Re: Teeth decaying incredibly fast, any suggestions?

Where do you live? From your email address, it looks like West England, but
you said you were in the US. Let me know and I can recommend a good dental
school which could be close to where you are. The work done in the dental
school will be VERY closely supervised by dentists, so that's not a problem
when a student does the work; they will have had a minimum of 2 years of
dental school before they treat you, and maybe more. Also, the cost to you
will be about 1/2 of the cost at a private dentist.

Gel Kam is ok, but the Prevident would be much better!

The Trident has VERY little xylitol in it; it's mostly sweetened with
sorbitol and mannitol, both of which are not nearly as good as xylitol for
someone like you. Don't waste your money on Trident, get something like
Epic or Spry, which you can find on the web -- the companies are in Utah.

I would get the cavities treated asap, but it's impossible to say how bad
they are without seeing them. If they are small, they could become
"arrested" and not progress any further, sort of like healing. If they are
past that stage, then they'll need to be restored. Don't use the
chlorhexidine if the cavities are deep and need treatment; wait until they
are restored.

Let me know where you live.

"Tulert via MedKB.com" <u22309@uwe> wrote in message
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Honestly I have trouble figuring out which dentists are good and which are
not too good (in the US). Moreover I'm not sure how one could tell which
one
is up on prevention unless I go and see a lot of them. Additionally it
looks
like dentists are not too excited when they think that it is uncertain if
you
are going to become their regular patient. And they find it out very fast,
they start to ask where I got my fillings and crowns and learn that most
of
my dental work comes from outside the US... One probably needs to know
people
around to be able to ask what they think about their dentists but I do not
know that many americans and the ones I know are not native to the area.

In terms of dental schools: is it likely to have students do some of the
dental work there? Or do they mostly watch? I'm afraid I can't afford to
let
something be done wrong, I'd rather pay more to a good specialist even
though
my student budget is very limited.

2. Would Gel-Kam by Colgate work? It seems this is what I can get at the
moment.

3. I can't take care of all the cavities at the moment, it is too
expensive
in the US. Should I postpone the mouthwash treatment then?

5. Trident has a new (?) variety that says it is with Xylitol and
sugarless.
Would it be OK?


Thank you very much for taking time to reply! I can't describe how
grateful I
am.


Jacob wrote:
FIRST OF ALL, FIND A DENTIST WHO IS REALLY UP ON PREVENTION. IF YOU LIVE
NEAR A DENTAL SCHOOL, GO THERE AND BECOME A PATIENT.

2. Ask your dentist for a prescription for a fluoride toothpaste,
3. Get a prescription for chlorhexidine, which is a mouthwash that will be
effective in killing off the bacteria that is causing your problem.
However, use this ONLY after all your present cavities have been treated,
otherwise, your infection will return and you will have killed off only
the
weaker bacteria.
5. Use a chewing gum or mints with xylitol; there are only two products
that
I'm aware of that are sweetened with 100% xylitol: Epic, and Spry;

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