ENTER THE SACRED BACKYARD
SACRED SOUL FAMILY
Dodee Schmitt
Dodee is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, certified in Dr. Klinghardt's Autonomic Response Testing, and is an educator of the Living Biofield as an integral part of health, with nearly two decades of experience in detox strategies, holistic healing, and long-standing chronic illness. Dodhisattva.com, est. 2009
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At my last checkup and teeth cleaning, my biological dentist told me I was boring.
In a funny way, he said. My gums did not bleed once during cleaning, and my teeth are strong and healthy, wisdom teeth included.
 I have spent years building a daily rhythm around the idea that teeth and gums are living tissue, not just hard surfaces to scrub and hope for the best.
If you are dealing with bleeding gums, inflammation, or a gingivitis diagnosis, I want to walk you through the natural remedies for gingivitis that I lean on myself, along with the deeper why behind each one.
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Why Are My Teeth Called Living Tissue?
This is not just a nice turn of phrase.
Inside each tooth is a network of microscopic channels called dentinal tubules, tens of thousands of them per square millimeter.
Dental research describes these tubules as containing lymph fluid, the same kind of fluid your body uses elsewhere to carry immune cells and clear waste.
That fluid bathes living cell processes that sense heat, cold, and pressure, and relay that information back to the nerve inside the tooth.
Your gums are the seal that protects this whole living system.
When gum tissue becomes inflamed, as it does with gingivitis, that seal is compromised, and the living tissue underneath loses some of its protection.
This is why I think of gingivitis as more than a surface problem.
It is an early signal that the whole oral environment needs support.
What Does a Nutrient Dense Diet Have to Do With Gingivitis?
Decades ago, a dentist named Weston Price traveled the world studying communities with naturally strong teeth and healthy gums, communities with no toothbrushes, no fluoride, and no modern dentistry at all.
What he found again and again was that oral health tracked closely with diet, specifically with nutrient dense, traditional foods rich in fat soluble vitamins.
Price found that a combination of high vitamin cod liver oil and high vitamin butter oil, taken daily, supported healthy gums and strong teeth in the children he studied.
He identified a fat soluble nutrient in that butter oil that he called Activator X, something we now understand to be closely related to vitamin K2.
The mechanism makes sense when you look at it closely.
Vitamin D helps pull calcium into the bloodstream, but it is K2 that directs that calcium into your teeth and bones rather than leaving it to drift elsewhere in the body.
This is why I consider fermented cod liver oil and butter oil a foundational, preventative part of my own routine, not an afterthought.
Alongside that, I lean on beef liver for its dense nutrient profile, and I keep my diet low glycemic, since research consistently shows that a high sugar, high starch diet depletes the very nutrients your gums and teeth need to stay resilient.
Do Leaky Gut and Leaky Gums Go Hand in Hand?
I think of the gum line the same way I think of the gut lining.
Both are barriers, and both are meant to seal tightly, letting nutrients in while keeping bacteria and inflammation where they belong.
When that seal breaks down in the gut, we call it leaky gut.
When it breaks down at the gum line, we get bleeding, inflammation, and gingivitis.
The two are not the same tissue, but they are built on the same principle, and in my experience they tend to show up together.
The way I seal both is the same way.
Whole, wild, and regenerative foods as much as we can.
Grass fed and pasture raised meats, wild caught fish, bone broth, fermented foods, and produce grown in real, mineral rich soil rather than depleted commercial ground.
This is the same nutrient dense foundation Weston Price found protecting the gums and teeth of the traditional communities he studied, and it is the same foundation that supports a resilient gut lining.
Beyond diet, two specific bacterial strains keep coming up in the gut barrier research as targeted pieces worth knowing about.
Akkermansia muciniphila is a keystone gut bacterium that feeds on the mucin layer lining your intestines, and in doing so stimulates your body to produce more mucin, thickening and strengthening that protective barrier over time.
Lower levels of Akkermansia are associated with increased intestinal permeability, while higher levels correlate with a stronger gut lining.
Lactobacillus reuteri, the same strain family behind the gum focused probiotic above, has also been studied specifically for its ability to protect intestinal barrier integrity.
Learn how to make L Reuteri yogurt in my article here.
Together, these two strains represent some of the most targeted, well researched pieces available for restoring gut integrity from the inside out.
Get Akkermansia probiotics formulated to survive the trip through your digestive tract, supporting a stronger gut lining, the same barrier integrity connected to a healthier oral environment.
A few places to start if you want to learn more. Pendulum’s Akkermansia probiotic is one of the only widely available sources of live Akkermansia muciniphila, delivered through a delayed release capsule designed to survive the trip to your gut. BioGaia Prodentis, mentioned above for gum health, carries the same Lactobacillus reuteri strains studied for intestinal barrier support.
