Dear Dr. Ellie: For a child younger than 6 with cavities, will his teeth remineralize faster without using the toothpaste, will using it further etch his teeth? How do you know if/when a cavity needs to be filled and what… Read More ›
Dental Treatments: Fillings
Everyday Health Q & A Part 4
I was recently asked to participate on the Everyday Health Dental Expert panel. Here is another Q & A: Why have amalgam fillings been under scrutiny? In the early 1930s a new silver amalgam filling material was introduced to the… Read More ›
Rebuilding Teeth
Dear Dr. Ellie: Is it possible to rebuild the enamel there using xylitol, similar to the way a cavity elsewhere is repaired, or is a surface filling, as suggested by my dentist, a good way to go? – A Dear… Read More ›
Brushing Time, Closys, MI Paste, Clenching, Signs of Remineralization
*********Dr. Ellie’s Answers are in Bold.******** Dear Dr. Ellie, Thank you for all the time you put into your blog. I have learned quite a lot and hope my questions might help others as theirs have helped me. Sorry there… Read More ›
Dental Check Up
Hello Dr. Ellie: I just wanted to give you an update from my dentist appt. this am. I think I have been using your products about 5 to 6 weeks. To be honest, I have been doing it all exactly… Read More ›
Never too late!
Ellie, Thanks for your advice again! A tooth that has a small cavity and heals by following your oral routine will be stronger than a tooth that is filled, correct? I’m guessing that drilling and repairing a tooth makes it… Read More ›
Never too late!
Ellie, Thanks for your advice again! A tooth that has a small cavity and heals by following your oral routine will be stronger than a tooth that is filled, correct? I’m guessing that drilling and repairing a tooth makes it… Read More ›
Dangers of a broken mercury filling
Dear Dr. Ellie, I wrote to you and spoke with you around last August/September. Thank you once again for all your advise and your help getting started on your complete system. I have now been on your system for9 months and… Read More ›
Question About Xylitol
Dear Dr. Phillips, As a chemist, I have long questioned the basis for putting fluoride into public water supplies. On the other hand, I think that there is ample evidence to support topical applications of fluoride directly on the teeth. I am wondering… Read More ›
Baby’s Filling
Dear Dr. Ellie: I don’t know if you remember me, but I’ve emailed several times with questions about my daughter’s teeth. I told you about how she’d had one filling and it was a very, very bad experience (choking, gagging,… Read More ›