According to Dr. Shereen S. Azer from the Ohio State University College of
Dentistry, “the public should not be alarmed of the bleaching process.”

“Human enamel has been shown to heal itself and ‘remineralize’ over time,”
meaning it has the ability to restore back the levels of surface calcium that
has been lost due to bleaching.”

A nanometer scale (one billionth of a meter) was employed by Azer and his
colleagues to measure the hardness and elasticity of tooth enamel both before
and after laboratory exposures to over-the-counter teeth bleaching solutions.

The researchers exposed 50 human tooth samples to 2 types of whitening strip
and 3 types of nightguard home bleaching systems,

Ten tooth samples each underwent bleaching regimens according to either the
3-week or 10-day manufacturer recommended treatment protocol. The 5 remaining
tooth samples served as unbleached “controls.”

Compared with before bleaching and versus unbleached controls, the bleached
enamel showed significant decreases in hardness on the nanometer scale, the
investigators report in the Journal of Dentistry.

The researchers also observed a significant decrease in enamel elasticity in
most bleached tooth samples compared with unbleached controls.

More study into the long term effects of bleaching agents and remineralization
of tooth enamel would be worthwhile, the researchers conclude.

Sound farfetched?

Well, don’t look now, but it has already been done in mice. This has
successfully been done by some sicentists, and they say it may be
possible to develop the process to work in humans.

It would actually be a cheaper and more accessible alternative to
the current solution of tooth implants. At present time, titanium
tooth implants are believed to be best, but this upcoming science of
regrowing teeth appears promising.

A University of Tokyo research team lead by Professor Takashi Tsuji
have been able to grow a tooth “seed” in a lab, transplant it into
a rodent’s jaw, and observe it mature into a tooth of standard
appearance with all the normal structures. Enamel and blood vessels
were present, in evidently standard form.

The team was able to observe the process at a finer level too, in
attempts to verify that the new teeth are bona fide teeth. They
used a fluorescent protein to track genes in the transplanted
tooth “bud”. The researchers discovered that the genes that are
normally active while a tooth develops were also functioning during
the transplanted bud’s growth.

In addition, the new tooth had similar hardness to ordinary teeth.
Pain stimulation responses showed that nerve fibres were able to grow
throughout the bioengineered tooth.

Some readers may be aware that existing technology allows organ tissue
to be grown in a laboratory, which can tehn be transplanted into
animals. Howvever, the growing of new teeth is the first instance of
a living animal having a three-dimensional organ grown inside it,
starting with only a few cells.

Furthermore, the team’s leader, Professor Tsuji, has stated that the
technique may be adatable to allowing the regrowth of damaged organs
within patients.

“This study demonstrates a technique that could lead to
the development of bioengineered organ replacements, potentially
providing a prelude to the ability to grow new, fully functional
organs inside the body from stem cells or other germ cells.”

The study has been published in the proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences . It emphasizes that the teeth were “fully
functioning”, had the correct structure, strength of mineralised
tissues for chewing, and pain response.

Professor Tuji elaborated:

“We propose this technology as
a model for future organ-replacement therapies. This study represents
a substantial advance and emphasises the potential for bioengineered
organ replacement in future regenerative therapies.”

The president of the British Dental Association, and senior
lecturer in restorative dentistry from the University of Dundee,
John Drummond, remarked that the successful implantation of a
tooth bud may herald a new era in dentistry.

“This sort of development is probably the future,” he said.
“Something like this has a huge potential to replace teeth that have been
lost.”

“I would guess we are at least a decade away from this
being available to patients because so many clinical trials and tests
have to be carried out. But it has the potential to be a lot less
expensive than something that involves a titanium implant into the
jaw.

Potentially, the surgery involved in something like this could be a
lot more straightforward. It could very well be something every
dentist would be able to do.”

This is hardly effective.

Chewing gum is a kind of exercise, but it doesn’t expend much energy. Chewing gum uses a few calories, but you have to chew for an hour to burn 11 calories. If you chewed for 12 hours every day for an entire month, you would lose only one pound of fat — even if you use sugarless gum. Some of the sugary gums can add 20 calories per stick, overriding those calories used by chewing.

