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                          Laurie Forti
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    The Tooth Trip: a Dental Dilemma
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                How I Eliminated Tooth Decay After 40 Years
                      of Failure by Modern Dentistry
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     For the first 29 1/2 years of my life I ate the conventional American diet,
and, although my mother took me to the dentist every six months, I always had one or
two new cavities.
     The best that medical "science" had to sell simply could not stop the decay
process.
     I have come to learn that with the exception of genetic defects, most tooth
decay is the result of a diet high in REFINED sugar.  Refined sugar (sucrose, table,
or confectionary) results not only in the overt cavities that the dentist can find,
but also in subsurface soft spots that will decay if penetrated from the surface.
     The average American eats his/her OWN WEIGHT in sucrose EVERY YEAR.
     Read the labels and be surprised that "sugar" (i.e., sucrose) is in almost
everything, especially "foods" marketed for children.  Some breakfast cereals are
MORE than 60% sugar.  It seems that the food processors are aware of the fact that
humans have a so-called "sweet tooth", a natural craving for sweet things.  This is
true, as our species is fruitarian by nature, however there are many kinds of sugars,
and refined sucrose is particularly toxic as it produces or is involved in the
creation of many so-called "diseases".
     See: Sugar Blues by William Dufty (Nutri-Books) for some details.  Although
this book often drifts into unsupportable Macrobiotic theory, it is useful as a
source of medical references on the relation of various "diseases" and refined sugar
eating.
     In 1969, after reading: Poisons In Your Food by Longood, and Chemical
Feast by Ralph Nader, I immediately stopped eating junk food, refined sugar and
meats.  I began an entry level, cooked and raw, "vegetarian" diet (fruits, vegs,
sprouts, nuts, seeds, grains, beans, and a little yogurt and goat milk ice cream).
     The first obvious effect was a complete surprise: after the intestinal tract
had been flushed out by the new regimen, about two meals, fecal odor disappeared!
     Over the next several weeks, as the body cleansed itself of wastes accumulated
by three decades of a toxic diet, so-called "body odor" diminished and eventually was
eliminated totally.
     Since then, it has become obvious that the principle cause for these offensive
odors is the eating of cooked, concentrated proteins and fats, especially those of
meats.  Bean eating vegetarians also are subject to foul smelling intestinal gases
and fecal odor.  This is clear evidence that cooked concentrated protein of any
source is not digestible, as these foul odors are caused in the intestinal tract by
the putrefaction of undigested sulfur containing amino acids and fats.
     Over the next two years, my general health improved considerably, energy level
increased, need for sleep decreased, intellect became clearer, and emotional
negativity dissolved.
     In 1971, I attended a few lectures at Hippocrates Health Institute, Boston, MA
and it immediately became clear that EATING COOKED FOOD WAS THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE AND
SOURCE OF DEPOSITS OF TOXIC MATERIAL IN ONE'S BODY, AND WHEN THE BODY PERIODICALLY
ATTEMPTS TO ELIMINATE SUCH DEPOSITS, THIS NATURAL CLEANSING PROCESS IS MISINTERPRETED
AS SYMPTOMS OF "DISEASE" AND THUS, THE MEDICAL APPROACH OF BLOCKING THIS NATURAL
PROCESS ONLY INTERFERES WITH THE BODY'S NATURAL HEALING AND REPARATIVE FUNCTIONS.
     As a result of this powerful insight, I stopped eating cooked food immediately
and focused on a diet of fruits/vegetables/sprouts/nuts/seeds.  Quickly, my physical
and mental energy increased as the body initiated even more thorough detoxification.
     As the body purifies itself, one's instincts sharpen and I began to eat a lot
of fruit as the natural fruitarian needs became more and more obvious by bodily
signals and experience. Unfortunately, I was not aware at that time (and the raw
fooder texts gave no warning) that modern citrus fruit was so acid that it dissolves
teeth on contact.  Simple experiments will prove this.  Rub your teeth together and
feel how smooth they are.  Eat a citrus fruit or pineapple, rub again and one will
feel a roughness caused by the citrus acids etching the tooth surface.  Another test
is to cover a seashell half way with citrus juices and leave overnight. The next day
the acid etching will be quite obvious.  Seashells have a chemical composition very
similar to teeth.
     Although my general level of health, energy and consciousness increased
dramatically over the next several years, several bizarre phenomena were being
manifest by my teeth.
     The first noticeable symptom was a gradual transparency occurring on the
cutting edge of the incisors.  Eventually, this transparent zone became about 1 mm
wide and the cutting edge of the incisors began to chip away; then more transparency,
more chipping.  I have since learned that such loss of white opacity is due to
demineralization, the loss of calcium as it is dissolved by the fruit acids (citrus,
tomato, and pineapple are very acidic as is other fruit that is over or under ripe).
     Other mysterious events, such as gum line erosion and subsequent pain at the
base of the teeth when eating dried fruit, began.  As tooth enamel is thinnest at the
gum line, this area is the first to manifest observable damage.  This erosion can be
felt with a fingernail.
     Old fillings began loosening up and falling out.
     As the next few years passed, I was becoming increasingly concerned because of
the inexplicable paradox:  rapid, positive quantum gains in all domains of existence
while the teeth were literally falling apart.  Given the holistic paradigm, this
severe contradiction had to be understood since it was the result of some major
error.
     While watching my teeth collapse, I became interested in the possible toxicity
of conventional silver amalgam filling material due to its mercury content.
     As a result of research into the public disasters due to mercury infiltrating
the water supplies and fishing streams in Minamata, Japan and Canada, in which
