Toothpaste

The bacterial theory of tooth decay, which underlies the rationale for antibacterial toothpastes, was one Aajonus rejected entirely. He stated that bacteria cannot damage tooth enamel, which is calcium hydroxy phosphate, because bacteria require carbon and hydrogen to live, and enamel provides no such substrate. Myriads of animal remains show that teeth and bones are resistant to earth-bound organisms. The actual cause of tooth decay, in his framework, is the discharge of toxic heavy metals and industrial chemical compounds from the brain through the gums, tongue, and salivary secretions.

The brain and nervous system use large quantities of metallic minerals to transmit electricity and light for neurological functions. Because humans live in polluted environments and eat cooked food, the brain accumulates destructive heavy metals including mercury, thallium, lead, and aluminum, along with chemicals that magnetize to those metals. The body attempts to discard these compounds primarily through the gums, tongue, and salivary glands. When these toxic, highly acidic compounds exit through the gum tissue, the body responds by deploying alkalinizing minerals, primarily calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium, to bind with and neutralize them. The resulting compound is what adheres to the teeth and is called plaque.

Because the alkalinizing minerals available to most people are cauterized through cooking and processing, they are far less effective than raw minerals at neutralizing the toxic metals. It can take 100 to 200 times as many cauterized alkalizing mineral molecules to handle a few hundred toxic metal molecules. The plaque therefore forms but remains chemically insufficient to fully protect the dentine from the heavy metals embedded within it. Over time, the metals break through the mineral envelope and damage the dentine cells. When dentine is damaged, bacteria arrives to consume the dead tissue so the body can attempt to regenerate it. The bacteria is a janitor responding to damage already done, not the cause of the damage. Brushing bacteria away with antibacterial toothpaste does nothing to address the underlying process and makes the commercial dental paradigm "absolute bullshit," in his words.

He used an analogy directly: seeing damage at a hotel after a rock band has left and blaming the janitors for it. The bacteria arrives after the damage, not before.

Beyond the general critique of fluoride as a systemic poison, Aajonus addressed its specific action on the tooth and gum interface. Fluoride damages the protein molecules that cause gums to adhere to teeth. Without intact adhesion proteins, gums are more vulnerable to being pushed away from the teeth by caustic plaque chemicals, forming gum pockets. This is particularly relevant because commercial toothpastes market fluoride as a protective agent while it is simultaneously destroying the structural attachment of the gum to the tooth.

The enzyme adenosine diphosphatase normally carries phosphate to calcium at the tooth surface, which is essential for maintaining the mineral composition of the enamel. Fluoride blocks this enzyme, meaning that even if a person has sufficient dietary phosphate and calcium, the delivery mechanism for getting those minerals onto the tooth surface is disrupted by the very product sold as promoting dental health.

He cited Dr. Gerard F. Judd, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, who stated that if fluoride produced the 80% dental improvements predicted, by age 13 each American would have only one cavity. In practice, dental literature at the time showed Americans aged 7 averaged 13 cavities, 25% of Americans over 43 had no natural teeth, the rest averaged 32 cavities, and 42% of Americans over 65 had no natural teeth. The fluoride experiment in which one half of a town received fluoridated water and the other half did not showed fewer cavities in the fluoride group, but only because that group was losing more teeth. Fewer teeth equals fewer possible cavities, and that arithmetic was the entire basis of the claim.

Glycerin is present in every commercial toothpaste, and Aajonus identified it as a distinct category of harm separate from fluoride and triclosan. The glycerin coats the tooth surface with a sticky film. This film is not rinsed away easily; it takes approximately 25 washes to remove it. While the film is present, the tooth cannot re-enamelize. Re-enamelization is the process by which the body rebuilds compromised enamel using calcium and phosphate from the diet. This is a naturally occurring process that the body is capable of performing, and Aajonus saw it as central to his cavity-reversal observations. But it requires clean, uncoated tooth surfaces. The glycerin in commercial toothpaste perpetually blocks this natural healing mechanism, ensuring that anyone using commercial toothpaste will not benefit fully from even an optimal diet in terms of dental remineralization.

Aajonus named specific products containing triclosan as part of a broader list of personal care products containing endocrine-disrupting toxins. Colgate Total was the dental product specifically named. These products were listed alongside antibacterial soaps and cosmetics as examples of industrial products that cause harm under the guise of hygiene and health promotion.

He described the framing of cavities as a bacterial problem as a manufactured rationale to sell antibacterial products. The actual problem, heavy metal discharge from the brain through the gums, cannot be addressed by killing bacteria, because bacteria is not the initiating cause. Antibacterial toothpastes therefore address nothing real about dental health while introducing additional chemical toxins into the mouth and body.