A real benefit from chewing gum is evidenced after intestinal surgery. The
Archives of Surgery showed chewing gum helps normal bowel function return more
quickly after surgery. It’s thought that chewing mimics eating, which promotes
the wavelike muscle contractions in the intestines needed to move food along.

There are other benefits. To quote the U.C. Berkeley letter: “Gum chewing
boosts saliva flow, which clears food debris, neutralizes acid produced by
mouth bacteria, and remineralizes tooth enamel to some extent, all of which
help prevent tooth decay.”

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In its very basic form, fluoride is a pollutant, a toxic chemical. Yet not only is it being put into toothpaste, it is purposely being put into many water supplies. This is contamination. Yet it’s being done on a very large scale, and in the guise of being beneficial to teeth and health when, in fact, the health risks of this substance far outweigh any possible benefits. In effect, the benefits of pure, natural water are being sabotaged by fluoride.

In essence, people who drink this polluted water (many who are unaware that it is fluoridated) are being mass medicated as well as force medicated – mostly against their knowledge and consent!

Why is this outrage allowed to continue? Let’s consider a few pertinent facts. Fluoride results from the manufacture of superphosphic fertilizers, and is so toxic it can’t be disposed of easily. What’s to be done with it? How about washing it “away” in our water supply? And let’s make money doing it! Through clever lobbying, fluoride is sold to municipalities and deposited in our water supplies under the lie that it is good for our teeth. Unfortunately, many people are simply not aware of the health risks involved; therefore they do not protest. (Remember, we’re taught from a very early age that fluoride is good.)

What are the supposed benefits of fluoride for your teeth?

Fluoride is put into water supplies under the claim that it reduces tooth
decay. But this is a weak claim at most, and a pitiful reason for
compromising the purity of drinking water. According to the National Pure
Water Association, “[i]n the largest dental health survey ever conducted
in the U.S., fluoridation of water was found to protect less than 1 percent
of the total tooth surfaces in a child’s mouth.”

One percent? That hardly justifies all the risks fluoride brings with it!

Now let’s take a look at the negative affects of fluoride:
Fluoride negatively affects almost every organ in your body, particularly your thyroid gland, which can lead to several other serious conditions.

Fluoride brings with it risks such as weakened bones, brain damage, and skeletal and dental fluorosis (in which teeth become mottled, crooked and stained).

Fluoride includes the risk of both acute and chronic toxic hazards of gene mutations, cancer, reproductive effects, neurotoxicity, and bone pathology.

Fluoride can cause abnormalities in babies of women with fluorosis, as well as abnormalities to sperm and egg.

Fluoride slows down metabolism, causing obesity rates to rise.

Fluoride has been linked to depression.

According to the National Pure Water Association, “while fluoridation of water may prevent dental disease in about 15 percent of the population, it seems to cause dental disease in about half of those treated.” In this way alone, the addition of fluoride to drinking water proves to be illogical.

The chemicals used for fluoridation are not high purity, pharmaceutical quality products. Instead they are byproducts of aluminum and fertilizer manufacturing and contain a high concentration of toxins and heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. These are known carcinogens.

Furthermore, fluoride does not have FDA approval and is therefore considered an unproved drug.

By now you should notice a very lopsided lists of benefits versus disadvantages. Bottom line? Fluoride is a poison. It is extremely toxic and dangerous, and under no circumstances should it be ingested.

What’s to be done?

The conclusion is self evident: Fluoride should be avoided. At the very least, it should certainly not be forced upon us.

Find out if fluoride is in your water supply. If so, you can install a reverse osmosis water system to remove it.

Be very careful not to swallow any fluoride toothpaste. Better yet, buy a non-fluoride toothpaste. Never allow children to use fluoride toothpaste.

As for the legitimate concern of tooth decay, simply flossing and brushing and cutting down on sugar will be much more beneficial to your teeth than fluoride.

Take control of your water, your toothpaste, and the health of your body and teeth.

Do not be fooled by fluoride.