thousands of people were either killed outright, suffered permanent brain
dysfunction, and had babies stillborn and/or with severe congenital defects, I
decided to have the mercury containing amalgam removed from my 27 teeth that
contained it.
     Graphic evidence a la Hollywood is depicted in the movie Prophesy, a story
about the Canadian Indian disaster, which the sleeping public with mouths full of
mercury interprets as just another monster movie.  But the title is "Prophesy", not
"monster movie".
     Visiting several dentists with the concern of accumulating brain damage due to
progressive mercury absorption and toxicity, even a "new age" dentist or two, I was
simply brushed off as being a crackpot.
     Subsequent research in dental texts on filling materials revealed INTENSE
WARNINGS TO THE DENTIST ABOUT THE SERIOUS TOXIC EFFECTS OF WORKING WITH DENTAL
AMALGAM AND THE ASSOCIATED DANGERS TO THE DENTIST, but not one word about the PATIENT
who carries around several grams of mercury in his/her mouth for periods of up to 60
years, nor was any significant interest given to the dental assistants either.
     Given the now clear choice between brain and amalgam, I started searching the
texts for a less hazardous material, but to no avail as the literature of the day
indicated that the newer composites (silica and adhesive) had a relatively short
useful life.  They simply abraded away rapidly due to poor bonding of the adhesive to
the silica (sand) particles.
     I then learned of an alternative material that was so new that it wasn't in the
texts yet.
     Enter: Isopit..!!
     A relatively new material when I discovered it in 1980, Isopit/Isopast is an
essentially homogeneous substance, and as such, is not subject to the problem of
debonding of silica particles as were the previous heterogeneous composites.
     Having no mercury, indeed, no metals of any kind, it is virtually nontoxic to
the brain and body.
     It is white and can be easily colored to match natural tooth shades. It adheres
to teeth and itself,  and is easily shaped so it can repair chipped teeth with ease.
Amalgam does not have adhesive qualities and must be mechanically locked in place by
undercutting healthy tooth material.
     Its adhesiveness also eliminates boundary seepage between the tooth and filling
material, a major source of new decay with amalgams.
     It can be used to fill wide spaces between teeth without orthodontia. It,
unlike amalgam, does not stain, or darken, the teeth with time.
     And if that isn't enough, there is one more miracle to be revealed......
     From a general systems perspective, one must ask the obvious: if animals in
Nature don't exhibit tooth decay (nor any other disease) then WHY DO HUMANS???
     Since I had been eating a close as possible to perfect diet for several years,
why were my teeth deteriorating at an unprecedented rate???
     The ingestion of acid fruit which dissolve teeth on contact was one factor,
unfortunately it took several years for me to discover that.  But there had to be
something more, as the rapid deterioration continued after I stopped eating acid
fruit.
     It is well known in chemistry that heavy metals (e.g., mercury, cadmium, lead,
selenium) are toxic to, not only living organisms, but to other chemical environments
as well.  Run one tank of leaded gasoline through your auto and the material in the
catalytic converter will be irreparably damaged.
     Since other animals don't get carries, and their saliva is known to be
antiseptic, what is the problem with the humans?  Wouldn't the healthy human recover
the bacteriostatic qualities of the saliva and that should stop tooth decay??  My
case indicated: no!  There had to be some other factor.
     Early in 1980, on finding a cooperative dentist, I had 27 teeth excavated of
mercury amalgam and refilled with Isopit, due to my concern about mercury induced
brain damage.  I had at that point resigned myself to the unexplained continuing
rapid deterioration, and had accepted the probable scenario of having major repair
work every few years.  At least I had escaped mercurial madness!!
     At long last: the miracle...
     Subsequent checkups at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 years post Isopit INDICATE ABSOLUTELY
NO NEW DECAY!!!!!  AS OF THIS UPDATE (FEB '90) I HAVE BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR ALMOST
50 YEARS AND THIS IS THE ONLY DECAY FREE PERIOD IN MY LIFE!!!
     What happened??  The only conclusion is that MERCURY CONTAINING AMALGAM
ACTUALLY PROPAGATES TOOTH DECAY BECAUSE IT INHIBITS THE NATURAL BACTERIOSTATIC
MECHANISMS OF OUR SALIVA!!!!
     This is a new theory, completely unknown to dental "science" today, based on my
own research and experience.
     Amalgam filling material, which is a mixture of mercury, silver, tin, copper,
and zinc, was created about 159 years ago by trial and error so its mixing and
hardening properties were convenient to the then barber, now dentist.  The
composition has changed little since then, with minor improvements in metallic
particle size and pre-use mixing techniques.
     Since the extreme toxicity of mercury to the human brain and central nervous
system, in addition to the discovery of mercurial teratogenicity, has been brought to
light only in the recent past, dentists vehemently deny any health hazard to the
patient who carries as much as an ounce of mercury around in his/her head for
decades.  Meanwhile dental texts WARN DENTISTS OF EXTREME RISKS THEY TAKE TOUCHING IT
OCCASIONALLY WITH THEIR FINGERS OR BREATHING THE VAPORS FOR A FEW MINUTES A DAY.
     Mercury amalgam is the dentist's bread and butter, 95% of all Amerikans carry it
around in their mouths 24 hours a day.  And if my experience is a biochemical
reality, AMALGAM IS ALSO THEIR JOB SECURITY AS POWERFUL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT IT
CAUSES CONTINUING DECAY.  Thus it will be many, many years before work by a gradually
enlightening public eliminates this medical atrocity from the marketplace.
     For additional information on Isopit, write: VIVADENT(USA)Inc., PO Box 304,
Tonawanda, NY 14151-0304, [phone]  When I told some Vivadent sales reps at the
yearly dental convention in Miami that my lifelong rampant tooth decay had been
totally eliminated by removing the mercury amalgam and replacing it with Isopit, they
responded that they were aware of this and that it was not uncommon.

