Kiss your dentist goodbye
by Ellie Phillips · first published 2010
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Explains how cavities form and offers a practical home oral-care routine, including fluoride toothpaste, a three-mouthwash regimen, and xylitol, for anyone wanting to understand everyday oral hygiene.
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A compelling book on tooth care is Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye by Ellie Phillips. It advocates for: - Using flouride toothpaste. - Using a combo of bad-bacteria-killing mouthwash and flouride mouthwash (especially before bed). - Eating or finishing meals with…
on “Dentistry is less scientific and more gratuitous than people think (2019)” ↗Xylitol is probably the best sugar alternative you can use. Dr. Ellie Phillips promotes it in her book Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye because the reseach has demonstrated that harmful bacteria are unable to utilize it for energy. I would assume since this is why it is beneficial to use in oral products, it would also provide the same…
on “Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways” ↗I would like to recommend the book Kiss your Dentist Goodbye, by Ellie Phillips, DDS. If you want to understand oral hygiene this book is great. It also has a care program involving three different mouthwashes!
on “And Worst Decisions I’ve Ever Made” ↗Ellie Phillips has this triple mouthwash system, in her book "Kiss your dentist goodbye". Apparently she hasn't had her teeth cleaned in 40 years. I have been using it and it seems to work, in that my dentist says I have the best teeth out of all his patients despite me brushing my teeth…
on “I was an MIT educated neurosurgeon – now I'm alone in the mountains [video]” ↗I first heard about Xylitol at natural food stores and from this book - "Kiss your dentist goodbye" (written by a dentist) - though like you say, no dentist that I've been to in person has mentioned it [1] https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Your-Dentist-Goodbye-Yourself/dp...
on “Why we have so many problems with our teeth” ↗sugar doesn't cause cavities, acids do. some bacteria which is not uniformly present in people eats carbs and deposits acids. this is covered in great detail ina good book, "kiss your dentist goodbye" that i just read. ive seen improvements in my awful teeth after giving the free regimen a try
on “Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel” ↗> Teeth don't heal... Read the book, "Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye". Despite the clickbaity title (well, the paper book equivalent), it talks about how your teeth naturally do regenerate in the proper conditions, and what those conditions should be [1]. I've been personally…
on “Boosting teeth’s healing ability by mobilizing stem cells in dental pulp” ↗…I've been using all of these for the past year, and my most recent dental cleaning had almost no tartar buildup, which is really unusual for me. I have poor flossing habits. You can look into the book "Kiss your dentist goodbye" by Dr. Ellie Phillips for more info. FYI she's not a quack, but some of her claims have been controversial among other dentists.
on “Launch HN: Bristle (YC W21) – At-home microbiome test to improve oral health” ↗It is my understanding (from reading Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye) that bacteria is seeded from primary caregivers in the first year of life, and it can be difficult to modify them after this, but it’s possible. My sister has impeccable dental hygiene and many cavities.…
on “Microbes that cause cavities can form superorganisms able to ‘crawl’” ↗