Gums

The brain collects heavy metals, including mercury, aluminum, lead, thallium, cadmium, formaldehyde, and ether, partly because of the electromagnetic energy and light the brain reflects and generates. These metallic toxins accumulate over a lifetime and the brain continually works to discharge them. The primary exit path is downward through the tissue, out through the gums and teeth.

When those toxic metals travel down through the gum tissue, the body immediately mobilizes alkalinizing minerals, specifically calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium, with calcium present in the highest concentration, to bind with the acidic compounds and prevent them from freely damaging cells. The resulting mineral-toxin complex is what Aajonus identified as plaque. Plaque is not primarily a bacterial product. It is the body's effort to neutralize a stream of acidic heavy metals exiting the brain by wrapping them in alkalinizing minerals.

The quantities of minerals required for this neutralization are substantial. Aajonus stated that to neutralize one molecule of mercury, the body requires approximately 12 molecules of calcium, 10 molecules of magnesium, about 40 molecules of phosphorus, and between 5 and 12 molecules of potassium. When those minerals are drawn from a cooked or pasteurized food supply, they arrive in a cauterized state. Pasteurized calcium retains only approximately 50 percent of its ability to alkalinize an acidic toxic mineral. Phosphorus loses essentially all of its alkalinizing ability when cooked or pasteurized. This means that plaque formed from cooked mineral sources is far less effective at neutralizing the incoming metals, so the toxic minerals pass through the plaque layer and reach the dentine, where they cause the cellular damage that precedes cavities.

One molecule of mercury, Aajonus noted repeatedly, has the capacity to destroy approximately 5,000 healthy cells, though it does not always reach that maximum. Aluminum, lead, thallium, and the thimerosal present in vaccines all pass through gum tissue in this same way, creating both the plaque visible on teeth and the cellular damage visible in the gum tissue itself.

Plaque is not the cause of dental disease; it is evidence of the body's protective response to disease-causing toxins. It is composed predominantly of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium, bound together around toxic metals including mercury, aluminum, lead, and cadmium that are descending from the brain through the gum tissue. Within any sample of plaque, if tested, one would find those toxic metals embedded in the mineral matrix.

When a person eats a cooked diet, the alkalinizing minerals in the plaque are partially or fully deactivated. That weakened plaque cannot fully contain the acidic metals, so those metals pass through and contact the dentine directly. The dentine cells are damaged or destroyed by the contact. Bacteria then appear to consume the damaged cells, which is a normal biological process of cleaning up dead tissue, but the bacteria are not the initiating cause of the decay. Aajonus stated he had demonstrated in a laboratory setting that applying bacteria directly to teeth in the absence of toxic minerals produces no degeneration of the dentine.

When a person eats a raw diet rich in dairy, the minerals arriving in the gum tissue are fully active and capable of binding the metals in a way that genuinely protects the dentine. The plaque that forms under those conditions is more effective, though it still needs to be physically removed before it dries, hardens, and itself becomes a source of irritation. A coated white tongue, which alarmed many natural health practitioners as a sign of illness, was reframed by Aajonus as evidence of adequate mineral binding: the calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium are doing their job. A blue tongue, by contrast, indicated that the toxins were not being adequately bound by minerals, and called for increased cheese and dairy consumption.

Gum pockets form when the caustic chemicals in plaque, particularly the fraction that has not been neutralized by alkalinizing minerals, irritate and inflame the gum tissue and push the gums away from the teeth. Fluoride compounds this problem by damaging the protein molecules that normally cause gums to adhere firmly to teeth. Fluoride specifically interferes with the enzyme adenosine diphosphatase, which is responsible for delivering phosphate to calcium on tooth surfaces. Toothpastes containing fluoride and drinking water treated with fluoride both produce this effect.

Preventing gum pockets therefore depends on preventing the buildup of caustic plaque, which in turn depends on removing plaque before it has dried and adhered, maintaining strong raw mineral intake, and avoiding fluoride exposure. Aajonus noted that caustic plaque typically requires only about 72 hours to begin harming dental cells, so brushing at minimum once every three days was essential. In areas where a toothbrush cannot reach, particularly deep in gum pockets, a water pick was recommended to flush out the mineral and toxic compound accumulations before they dried into adherent plaque.

Gum bleeding results when heavy metals passing through the gum tissue carry away vitamins K and U. Those two vitamins are pulled along with the metals as they transit through the tissue, creating a localized deficiency that causes the gums to bleed. Even when those vitamins are replaced daily through diet, some bleeding may persist as long as the brain is actively detoxifying through the gums. Once the detoxification slows or stops, the deficiency can be resolved and the receded tissue can regrow to a significant extent.

Aajonus connected bleeding gums to pregnancy in at least one case, explaining that pregnancy can trigger a major brain detoxification that does not stop after the birth. The woman in that case had experienced gum bleeding that began around the birth of her son and continued for over three years. The mechanism was the same: metals from the brain exiting through the gums, stripping vitamins K and U from the tissue as they passed.