  FOOTNOTE:  Until the recent past, M.D.'s had the highest drug addiction and
suicide rate among so-called "professionals", and I suppose one could rationalize
this away with excuses of great responsibilities, complex decision making, life and
death dramas, megastress, rampant proliferating iatrogenic disease, skyrocketing
malpractice suits, increasing technocomplexity, ect., but surprisingly the dentists
have now moved into first place.  Why??  What could be more relaxing and stress-free
than their essential task of that of a model builder, a micro-mechanic constructing
little ships in little bottles?  A simple life: drill 'em, fill 'em, bill 'em. Why
the rampant increase in suicide rate?  BRAIN DAMAGE DUE TO MERCURY POISONING!
     Rupp and Paffenbarger in an excellent, but out of date, review: Significance to
Health of Mercury Used in Dental Practice (J. Am. Dental Assn. Vol.82, p 1401-7,
1971) reports 1969 usage of mercury in amalgam restorations of 210,000 pounds, about
2.5 pounds per dentist per year.
     When the American Society of Dental Surgeons was founded in 1840, inserting
amalgams was DECLARED A MALPRACTICE.  The members signed a pledge that amalgams were
unsuitable to fill teeth or fangs.  Those who refused either resigned or were drummed
out of the association.
     In 1935, it was known that the great majority of dentists had lymphocytosis: an
increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood, this indicating continuing stress
on the immunological system, and is usually associated with an acute or chronic
"infection".
     Today, the warning is given by Dr. Hal Huggins, a Colorado dentist.  He claims
his success rate at treating "neurological disorders" by removal of metal fillings
has been 80%.
     Among the ailments that can result from mercury seeping out of amalgam
fillings, critics say, are such disorders as rheumatoid arthritis, mysterious
neurological disorders, food sensitivities and other allergies, chest pain, tennis
elbow, and some hearing problems.
     The anti-mercurial dentists warn the public that the danger posed by using
mercury fillings results from mercury vapor seeping out of the fillings during eating
over long periods of years.
     They charge that the mercury vapor released combines with bacteria in the mouth
to create a highly poisonous substance: methyl mercury.
     Sources in the bibliography indicate that mercury metal leaks out of the
filling, and is acted upon by microorganisms in the human gut to produce the
compounds methylmercury and phenylmercury, both known to permanently damage the brain
and central nervous system.
     As a holistic health researcher, consultant and lecturer, I always make it a
point to recommend replacement of mercury amalgam with a less toxic material.
     I am currently writing a book on the results of my last 21 years of research,
and am very interested in the experiences of those who have had amalgam COMPLETELY
removed from their teeth.  Those who share their results with me, in detailed written
form, will receive a free copy of the book when published as an expression of my
gratitude.

