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Dentist advice on White tongue
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Dentist advice on White tongue
This is usually a sign that you have an overpopulation of opportunistic bacteria in your mouth. He told me that this can happen even if the health of you gums and teeth is perfect. When he encounters such a case he usually prescribes Chlorexehedine for 1 month and re-evaluates the patient. Most times this is enough to cure the problem.
If this tactic fails, he then treats the patient for thrush (with lozenges) just to cover his bases..although, he says this hardly ever makes any difference.
Once this has been done and if the patient returns with the white tongue again, he then refers the patient to a maxifacial surgeon for some lab work. Why a surgeon is needed for this, is beyond me. Maybe for insurance reasons? I don't know.
Anyway, the surgeon will run tests on the bacteria on your tongue to determine which bacteria and in what quantity, exist.
This way the doctor can TAILOR a dose of antibiotics for YOUR PARTICULAR BACTERIAL INFECTION! Now isn't that some cool stuff?
I have spoken with my dentist at length about this and he assures me that if your problem is related to a white tongue then it is actually pretty easy to fix. He did say that healthy teeth and gums are definitely a good thing so he knows these aren't contributing factors. However, In my opinion, if your teeth and gums are in bad shape then your dentist isn't worth a damn in the first place.
I really hope this helps someone and take care everyone.
Keep up the fight.
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Its so frustrating When you think of all the SHIT people get help for, being FAT from eating like a pig, taking drugs, drinking alcohol etc etc, and whenever we need to try something just in the hope of maybe getting somewhere in trying to solve this problem, we just get swept aside.
We should be able to walk in to a surgery and leave it to the FFFFF***ing doctor to solve, but instead we have to become smarter than they are and yet they STILL wont even try things.
Anyway, I have no idea whether that video is just some bullshit to cover up the reality that they dont really have a fkn clue what to do about her BB or whether they really did target the strains of bacteria they found 'overgrowing' in her mouth. I have heard of this approach before though. But from the reality of what we know from aydimur, anything we do with our oral microbial flora, whether it be antibiotic or antiseptic mouthwash, the bacterial profile will revert to the way it was as long as nothing else changes.
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I am obviously not an expert on anything in the field of dentistry so take my story and use it as you like. I have taken the time to talk to a medical professional about this problem and I am simply passing it on to you folks in hopes that it will help someone.
I can tell you something else he said. If your saliva smells funny, so does your breath. And probiotics are for supplementation only. They will not treat a serious infection or extreme overgrowth. You need strong meds, whether you like it or not. Holistic medicine is all smoke and mirrors in my opinion.
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Re: Dentist advice on White tongue
NOTANYMORE wrote:Once this has been done and if the patient returns with the white tongue again, he then refers the patient to a maxifacial surgeon for some lab work. Why a surgeon is needed for this, is beyond me. Maybe for insurance reasons? I don't know.
Anyway, the surgeon will run tests on the bacteria on your tongue to determine which bacteria and in what quantity, exist.
This way the doctor can TAILOR a dose of antibiotics for YOUR PARTICULAR BACTERIAL INFECTION! Now isn't that some cool stuff?
Strange.
1- This is not surgeon's job.
2- This is not infection
3- There is not few responsible bacteria.
4- Antibiotics can not permanent cure halitosis
5- Cause of Halitosis may not be in the mouth.
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How can you say, without having seen the patient, that a white tongue is not an infection? Is candidiasis not a fungal infection?
As stated, I am not sure why the dentist would send the patient to an oral surgeon. Perhaps my dentist does not have the recommended tools to perform the test or maybe for insurance reasons? I don't know, that's just what he said.
Also, yes, It may not be the source of the halitosis, however, when you are scraping stinky white stuff off your tongue that makes for a good starting point for a cure.
I agree that broad spectrum antibiotics may in fact exacerbate the problem. This is why a culture is needed to isolate the offending microorganism.
Once again, not an expert........just passing on what a medical doctor has explained to me.