THE STORY:
I am upset now. My being more than a bit mad has now OFFICIALLY taken a toll on my PHYSICAL health (tonight I had chewed a xylitol gum that was black in color and when I was brushing my teeth, TWO ENAMEL 'HOLES' IN MY FRONT TEETH HAD BLACK ON THEM - I had had sensitivity on them before and could see that there was significant erosion but now it was clear that I wasn't in Kansas anymore; that was DENTIN).
My jackass stunts left a mark on this forum as well. I actually posted recommending people to HOLD SELEGILINE IN THEIR MOUTHS FOR MINUTES (why? TO SAVE SOME FUCKING MONEY). Yeah, not smart. I did this for somewhere between 3-6 months. Every day, like 2 or more tablets a day.
The other things I've done is not use a fluoride toothpaste for a long time, maybe a year or so. When I read about this I got the feeling that this is not a complete fringe theory. Even on forums not focused on health, it is common to see people talk about the evil fluoride; maybe even here. I read about it from online short version of Good Teeth from birth to death by Gerard F. Judd. He advocates using just soap to clean teeth. While in my case there were other factors involved, I am almost certain that LACK OF FLUORIDE had a detrimental effect on MY teeth.
I've had bruxism since childhood. Interesting thing is, that I didn't have clear dental erosion until like 3 years ago. Sometime (relatively) after that I began using a cheap mouth guard nightly. LUCKILY, it seems that the erosion on the parts of my lower teeth that hit the upper ones has stopped. And there's no sensitivity. One shocking thing about this is that my dentists have NEVER said anything special about this - it's like, 'oh make sure you don't drink too much acidic juice and use xylitol gum'. WTF, are they that money hungry, 'just doing their job' or WTF didn't they put me up against the wall to find out what am I doing.
And the last thing I've done, which is in a way both embarrassing and yet I'm still in the dark to what exactly it's part has been, but I have a confession to make. I tried Marshall protocol for low energy/depression. That means, in context, that I had zero vitamin D supplementary or dietary intake for about a year, year and a half. On top of that, I've been a vegan/vegetarian for 7 years who never knew that I had to get a certain amount of essential aminos from my diet on pretty much every meal (yeah, I've read one scientific article about it and that was my conclusion - the author said that if you ate the missing aminos 3 hours after, that would be sufficient but I don't eat that often usually). I still don't know what's the truth about the Marshall protocol (the science is too complex for me to know what might be the truth) but right now I just think it's best to think it's another 'fluoride is evil' scare and do what everybody else is doing.
WHY??:
Why didn't I get dental erosion before i was way over 20? Was it leaving meat etc. and not researching my diet enough? If it was that, is it possible that the effects would have come only after a couple of years?
WHAT NEXT:
I'm calling the government/public dentist next Monday and ask if a small patch can be made to cover the exposed dentin. I have started using NovaMin remineralizing toothpaste and just today I bought amine fluoride toothpaste, that's supposed to be better than standard fluoride. I haven't used an electric tooth brush, maybe that could help some anyone know? (as in has it been researched?) I haven't flossed until maybe a year ago until I found one's with the plastic handle. Maybe that reveals my personality but hey, you're all just clean freaks yourself ; ) Anyway, the sides of the teeth was a problem only for a limited time in the past.
I remember reading about a Japanese company that was well on it's way into developing artificial enamel but I don't think it has come out yet.
Anything else that would be essential? My gums are relatively healthy (compared to my teeth) but bleed every other night and have receded on one so badly that I'm worried (the fucking dentist didn't say anything on that either). I've read irrigation of gum pockets with some sort of special fluid (if I remember right) might help with that, have you heard of this? (I read about this on mizar5.com)
THANKS FOR READING. If you have nothing to say, except call me an idiot, I don't care. That's what I've been, that's 'a no-brainer'.
To finish this short story, 'Kids, don't try this at home'. I guess I now should feel more empathetic towards those that take 5 less or more different drugs at the same time and are surprised when the shit starts to hit the fan...