How to promote gum regrowth?

[MagnusRidolph]

I noticed some gum recession earlier this year, likely (and in my dentist's opinion) due to complications from previous orthodontics and my bite mechanics. Since then I've been trying various things to promote gum regrowth, with very slight improvements over the past 6 months. Things I've tried include: coconut oil pulling, CoQ10/K2/D3 (applied to gums and taken orally), oral red light, topical application of DeFibron, xylitol, upping my collagen intake, and vitamin C. I am open to considering a gum graft or 'remedial' orthodontics but it's not pressing and I would like to exhaust cheaper, less invasive procedures first.

I'm trying to make a list as possible of other potential protocols, an admittedly haphazard list of everything for which I've found either science or anecdotes to indicate it could help gum recession, or even just a semi-plausible mechanism. So by no means is any of this to be taken as a strong claim that the following things help gum disease. Please everybody share your thoughts and experiences with halting/reversing gum recession, and other potential approaches.

The list so far:

Oral Hygiene
Brushing
Flossing
Water Flossing
Oil Pulling
Red Light
Xylitol (gum/rinse)
Dr. Ellie's Protocol
Calcium Therapy
Essential Oils (topical or mixed with oil pulling)
Massaging Gums
Nightguard
Diet/Supplementation
Vitamin K2, D3, C, CoQ10 (applied to gums or ingested orally)
Upping calcium, collagen, 'probiotics', fat soluble vitamins
BPC-157
Activated Charcoal
Aspirin
Niacinamide
Topical DeFibron, Allopregnanolone, MitoLipin
Chlorella
DHEA
Treatments
Gum Graft
Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment
Pinhole Method
Orthodontics to fix imbalanced bite
Medicine
Antibiotics (especially doxycycline and tetracycline)

 

[Ras]

Ever since I started taking high doses of chondroitin sulfate, I do not get aphthous ulcers. I would always get them after biting my lip or cheek, or after eating certain foods, but that no longer happens. I've bitten my lip and cheek several times since I started high doses of chondroitin sulfate, and the wounds simply never become ulcers. They never become anything, nor do I notice them after the bite. It's pretty remarkable, because all my life I could count on a week or two of obnoxious irritation in my mouth every time I bit my lip or cheek, but no more.

I don't know if this will accomplish what you want, but it has helped me in a lot of ways. It seems to be essential for the healing of soft tissues. Below are links on the cardiovascular benefits of chondroitin sulfate.

The Man Who Cured Heart Disease With a Natural Molecule, 20 Years Before Cholesterol Drugs!

The Forgotten Cure That Prevents Mortal Heart Attacks

Treatment with chondroitin sulfate to modulate inflammation and atherogenesis in obesity

Osteoarthritic patients treated with high doses of chondroitin sulfate (CS) have a lower incidence of coronary heart disease – but the mechanistic aspects of these beneficial effects of CS remain undefined. We examined how CS treatment affects ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Coronary heart disease: reduction of death rate by chondroitin sulfate A - PubMed

Coronary heart disease: reduction of death rate by chondroitin sulfate A

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

CHONDROITIN SULFATE - DCNutrition.com

Chondroitin sulfates (CS) are glycosaminoglycans (GAGs, previously termed mucopolysaccharides) that are large, heterogeneous biological polymers and are used by the body to maintain proper elastic integrity within tissues. Muller (1837) originally obtained a solution of chondrin by steaming...

www.dcnutrition.com

Chondroitin supplementation reduces the risk of myocardial infarction by about forty percent

Supplementation with chondroitin reduces the risk of a heart attack in people with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Relatively low doses protect as well as high ones.

www.ergo-log.com

Chondroitin keeps heart patients alive | The Morrison study

Two days ago we wrote about a recent Spanish epidemiological study, in which users of supplements containing chondroitin had fewer heart attacks than non-users. American cardiologist Lester Morrison was already aware of the protective effect of chondroitin decades ago. That's why he treated his...

www.ergo-log.com

 

[Layne]

Check out YouTube videos on using wheatgrass powder to support oral health. I myself add wheatgrass juice powder and sodium ascorbate to coconut oil when doing oil pulling.

 

[SaltiestSardine]

Doxycycline wont do anything for gums, but very low doses are apparently able to halt the progression of bone loss in the jaw(20-40mg)

WheatGrass is a waste of time as is coconut oil. Coconut oil mixed with saliva is basically soap. Nothing regenerative about that. There's nothing in wheatgrass that would encourage gum regrowth. Most things you do for gums will not signal the basal membranes of the periodontal tissue to tell them that they need to grow. BPC157 and TB500 "might" be useful, if directly injected into the pockets, but always the chance that goes horribly wrong. Taking it orally wont do anything for this specific issue

Improving your oral microbiome and your gut microbiome which in turn improves the quality of your saliva can help you produce less plaque which will cause less swelling, but i don't think anything you can do yourself will actually regrow your gums. I've been trying to do that exact thing since i quit smoking 10 years ago, and i've reversed my periodontitis, gingivitis and filled a cavity(was minor though)also have complete reattachment of all gum tissue on every tooth surface, but despite that, i've saw no actual increase in the length of my gum tissue

 

[sunny]

Doxycycline wont do anything for gums, but very low doses are apparently able to halt the progression of bone loss in the jaw(20-40mg)

WheatGrass is a waste of time as is coconut oil. Coconut oil mixed with saliva is basically soap. Nothing regenerative about that. There's nothing in wheatgrass that would encourage gum regrowth. Most things you do for gums will not signal the basal membranes of the periodontal tissue to tell them that they need to grow. BPC157 and TB500 "might" be useful, if directly injected into the pockets, but always the chance that goes horribly wrong. Taking it orally wont do anything for this specific issue

Improving your oral microbiome and your gut microbiome which in turn improves the quality of your saliva can help you produce less plaque which will cause less swelling, but i don't think anything you can do yourself will actually regrow your gums. I've been trying to do that exact thing since i quit smoking 10 years ago, and i've reversed my periodontitis, gingivitis and filled a cavity(was minor though)also have complete reattachment of all gum tissue on every tooth surface, but despite that, i've saw no actual increase in the length of my gum tissue

What kind of things did you do to achieve the benefits you list?

"i've reversed my periodontitis, gingivitis and filled a cavity(was minor though)also have complete reattachment of all gum tissue on every tooth surface, but despite that, i've saw no actual increase in the length of my gum tissue"