cleaning, etc. But one day my hygienist said “Hmmmm… Your gums are deteriorating, bleeding… don’t know why… but I’m sending you to a periodontist (specialist)” The periodontist examined my gums, found that some teeth were loosening due to deep pockets in the gums, and that I had experienced up to 90% bone loss in some places. This was serious indeed – however, no one could find any flaws in my hygiene or diet or anything. It just “happens”, apparently – could even be inherited because my mother had heavy tooth loss when she was young. I was put onto a strict program of regular periodontial cleanings, deep scraping, even flap surgery (twice!) over a period of several years – to no avail.

Finally, the dental surgeon had “the conversation” with me, explaining that there was nothing further he could do and I would almost certainly lose all my teeth sooner rather than later. We discussed dentures, implants etc. I was sickened at the thought, but he wanted to prepare me for the inevitable. I asked: Could I wait until they start to fall out? He said, sure. But let me take impressions now so that we can rebuild them as closely to the originals as possible.

So I thought, what the heck. I’ll enjoy my natural teeth while I still have them – and I bought one of those cheap tooth whitening kits off Ebay. It had a blue light, which supposedly accelerated the whitening. Whatever.

After using the kit weekly for three months, I went back to the surgeon’s hygienist for my regular checkup. She said: “Hmmm. Your gums look much better… no further deterioration…” I said: I’ve been using this blue light… it sterilizes… kills resistant bacteria. She was impressed, called the surgeon in to see. He shrugged. Didn’t listen to a word I said. Said “just a fluke…. you’re still going to lose your teeth…”

I came back again after six months. The hygienist was wowed. My gums were firmer, pinker, healthier. The depth of the pocketing was diminishing. The teeth were seated more firmly in the gums. She called the surgeon in again.

This time, he took one look and said: “What did you say you were doing, again?” Blue light… UV… antimicrobial…. I repeated. “Hmmm… I’ll have to look into this….” He urged me to continue using the device. (I was no longer using the peroxide gel.)

So when I went to my regular dentist for my semi-annual, I told him about the blue light. He said, oh yeah, I’ve just been reading something about the germicidal properties of UV blue light. I had to return the following week. He then told me that since my previous visit he’d run into the dean of the school of dentistry at the local university, and they had discussed UV blue light. The dean was quite knowledgeable and said there was a lot of interesting results coming there.

Then my dentist told me he’d now gotten one of those cheap blue lights to use for his own teeth!

Five years later, I still have all my own teeth, no longer have to see the periodontist – and use my blue light every two weeks, just to be sure.

PS. Be sure you get a BLUE light, not just an ordinary white LED. Read the description carefully before ordering on Ebay.

Cheers,

Selene

This is wonderful information. I am going to get one of those things and use it. I don't have gum problems, but I used to, and so it couldn't hurt.

p.s. The other thing I want to do is to get a water pick to use with homemade colloidal silver.

[Joao]

Posted by Daughter of Time (here)
I recommend oil pulling.

While I don't have periodontal disease, my gums have been slightly receding for years. Oil pulling has been very helpful in re-growing gums and keeping them strong.

Take one tablespoon of sesame or olive oil and rinse your mouth with it for about 15 minutes first thing in the morning, before food or drinks. After rinsing with the oil, spit it out and then rinse your mouth with lukewarm water. In the short term, this process removes bacteria and toxins that accumulate while sleeping. In the long term, it helps to rebuild your gums. You will notice a difference about three months after doing this. But don't stop! If you want your gums to stay healthy, this ritual should probably be done for life.

Vitamin C from fruits alone will not be enough if you have periodontal disease. You will need at least 3,000 mg per day of high quality, natural vitamin C supplement. When your gums get stronger, you can start to diminish.

I know all of this is stated in the links above, but I'm writing from experience,

Good luck!

Thank you for your reply Daugther of Time,

In your comment above you mentioned to use Olive Oil or Sesame Oil. Do you have any specific reason why not to use also Coconut Oil or is it just because you have used and experienced your results with only those mentioned Oils ?

