If people would be willing to buy their toothpaste online instead of in the store, there is a great one available from Tropical Traditions that has no bad ingredients and is only sweetened with stevia. And there is a mint-free version for those who take homeopathics (me). The ingredients of the one I use are: purified water, organic virgin coconut oil, baking soda, xanthum gum, wildcrafted myrrh powder, stevia, organic essential oils of cinnamon and clove. No SLS, which is caustic, and no glycerin, which can coat the teeth.

This is like a retrospective study of the one I cited before 🙂

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v45/n4/abs/ng.2536.html

Instead of studying bacterial effects on the mouth after a dietary change on modern humans they studied fossilized mouth bacteria of humans before agriculture, after agriculture and after industrial revolution.

[A layman's summary of the article can be found here -JS]

I've been lucky with my dental issues over the years, but my new Paleo lifestyle should only help in that department...

Awesome content. i found it very valauble as I am cuurently writing a kindle book on Paleo and weight loss. i have found some fascinating information, and though there's a bit hype about this caveman style of eating habit, there are risks as well as benefits. Will definitely be sharing what I learned here with [blatant spam link deleted] By the way, I also hope you done mind if I use some of the info here, of course, in my words, in my kindle book! Thank you, I have booked marked and will be back:)

Put baking powder and sea salt in palm of your hand add drops of hydrogen peroxide. Clean / brush teeth then rinse with apple cider vinegar. This will get rid of plaque, and the bio-film you talk about. As an extra added bonus your teeth will have no stains within a week. Cheers

I too have experienced great improvement in my teeth. I always formed quite a bit of plaque on the backs of my teeth. I would get them cleaned and in a week I could feel it forming again . Was told it was just from the minerals in my saliva. That everyone was different. Haven't had my teeth cleaned in several years and No Plaque! I used to have to go every 3 months. Sometimes I form a tiny amount and can just clean it myself with my own dental tool . My teeth just feel different too. Slick. I thought they were making my little toothpicks different as they were not just sliding out the other side but my gums must have filled in more or teeth actually formed more? They feel so solid. No starches and sugar for me!

Hi J. - first time poster.

Love the site: Will concur with the correlation about gum health and a diet devoid of grains and sugars.

I was using the sonic a couple of years before the diet change 18 months ago. The sonic really helped but the greatest improvement came with the diet, my regular 9 month cleanings ( 2 so far so take my comment with a grain of salt) have been commented upon by the hygienist as great work, even though I stopped flossing 9 months ago as a further test.

Eating like a predator (paleo, wheat free, whatever) has given me my life back, and I've converted a dozen so far based on the results they receive. I lost 45 lbs over 5 months and more importantly BP went from 145/95 to 115/75 and no more acid reflux, joint inflamation.

Look forward to completely reading your site and book this summer. – thanks

One quick off topic question: have you ever looked at the effect of erectile dysfunction reversal on this diet? I will correlate a 100% reversal of ED on this diet, one main reason I will never go back to the SAD. Most men suffer in silence, needlessly, and big pharma profits from it. I always thought the "'E' diet" book would be a great winner, yours if you want it 🙂 I'll never write it.