We did it all when it came to preventing cavities in our daughter’s adorable baby teeth. Regardless of our efforts, she still had a bad case of the “sugar bugs” eating away and causing tooth decay. That all ended when we learned about tooth oil, powder, and ozone.
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Living in South Korea, we learned so many things about healthy living and the value of traditional meals. We were eating healthier than we ever had in our whole lives, including our 8-month-old daughter.
As she grew, her diet was free of processed sugar. We worked hard to nourish her growing body with bone broth, a daily dose of cod liver oil (use code THL10 for 10% off), and her favorite, sardines. What toddler eats like this?!
We did not use fluoride for her teeth or ours. I did extensive research when we were living in Alabama and decided to remove it from our home and professional care.
You can read more in depth about the research and studies I found and how it affects the development of children in my article on fluoride.
Oral health and wellness is overwhelming. There are so many books, so much information on the internet, and not to mention many differing opinions among health care professionals. Figuring out dental health can be confusing, especially when trying to take a natural approach to healing cavities.
I know because I felt the burden when my daughter was so little and experiencing cavities. Despite our diligent efforts to protect her tooth enamel, she had the beginning signs of tooth decay – at 18 months old.
Imagine our frustration.
So I bought books and searched the internet for any hope of saving her other baby teeth from the same vicious fate her two front baby teeth had fallen victim to.
So many searches on the internet led us to things we had already tried or were currently doing.
What were we doing wrong?
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Learning how to reverse cavities naturally
We were heading back to America to have our second baby and get help for my daughter’s baby teeth. My husband found a holistic dentist in the state we were moving to.
We booked an appointment with optimism in our hearts. Only ever having modern dentists advising our care, this natural approach gave us hope for our daughter’s situation.
The holistic dentist was amazing and incredibly knowledgeable. She taught us so much about how to naturally heal cavities with products we hadn’t heard about before.
Products to naturally heal cavities
Below are the three products we used to heal cavities for my kids’ baby teeth and our own teeth.
- Tooth Oil: used to kill harmful microbes in the mouth
- Tooth Powder: used for remineralization and whiting the enamel
- Ozone Therapy: water used for cleanings, gel to help support gum health, and gas through the ears to help kill harmful bacteria in the sinus cavities
What is Tooth Oil and Tooth Powder
Tooth oil is a blend of essential oils. A carrier oil mixed with a blend of oils like clove, cinnamon, peppermint, and others combined. The oil my family uses has the following main ingredients:
- Clove oil: balances the microbiome in your mouth
- Cinnamon oil: stops the biggest bacterial culprit of tooth decay
- Peppermint/spearmint oil: reduces pathogens related to gum disease
- Myrrh oil: repairs tissue
- Manuka oil: aides in reducing harmful bacteria from adhering to gums and teeth
Does tooth oil get rid of bad breath?
A great side effect to eliminating these harmful microbes with these oils is that bad breath is also eliminated. This is because the oils kill off or significantly reduce the bad bacteria, which then allows the good bacteria to thrive and create a healthy microbiome in the mouth.
How can I remineralize my teeth naturally?
We have done it in our family by using this tooth powder. (use code THL10 for 10% off your purchase) It has the following main ingredients:
- Microcrystalline hydroxyapatite (bone powder from grass-fed cows in New Zealand): remineralizes tooth enamel
- Xylitol: aides as a carrier for the microcrystalline hydroxyapatite
- Calcium Lactate: enhances xylitol’s capabilities
- Sodium Bicarbonate: reduces acidity and whitens the enamel
- White Kaolin Clay: gently polishes and removes stains off the enamel
Read our personal story about how we reversed tooth decay!
What is Ozone?
Ozone (O3) is a triatomic molecule, meaning that it is made up of three oxygen atoms. Holistic dentists will use it in three different forms: ozone gas, ozonated water, or ozonated oil.
It is a natural, non-invasive therapy used to kill most pathogenic bacteria and viruses on contact. It helps decrease tooth sensitivity and prevent oxidative stress (an imbalance of free radicals to antioxidants).
The only negative side effect that I have witnessed from ozone treatments were with my daughter.
As a toddler she was always upbeat in spirit and temperament, but after an ozone treatment she was grumpy and rude.
Our holistic dentist reassured me that it was normal. She explained that the process of killing pathogens with ozone is detoxing the body and little kids often have a shift in attitude until they get it out of their bodies through elimination.
This was true for my daughter and she was her happy self after it left her system.
Can you reverse cavity damage?
Yes! For us this took time to heal cavities naturally. The learning curve in our oral hygiene for how to use tooth oil and powder wasn’t a huge adjustment, but the gas ozone treatments took time and were an important step for my daughter as she had a very unbalanced microbiome.
Our holistic dentist had the knowledge and tools to advise us how to improve her oral care and remineralize her cavities using tooth oil and powder.
During the next month, we used the product religiously and did a couple of ozone treatments in between.
Then, after a month, we saw with our own eyes that her cavities became less sticky and spongy and had turned hard and glossy after the changes we made.
It was a huge relief! They were becoming re-mineralized and healthy once more!
How to prevent tooth decay in baby teeth
Things were going great for my daughter. We were very relieved parents after finding a way to naturally heal cavities for her. We had great help and guidance from our holistic dentist, and we were seeing positive changes.