[Daughter of Time]

Posted by Joao (here)

Posted by Daughter of Time (here)
I recommend oil pulling.

While I don't have periodontal disease, my gums have been slightly receding for years. Oil pulling has been very helpful in re-growing gums and keeping them strong.

Take one tablespoon of sesame or olive oil and rinse your mouth with it for about 15 minutes first thing in the morning, before food or drinks. After rinsing with the oil, spit it out and then rinse your mouth with lukewarm water. In the short term, this process removes bacteria and toxins that accumulate while sleeping. In the long term, it helps to rebuild your gums. You will notice a difference about three months after doing this. But don't stop! If you want your gums to stay healthy, this ritual should probably be done for life.

Vitamin C from fruits alone will not be enough if you have periodontal disease. You will need at least 3,000 mg per day of high quality, natural vitamin C supplement. When your gums get stronger, you can start to diminish.

I know all of this is stated in the links above, but I'm writing from experience,

Good luck!

Thank you for your reply Daugther of Time,

In your comment above you mentioned to use Olive Oil or Sesame Oil. Do you have any specific reason why not to use also Coconut Oil or is it just because you have used and experienced your results with only those mentioned Oils ?

My experience has been with olive and sesame oils simply because they are liquid and ready to use when I get up. Coconut oil, which should be refrigerated (and I do use coconut oil for cooking) is not liquid first thing in the morning. Having to wait for it to liquefy is inconvenient for me. However, coconut oil is just as beneficial, if not better than the other oils.

[Joao]

Posted by Daughter of Time (here)

Posted by Joao (here)

Posted by Daughter of Time (here)
I recommend oil pulling.

While I don't have periodontal disease, my gums have been slightly receding for years. Oil pulling has been very helpful in re-growing gums and keeping them strong.

Take one tablespoon of sesame or olive oil and rinse your mouth with it for about 15 minutes first thing in the morning, before food or drinks. After rinsing with the oil, spit it out and then rinse your mouth with lukewarm water. In the short term, this process removes bacteria and toxins that accumulate while sleeping. In the long term, it helps to rebuild your gums. You will notice a difference about three months after doing this. But don't stop! If you want your gums to stay healthy, this ritual should probably be done for life.

Vitamin C from fruits alone will not be enough if you have periodontal disease. You will need at least 3,000 mg per day of high quality, natural vitamin C supplement. When your gums get stronger, you can start to diminish.

I know all of this is stated in the links above, but I'm writing from experience,

Good luck!

Thank you for your reply Daugther of Time,

In your comment above you mentioned to use Olive Oil or Sesame Oil. Do you have any specific reason why not to use also Coconut Oil or is it just because you have used and experienced your results with only those mentioned Oils ?

My experience has been with olive and sesame oils simply because they are liquid and ready to use when I get up. Coconut oil, which should be refrigerated (and I do use coconut oil for cooking) is not liquid first thing in the morning. Having to wait for it to liquefy is inconvenient for me. However, coconut oil is just as beneficial, if not better than the other oils.

Ahh ,Okay I see, That is the reason why I was asking

At the moment I am using Coconut Oil but I will keep on researching and if something proves me that sesame oil has more healing proprieties than coconut oil then I will change it without any problems, I just want this problem fixed that's all, I don't mine witch one does the trick ,

Thanks once again

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Daughter of Time (here)
My experience has been with olive and sesame oils simply because they are liquid and ready to use when I get up. Coconut oil, which should be refrigerated (and I do use coconut oil for cooking) is not liquid first thing in the morning.

Oh dear ... I don't refrigerate my coconut oil ... easier to use when it's liquid. What harm will come of that ?

(One of my coconut oil bottles says on it "Refrigeration not required", and the other bottle says on it "Do not refrigerate" .)

