Carbs cause cavities
Carbohydrates result in acids that cause cavities.
💦Saliva plays an important role in neutralizing this by cleansing and nourishing teeth from the outside.
Carbohydrates also shut down the tooth’s internal defenses.
💦A centrifugal dentin fluid transport (DFT) nourishes and cleanses your teeth from the inside out.
A healthy tooth "sweats".
🗣️Communication between your brain (hypothalamus) and the parotid gland controls DFT.
The parotid gland has a dual exocrine (saliva) and endocrine (parotid hormone) function, just like the pancreas (digestive enzymes / insulin).
Parotid hormone keeps the dentin fluid flowing and the tooth “sweating,” keeping it clean.
🧠But when you spike blood glucose, the hypothalamus downregulates parotid stimulating hormone (while upregulating the pancreas to secrete insulin).
🛑Without parotid hormone, the dentin fluid flow stops.
The tooth stops sweating.
🧽It dehydrates and acts more like a sponge that suctions plaque and the acid attack to the teeth.
As the acid eats through enamel to the dentin, it sets off a chronic inflammatory reaction where the body’s own MMPs (i.e. MMP8 and MMP9; collagenase and gelatinase) destroy the tissue and kill the tooth if not stopped.
Cavities are a local manifestation of a system-wide problem