Thread by @ArankaASKS

Let’s talk about #mouthhygiene and the lies the #dental industry believes in and preaches… 🧵

First lie (picture below)…#fluoride

When you brush your teeth, tongue and gums with #fluoridated #toothpaste, #fluoride is absorbed into the soft tissues of your mouth. You absorb fluoride through your gums into the inner dentin of your teeth, weakening the dentin and making it chalky from the inside out.

To top it all off, whatever fluoride in toothpaste which adheres to our teeth after we “rinse out” is swallowed sooner or later. Dental gels and varnishes also wash off and are swallowed…
All forms of fluoride harm the body and should be avoided.

I decided not to turn my thread into the collection of harm that fluoride does to our body but wanted to include some of it with these pictures.

So then what does #fluoride do? It is an antiseptic… why is that bad for our body? If we learned one thing during these past 2 years is how bad overuse of antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers were for us… but why?

Because it destroys our #microbiome. The bacteria in the microbiome help digest our food,regulate our immune system,protect against other bacteria that cause disease &produce vitamins including B vitamins, thiamine and riboflavin &Vitamin K, which is needed for blood coagulation.

You need bacteria in your mouth for proper digestion… no wonder why we have so many metabolic issues…Interesting fact: most type II diabetics rigorously use (fluorinated) mouth washes… diabetes starts with metabolic disregulation…

So what can we do for better dental hygiene?
There are better ways to fight tooth decay than by drinking fluoride and applying it topically to our teeth… look at your dietary choices… it might tell you a thing or two about what type of bacteria you currently have in your biome

Brush with non-fluoridated toothpaste. And for true theeth health use a toothpaste that has #hydroxyapatite in it.

#floss and/or #waterpik to remove leftover food particles that could cause irritation and plaque builtup. #Scrape your tounge to remove excess bad breath causing bacteria… we don’t want to kill them we want to limit them if its an overgrowth/overproduction.

People in both India and Africa have used #neem twigs as tooth brushes for centuries. Neem powder is also used to brush teeth and massage gums.
In Germany many researchers have shown that neem extracts prevent tooth decay and periodontal disease.

#Propolis: A natural biomaterial for dental and oral healthcare…ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Digestive Herbs: #Myrrh for Oral Health & Herbal Mouthwash ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Oral Benefits of #TeaTreeOil todaysrdh.com/oral-benefits-…

If we look at dental health throughout history especially in herbal medicinal cultures like the Vedic Ayurveda, Native American medicine, African medicine, Chinese medicine…we always find locally accessible herbs and naturally occuring solutions that offered oral help. end of 🧵

also @maxlugavere talks about this on @impact_theory with @TomBilyeu specifically starting at time mark 45:34 - Is Mouthwash Bad for You?💚💚💚 watch here: