Comments by "" (@SunrayStar) on "STOP Red Wine Staining Your Teeth!" video.

  1. Here is how Dr. Ellie has addressed that elsewhere (she said it is not from the ACT): Teeth staining: “Good stains” are seen on teeth when dental disease has been rapidly controlled, when the remnants of thick plaque and harmful bacteria die off quickly. The debris collects around the tooth, often looking like a dark stain at the gum line. This stain is the sign of improved oral health, less bleeding, and a healthier mouth and gums. A dental cleaning will quickly remove this kind of staining and leave the healthier teeth pristine and white. If you do not have a cleaning within a couple of months of starting the complete system, the sudden improvement in your oral health may result in a thin band of stain forming around the edges of your teeth at the gum line. This staining is not a problem, is not permanent, and is not at all unhealthy. This stain is dead plaque debris that has shriveled up and formed a hair-like deposit around the edge of your teeth. One cleaning at the dentist will remove this band of debris. “This staining is a common problem that I have to find a way to address: 1. Are you using the Mouthwatchers brushes that I recommend? You must get away from fear of brushing too hard. It's not true and you will not do damage by brushing – you will get rid of these stains! 2. Do you let your brushes dry for 24 hours between uses? Never soak them in anything or they will get too soft. 3. Are you brushing this area of your mouth where you are seeing the stains? Aim at these areas first, when you have the most toothpaste on your brush, and before you do the gum massage, etc – this is almost always superficial debris that just takes a bit more work to remove. 4. Are you using the system 2x daily? You will get staining if more plaque forms on teeth every 12 hours during the first months – before the oral bacteria have been balanced. In the future you may be able to skip a time or two – but not in the first months. 5. Do you stop eating and drinking completely – not even water – after the xylitol at the end of meals? This allows the new healthy protective biofilm to form, and it is this biofilm that will stop your teeth from accumulation of this debris. You may also want to have a Zellies mint last thing at night before sleeping. 6. This stain is not a health problem – just no one likes a dark stain. But it is superficial debris and will brush off; just use a bit more toothpaste and some more energy on these areas. 7. IF this extra energy and toothpaste trick is NOT ENOUGH to get rid of the stain – then you are going to make a special paste for yourself – Exfoliating paste: Mix together half a teaspoon of granular xylitol with a big squeeze of the Crest Cavity Protection toothpaste. Use this exfoliating toothpaste mixture – aim at the stains first thing every morning (not during the system.…but as you get out of bed in the morning). Just target these stains with this mixture of xylitol crystals + toothpaste. In 3-4 days the staining should have disappeared completely. Then you do not need to keep using this mixture; you can go back to the normal paste as a part of the system.”
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  2.  @Kristina-yr6xg  You would never want to end the routine with Listerine, which would leave the teeth in a very acidic state. ACT is used after Listerine to do away with Listerine's acidity; but both are needed, because the low acidity left by Listerine helps ACT to work better. (If you can't obtain ACT, then you have to do the best you can in choosing another product, and go by if you get any good results or not after a long time goes by.) By the way, it does not matter at all if some mouthwashes have xylitol in them or not because there is not enough xylitol in any of them to make any positive difference.
