Are you interested in a cavity free life?

What would you do if every time you saw the dentist or hygienist to get your teeth cleaned all they would tell you is that you had great, strong teeth and no cavities? Imagine the anguish, money and time you would save! 

Are you interested in a cavity free life?

Well, a cavity free life is entirely possible and more common every day.  All you need to do is follow the 123 Cavity Free protocol that I have developed and you are on your way.  Now mind you, just like anything serious in life, it requires a commitment.  You want to loose weight?  Eat less, eat healthy and exercise.  A cavity free life is not much different.  You need to want to change your life. 

Here are the steps:

Foundation:  Establish a sound foundation for everything in your mouth to function correctly.  Teeth start to dissolve at a pH of 5.5 or less, an acidic environment.  People check the amount of calories in their food all the time, which is good.  For the mouth to be healthy you need to begin checking or understanding pH.  It is actually quite simple.  Let’s start with liquids.  For a liquid to be sold it needs to have a shelf life.  To get a long shelf life the liquid needs to be preserved (at a low pH) with artificial chemicals.  Pure water has a pH around 7, or neutral.  Your mouth has a pH around 7.4.  ANY soda out there is very acidic (pH around 3.4!) and will essentially dissolve your teeth away.  Every sip of soda you take reduces the pH in your mouth below 5.5 for 20 minutes.  This means that if you have to drink a soda, drink it quickly!  Do not sip on acidic drinks.  Soda affects your whole body adversely, not just your teeth.  Eliminating soda from your diet is one of the best decisions you can make and an essential step to become cavity free.  How do you know if something is acidic?  Buy some pH strips, or as I did, an electronic pH meter.  Both are very cheap.

It does not matter if it is diet soda or not, acid is the problem, not bacteria that eat the sugar.  Here is how it works.  Bacteria do not eat teeth.  They simply sit on the teeth and eat the left over food particles that stick to your teeth.  Bacteria eat the food, especially sugar, and then release acid as a by product/waste.  This acid is released onto the tooth surface that then dissolves.  As the tooth surface dissolves it goes from glassy like a windshield to sandpaper, porous and rough.  This rough surface attracts more food particles, more bacteria, more acid is released and the coarseness of the sandpaper tooth surface gets worse.  Soon the pores created from the acid penetrate into the tooth allowing bacteria to hide deep inside your tooth where you can no longer remove them.  Now they still eat the food particles in your mouth, release acid, and voila you have a cavity.  You do not even need bacteria if you go straight for the acid.  The result is the same, decay. [click to continue…]

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