                                          BIBLIOGRAPHY

<> Frank M. D'Itri, PhD
   The Environmental Mercury Problem, CRC Press, Chemical Rubber Company, Cleveland, OH

<> Frieberg and Vostal
   Mercury in the Environment: Toxilogical and Epidemiological Appraisal, Dept. of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

<> D'Itri and D'Itri
   Mercury Contamination: A Human Tragedy, Wiley Interscience, NYC

<=> Hal Huggins, D.D.S.
    It's All in Your Head: Diseases Caused by Silver-Mercury Fillings, PO Box 2589,
Colorado Springs, CO 80901 [phone]/[phone]  This book is written by a
dentist who is crusading against amalgam filling material, whose research is
intentionally ignored by the American Dental Association, and who has hundreds of
case histories of serious diseases that vanished on removal of mercury-amalgam
filling materials!!

<=> Sam Ziff
    Silver Dental Fillings: The Toxic Time Bomb, Aurora Press, 205 3rd Ave, #2A, NYC
10003 (204 references)  Ziff also publishes The Bioprobe Newsletter and Dental and
Health Facts Newsletter that provide in depth reviews of pertinent scientific
literature regarding mercury amalgam toxicity at Bio-Probe Inc., POBox 608010,
Orlando, FL 32860-8010 [phone], FAX [phone]  Several books on the
subject, including Toxic Time Bomb, are also available from this source.

    For national lists of dentists providing mercury-free dentistry contact:

    Huggins and Ziff, above

    Toxic Testing Inc, 303 E. Altamonte Drive, Suite 232, Altamonte Springs, FL
32701 (1-800-327-8885)

    Dr. Jerry Mittleman, 263 West End Ave, #21, NYC 10023

    Dr. Roy Kupsinal, POBox 550, Oviedo, FL 32765, or contact your local dental
materials supplier in the Yellow Pages and ask what dentists in your area use Ketac
from the Premier Company.

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NOTE:
     Since this article was written, a new, far superior, material has been
developed. This material has been named "glass ionomer" and its superiority to ALL
other dental restoration compounds is that it forms true CHEMICAL BONDS to the tooth
material.  Other materials are held in the tooth by undercuts and microscopic bumps
which fit into microscopic valleys, and thus there are always small open channels
surrounding any restoration that allow "microleakage" of oral liquids and food
particles which then create ideal conditions for a home for microorganisms: the "bad
decay germs", whose acid metabolites are theorized to cause tooth decay by dissolving
the minerals out of the tooth structure.  Since the glass ionomer compounds form true
chemical bonds to the tooth material, there is absolutely no possibility of
microleakage.  In addition, the chemical bond makes the restoration an integral part
of the tooth itself, thus through tensile strength and adhesion actually restores the
tooth to a single entity.  All past materials without chemical bonding ability left
one with a hollow shell of a tooth and a hard lump of filling material sitting in a
hole, not connected to the shell in any way.  Glass ionomers should totally eliminate
two major faults of ALL past restorative materials: microleakage and easily cracked
shells.
     Your dentist can get the latest information on glass ionomer materials from
dental supply houses, or their manufacturer: Premier Dental Products, 1710 Romano
Drive, PO Box 111, Norristown, PA 19404 (1-800-344-8235)

                                  <<SIDEBAR INFO ON AUTHOR>>
     Laurie Forti abandoned the use of his strong background in chemistry (B.S./M.S.
in Chemical Engineering) for industrial purposes in 1969, and has been doing
fundamental experiential research on the relationships of human diet and disease,
health, aging and consciousness ever since.  He owned and operated a private raw food
healing environment in Boston, MA for 6 years, and is currently organizing an
international network of holistic healing/educational/ research centers (the first to
be located in south Florida) and a network of tropical research communities for the
purposes of survival, spiritual evolution, natural healing, and research in ecology,
initiatory evolution of consciousness, human potential. He is available for lectures
and consultations on human holistic health, alternative energy systems, solar design
and survival architecture, alternative/appropriate technologies, transpersonal
psychotherapy.     Copyright 1989 by Lawrence J. Forti
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