Aajonus developed several distinct formulas for tooth brushing as direct replacements for commercial toothpaste, and he refined them over time. His early books described a simple formula, and his later workshops described more developed versions that he had tested on groups of people.

**Formula from the Recipe for Living Without Disease:** Mix one quarter teaspoon sun-dried clay with two tablespoons raw butter or raw cream and two drops of ginger or mint leaf juice. This quantity is sufficient for five toothbrushings. Keep refrigerated.

**Formula from Q&A correspondence (daily use):** One tablespoon coconut cream, one teaspoon Terramin clay, with the mixture kept refrigerated. This was recommended as a once-daily brush.

**Formula from Q&A correspondence (once or twice weekly for deep plaque):** One tablespoon coconut cream, one teaspoon clay, and one half teaspoon raw apple cider vinegar. This combination was described as capable of cleaning plaque from deep under the gums.

**Workshop formula (more detailed version):** One tablespoon coconut cream, three quarters of a teaspoon apple cider vinegar, one level teaspoon of caramel clay. Mix together and store in a one ounce glass jelly jar in the refrigerator. Brush once daily. The vinegar component, in some descriptions, was used only once every ten days rather than daily, because vinegar can dissolve enamel if used too frequently. In one workshop version, the ratio was given as one tablespoon coconut cream with one teaspoon clay and one half teaspoon apple cider vinegar for the deeper cleaning session, and the daily formula was coconut cream with clay only.

**Simple daily version described in workshops:** Coconut cream with a little clay, brushed once daily. The coconut cream alone was described as excellent at dissolving plaque and keeping teeth clean longer than commercial products.

He noted that his formulas do not taste like manufactured toothpaste and are not minty, but that mint can be added by juicing fresh mint and incorporating a small amount into the mixture. He said this was acceptable and would not cause harm.

He used an infant's toothbrush rather than a standard adult toothbrush because an infant's toothbrush works on one tooth at a time and gets the fluid up into the gums more effectively. The small brush head allows the coconut cream and clay formula to penetrate the gum line and dissolve the salt plaque that accumulates there.

Aajonus was explicit that coconut cream is the most important component in the toothbrushing formula, and he described it as the best substance for brushing teeth. Coconut cream dissolves plaque and other compounds faster than any other substance he tested, and it keeps the teeth cleaner for longer afterward. He distinguished carefully between coconut cream and coconut oil: coconut cream, which is produced by juicing the thick white meat of a mature coconut and removing the pulp to produce a substance that is approximately 3 to 4 percent oil, does things that coconut oil cannot do. He did note that oil pulling with coconut oil, a practice others recommend, draws toxins from the gums via the gum's natural dumping mechanism, but he described coconut oil as acidic and a throat irritant when swallowed, and he indicated he did not use it that way himself.

Fermented coconut cream, which develops when coconut cream is not consumed in time and begins to ferment, was described as even better than fresh coconut cream for brushing. He said his fermented coconut cream toothpaste tasted like bubblegum. He also used fermented coconut cream as a body soap, hair wash, and skin moisturizer, treating it as a versatile product from a single fermented batch.

The clay component serves to polish the teeth, but clay alone without the fat carrier would scratch the enamel and create grooves, weakening the tooth surface over time. He compared this to a jeweler polishing a stone: if the clay is applied directly without oil it scratches; when combined with fat it polishes. The fat in the coconut cream acts as the carrier that makes the clay an effective gentle abrasive rather than a destructive one. The silk clay from Terramin was identified as less abrasive than the standard nutritional clay and therefore preferable for toothbrushing, though either can be used.

The Terramin clay was specifically recommended because it is mined in the California desert from a former hot aquifer spring at a location where the temperature never exceeded 98 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning the phosphorus in the clay was never cauterized. Minerals that have not been heat-cauterized retain their biological availability and activity. The clay therefore contributes live, uncauterized minerals rather than the inert mineral forms found in fired clays or processed mineral supplements.

Commercial whitening toothpastes were not discussed in detail, but Janina Diamond Whitening Toothpaste was named as a triclosan-containing product to avoid. The natural formula, by contrast, was observed to whiten teeth as a side effect of plaque dissolution and the mineral action of the clay and coconut cream. Aajonus described his own lower teeth, which he said had been turning progressively more yellow and gray as fungus and heavy metals detoxed from his brain through his mouth, beginning to lighten noticeably after he developed and began using the new formula. His mother commented that his teeth had been getting black and then suddenly were getting lighter, asking whether he was having them whitened professionally. He said he was whitening them himself.

