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Heather Collins's avatar

Thanks Ken another very interesting post 👍

Greg's's avatar

The biggest danger of any tooth removal but double so for wisdom is cavitation infection.ligatends are left in over 90 percent of cases these are fleshy ligaments that attached the tooth to the area around the cavity where your tooth once resided...

The theory is since these ligaments usually have low or no blood flow and are quite small the bacteria they hold will not be of consequence.

However holistic Drs and more honest oral surgeons admit it's never healthy to have even low ebb infections and some of them are massive surpassing avg root canal infection!

How could an error like this occur systemwide? The extra time it takes to drill clean the cavitation in the jaw is serious and difficult as largely out of site requiring more equipment and expertise and a doubling approx of avg extraction time..it's no error..it's a accepted evil as ALTERNATIVE is so costly and usually the body can handle the mini infection fairly well...others say no ..that 1/3 perhaps if extractions lead to some issues of bacterial overgrowth in body reaching acupuncture points organs and tests show if you implant a human tooth in a rabbits ass by a vein the according chi organ will disease fast even though a different animal..

Search Huggins cavitation protocol to see controversy...save tooth at all costs!

Joshua V's avatar

Hi Ken, had a question: How do you explain that these so called 'natives' do not lose their function as their teeth fall out? I don't understand what you mean by saying that they remain to have a 'virtual curve of spee' due to their front teeth. Why would people who had extractions done by a dentist or orthodotnist not have this virtual curve of spee as well?

EGK's avatar

so i dont think i said that these natives dont lose their function at all.. they do a bit.

I'm sure if u looked at them when they were healthy and had all of their teeth that they were a bit healthier with better structure

But this gets into some complexities of natural collapse vs. artificial collapse. I have a feeling when a tooth falls out naturally over time it is less collapsing to the overall structure then when u pull one out artificially.

And probably relates to the rest of the structure already having adapted for sometime.

But its a good question that should be investigated further in the future.. i dont have all the answers

ee's avatar

Hi, new and have been reading a few of your articles - would keeping the tongue to the roof of the mouth also provide vertical? Wouldn't it naturally create a gap of sorts that is always there? That might also be contributing to the photo you shared, where they naturally have very healthy tongue/mouth posture

EGK's avatar

the tongue does keep vertical but important that you are not in your old occlusion. And sometimes folks have the upper and lower teeth come together in a fixed position which you are trying to reset. So in a case like that tongue on roof if teeth are locked in old position wont help.

2nd thing is that you will be unable to control where your tongue is when sleeping and so things will always regress when sleeping. Which is why mouthguard is key.

Lynda H's avatar

I have had so many teeth out, it's difficult to eat. But at least I have them: my parents were in their early 20s when they had to have dentures. Does the Reviv mouthguard improve the health of the teeth, or is it solely to prevent (and hopefully reverse) the flattening of the curve of Spee?

EGK's avatar

The teeth should also improve over time... Both structurally and in how clean they are.

My son is a case in point. He bare brushes but has the cleanest teeth he's ever had.

Lynda H's avatar

Well that's interesting: I've used the Reviv since the end of December and I have had a compliment recently that my teeth look whiter.

EGK's avatar

cleanliness of teeth is structural. Ive seen this time and again.

My experiment with OSB in 2018 was a prime example of it https://reviv.substack.com/p/teeth-should-stay-clean-without-effort?utm_source=publication-search

several cavities in a couple months both for me and my kid as we'd incorrectly changed our occlusion

The FOMO Investor's avatar

Any mouthguard is literally going to hold and increase bacterial growth in your mouth and cause worsening dental health, this is just common sense.

EGK's avatar

well for some reason this 'common sense' has turned out to not be the case for me, my son, my wife, my dad, the 13 people in my first test group that started in 2023...

Genevieve's avatar

I clean my guard daily with soap and a small cylindrical straw scrub brush. I clean out all the openings easily that way.

Lynda H's avatar

I clean mine with cold water and then pour a small amount of mouthwash into it and let it sit for several minutes. Then I clean it, just with my fingers, under cold water. It tastes fresh and clean when I put it in my mouth, and I have gone from constant dental problems and decay to none in one month.

Genevieve's avatar

That's amazing! 👏 Good ideas.

Richard Olson's avatar

What height in mm do you recommend for a flat plate splint or adding composite to a single back molar?

EGK's avatar

put 2-3mm gap between front incisors. add more when it closes