What Are the Best Natural Remedies for Gingivitis?
Once the foundational diet piece is in place, these are the specific tools I reach for.
Coconut Oil Pulling
Oil pulling with coconut oil is one of the most researched natural remedies for gingivitis available.
A clinical study of 75 subjects found that daily coconut oil pulling, five milliliters for five minutes each morning before brushing, produced measurable reductions in both plaque index and gingival index scores within just fifteen days.
Another randomized trial found coconut oil pulling performed comparably to chlorhexidine, the clinical gold standard antiseptic rinse, for inhibiting plaque regrowth, with less staining.
Coconut oil is roughly forty-five to fifty percent lauric acid, a compound with well-documented antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.
A Targeted Oral Probiotic
Not all oral bacteria are the enemy.
A well chosen probiotic can help crowd out the bacteria driving gum inflammation.
The two most clinically studied strains for gum health specifically are Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 5289, shown across multiple trials to reduce gingival bleeding, inflammation, and pocket depth.
I personally use and recommend BioGaia Prodentis lozenges, which contain this exact strain pairing and carry a European Food Safety Authority-reviewed claim for supporting normal gum function, one built in part on this strain’s documented effects on barrier function at the gum line.
Separately, L. reuteri strains have also been studied for their ability to protect the intestinal barrier itself, the same barrier at the center of the leaky gut conversation, which is part of why
I see gum health and gut health as such close cousins. I let mine dissolve after brushing and flossing.
For a full protocol, I pair the two together.
Oil pull in the morning, then let a probiotic lozenge dissolve afterward, giving the beneficial bacteria fresh, cleaned tissue to settle into.
Biofilm Fighting Botanicals
Practitioners trained in biological medicine have long pointed to certain plant compounds for their ability to disrupt the bacterial biofilm that drives gum disease, and to support the immune response around the gum line.
This is worth understanding, since biofilm is the sticky bacterial layer that ordinary brushing alone often cannot fully disrupt.
A mouthwash built around these kinds of botanical compounds can be a meaningful addition alongside oil pulling and a probiotic.
A quick note on the mouth body connection. Practitioners trained in biological medicine have also pointed to a specific gum disease bacterium, Porphyromonas gingivalis, as a bacterium worth taking seriously beyond the mouth itself, since researchers have found associations between this bacterium and Alzheimer's disease in the scientific literature. This is one more reason I do not treat gum health as a small or cosmetic concern.
How Does Diet Support a Naturally Bright, Healthy Smile?
Whitening is not really about bleaching.
It is about reversing the demineralization that makes enamel look dull or porous in the first place.
Crunchy raw vegetables like celery and carrots mechanically help clean the teeth as you chew and stimulate saliva flow, which is the body’s natural remineralizing delivery system.
Gelatin rich bone broths and soups supply the building blocks for healthy connective tissue throughout the mouth.
Adequate vitamin D, supported by regular sun exposure, and vitamin K2 together are what allow calcium to actually reach and strengthen the tooth structure rather than passing through the body unused.
I include fresh celery juice regularly for exactly this reason, alongside gelatin rich soups and broths.
None of this replaces professional dental care, but it gives your teeth and gums the raw materials they need to do their own repair work.
Natural Remedies For Gingivitis Personal Protocol
My step-by-step gingivitis protocol
The daily rhythm behind healthy, non-bleeding gums
1
Oil pull first thing in the morning
5ml of coconut oil, swished gently for 5 to 10 minutes on an empty stomach, before brushing. Spit into the trash, not the sink.
2
Brush with a hydroxyapatite toothpaste
A natural, fluoride free mineral toothpaste that supports remineralization. I make my own with my DIY hydroxyapatite toothpaste recipe.
3
Let a targeted probiotic lozenge dissolve
Look for Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 5289, the two most clinically studied strains for gum health. Let it dissolve fully after brushing.
4
Floss daily
Consistent flossing disrupts the biofilm brushing alone cannot reach.
5
Finish with a cistus and propolis mouthwash
Part of my daily rinse rhythm, alongside the steps above.
6
Support it all with a nutrient dense, low glycemic diet
Fermented cod liver oil and butter oil, beef liver, celery juice, gelatin rich soups and broths, whole and wild caught proteins, and real sunlight for vitamin D paired with K2.
7
Consider red light oral therapy
A supportive addition to the rhythm above, used consistently rather than occasionally.
This protocol reflects my own personal routine and integrative research. It is not medical advice and does not replace professional dental care.
If you notice persistent bleeding, swelling, or pain, please see your dentist promptly.
Above is the main protocol I adhere to.
None of these are complicated. They are just consistent.
If you are working through gingivitis right now, I hope these natural remedies for gingivitis give you a real, research supported place to begin, one that treats your gums as the living tissue they actually are.
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