I Haven’t Been To the Dentist Since 2007…
Well…honestly…
Only once since 2007.
…And that was for an injury (chipped tooth in 2017).
As compared to going as a matter of course, as most people do.
It isn’t out of being irresponsible with my teeth. In fact, the exact opposite. And I attribute my ability to avoid the dentist to two primary things:
- Eating a mostly clean diet consisting of real, whole foods
- Oil pulling almost every day for 20 minutes with unrefined organic coconut oil
The first one is explained via the contents on this site, largely devoted to my story about how I became poisoned by an antibiotic back in 2005, how it destroyed my body and mind, and my road to recovery through several paths a primary one being eating truly healthy for the first time in my life…after only thinking I knew what “eating healthy” meant before.
The second is via oil pulling, which came about out of necessity, as compared to a desire to improve my dental health. That was just a fortunate side effect of oil pulling.
I also replaced my toothpastes with coconut oil. I was fluoride-free already for a while, being very conscious of that issue, compensating with iodine, etc. But eliminating tooth pastes and gently brushing with coconut oil every night before bed surely added to my dental success.
I feel the same way about dentists, as I do hospitals and doctors; they’re needed for trauma, but for normal “care”…I stay away from them. The doctor part is easy for anyone to understand regarding what happened to me in 2005, the dental thing is similar in that I was absolutely loaded with metals in my mouth from a very early age, between at least a half dozen mercury amalgam fillings in early grade school (which I had removed in 2007), and metal wire correction devices at that time as well. I lived with various forms of metal in my mouth starting at a very early age.
I also had an unusual and unique number of mental health issues (severe depression and stress) starting at a very early age. So much so, I was one of the rare kids in school that had to see a councilor regularly to deal with it, back during an era when that kind of assistance was rare, and depression/panic attacks among children wasn’t hardly even recognized.
I can never prove that the metals in my mouth were the actual cause of my troubles. But that is also convenient for an industry as far as liability goes as well.
That said, and to the point of this post:
I started oil pulling in 2012 due to tendonitis/psoriatic arthritis that was one of a long long string of never-ending physical issues that I was dealing with post-floxed (antibiotic poisoning). To my surprise…borderline shock…it WORKED. It resolved my discomfort almost completely.
For as long as I kept doing it daily. Which is the main inconvenient disadvantage, but with the huge advantage of being great for my teeth.
The discomfort felt like my upper forearm muscles were constantly in pain as well as the elbow joint itself, along with the back of my knees at the bottom of my hamstrings. This is hugely quality-of-life taking. It makes moving around unpleasant all the time, and life miserable.
I can’t remember how I learned about oil pulling, but I think it was from research on the exact symptoms I just described. I also had the skin issue at my elbows as well, defining the psoriatic arthritis on the whole. Within three days I was nearly symptom free from the pain. The skin issue became better over time, to where now it’s almost not noticeable (I check my elbows every so often) AND I’ve been able to reduce the daily oil pulling down to 6 days a week in conjunction with another protocol I’m currently using for detox.
SO! HOW TO OIL PULL:
There are many different oils you can use. I don’t want this article to be too long, so if you want to explore other oils, research the topic in your favorite health forums and you’ll find plenty of info and options. One of the most important points to note is that we want unrefined (unprocessed, or processed as little as possible) oil. For coconut oil, that is often labeled as “cold pressed.” This is easy to find in the coconut varieties these days. I used to order mine online for years. Then my local grocer began carrying their own, so I reverted to that, and the results haven’t changed. It still works like a charm.
I use just a full-ish teaspoon full. You’ll hear some people suggest a full tablespoon. I put it in my mouth and just swish/suck “pull” it around my teeth and tongue. There is no real magic tactic, just gently swish it around. No need to put a ton of effort into it, and there’s no point to doing it vigorously like the old mouthwash commercials.
Then spit it out….BUT-BUT-BUT…do NOT do so in your sink. You’re asking for a clog and plumbing problems.
What I do is use a biodegradable “plastic” bag. It’s the style of bag we used for groceries here in New York before the law changed in 2019. The bags are supposed to degrade in 200 to 300 days, reducing the burden. I use them when I go to the grocery store, and I use them to spit the used coconut oil into by going over the sink (in case there’s spill), rolling the sides of the bag up such that my mouth is close to one of the bottom corners of the bag, then once I spit into it I twist that corner of the bag that captured the used oil a few times so I can then envelop the rest of the bag over it again, twisting again, until I reach the end of the bag. So the used oil is sorta multi-encased in the one bag, avoiding leakage, I hope this makes sense to the reader. Maybe I should make a video on it. Here’s the bags I’m talking about: https://amzn.to/3mmDnr7
And here’s an example of the type of oil I’d choose: https://amzn.to/3mjrYYX
Oil pulling again is a part of my lifestyle, which is the whole point of this site. I started out telling people my story with the fat loss, which then naturally evolved into my story of the antibiotic poisoning, since it was that event that put me on the path I’m on. People would then be asking me more and more about various aspects of the way I live my life, so I’m hoping what I have to offer assists people with their challenges.
Let’s close with some fun:
