As with everything in our body, our teeth are intricately linked to nutritional health. Did you know that your baby’s teeth begin developing in the womb?
Primary teeth start forming in the first trimester. Permanent teeth begin forming in the second.
The following information explains how you can influence not only how strong and healthy your child’s teeth will be, but also the jaw structure.
Out of interest, has your dentist ever spoken to you about your diet? I don’t mean sugar. I mean the minerals, fats, and whole foods your teeth are actually built from.
In the 1930s, a dentist called Weston A. Price asked why we need fillings. At the time, he was seeing more decay, more crowded teeth, more extractions. And he wanted to know why.
So he travelled. To the Swiss Alps. The Outer Hebrides. Alaska. Polynesia. Africa. Australia. Places where people still lived on traditional foods, untouched by industrial processing.
What he found was striking.
Wide jaws. Straight teeth. Strong gums. Almost no cavities. Not from flossing. Not from fluoride. But from diets rich in:
• Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, and what he called Activator X) • Minerals like calcium and phosphorus • Whole, unprocessed animal and plant foods • Fermented and sprouted grains, legumes, and dairy
These communities had never seen braces. Their wisdom teeth erupted without impaction. Their facial bones were broad enough to fit every tooth and their airways were open and strong.
Then he looked at what happened when younger generations adopted refined flour, sugar, canned goods, and vegetable oils. In just one generation, jaws narrowed, teeth crowded, decay became common, and overall health declined.
It wasn’t genetics. It was nourishment.
And here’s the part we forget: a child’s teeth begin developing in the womb.
Primary teeth start forming in the first trimester.
Permanent teeth begin forming in the second.
The spacing of the jaw, the strength of the enamel, and even the risk of decay are shaped long before that first tooth erupts built from the nutrients and exposures the mother has in her body at that time.
But that’s only the beginning of the story.
From the moment teeth erupt and right through adulthood diet, environment, medications, antibiotics, microbiome health, and daily habits all shape the teeth you have now.
Enamel can remineralise. Gums can strengthen. Jaw development in children can be supported. And adults can slow or even stop decay with the right approach.
Price’s work showed that teeth are not separate from the rest of the body.
They are living tissue, fed from within. And the shape of your jaw, the strength of your enamel, and your resistance to decay are all built or undermined long before you sit in a dentist’s chair.
If Price could see the diets most people live on today from childhood right through adulthood high in ultra-processed foods and low in nutrient density he’d know exactly why the same patterns are repeating.
I have helped many people throughout the past 20+ years in clinical practice to improve their dental health – both adults and children. All health begins within. https://truemedicine.com.au/tips/oral-health-and-disease/
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