Okay, so the background on this is pretty simple.

I don't trust dentists. There may be some out there that are trustworthy, but the ones I've seen in the past either inflate the issue they're "seeing" (I just recently found one one told me I needed a root canal when I actually did not) or they haven't listened to me when I ask them to stop doing whatever they're doing, and I end up biting them to make my point.

So I tend to avoid them. For years.

I went to one recently, for a root scaling and a checkup, since it's been about 7 years since my last appointment. My Xrays show a lot of bone loss, and the dentist says he'll have to refer me out to an orthodontist for surgery, bone grafts and oh, these two molars need to be removed.

FUCK. THAT.

I've been doing some research and trying to find options that don't involve surgery or tooth removal, and thought I would post something here, to see if anyone has had any success with something OTHER than dentists and surgery. Anyone do Oil Pulling? There's a lot of stuff out there on alternative care for teeth and such. Does it work?