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Dietary Changes and Multiple Remedies for Tooth Abscess

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When Erin's 9-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a gum abscess and tooth infection, she opted for a natural approach instead of antibiotics. This comprehensive regimen involved strict dietary changes, multiple natural remedies, and supplements to fight the infection and promote healing. Below is an overview of the approach Erin used to treat her daughter's tooth abscess without antibiotics successfully.

Dietary Changes

The first step was eliminating all sugar and significantly reducing grain and dairy intake. The focus was on whole, low-sugar fruits, vegetables, and water as the primary drink. This diet helped to reduce the inflammation and create an environment less conducive to bacterial growth.

Natural Remedies

  • Baking Soda and Peroxide Rinse: A daily rinse of water, baking soda, and peroxide helped to clean the infected area.
  • Tea Tree Mouthwash with Grapefruit Seed Extract: Twice daily rinses with this combination were used to enhance the antibacterial effect.
  • Colloidal Silver Spray: The infected area was sprayed with colloidal silver once a day to help kill bacteria.

Supplement Regimen

Erin's daughter took a comprehensive range of supplements to boost her immune system and support healing:

  • Vitamin C (1000 mg)
  • Vitamin D (10-15,000 IU)
  • Chelated Zinc (100 mg)
  • Oil of Oregano (45 mg, standardized to 70% carvacrol)
  • Olive Leaf Extract (310 mg with 40 mg of powdered extract standardized to 18% oleuropein)
  • Krill Oil for Omega 3s
  • Garlic supplement for immune support
  • Alpha Lipoic Acid (100 mg)

Results

By following this regimen, Erin's daughter was pain-free by the third day, and the abscess was fully resolved by the end of the week. When they returned to the dentist, the infection was completely gone, and the abscess had healed.

This comprehensive approach highlights the potential of combining dietary changes with natural remedies and supplements to effectively treat a tooth abscess. It serves as an example of how a holistic approach can support the body in healing itself, even in cases typically treated with antibiotics.

Continue reading below for Erin's post on how she used dietary changes and natural remedies for a tooth abscess.

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Posted by Erin (Lafayette, In) on 04/18/2011
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Took my 9 year old daughter to the dentist and come to find out she had a gum abcess and infection in a tooth with a cavity. Of course their first recourse was to put her on antibiotics so they could pull the tooth 1 week later. I refused the antibiotics, nicely, but I still got the dirty look and the "note" on the file. So, my daughter and I were very determined to stop the issue in it's tracks... Just to prove them wrong if nothing else. This isn't for the lazy at heart... it's 7 days of killing an infection and keeping it killed.

First of all, NO sugar. She got whole grain bread maybe once per day, but not at all if we could get away with it, other than that, no grains. Pasturized dairy was cut way back to just cheese on occassion. That means no sodas or juices, water was the drink of the week. Whole, low sugar fruits are okay (apples, berries, melon), and of course veges.

Okay, now for the fun part: once per day she did a rinse of water with baking soda and peroxide (I never really measured it, just put some water - maybe 1/4 cup?? -- in a cup with maybe 1 tsp of baking soda and 1/2 tsp of peroxide or so). Twice per day she did a rinse of a commercial tea tree mouthwash with an extra 4 drops of grapefruit seed extract added. Each rinse is done after brushing the teeth.

Once per day, the infected area was sprayed with 2 squirts of colloidial silver, 10 ppm.

Every day she took supplements of:
Vitamin C, 1000 mg
Vitamin D 10-15, 000 IU
Chelated Zinc 100 mg
Oil of Oregano 45 mg (standardized to 70% carvacrol)
Olive Leaf 310 mg with 40 mg of powdered extract standardized to 18% oleuropein
Krill Oil for Omega 3's
A Garlic supplement for Immune support, though if I could have gotten her to take whole, crushed garlic I would have been happier.
And Alpha Lipoic Acid 100 mg

Definitely believe in leaving nothing to chance.

We started this regimen on a Monday afternoon when she got home from school, and by Wednesday she was totally pain free. The cavity itself lightened in color. We kept it up for the entire week, and by the time she got to the dentist for the extraction... Well, they were surprised. Looked at her file, looked in her mouth, asked her if there was any pain (she replied no, naturally), and then the super sweet assistant actually asked me how we did that. They confirmed that she was completely infection and abcess free.

Sorry for the lengthy post, but I always like to see amounts and directions... So hopefully this can help someone else :-)

Replied by Bess
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
04/19/2011

Interesting post Erin! My husband has had his share of infected teeth. Fortunately, I have all of these ingredients on hand and made note of what you did for the next time (there always seems to be a next time! ). Cheers!

Replied by Coregon
(San Diego, Ca)
06/09/2013

Actually just rinsing with colloidal silver once per hour would have erradicated the infection in the tooth (you could also swallow 1 ounce of "clean" colloidal silver after the rinses), but all of the rest that this woman used for her daughter would be great for cavity PREVENTION.

NOTE: For pain during tooth infection, frequent swishing of peroxide (then spit), helps pain and infection. Do this at least an hour from the colloidal silver.

Replied by Annie
(Australia)
08/17/2015

Good job, Erin. It takes a lot of guts as a parent to go against the normal medicated route and use true healing protocols. Hats off to you for loving your daughter enough to press through and get the best results.

Replied by Hilary
(Nj)
03/23/2017

We are trying your recommendations with the doses changed slightly, seeing that my son is 6. He currently has two abscesses from two teeth that had dental work done on them (fillings) when he was 2. Can you tell me more information about the diet you followed? No grains, no sugar, we have decided to cut out fruit too. Did she just eat lots of veggies? Any grass-fed meat or free range white meat? Eggs? Any raw dairy? I ask this because it seems like the raw dairy makes the abscesses swell up more. Interested to see what worked for your daughter. Thank you!

Replied by Megan
(Tennessee)
11/08/2017

Hello I have been using collodial silver as well. When you say infection in the tooth do you mean literally it will only kill it in the tooth or will this same protocol help it heal when it is in the root of the tooth as well? Thanks sincerelyn megan

Replied by Debbie
(Pennsylvania)
04/30/2018

So all of this can be done n taken for a week? No contraindications for example for people with high blood pressure? Thanks u for the details. Much appreciated.



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