egjung wrote.....

"My personal experience, am holistic dentist, shows nutrition is very important"

As with so many health issues, nutrition is the key, as this dentist rightly points out.Gum disease is by far the biggest cause of tooth loss/extraction and is totally preventable with correct nutrition.

This means No or very low sugar intake from all sources and plenty of fresh natural foods,saturated fats....especially coconut oil!! etc.

I would expect coconut oil to have a good topical effect on the gum bacteria...as it is antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal.

For those of you still to understand the benefits of coconut oil I suggest you take a look at the information available on www.mercola.com a site of much good health information