Dental Sealants
A plastic coating placed on your tooth surface which is designed to "prevent dental decay." Are the safe or effective?
Dental Sealants
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The claim is that, "Sealants can provide 100% protection from dental decay or "cavities" on the chewing surface."
If this were true, then everybody could just get a dental sealant and nobody would have cavities.
Steps For Applying a Sealant
- Burn away some tooth with acid
- Paint liquid sealant on your tooth
- Dry the sealant with UV light
Sealants last 2-4 years.
Where do you think they go when they dissolve and wear out?
The Truth About Dental Sealants
Dental sealants cannot stop tooth decay, but can only treat one of its symptoms temporarily, a hole in the tooth. If, on the crown of the tooth there is some decay, and the nerve is more exposed, then applying a dental sealant cover's up the decay. But it won't ever stop it, because decay primarly happens from within the tooth.
The cause of tooth decay is a deficency of bone building nutrients.
Dental Sealant Saftey
As you know, dental sealants are toxic and made with toxic chemicals. There are many variety of sealants, some less or more toxic than others. Some may have a very low toxicity and not be of harm to human, but in large, they are toxic, and are likely to have some affect on humans because they contain moderate amounts of a chemical used in the plastic industry called, bisphenol A.
Bisphenol A - And Dental Sealants
The plastics industry and the FDA say this chemical is perfectly safe and non-toxic in the amounts we consume. Meanwhile sane scientists are raising the alarm about the effects of even miniscule amounts of this endocrine disrupting substance, on reproduction, fetal development cancer of the reproductive organs, and other long term health effects.
Endocrine disruptors are a class of substances that bond onto the estrogen receptors in both men, women and children.
Other dental sealants, promoted as calcium hydroxide sealants are in fact only about 50% calcium hydroxide. These dental sealants have been linking to Neurocutaneous syndrome (NCS). NCS is characterized by neurological sensations, pain, depleted energy and memory loss as well as itchy cutaneous lesions that may invite various opportunistic infections. NCS is likely caused by two other main ingedients in some dental sealants both known to be toxic, ethyltoluene sulfonamide as well as zinc oxide are considered most toxic. Read the full report: Dental Sealant Toxicity (PDF).
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The first dentist I saw diagnosed decay and a probable need for a root canal, and said that the tooth might already be dead. Her pronouncement caused me untold agony over the next several weeks. Then a holistic dentist determined that the tooth is alive and recognized that it has totally re-enamelized. He simply replaced the lost filling. He told me I am lucky, because most people are not able to get their teeth to re-enamelize like that. Well, I am now a believer. Nourishing Traditions is for real, and it was with Rami's explanation and guidance that I found a way to help my body contain the damage in my teeth. My relief at this outcome is immeasurable.
Stacy, San Fransisco