For oil pulling, I am quite fond of La Tourangelle Toasted Sesame Oil ...Great Taste...Less Filling! (Well, tastes good anyway the "Less Filling" phrase comes from an old Miller Lite beer ad.)

For salt water oral irrigation, I put a mix of half salt brine, half ionic silver, in my oral irrigator (aka Water Pik). Swish it around for 5 or 10 minutes, as the extra time will let it soak through the "skins" of bacteria, and ruin their day. I make the ionic silver using a SilverPuppy (better than the previous two ionic silver devices I used.) The salt brine is a saturated mix of mostly Redmond Salt. Don't use brine full strength in the irrigator, as some of the salt will come out of solution and plug things up. Since the ionic silver is only 5 or 10 parts per million silver, and the rest distilled water (from a Megahome counter top distiller that I've been using for many years now), that cuts the concentration of what goes in the irrigator down enough so that it doesn't get plugged up.

Oh - and for toothpaste I use Earthpaste, also from the Redmond Salt company in Utah ... I read somewhere once a suggestion to avoid toothpastes with glycerin. I have been unable to confirm the validity of that suggestion (perhaps it was a plant by the Earthpaste marketing guy <grin>), but it seemed and still seems to me to be a plausibly good recommendation. We might all agree that we should avoid fluoride, and many of us would agree that we should avoid sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), but it seems that fewer of us have glycerin on the list of things to avoid in toothpaste.

[Daughter of Time]

Posted by Paul (here)

Posted by Daughter of Time (here)
My experience has been with olive and sesame oils simply because they are liquid and ready to use when I get up. Coconut oil, which should be refrigerated (and I do use coconut oil for cooking) is not liquid first thing in the morning.

Oh dear ... I don't refrigerate my coconut oil ... easier to use when it's liquid. What harm will come of that ?

(One of my coconut oil bottles says on it "Refrigeration not required", and the other bottle says on it "Do not refrigerate" .)

For oil pulling, I am quite fond of La Tourangelle Toasted Sesame Oil ...Great Taste...Less Filling! (Well, tastes good anyway the "Less Filling" phrase comes from an old Miller Lite beer ad.)

For salt water oral irrigation, I put a mix of half salt brine, half ionic silver, in my oral irrigator (aka Water Pik). Swish it around for 5 or 10 minutes, as the extra time will let it soak through the "skins" of bacteria, and ruin their day. I make the ionic silver using a SilverPuppy (better than the previous two ionic silver devices I used.) The salt brine is a saturated mix of mostly Redmond Salt. Don't use brine full strength in the irrigator, as some of the salt will come out of solution and plug things up. Since the ionic silver is only 5 or 10 parts per million silver, and the rest distilled water (from a Megahome counter top distiller that I've been using for many years now), that cuts the concentration of what goes in the irrigator down enough so that it doesn't get plugged up.

Oh - and for toothpaste I use Earthpaste, also from the Redmond Salt company in Utah ... I read somewhere once a suggestion to avoid toothpastes with glycerin. I have been unable to confirm the validity of that suggestion (perhaps it was a plant by the Earthpaste marketing guy <grin>), but it seemed and still seems to me to be a plausibly good recommendation.

All the health food stores where I live keep their coconut oil in the fridge. I've never seen coconut oil on the shelf.

I just went to look at my coconut oil and it says: "refrigerate after opening"

[Selkie]

As far as I know, coconut oil is totally shelf-stable because it is so highly saturated. I always keep mine on the shelf (although in the dark) and it has never gone bad.

I use extra-virgin coconut oil, btw.

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Daughter of Time (here)
All the health food stores where I live keep their coconut oil in the fridge. I've never seen coconut oil on the shelf.

I just went to look at my coconut oil and it says: "refrigerate after opening"

Strange.

My favorite local health food store has its coconut oil on the open shelf, even as it keeps its other higher quality oils refrigerated.

What brand/kind of coconut oil do you have, that recommends refrigeration ?

