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A New Approach For Periodontal Disease

Periodontal Disease is a widespread affliction. It affects an astonishing number of people; in the U.S. alone, according to the National Institutes of Health, "Nearly half of adults in the United States have some form of periodontal disease."

Health is a Social Justice Issue, not just a personal one. Millions of people in the US, and hundreds of millions worldwide, suffer needlessly from poor health simply because the medical systems here (and worldwide) do not share simple, straightforward basic health and nutrition information, and here in the U.S. actively engages in suppressing it, because it would enable people to avoid the expensive (and often toxic) pharmaceutical medications and invasive medical procedures. We have also seen how our health system - such as it is - has become completely distorted by HHS Director RFK Jr. - and how many millions of people will suffer as a result.

This article - about something as seemingly mundane as periodontal disease - reveals how our medical system harms millions of people by its refusal to inform people of the truth, and instead focuses on dental procedures and pharmaceutical medications or - in the case of RFK Jr. - neglect and indifference. We have been tied to medical and dental industry narratives about the causes and treatments of periodontal disease. The standard treatments for periodontal disease are often physically invasive and financially ruinous if affordable at all, and often ultimately fail to stop progression of the disease. 

Periodontal Disease also appears to be associated with cardiovascular disease. A fairly recent Harvard Health letter warned that people with chronic periodontal disease have a 2X-3X increase in the possibility of experiencing a heart attack or stroke.

For many of the victims of periodontal disease, it is an affliction of slow torture and desperation - a continuous struggle as they spend hundreds or thousands to try to stop it or replace lost teeth with bridges and implants.

This is also a deeply personal issue for me. I had periodontal disease for years, and lost most of my lower teeth, most of which have not been replaced because of the enormous cost involved (latest estimate was nearly $20,000).

A New Paradigm - What Is Its Root Cause?

Periodontal Disease is defined as a constellation of dental and oral hygiene problems, ranging from bleeding gums, deep gum pockets (more than 4 mm), tooth and gum pain, gum inflammation, loose teeth, bad breath, and often local or wide-ranging bacterial infections, sometimes needing long-term pharmaceutical antibiotic therapy and periodontal surgery. Up to now we have been tied to medical and dental industry narratives about the causes and treatments of periodontal disease.

Most doctors, dentists, and researchers do not have a genuine understanding of this disease. A group of periodontal academics at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu wrote in 2017 "Periodontal disease is a multifactorial disease, the origin of which remains incomprehensible." But they suggested that nutritional deficiencies may in fact be its cause and driver; they listed the exact mechanism by which each deficiency in vitamins and minerals are implicated.

A similar article was published by the US Journal of Medicine in 2021, and another published by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) in Switzerland in 2024. All of these articles stated that it appeared that deficiencies in specific micronutrients - that were not provided by typical diets - were likely to be causative factors of periodontal disease. Several of these articles suggested that supplementation of these micronutrients would even prevent periodontal disease, but none of them suggested a treatment or cure.

This makes scientific sense. If the nutrients - and in particular, vitamin C - that enable the body to produce collagen - the healing factor - are deficient, tissues cannot heal, and become inflamed. 

Periodontal Disease and Cardiovascular Disease - Is nutrient deficiency the common Causal Link?

In 1991 two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and a German doctor, Matthias Rath, presented their finding that cardiovascular disease was caused by a specific long-term nutritional deficiency: vitamin C (scientific term: ascorbate).

Their finding was supposed to be published in the one of the foremost scientific journals - The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Linus Pauling was the most honored scientist of that Academy at that time. But it was rejected, despite more than adequate documentation and clinical animal studies proving their assertion. That is, it was suppressed. The idea that a simple nutrient deficiency - if alleviated - would eradicate the trillion dollar "heart disease industry" was just too dangerous to be published widely and publicly by a prominent medical journal. Entire hospital wings, manufacturers and distributors of heart monitoring equipment, and the majority of medical emergencies - would vanish.