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  3. Dr. Ellie says to wait about 30 minutes after the last step in her system (ACT) to have xylitol (Zellies, for instance). But that 30 minutes is to allow the ACT to work. If you are just brushing with whatever brand of toothpaste you have chosen on your own, and that's all you're doing, you can take the xylitol right after brushing
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  4. Here is how Dr. Ellie has addressed staining elsewhere: Teeth staining: “Good stains” are seen on teeth when dental disease has been rapidly controlled, when the remnants of thick plaque and harmful bacteria die off quickly. The debris collects around the tooth, often looking like a dark stain at the gum line. This stain is the sign of improved oral health, less bleeding, and a healthier mouth and gums. A dental cleaning will quickly remove this kind of staining and leave the healthier teeth pristine and white. If you do not have a cleaning within a couple of months of starting the complete system, the sudden improvement in your oral health may result in a thin band of stain forming around the edges of your teeth at the gum line. This staining is not a problem, is not permanent, and is not at all unhealthy. This stain is dead plaque debris that has shriveled up and formed a hair-like deposit around the edge of your teeth. One cleaning at the dentist will remove this band of debris. “This staining is a common problem that I have to find a way to address: 1. Are you using the Mouthwatchers brushes that I recommend? You must get away from fear of brushing too hard. It's not true and you will not do damage by brushing – you will get rid of these stains! 2. Do you let your brushes dry for 24 hours between uses? Never soak them in anything or they will get too soft. 3. Are you brushing this area of your mouth where you are seeing the stains? Aim at these areas first, when you have the most toothpaste on your brush, and before you do the gum massage, etc – this is almost always superficial debris that just takes a bit more work to remove. 4. Are you using the system 2x daily? You will get staining if more plaque forms on teeth every 12 hours during the first months – before the oral bacteria have been balanced. In the future you may be able to skip a time or two – but not in the first months. 5. Do you stop eating and drinking completely – not even water – after the xylitol at the end of meals? This allows the new healthy protective biofilm to form, and it is this biofilm that will stop your teeth from accumulation of this debris. You may also want to have a Zellies mint last thing at night before sleeping. 6. This stain is not a health problem – just no one likes a dark stain. But it is superficial debris and will brush off; just use a bit more toothpaste and some more energy on these areas. 7. IF this extra energy and toothpaste trick is NOT ENOUGH to get rid of the stain – then you are going to make a special paste for yourself – Exfoliating paste: Mix together half a teaspoon of granular xylitol with a big squeeze of the Crest Cavity Protection toothpaste. Use this exfoliating toothpaste mixture – aim at the stains first thing every morning (not during the system.…but as you get out of bed in the morning). Just target these stains with this mixture of xylitol crystals + toothpaste. In 3-4 days the staining should have disappeared completely. Then you do not need to keep using this mixture; you can go back to the normal paste as a part of the system.”
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  5.  @DakotaDS  Dr. Ellie has said it is best to use xylitol plain and to not dilute it in water or anything else, for the reason that if diluting it, it will not be nearly as effective.
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  6.  @Resist4  I'm not sure how you're interpreting my statement, because to me those things meant the same thing. Maybe my wording wasn't the best and I should have said "low pH" instead of "low acidity". Listerine is very acidic, so when it is used, it will leave the mouth in an acidic condition. Normally, that would be bad, because damage occurs in the mouth from acidity. However, since ACT is being used immediately after the Listerine is spit out, Listerine will not be left on the teeth to do damage. ACT actually works best if it is introduced into the mouth when the mouth is already in an acidic state (rather than an alkaline state), so it does its job and also raises the pH of the mouth.
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  7.  @Jacksonskin  Make sure to brush your teeth harder with the appropriate type of toothbrush going forward, and you should not have that staining come back again. Dr. Ellie says it takes most people on average of 6 months on the system until they are no longer producing any new plaque/tartar (some less than 6 months and others up to 9 months or maybe even 12 months), so it does take a little while to get the oral bacteria naturally balanced and doing its total thing.
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  8.  @Jacksonskin  Could I ask, why do you feel the need to still floss with string now? Listerine is supposed to serve as a liquid flosser and can reach between teeth far better than string floss. But of course the swishing done with both Listerine and ACT is supposed to be very vigorous swishing, not merely lightly swishing it around the mouth. Vigorous swishing is the key. The danger in still using string floss is that it can damage the gums while they are trying to regrow by forming those fine hair-like fibers.
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  9. ronica2623 Dr. Ellie has a brand new video out on Nov 29, and in it she said "The one thing I've noticed over 50 years now is that my system works for everybody; everybody over the age of 6 can use it, and they will see benefits." So I don't know what to tell you other than there must be something that needs to be fixed in what you're doing or products used. Also, maybe go ahead and try the exfoliating paste as a start? Then go all the way back to the beginning and check every single thing you're doing and using and the timing; this is not an easy thing to find what it is if you have any mental blocks in place over it like that you are already doing everything perfectly.
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  10. ronica2623 You wrote to me and so I answered. Simple as that. People have "mental blocks" all the time doing this system. They believe there is no way they are doing something wrong and that the system just won't help them. Until eventually they learn something they were doing wrong. Or they never search for the problem, so they just give up on the system. Everyone must make their own personal choice.
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  11. It's very acidic and will soften the teeth if nothing is done after consuming it. You could take xylitol immediately after, and it will immediately raise the pH of the teeth into a healthier zone.
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