The two in front of me right now are (1) Swanson's Organic Extra Virgin and (2) Nature's Way Organic Extra Virgin.

P.S. - and a third bottle in the cupboard, Spectrum Expeller Pressed Organic Coconut Oil, which says on the bottle "No refrigeration necessary."

[Constance]

I've been experimenting for the last 6 years with an Ayurvedic product called Vajradanti made by Vicco.
I started using the Vajradanti when I was 45. I'm now 51. I use the Vajradanti only once a day, in the morning.
Before I decided to start using the Vajradanti, I explored my gums. I didn't take any photos because some areas you just can't get to but worked on how the fingers felt in the mouth. It gave me a really good idea about where there was receding.
The gums on the upper jaw are very long and extend all the way up to where the end of the nose is.
What I noticed about the upper gums is that they felt really flabby, soft and viscous. It felt like the roots of the teeth were near the surface and some felt precariously close. It felt like there was only a very thin sheaf of tissue between the gum and the tooth root. One of the roots felt like they were poking through the gum. I could feel the bone!
Hark to August 2015.
if I have a good ol' poke around, the gums feel very thick, firm and I cannot feel that bone anymore. What I have observed is that whilst the receded gums haven't grown back, the health of the gums has been excellent.
One wisdom tooth has a hole in it where the gum has receded badly. The dentist filled it years ago but it fell out again immediately. Sometimes the tooth will get very sensitive and the gum will become warm, just like when an infection has started. If it starts to niggle me, I instantly swish colloidal silver around my mouth and the niggle disappears.
I can't say conclusively that it is the Vaj (as I so affectionately call it) that has given me back my gum health. It seems that it could potentially be a wholistic approach to life that has also worked to heal the gums.
My son has lead a wholistic lifestyle since he was born. He also benefited from the fact that I was extremely healthy when I conceived and carried him. He is now 10 and he has no cavities whatsoever and very healthy pink, long luscious gums.
I've also tried coconut oil swishing over many years, on a sporadic basis but I couldn't say conclusively whether it had any benefit.
My gut feeling is that a pure diet goes a long way, however with so many other aspects to our health and wellbeing, it is just one part of what I feel we need to consider for overall health.

[Constance]

Oh - and for toothpaste I use Earthpaste, also from the Redmond Salt company in Utah ... I read somewhere once a suggestion to avoid toothpastes with glycerin. I have been unable to confirm the validity of that suggestion (perhaps it was a plant by the Earthpaste marketing guy <grin>), but it seemed and still seems to me to be a plausibly good recommendation. We might all agree that we should avoid fluoride, and many of us would agree that we should avoid sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), but it seems that fewer of us have glycerin on the list of things to avoid in toothpaste.

Even though I live in Aussieland, I also use Earthpaste. It's just clay, a natural flavouring eg. peppermint oil and water. Correct me if I'm wrong Paul?
I did some research a very long time ago on why glycerin isn't ideal.
One research paper I read indicated that glycerin put a coating on the teeth. I wouldn't know where to start now to reference that particular paper and I don't know if it is true or not but I figure that if it goes into all the big commercial toothpastes then I don't want it in mine

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by breal (here)
Even though I live in Aussieland, I also use Earthpaste. It's just clay, a natural flavouring eg. peppermint oil and water. Correct me if I'm wrong Paul?
I did some research a very long time ago on why glycerin isn't ideal.

Earthpaste has water, clay, xylitol, salt and one or two essential oils, depending on flavor.

[lightwalker]

Oil Pulling.....I use sesame oil with a tiny drop of oil of mint. The change was measurable at the dentist and that was the only thing I had done. All you need to know is at this site.

http://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/...al-health.html

[conk]

Glycerin prevents natural re-mineralization of the teeth. It would take you about 20 mouths full of rinsing to get rid of it after brushing. Buy paste that does not have it. Coral White is a good one. Earthpaste too, yes. Or simple baking soda and sea salt.