To reduce or stop gum bleeding, Aajonus recommended drinking 4 ounces of raw fresh green cabbage juice every fourth day. Cabbage juice provides vitamin U in a form the body can use to replenish what the detoxifying metals are removing. He also recommended brushing once daily with a mixture of 1 tablespoon clay, 1 teaspoon coconut cream, and 1 teaspoon vinegar, and consuming approximately 1 tablespoon of clay daily with vegetable juice or milk. Eating fish was suggested, especially oysters.

Receding gums are partly a consequence of the same toxin-dump mechanism: the gum tissue itself is damaged and pushed back as toxic acids exit through it. Aajonus noted from his own experience that after medical radiation therapy for stomach and abdominal cancer, the bone around his teeth dissolved entirely because the body consumed its own bone mass to obtain alkalinizing minerals during the crisis. His teeth dangled in his gums and any pressure on them caused profuse bleeding, as much as half a cup to a full cup of blood from attempting to eat. He required everything blended to liquid and consumed through large straws, and was receiving two to three blood transfusions weekly, not because of the blood and bone cancers the radiation had caused but because of the bleeding from the loose teeth tearing at the gum tissue.

Within approximately 1.5 years of consuming large quantities of raw dairy, the bone around his teeth reconstituted. After chemotherapy, his gums had receded severely, and after consuming large quantities of raw dairy for 1.5 years, much of the receded gum tissue reconstituted as well. When he then shifted to a raw fruitarian diet, tooth decay and gum recession returned. When he resumed eating raw meat twice daily with raw dairy, within three years tooth decay decreased by 85 percent and gum recession stopped and reversed by approximately 60 percent.

For people on the Primal Diet, most stopped or reduced the progression of receding gums, with the exception of those who drank too much vinegar, brushed with vinegar more than once weekly, or consumed too much fruit, especially citrus. Excess fruit acid and excessive vinegar use both contribute to ongoing gum tissue damage.

For knitting gums back to teeth, Aajonus recommended eating 2 tablespoons of pineapple with 2 tablespoons of no-salt-added raw cheese twice weekly. The combination of raw pineapple enzymes and the mineral content of raw cheese was said to support reattachment of gum tissue to the tooth surface.

General gum sensitivity, as distinct from pyorrhea or frank gum disease, was identified by Aajonus as most often resulting from low blood protein levels accompanied by low blood sugar levels. This distinction was important because general sensitivity and pyorrhea have different causes and require different responses, and confusing the two leads to incorrect treatment.

For sore gums and the inflammation that accompanies them, Aajonus described that a mixture of unheated honey mixed in good mineral water or raw fresh vegetable juices soothes the tissue and promotes healing. Ginger, which could be pressed with a garlic press, juiced, shredded, or allowed to stand in water or juice for an hour or more, was also recommended for accompanying soreness. He noted that because of the solidity of gum tissue and the associated nerves, it takes at least three months to stabilize gum conditions, and that patience combined with proper eating allows a person to come through without needing extractions.

Inflammation often prevents normal chewing, and Aajonus suggested blending raw foods and making raw meat into pate to allow continued adequate nutrition during this period.

Abscesses on the gum were framed by Aajonus not as infections in the conventional sense but as accumulations of toxic compounds that were in the nerve tissue feeding the tooth, which the body has bound with white cells and is now discharging through the gum surface. If an abscess were analyzed, it would reveal a high concentration of toxic compounds rather than a simple bacterial infection. The abscess puses out and clears. Aajonus noted that when he ate cooked food, the process worsened, and that being nearly fully raw allowed it to proceed with less disruption.

The same framework applied to what dentists call an abscess resulting from a root canal: the body is attempting to dissolve nerve and bone toxicity around the tooth and the surrounding tissue, and that process can cause general fatigue, neck and shoulder soreness and stiffness, and reddened eyes, because the abscess affects the whole body through its systemic toxic load.

Aajonus acknowledged the Russian oil-pulling technique, in which oil is swished in the mouth to draw heavy metals out of the brain through the gums, and confirmed that it does work in the sense that the body does dump metals through the gum tissue and oil can carry them out. However, he found the method uncomfortable, noting that oil swishing of that kind tends to remove mucus from the gum tissue, making the gums sensitive, and can cause the tongue to open up and blister. He described it as not a comfortable way to accomplish the goal and said he preferred using coconut cream with cream and butter for oral detox support. He noted that coconut oil used in the same way is alkalizing rather than acidic and would not cause the same irritation, and that it can also be used as an oil-pull medium.

The single most important dietary strategy for protecting gum tissue from the constant discharge of brain toxins was frequent consumption of raw cheese. Aajonus explained that eating cheese frequently throughout the day gives the body a continuous supply of raw, fully active calcium and other alkalinizing minerals, keeping them available to bind with the metals as they exit the gums and preventing those metals from reaching the dentine unbound. Cheese does not get absorbed into the bloodstream to any significant degree; instead it acts as a mineral buffer in the digestive and oral environment.

