3: How to Improve Your Oral Health

Homemade Products

Katie Wells discusses the benefits of homemade dental products, particularly toothpaste. She shares her journey of creating a fluoride-free and glycerin-free toothpaste due to concerns about conventional products. Katie explains how her children adapted well to these homemade solutions, even enjoying their taste 1. She also highlights the process of remineralization, where teeth can heal themselves with the right diet and care 2.

The good news is that teeth and bones are able to heal themselves in a process called remineralization.

--- Katie Wells

   

Dietary Tips

Katie emphasizes the importance of nutrient-dense foods for oral health. She shares her family's diet, which includes organ meats, seafood, and bone broth, all rich in essential vitamins and minerals 3. Katie also recounts her personal experience with improved dental health through dietary changes, noting that her teeth became stronger and whiter without the use of fluoride 4.

My background's in nutrition, so I'm a little biased towards it. But what I found in my research and my experience is that nutrition made a huge difference in my oral health transformation.

--- Katie Wells

   

Family Practices

Katie shares practical tips for implementing oral health strategies within a family setting. She discusses the importance of a nutrient-dense diet for children and how her family's oral health has improved over time 5. Katie also highlights the rapid response of children's oral health to dietary changes and the importance of starting these practices early 6.

The great thing with kids is they seem to respond much more quickly than adults to any health changes, including oral health changes.

--- Katie Wells