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Ayurveda aspect & Management

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Thanks for contacting Ayurveda with your health concern.

Since disease of teeth can range from simple gum inflammation to serious disease, those results in major damage to the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth, it is strongly recommended that you should visit a dental hygienist who may provide you with treatment options and do let me know about following questionnaire:

1. your " brushing" habits? [oral hygiene and any addiction]
2. any prior consultation/examination with Dentist [medical history with investigations] regarding Gums disease?
3. any habit of teeth grinding?
4. Any high level of stress, poor diet [low in nutrients] and [your occupation and dietary habits]
5.
i. Avoid periods of starvation: take small meals every 3 hours, do not keep the stomach empty, also do not take heavy meals.
ii. Avoid tea & coffee- never on empty stomach, milk is good- cold milk is better.
iii. For breakfast & snacks: bread or toast with jam, cheese or butter, idli, sheera, cornflakes, plain khakra.
iv. Avoid deep fried and hot foods like samosa, pakoda, masala dosa, hamburgers. You may take sweets, cakes.
v. Avoid all chilies; avoid chaat preparations, for meals, vegetables and other preparations should be non- spicy. Take plenty of raw and boiled vegetables. Take rice with plain dal or milk or ghee. Take chapatti, phulka or roti.
vi. Avoid sour fruits like unripe citrus, grapes, apples, plums, and berries, take sweet fruits, dry fruits.
vii.
. mix saindhav lavan with mustard oil and use as dentifrice [manjan]
. adding soda bi-carb with turmeric, and use as dentifrice is effective.
. burn leaves or seed of XXXXXXX and use filtered ash of the same as dentifrice.
. daily applying lemon juice or a piece of it on gums is effective in controlling gum swelling, pus and scurvy.
. if you notice swelling of gums then after making syrup of jaggery, make it warm and gargle with it.

. some of the prescription medicine readily available in market are
i.Irimedadi tail/jatyadi tail/khadiradi tail [baidyanath] to be used as gargles.
ii.Gumtone [charak] tooth powder as dentifrice: half a teaspoon of powder placed on the fore finger or a soft tooth brush may be rubbed on the gum and teeth in morning and evening.
iii.Khadiradi vati [baidyanath]] as lozenges
iv.G-32 tablet [Alarsin]; crush 2-3 tablets to powder, apply it over
v.Payokil [gurukul kangri] powder
vi XXXXXXX dant manjan [divya pharmacy] [strengthens the gums, as a result of which discharge of pus mixed with blood gets stopped, removes foul smell coming from the mouth] and is known to produce some amount of digestive and carminative effect.
vii.Eat foods with antioxidant properties [those containing vitamin E] like vegetable oils, nuts, green leafy vegetables and vitamin C like citrus fruits, broccoli, potatoes -- can help your body repair damaged tissue, avoid nuts, dried fruit [make sure acidity is not an issue for it], and dehydrated foods, soft drinks, candy, cookies and pastries, take low-fat and fat-free dairy foods try to take as less STRESS as possible as high levels generally weakens the immune system.



Dr. Munish Sood
Consultant & Physician
Naimittika

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