I had minor gum bleeding during brushing. After 4 days of OP with coconut oil that stopped, plus tenderness reduced. Now 6 weeks later tenderness is almost all gone and tooth infections too.

Oops, I spelled it wrong. It's WATERPIK (dental water jet). Along with swishing it made all the difference.

After I wore out 2 waterpiks in about 2 years I decided to look for something that wouldn't wear out so quick and wasn't so expensive. I found that droppers do a good enough job for me. Now that I know to do OP, it's even more effective.

olive vs. coconut --

olive might cause a yellowing (or in my case, a "charteusing") of the teeth. otherwise i had wonderful results with it. great for skin.

coconut has a lot of "anti" properties -- it will help get rid of fungus, virus, etc. great for candida. many say it is the ultimate tooth-whitener -- although i just read the post on castor oil which was enticing...

i tend to eat coconut oil when i buy it, but look forward to the day when i can OP with it as much as i want.

coconut oil solidifies below 76 degrees, so it can take an extra step to melt it before you use it...

good luck -- you can't really go wrong with either of these wonderful oils!

laura

Well, I'm kinda excited by what my dentist told me about baking soda and what I've just found on the net. A year ago they discovered a cyst had eaten a bit into my jaw bone and they wanted to do surgery to cut out the cyst and the wisdom tooth above it. Well, sometimes this kind of surgery may be necessary but it's also dangerous and expensive. They can accidentally cut nerves and leave cavitations that can start breeding new infections. So I tried VCO pulling and shot Cellfood (which creates oxygen) into the area under my gum with a Waterpik. Anaerobic infections like this don't like oxygen. They also don't like an alkaline environment, which is where baking soda comes in. This morning, for the first time, I added baking soda to the Cellfood and grapefruit seed extract (a natural disinfectant) to my Waterpik and shot that deep into the affected area. The infection is acidic and may not be able to survive a daily dose of baking soda. We'll see. But it's an exciting experiment (for both my dentist and myself), and if it works, no surgery!

Tom Glass, a dentist in Tulsa, gives this handout to his patients...

Dear Patient:

I am asking you to obtain and use an oral irrigator. The function of the oral irrigator is to flush all areas in your mouth, thus lessening the breeding places for germs. I would ask that you obtain a HYDROFLOSS oral irrigator (which cannot be used with baking soda) or a Water-Pik that will utilize baking soda. If you choose the Water-Pik, simply place 1 teaspoon of baking soda into the water reservoir. Using the lowest settings, flush the areas between the teeth and over the tongue with the irrigator tip. Do this at least twice per day and use ½ to 1 reservoir of water each time. If you are using the Water-Pik, after you have finished flush the system with clear water.