People who ate cheese constantly throughout the day showed the best results in terms of dental and gum health. Aajonus described one individual, a construction worker, who wore a tool belt carrying two-cup jars of sugar-cube-sized cheese pieces and had a watch set to go off at short intervals to remind him to eat a piece. That person cleaned out 50 percent of his dental problems in one year. The more meticulously and frequently people consumed cheese throughout the day, the better their gum and dental outcomes.

For strengthening both teeth and gums, Aajonus recommended consuming 1 to 1.5 tablespoons of no-salt-added raw cheese with 1 teaspoon of unheated honey twice daily. This combination was to be mixed together in the mouth and eaten at least 15 minutes away from other foods. It was more effective after a meat meal but worked at any time.

Aajonus rejected all conventional toothpastes, noting that they all contain glycerin, which coats the teeth with a sticky film that takes approximately 25 washes to remove, and that this film prevents teeth from re-enamelizing. Fluoride toothpastes add the additional harm of disrupting adenosine diphosphatase.

His primary recommended toothpaste formula was a mixture of 1 tablespoon coconut cream, 1 teaspoon Terramin clay (also described as caramel clay), and 3/4 teaspoon raw unpasteurized apple cider vinegar, kept refrigerated in a small glass jar. He recommended using an infant's toothbrush, which works on one tooth at a time and allows the mixture to be worked up into the gum tissue properly. This formula was to be used once daily. He noted that it was difficult for teeth to build plaque within a 48-hour period when brushing with this mixture, and that it also whitened the teeth. Vinegar should not be used more often than once daily, and only once weekly if the formulation includes a higher vinegar concentration, because vinegar used too frequently will begin to erode the dentine itself.

For deeper cleaning under the gum line, a formula with a slightly higher proportion of apple cider vinegar could be used approximately once every ten days to dissolve plaque that had built up under the gum margin. An alternative periodic formula was 1 tablespoon each of raw apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and coconut cream, strained through a thoroughly rinsed clean damp white t-shirt, stirred into naturally sparkling mineral water such as Gerolsteiner or San Pellegrino, and used in a water pick jettisoned onto teeth and under the gums.

The naturally carbonated mineral water in this formula functions as a natural hydrogen peroxide, helping to bleach teeth and dissolve compound plaque deposits deep in the gum pockets. This eliminates the need for the abrasive deep-cleaning procedures performed by dentists, which damage the gums and the tooth surface through mechanical scraping. Aajonus recommended doing this water-pick protocol once daily for ten days initially to clear existing plaque, then approximately once every ten days thereafter for maintenance. Plaque generally becomes difficult to remove after three to seven days and permanently adhered plaque requires dental scraping, so the ten-day interval catches it before it becomes intractable.

For people dealing with systemic dental and gum damage, Aajonus additionally recommended sipping a little butter every hour, because the minerals in dairy bind with the toxins being eliminated through the gums and reduce the damage to dentine tissue.

In the context of his own severe gum bleeding during cancer treatment and chemotherapy recovery, Aajonus used cotton balls with clay packed into the gum tissue to help stop the bleeding. The clay drew the toxins and helped reduce blood loss when he was too weak to tolerate continued bleeding.

The over-acidity that causes gum and tooth disease originates primarily from medical drugs, especially injections and vaccines, which introduce mercury, aluminum, thallium, formaldehyde, and ether directly into the body, as well as from processed foods containing free-radical chemicals that dissolve soft tissue including gum tissue. Industrial airborne chemicals also contribute. Novocain, canned food minerals, chlorinated and fluorinated water, processed cheese, and caffeine including chocolate were identified as particularly harmful contributors to gum conditions.

Root canals introduce a specific form of chronic harm: they can result in large deep abscesses that affect the entire body, producing general fatigue, neck and shoulder soreness and stiffness, and reddened eyes, as the body attempts to dissolve nerve and bone toxicity that has been sealed under the crown.

Aajonus used his own body as a continuous experiment and reported extensively on his gum history. After radiation therapy destroyed the bone around all his teeth, the teeth dangled in the gums and any biting caused blood loss of half a cup to a full cup. He had to liquefy all food. After chemotherapy, gum recession was severe. Raw dairy over 1.5 years reconstituted both the bone and much of the receded gum tissue. When he shifted to a fruitarian diet, recession and decay returned. Raw meat twice daily combined with raw dairy reversed 85 percent of the decay and 60 percent of the recession within three years.

During the worst period of his gum bleeding from multiple myeloma and bone cancer, he used cotton balls with clay packs placed against the bleeding gum tissue to slow blood loss. He estimated losing perhaps a tablespoon of blood per day from his gums during that period while managing the condition with clay.

Even decades later, with most of his teeth capped or root-canaled, Aajonus reported that the living teeth he retained were slowly regenerating, with the body filling in behind old fillings and pushing them outward. He had left many cavities open as an experiment, some the size of a pea in the back teeth, and his dentist found no soft decay in them on periodic examination. He stopped having cavities refilled, and the remaining active teeth were slowly filling in.