He had been testing the formula for approximately nine months at the time of the workshop, with 12 to 15 people. It was working for every one of them. In one specific case, a person who had gum pocket depths of 8s and 9s saw those pockets reduce to 2s and 2.5s within two and a half to three and a half months of using the toothpaste formula. He also reported that the formula was pulling fungus out of the teeth and destroying it, reversing the yellowing and graying that antibiotics and tetracycline cause in teeth. He described seeing tubules in some of his test subjects begin to fill in, meaning cavities that had opened were beginning to close as the tooth material regenerated.

Apple cider vinegar appears in the toothbrushing protocol specifically and conditionally. It should never be distilled vinegar; only raw apple cider vinegar is appropriate. Vinegar dissolves plaque aggressively, in the same way it can dissolve mineral scale in a clogged drain. When added to the toothbrushing formula, it cleans deeply and dissolves hardened plaque effectively. However, if used too frequently or in too large a quantity, vinegar will also dissolve tooth enamel. He described seeing cases where excessive vinegar consumption damaged dental and skeletal tissue, and he drew a direct analogy to a nutritionist from earlier decades who advocated taking two ounces of vinegar daily, after which many people Aajonus knew developed spinal cord deterioration.

For this reason, the vinegar is not a daily ingredient. He specified that vinegar should be used only once every ten days in the toothbrushing formula. In some versions of the protocol, this was described as putting a few drops of apple cider vinegar into the regular coconut cream and clay mixture for the once-per-ten-days deep cleaning. In the Q&A correspondence version, the amount was one half teaspoon per session, used once or twice weekly. He presented both frequencies in different contexts without resolving the discrepancy.

For plaque that has accumulated too deep in the gum pockets for a toothbrush to reach, Aajonus recommended a high-powered water pick rather than professional dental scraping, which he said damages the gums and dentine. Commercial toothpaste plays no role in this protocol.

The water pick formula consists of one tablespoon each of raw apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and coconut cream, strained through a clean damp white t-shirt (not cheesecloth, which is too fine) into three ounces of naturally sparkling mineral water such as Gerolsteiner. The strained mixture is then poured into the full water pick reservoir with an additional cup or more of Gerolsteiner to bring it to the required volume. The natural carbonation of Gerolsteiner functions as a mild natural hydrogen peroxide, contributing a bleaching and plaque-dissolving effect. The carbonation in naturally sparkling water is not artificially injected; Gerolsteiner's mineral table is so high in carbon dioxide that it contains more natural gas than other sparkling waters, and its surplus gas is sold to brands like Perrier. This natural carbonation creates a peroxide effect that helps dissolve mineral compounds and whiten teeth without chemical bleaching agents.

This water pick mixture should be used once daily for ten days to clear existing plaque buildup from deep under the gums. After the initial ten-day clearing period, it should be used approximately once every ten days for maintenance. He described plaque as taking three to seven days to become difficult to remove, and advised experimenting to find the personal interval at which plaque transitions from removable to solidly adhered in each individual's mouth. This approach eliminates the need for professional deep cleaning procedures, which Aajonus said typically involve scraping that damages gum tissue and the vein.

While the above addresses what to use instead of commercial toothpaste, Aajonus consistently framed the toothpaste question within a larger dietary context. Teeth cannot re-enamelize or strengthen without the right mineral substrate available in the body. Raw cheese without salt, consumed frequently, pulls poisons from the body. Raw cheese eaten with unheated honey provides what he called an incredible mineral supplement, because the honey drives the minerals into the tissues. He recommended consuming one to one and a half tablespoons of no-salt raw cheese with one teaspoon of unheated honey as a way to strengthen teeth and gums, repeating this frequently throughout the day for serious dental problems.

He contrasted this with all commercial mineral supplements, which he described as rock that the body cannot digest. Plants digest minerals from rain water dissolving rock; humans do not. Any mineral supplement requires heat or solvents to isolate and process, destroying its bioavailability. The minerals in raw dairy are already in bioavailable form because they have been processed through an animal's digestive and metabolic systems.

He also noted that raw milk consumed regularly is the most direct way to begin reversing dental and gum problems, and that raw fish works almost as well when raw milk is unavailable. These dietary measures address the underlying mineral deficiency that makes the teeth vulnerable to the heavy metal discharge from the brain, which commercial toothpaste does nothing to address and which antibacterial formulas actively make worse by introducing additional chemical toxins into the oral environment.