The Best Natural Remedy Gum Disease

Did you know that your teeth are the strongest, best constructed, and most capable of resisting disease of any part of your body? If that is true. Then why is the most resilient part of your body the first to start developing problems?

Though your teeth begin to develop problems—tooth decay, cavities, gum disease—from the time they emerge from your gums, and continue to deteriorate until old age, that is not necessarily the way things are supposed to happen. In the absence of periodontal disease, teeth and gums have every chance of remaining healthy and strong until a ripe old age.
Unfortunately, 75-95% of Americans unknowingly suffer from periodontal disease, which can not only destroy teeth, gums and the nerves that serve them, but also mysteriously lead to heart disease, diabetes, respiratory illness, osteoporosis, pre-term or low birth weight delivery, and stroke. Pregnancy gingivitis is very prevalent and curable WITHOUT drugs or surgery.

So what causes periodontal disease? Well, most people are unaware that periodontal disease is contagious, and was probably contracted at an early age. Microbes are passed from one person to another, instigating the first stage of periodontal disease: tooth decay.

Other stages include pyorrhea and gingivitis, usually considered separate diseases, but which are actually part of the same disease. Loose teeth, bleeding and pain are all evidence of the microbial organisms settling along the gum line and working their way under, where they will settle in a place that cannot be reached by flossing and brushing.

To combat periodontal disease, one must be able to clean under the gum line, where pockets form between teeth and gums in the presence of decay. But brushing for five minutes and flossing three times a day won't do a thing to flush out the microbes hidden in these pockets.

One of the first steps in treating periodontal disease is to realize that this is a wound to your body – the same as an infected cut on your arm. You must eliminate the cause – keep the wound clean. Many people own an electric oral irrigator of some sort. It usually gets stored in the same place – under the sink gathering dust. Out of sight - out of mind. If there was a small cut on your hand that bled every time you washed your hands, it wouldn’t take you long to get to the doctor. The same thing is going on in your mouth; however you don’t see it. (But, you can sure smell it.) Luckily, there is a simple and inexpensive way to clean those pockets every day.

An oral irrigator that attaches to your shower head or sink faucet allows users to flush particles out which are trapped between the teeth and under the gum line. For deeper pockets, irrigation with a solution such as a salt/baking soda/water mixture may be required. Many people have found relief using Hydrogen Peroxide (for a limited time) and colloidal silver. Irrigating tools for using an un-diluted solution are available on the internet.

Natural Remedies for Gum Disease

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