I had reservations about introducing the oil to my second baby at his younger age since our brand has clove oil in the blend.
My hesitation gave the cavities ground to stand on. Then my sweet baby boy was showing signs of tooth decay as well.
This time it was within my control to fix it. We started using the tooth oil on his baby teeth and saw the same positive turnaround in his mouth!
I realized that it was important to immediately brush their new budding baby teeth to prevent cavities (clove oil and all).
With our third and fourth babies, we knew the drill!
As soon as their first tooth emerged, I had a toothbrush with oil and powder on it ready to brush. Our success with using tooth oil and powder has allowed my last 2 kids to be cavity-free as of me writing this post today!
Can you repair all cavities naturally?
Unfortunately, the answer to this is no. This is because once a cavity gets past the enamel layer and into the dentin layer you will likely start to feel significant pain. This means that the cavity has penetrated deeply. Getting seen by a holistic dentist would be my next step.
If the cavities are only enamel deep, this is when you have a chance. In our kids’ teeth we have seen how it turns from a sticky cavity on the enamel to a hard brown spot! The color will never go back to being white, but in our experience, this has stopped the growth of the cavity and it has returned to a strong surface again!
Of course the best thing is to prevent cavities altogether. We have been using tooth oil and powder from OraWellness in our kids daily routine and our own oral hygiene routines since 2018. This has given our kids their best chance at preventing cavities as they grow! Along with this we do our best to live by the Weston A. Price methods to support healthy growth and development in the jaw and teeth as they develop.
Steps for how to naturally heal cavities
- Find a good holistic dentist. Here is the website our family uses help find local holistic dentists near us every time we have to move.
- Brush their baby teeth as soon as they appear with a tooth oil and powder. This is the best way to prevent cavities. If you are currently dealing with cavities, this method should tremendously help to naturally heal cavities in baby teeth. It won’t turn back to white enamel, but with consistent use, you will should see the cavities harden and remineralize.
- Use a quality tooth oil and tooth powder. We buy ours from OraWellness. (Code: THL10 will get you 10% off your order)
- If you use reverse osmosis for purification of your water, make sure you add the good minerals back in. We use this by Trace Minerals. This is vital not only for our teeth but for our entire skeletal system to have the essential minerals necessary for bone health.
- Give your kids and yourself bone broth. Our diet is so important for our health and bone broth is packed with essential nutrients. Here is a link to our family’s favorite bone broth recipe!
- I highly recommend you stop using fluoride at home and in professional care. You can read a great article about about the dangers of fluoride with sources to recently released studies. If you have never investigated the dangers of fluoride I strongly encourage you to start looking into it.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 1:2
Tell me in the comments below if you are going to make the switch to tooth oil and powder. I’d love to hear how your family naturally heal from cavities!
*As always, I will recommend that you do extended research, consult your health care provider, and use caution when reading things on the internet. Not everything works for everyone and not everything should be tried on everyone. Just because it works for my household doesn’t mean it will be the exact same for yours.
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Hello Ashley, It was lovely to meet you yesterday. Your website is lovely.
I was gratified to see this blog on tooth care. My daughter has struggled with this for years despite a very healthy lifestyle.
Hi Cheryl, I am so glad you found it! I understand the frustration of living a healthy lifestyle and struggling with oral care. I am hopeful these suggestions will help your daughter like they did mine.
Did the dentist say what was going on to cause it in the first place? Isn’t it abnormal to have breast milk alone be the cause of decay? Thank you for this info I’ll be looking into using both of these!
Our dentist said that it wasn’t abnormal for the breastmilk to cause tooth decay. Her reasoning was that the palette was developing very narrow, causing him to not be able to make a good seal while sleeping and consequently being a mouth breather. So over night the milk was just sitting in his mouth exposed to the air. I think this coupled with me having hyperemesis gravidarum and not being well nourished during his pregnancy probably created an environment to host cavities. We were just grateful the ozone and oil/powder helped. We did a tounge release when he was 1.5 years old to help aid in him mouth development.
Thanks for reading and I hope you find products that work best for you!
My 7 & 9 year old love sardines! My other kids will eat them, but those two are constantly making it up for their lunch or snack.
We were using an herbal tooth powder, but I recently switched to an all natural powder that is formulated to whiten and remineralize teeth. I have already seen huge improvements in my teeth whitening since using it for a short amount of time! I really need to find a naturally minded dentist. Did your insurance cover yours?
Wow, I’m impressed to hear that your kids like sardines as well!!
I’m so glad you found a tooth powder you love! It sounds great and you can’t go wrong with one that re-mineralizes your teeth!
Our insurance did cover some of the costs with our dental care! Not much but every little bit helps. It will really depend on your dentist’s office if they accept insurance (most do), and your insurance how much they will cover. A holistic dentist has the same credentials as a conventional dentist they just take a more natural approach to your care!
Hi Jenn, do you mind sharing the brand of the natural powder/whitener you use? Thanks, Becky
Hey Becky, I just thought I’d let you know that the tooth powder our family uses is great for remineralization, and it removes stains and whitens our teeth! My husband drinks coffee daily, and I drink tea regularly. It has removed my tea stains and whitened both our teeth immensely! Here is a link for what we use: Mint Tooth Powder
I definitely recommend their tooth oil as well since it is what has helped our kids cavities stop in their tracks! We use their nut free tooth oil.