Toothache n exciting discovery

Most awesome info gleaned from $1.49  Amazon kindle book.  Holistic Dental Care by Nadine Artemis.   Truly suggest a must read for all!   Never really thought that teeth are living and can self heal yes truly!!!

I had a crown put on while in Lebanon that never did fit right but I ran out of time to go back and forth to Eugene (closest holistic dentist) for fixing it.  Started hurting a little again in San Diego but I thought it would go away again.  Wrong.  One of the ladies on the dock recently had some major work done and was really impressed so I went in to her dentist here in Ensenada.  They do it a little differently here, probably old style.  Eugene kept removing the crown, filing it down and reinserting.  Three times but never perfect.  Here the grinder went in mouth fixed tooth height then polished.  Took three tries but worked.  Cup of fluoride rinse on the spittoon available as often as I wanted it verses spray and suction.  I think I like this better but I am sure America changed for efficiency of the dentist.  It takes longer to stop work and sit the patient up to rinse...  He did all this for free, no appointment, took his time and we talked about some other issues that may be related to grinding my teeth to pursue. 

Got better for a day because pressure was relaxed but then it started intensifying and alternating between sharp pain and major dull throb.  Fine to tears in seconds, sometimes a trigger other times none identifiable.  Of course this was during a 3 day weekend!   Lots of internet research and home care tricks got it under control but still made an appointment to see what Dr had to say.   Yes mom, aren't you proud of me?  haha  He said I needed a root canal but I explained my concerns and he suggested I go to endodontist for better eval and in Mexico, the ones that do all root canals.  She was also certain that it needed done.

Lets back up and tell you most professionals here speak English and its a darn good thing!  My Spanish is utilitarian at best and that is even questionable....

Any way I discussed with her my concerns over root canals killing the tooth and leaving 'death' in body becomes decay that has to find a way out and causes other diseases....  knowing that the alternative of ignoring it would also cause infection to enter the jaw bone and erode it...  She suggested I was safe to delay and see if my methods work or at least to get comfortable that root canal was my best option.  See how it goes.  It has continued to get better and the above book was incredibly good info!!!!  Don't know why I had never considered it but in retrospect lots of DUH! here.  lol

Status n conclusions:  Lots of coconut oil pulling, salt water flushes, alkalinity,  trigger point therapy, essential oils, laser light,and many more has it almost totally fixed.   Occasionally a dull pressure when biting down. Weird thing was it became a diffused pressure that moved around from top to bottom in as far as 4 teeth.  Where ever I felt the swollen root was also a slightly raised tooth.  I now suspect tooth was injured during crown or as a result of me grinding teeth.  He had warned me when removing large amalgam fillings for the crown that the tooth was compromised.  I suspect either decay crawled in through a cracked tooth and root got infected.  I know this can be dangerous but can also be fixed by natural means given time.  I just need to find the balance point.  Root canals and pulling teeth don't meet my first and best choices before reading the above book and certainly not now!  lol

Oh and I stumbled into tooth powder or tooth soap and love it!  Teeth feel cleaner and none of the additive junk.  Originally I bought it because of reviews but also very compact and would last forever.  Watch how it is packaged, mine is a little bottle that sprinkles on the brush. Some suggest wet your brush and dip in the powder and others are flakes you pick up and put on the brush.  Tastes different but was easy to get used to.  I will never go back to toothpaste but may well switch to baking soda and salt as she suggests.

Anyways I am delighted with my progress and will continue to monitor but suspect I am in the clear!