The effect of this deficiency, when chronic, is deadly cardiovascular disease: arteries blocked by a sticky protein called lipoprotein(a), leading to heart attack and stroke. This same mechanism takes place in the tiny arteries in gum tissue. If these arteries are occluded or blocked by  lipoprotein(a) plaques, gum tissue becomes weak or dies, and teeth are lost. If the deficiency is chronic and acute, it can also cause deadly scurvy: internal bleeding. And, interesting enough, two of the symptoms of scurvy are "bleeding gums" and "loose teeth," the very symptoms of severe periodontal disease.

It then seems probable that both periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease are both caused by this nutrient deficiency. This would also explain the horrifying association between the two diseases.

Is there any way to treat or cure either one, or both?

In the case of cardiovascular disease, the answer was yes. Shortly after Pauling and Rath presented their groundbreaking article about the cause of cardiovascular disease, Rath developed a nutrient regimen to reverse it. It involved adding supplements to our diet that were deficient, and that would also remove the arterial plaques that threatened to block our arteries and rapidly heal the artery lesions where they were located. And he proved that it worked in humans, performing clinical trials involving human subjects, exhibiting "before" and "after" x-rays. Rath went on to publish his work, in several books.

It seems logical, then, that a regimen containing the nutrients identified as a treatment for cardiovascular disease would similarly work to treat periodontal disease as well.

Several years ago I personally had started taking Dr. Rath's regimen to prevent cardiovascular disease. Some of the nutrients in this regimen were identified as potential healing factors in tissue repair. To my surprise, my gums slowly but surely healed, and I was no longer afflicted with periodontal disease, unfortunately too late to save the many teeth I had previously lost.

I am now proposing this regimen - developed by Dr. Rath for reversing cardiovascular disease - for periodontal disease as well, with additional supplements identified as healing factors for gums. These supplements then provide all of the nutrients which were cited by the periodontal disease articles as previously deficient. Most importantly, it includes the nutritional components needed to rapidly synthesize collagen.

The treatment, to start, requires - at the very least - ingestion of large-dose vitamin C (at least 1000 mg with each meal, and 2000 mg if your body can tolerate it without bowel irritation) and the four most important amino acids (2000 mg each of lysine, proline, and arginine, and 4000 mg of glycine with each meal) to rebuild collagen and gum tissue.

Please note: Vitamin C is completely non-toxic in any dose. Most animals synthesize it in enormous quantities, typically about 10,000 mg per day in large animals, but humans and primates cannot. Unfortunately consuming more than about 4000 mg per day can be irritating to the bowels and results in diarrhea.

Proposed Regimen for Periodontal Disease/Cardiovascular Disease

The items below constitute the primary regimen for periodontal/cardiovascular disease reversal. I recommend that you start with these. Vitamin C, Lysine, Proline, and Glycine can be obtained in powder form for mixing into juice for convenience. Sweeten with Stevia or Truvia. This regimen takes several months of consistent use to be effective.

(Personal anecdote: my wife and I were in a horrific auto accident in January 2025. I was brought to the trauma unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with a broken femur. I was 78 years old, and the doctors and nurses there were amazed at the state of my health; I was their only patient who was not ill with some long-term illness requiring and taking a raft of pharmaceutical medications. I can only attribute my good health to this regimen.)

Please note: If this list of supplements is too overwhelming, 

(A final note: If this regimen is effective is effective in preventing and treating periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease, we must develop a way to formulate it and supply it to the entire community.)

1. Vitamin C (Recommended: Calcium Ascorbate, capsules or powder): 1000 mg at each meal, three times a day. Vitamin C is a crucial nutrient for collagen repair and immunity. If insufficient or depleted, causes cardiovascular disease and, very likely, periodontal disease.

2. Lysine (Recommended: capsules or powder): 2000 mg. at each meal, three times a day. Needed for collagen repair.

3. Proline (Recommended: capsules or powder): 2000 mg. of each at each meal, three times a day. Needed for collagen repair.

4. Glycine (Recommended: capsules or powder): 4000 mg at each meal, three times a day. Needed for collagen repair.

5. Arginine: (Recommended: Capsules or tablets. Powdered arginine is vile.) 2000 mg at each meal, three times a day. Needed for heart health, stabilizing blood pressure, wound healing, and helps with re-mineralization of tooth enamel.

