Books and recommended reading on natural tooth health

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• General & Background
• Dental empowerment and self-healing
• Amalgam ("silver fillings") toxicity, illness and removal/detox (incl. self-help)
• Root canal toxicity
• Fluoride and fluoridation
• Holistic dentistry
• Energetic medicine
• Xylitol - the dental miracle sugar
  

General & Background

Nutrition & Physical Degeneration

by Dr. Weston A. Price

"Best book ever written on nutrition..." (From a reader's comment)

The Cure For All Diseases

by Hulda Regehr Clark, PH.D., N.D.

Introduction and extensive excerpts

Hydrogen Peroxide — Medical Miracle

by William Campbell Douglass

(see eg Chapter 6: THROW OUT YOUR TOOTHPASTE!)

Dentistry and Its Victims: The Self-Defense Handbook You Need to Protect Your Teeth and Your Pocketbook (1970)
by Paul Revere

Excerpt from chapter "Dental Pain and Its Control"

Dental empowerment and self-healing

How to Become Dentally Self-Sufficient

by Robert O. Nara DDS

Money by the Mouthful

by Robert O. Nara DDS

Good Teeth Birth To Death — The Prescription for Perfect Teeth
by Gerard F. Judd

"... an excellent book of only 117 pages specifically focused on keeping your teeth ... extensively researched with facts..."

Cure Tooth Decay: Heal And Prevent Cavities With Nutrition — Limit And Avoid Dental Surgery and Fluoride
by Ramiel Nagel

Based on Dr. Weston A. Price's nutritional research (see Dr. Price's book Nutrition & Physical Degeneration).

Elements of Danger: Protect Yourself Against the Hazards of Modern Dentistry

by Morton Walker and Julian Whitaker

Heal Your Oral Microbiome:

Balance and Repair your Mouth Microbes to Improve Gut Health, Reduce Inflammation and Fight Disease

by Cass Nelson-Dooley

Your mouth flora determines to a large degree whether you develop cavities and gum disease and affects your overall health as well (see Oral Probiotics).

Amalgam toxicity/illness and amalgam removal/detox (incl. self-help)

The Mercury In Your Mouth: The Truth About "Silver" Dental Fillings

by Quicksilver Associates

Amalgam Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment : What You Can Do to Get Better, How Your Doctor Can Help

by Andrew Hall Cutler PhD

Former amalgam victim Dr. Cutler describes the world of an amalgam patient from the insider's view.

Some excerpts from the book on how to remove mercury deposits from one's body:

"First, do no harm... the DMPS challenge is not a legitimate diagnostic test since over half the population will give a positive result but most of them do not appear to have amalgam illness. In addition there is a high incidence of adverse drug reactions during it, including permanent disability and death. It should never be used. DMSA challenge tests that involve the administration of 500 mg–3g of DMSA as a single dose are also dangerous and not diagnostic. ...

Therapeutic approaches currently offered by some practitioners but which should NEVER be used include: DMPS by injection except when oral administration is contraindicated and dosage is low, DMPS or DMSA on any schedule not involving frequent administration of equal doses for at least several days in a row, EDTA chelation, or penicillamine in any form. Supplementary cysteine, glutathione, or a "high sulfur" diet, or chlorella should NOT be used. All of these "therapies" will be VERY HARMFUL to you...

For most people the proper chelation protocol using DMSA and LA (Lipoic Acid) is: Starting 4 days after the last filling is replaced, 50-100 mg DMSA every 4 hours (including getting up at night to take a dose) for 2-6 months, until urine mercury is reduced 80%. Then DMSA 50-100 mg + LA (Lipoic Acid) 50-200 mg every 3-4 hours (including getting up at night to take a dose) for about 3 days per week. When you feel all better, keep going for a few months. You may need to do this anywhere from 6 to 36 months depending on how sick you were to start and how hard your body holds on to the mercury. It is important to keep taking your supplements and medicines during the whole time you are chelating.".

It's All In Your Head: The Link Between Mercury Amalgams and Illness

by Dr. Hal A. Huggins

Uninformed Consent : The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care

by Hal A. Huggins DDS and Thomas E. Levy MD, JD

Poison in Your Teeth: Mercury Amalgam (Silver) Fillings...Hazardous to Your Health!

by Tom L. McGuire DDS

Written in layman's terms.

Dentistry Without Mercury

by Sam Ziff, Michael F. Ziff, DDS

Scientific data and info in layman's terms on the fundamentals of the dental mercury debate and the issues involved, with a chart of signs and symptoms revealing mercury toxicity.

