OK, so I've joined the Crazy Train. I'm looking at one (possibly two) root canals and half a dozen fillings of various shapes and sizes. So, of course, I've been reading up on natural way to stop (and reverse) tooth decay.

It keeps coming back to Weston Price. Low carb, high organ-fat diets, according to Price, would stop and even reverse cavities. From this article (one of many, but the only one I'm including)


Really? All I have to do is eat liver? No, seriously, if that will avoid a root canal, I'm all in.

This seems more like fiction than fact. I can't wrap my mind around it, maybe it's years of indoctrination that teeth don't heal, but I just don't believe it. Sometimes, it seems like people take the benefits of low carb a little too far.

On the flip side, it seems reasonable that teeth could heal. We only have one set of them. But there's nothing in modern medical literature (that I've seen in my searchers) that even hints of it. Maybe it's just a really nice thought?

I have had tooth chips heal, but not decay. My dog broke several teeth off on a bone, the vet said they wouldn't heal and have to be removed, one was infected that's how I noticed. The dog is on all meat, fish and liver diet.

I've had 2 small patches of decay remineralize. They're still off-colored and drive my dentist nuts. He so wants to put veneers on them.

If your decay goes so far you need a root canal then you might be too far gone. Maybe a small spot of decay...

That was my thought. As I'm reading up on it, though, people are claiming that dietary changes let their dentin (and sometimes even roots) heal and harden, sealing off the infection-prone areas.

I remain skeptical...

I've heard of those instances, too.

Only problem is, if you have an active infection, the danger from the infection spreading to your bone, or your brain seems worse than having the dental procedure done. OTOH, if nothing is actively going on, I can see the temptation to try a nutritional way. Unfortunately, that usually includes raw milk (which I just don't know about)

Last time I went to the dentist she told me that I had 2 small cavities that had healed themselves so that they no longer needed filling. She was very impressed when I told her that I eat no sugar at all!!

My teeth (which generally are terrible!) are definitely far better on this WOE. A few years ago I was having crowns and root canal work and dreaded going to the dentist. I haven't been for nearly a year (must be due soon) but have had no pain and am almost looking forward to my next visit. Actually now I think of it I no longer suffer from sensitivity either!

I'm not sure about root decay though - prevention maybe - but once its there you probably want to get it sorted out properly...

Like others have said, if things are too far gone, even great Weston Price-style eating wont repair it. Prevent future damage? YES. But if you have an infected tooth, get thee to a dentist.

Yeah, that's what I'd be afraid of. Saw a mystery diagnosis episode on a guy with a tooth infection that died when it went to his brain.

Yeah. Fortunately, the people that happens to usually ignore the pain and/or take medications so it [the pain, not the infection] goes away. A family member works with a man who let an infected tooth go on...and on...and on...until the infection spread to his brain. He was an incredibly intelligent man, but avoided dental treatment and now has the mental capacity of a toddler.

Another wonderful side effect of carbs...