6. Calcium (500 mg) and magnesium (200 mg) twice a day with food. Needed to maintain bones and teeth.

7. Zinc (30 mg) daily with food (This may be provided by the multi supplement, next item.)

8. High-potency multi-vitamin and mineral supplementation. Recommended: Life Extension Two Per Day. Micronutrients needed for enhancement of multiple body processes.

9. Vitamin D3: 5000-10,000 IU per day. Needed to maintain bones and teeth.

10. Vitamin E: 400 IU. Needed for heart health. (This may be provided by the multi supplement, above.)

11. Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs). Recommended: Natural Factors RxOmega-3 Ultra Strength 4 capsules per day. Essential Fatty Acids are necessary for cellular repair and maintenance in the heart and other organs.

12. Potassium citrate: 500 mg twice per day, or four times per day if you are not eating and drinking foods rich in potassium (organic orange or tomato juice, bananas, whole grains). Needed for heart health.

13. MSM: 12,000 mg powder (1 tbsp) in 4 oz water, three times per day. MSM is a generalized healing and anti-inflammatory nutrient; it helps to protect and repair connective tissue. Use stevia to offset bitterness.

14. Nattokinase 200 mg per day. Safely prevents blood clots.

15. If you have an active periodontal infection: Oregano Oil, recommended Gaia Herbs, 4 capsules three times per day with meals, for one week. If you are taking pharmaceutical antibiotic, also continue with that prescription. After one week, take probiotics to ensure replenishment of necessary gut flora. Repeat one-week-on, one-week-off with probiotic if needed. If the infection is not mitigated, see a periodontal surgeon who will prescribe a specific antibiotic.

16. Mouthwash: After rinsing with water, use Organic Aloe Juice. Can be safely swallowed!

17. Water: at least two quarts (64 fluid ounces, eight full cups, two liters) per day

18. Mild exercise, such as walking or gentle yoga stretches

19. Close monitoring by a physician or other health professional who is open to natural healing.

20. If you  are taking a statin drug, stop. Statin drugs are a widespread medical fraud. They cause degeneration of muscle and nerve tissue, as well  as impairing collagen repair. See book reference below.

Dental Plaque

A secondary driver of periodontal disease is dental plaque, and a recent astonishing innovation by Braun (Oral B) is a new dental technology - the Oral B iO toothbrush - that effectively removes dental plaque and prevents reoccurrence, which is quite affordable (the Series 3, available on public venues such as Amazon.)

Please note: Dental plaque should not be confused with cardiovascular plaque. Dental plaque is formed on the outside of teeth by a chemical reaction in oral saliva; cardiovascular plaque is formed on the inside of arteries from lipoprotein(a) in blood.

Recommended: Amazon links to these supplements: https://www.healthy-again.net/perio-links.htm

New Dental Device: https://www.healthy-again.net/dentalcare.htm

References:

Cardiovascular Disease: https://www.healthy-again.net/cvd.htm

Can Poor Nutrition Cause Gum Disease? Here’s the Science
https://feltondentistry.com/can-poor-nutrition-cause-gum-disease/

Vitamin Deficiency And Periodontal Disease – A Tie- in Relationship 
https://saspublishers.com/media/articles/SJAMS_51A74-81.pdf

Nutrition as a Key Modifiable Factor for Periodontitis and Main Chronic Diseases
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7827391/

The Impact of Nutritional Components on Periodontal Health: A Literature Review
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute - Switzerland
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/22/3901

Gum disease and heart disease: The common thread
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/gum-disease-and-heart-disease-the-common-thread

Statistics and Trends in Periodontal Disease
https://www.newmouth.com/oral-health/periodontal-disease-statistics/

NIHMedlinePlus - Gum disease: By the numbers
Nearly half of adults in the United States have some form of periodontal disease
https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/gum-disease-by-the-numbers

Title: How Statin Drugs Really Lower Cholesterol and Kill You One Cell at a Time: A Matter of Public Record
Authors James B. Yoseph, Hannah Yoseph
Publisher Hannah Yoseph, 2012
ISBN 0615618170, 9780615618173
Length 358 pages