The Great Dental Deception

by NoHg

Toxic Metal Syndrome

by Casdorph & Walker

Dental Mercury Detox (Health Information Guide Series)

by Sam Ziff, Michael F. Ziff, DDS, and Mats Hanson PhD

Root canal toxicity

The Roots of Disease: Connecting Dentistry & Medicine

by Robert Kulacz, Thomas E. Levy & James Earl Jones (dental surgeon and cardiologist author team)

Root Canal Cover-Up

by Dr. George E. Meinig, D.D.S., F.A.C.D.

Fraud and the fallacy of root canal "therapy"
by S. Hale Shakman

The Toxic Tooth: How a root canal could be making you sick (2014)

by Robert Kulacz DDS and Thomas E Levy MD

Described as the "best book ever on the science and dangers of root canals"

Fluoride and Fluoridation

The Fluoride Conspiracy

by Christopher Bryson

For background compare On the dangerous effects of water and toothpaste fluoridation.

Fluoridation of American drinking water: A failed and flawed practice with purpose of preventing cavities, affidavit with references

by Gerard F Judd

Fluoride the Aging Factor

by John Yiamouyiannis, PhD.

Holistic dentistry

Toxic Dentistry Exposed: The Link between Dentistry and Chronic Disease

by Dr Graeme Munro-Hall BDS & Dr Lilian Munro-Hall

I'd never have thought that I'd "fall in love" with a dentist but in this case, it is coming close :-). This is an information-packed manual distilling some 50 years of experience in dentistry and how it relates to modern chronic diseases. In addition to detailing the "maverick" authors' view of what holistic dentistry entails and a comprehensive discussion of what practices and materials constitute "toxic dentistry", the book provides a number of fascinating case histories including people in extremely critical states of health which recovered after being treated by the Munro-Halls' V-Tox protocol which they developed to provide the safest possible removal of dental toxins and infections to their patients.

These people not infrequently came to them after already having been treated by another dentist who claimed to be holistic — but who actually made them worse!

Interestingly, Dr. Graeme Munro-Hall himself nearly became a victim of toxic dentistry when due to massive mercury poisoning from his previous work as a conventional dentist, he developed a serious heart condition some 30 years earlier which he managed to heal using a naturopathic approach.

I don't agree with absolutely everything the authors espouse, since personal experience makes me believe that the human body possesses a greater capacity for self-healing of cavitation infections (if properly and vigorously supported) than the authors give it credit for (they feel that only surgical cleaning will come to grips of these frequently serious infections).

Still, I highly recommend this book for the deep insights and light it sheds on the connection between illness and toxic dentistry. Quote: "This book is vital to anyone who has been told that there is no explanation for their condition or that it is incurable. By removing the dental toxins and infections correctly, patients can recover from all sorts of serious illnesses."

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Tooth Truth

by Frank J. Jerome, DDS

An excellent primer by another honest and caring dentist containing such pearls of wisdom as: "It is common knowledge among dentists that over 95 percent of all dental treatments are optional." While it still recommends a number of treatments Healing Teeth Naturally (which — to the extent possible — embraces dental self-sufficiency) typically would not recommend (such as onlays or composite fillings), this is a book for those on a middle path between total dental autonomy and allowing minimalist dentistry intervention likely to only have minimal impact on health while offering cosmetic and probably other benefits.

The only chapter I take issue with is the one dealing with wisdom teeth. While it is true that they can have (very) negative repercussions on health, there are other approaches than surgery that could be initially tried (see Impacted wisdom teeth: potential health impacts).

The hazards of silver/mercury dental fillings: Restorative dentistry without silver amalgam fillings

by Sam; Ziff, Michael F. Ziff

Energetic medicine

Energy Medicine

by Donna Eden (Author), David Feinstein (Contributor), Caroline Myss (Foreword)

To understand the potential and relevance of this major work to dental healing, compare Energetic Toothache Remedies.

"Your body is designed to heal itself..."

Based on Eden’s more than 20 years of experience practicing energy medicine and teaching the methods of applied kinesiology as well as her own numerous health problems, this self-help energy healing reference book (referred to as “essential reference book”, a “gold mine of information” and “landmark work in energy medicine” by two readers) “will show you how to work with the electromagnetic and more subtle energies that give your body life ...[and]... form the foundation of your health."

Contains clear instructions for many DIY energy healing techniques (or techniques done with a partner) and 100+ “quick fixes” for allaying everyday ailments and stresses. Describes the body's energy meridians, chakra balancing, and how to do the "celtic weave".

Includes clients’ stories (even cancer and chronic pain patients).

The EFT manual (EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques)
by Gary Craig

The “classic” on EFT.

Trigger Point Therapy Workbook

by Clair Davies

Xylitol — the dental miracle sugar

The sweet miracle of xylitol

by Dr. Fran Gare

Background and some recipes

Sweeten Your Life the Xylitol Way

by Karen Edwards

A xylitol cookbook

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