I never met a dentist that wanted to fix anything or instruct proper care. I have been sold Dental implants for 2 teeth with some bone loss. I have been sold teeth cleaning for $1000.00 for the 12 remaining teeth that I have. In my opinion, dentistry is about the same as the eyeglass industry. I have yet to receive care that has improved anything except the doctors bank account. My teeth have been completely stopped from decaying. Breath is no longer an issue and cavities are receding. Dr Ellie is the one that offers help. Yes the ONE.

Way to go Mark! As the originator of XyliMelts for dry mouth, I've been using xylitol since 1989. Yet 94% of my new patients have never heard of xylitol. And these are people who've had a lot of dental experience. Why dentists are not telling patients about xylitol is a mystery to me. If they truly cared about their patients, they would at least mention it. Yesterday one of my long-time patients told me xylitol gum is the best thing he's done for his teeth since I recommended it. He now buys it by the 1000-piece bag.

I watched this video after being told I have periodontal disease, horrible gums, and will lose teeth. No advice from the dentist, they want to do scaling by the end of this January, 2024. I looked online. Got my first waterpik. Learned online how to use it efficiently, with peroxide. 1. Waterpik, with a drop of peroxide. I still use floss. 2. Bought xylitol in mints. Have those in the day. .56grams per mint. Some brands have over 1gram. 3. Xylitol, once a week rinse. A liquid form. 10% xylitol. 4. Bought an electric toothbrush. Seems to erase coffee and other stains. 5. And still use regular mouth wash. First week, lots of bleeding gums. 2nd week. Two bleeding gums. 3rd week bleeding gums are clearing up fast. 4th week. My teeth look white, not yellow stained. Shiny, seems to be a nice film on my teeth all day. New enamel?Remineralizing? No bad breath. No dry mouth. Gums are pink, not bluish, purple, or dark anymore. Gums feel healthy and alive! Teeth look amazing. Anyways. Only four weeks. Why don't dentists teach any of this??? They only look, give you floss and say bye. I wonder, the last 2 gums still bleed. Will they heal too. Eventually? With this new treatment and routine, I believe so. Update later. My mouth and gums look healthy and I feel better. Thank you.

This positive effect of xylitol was discovered here in Finland in the 1970s and we have plenty of all sorts of xylitol products available in the shops. All kids and many adults consume xylitol mints after every meal. Kids have their mints with them at daycare and school.

I've read that xylitol is used by some MDs that treat chronic Lyme. Xylitol breaks up bacterial plaques, inside the body, too. Presumably, by its action of killing bacteria that try and eat it. Bacterial plaques are implicated in the fearful increase in antibiotic resistance we observe these days, so there may be other benefits we don't understand yet.

I buy organic birch xylitol crystals, and after every meal ordrink, i swish a bit around in my mouth, as per Dr Ellie. I dont floss, and i use a Dr Plotkin toothbrush and paste. My teeth feel like glass, and my dentist congraulates me on my oral hygene. Xylitol, baby!

Been buying PUR brand xylitol gum for a couple years now...glad to find out its safe

I’m 21 and I been trying to improve my oral health once and for all. I grew up being neglected by my parents and they never taught me how important it was to brush your teeth specially after meals, I was also supposed to get braces when I was 12 but that didn't happen and they took to the dentist only two times in my life. 2 years ago i started my journey, and this year I started chewing xylitol gum twice a day, doing oil pulling (i been doing consistently twice a day every day for already 3 months), flossing, taking vitamin k2. My gums are not inflamed and i don't get toothaches anymore, I also notice my teeth remineralizing, and they are so white, soft and shiny I honestly wish I knew all this stuff when I was younger

I’m so glad that you confirmed it. I was having loose teeth off and on, so I began to chew gum just to exercise my gums and bring in a good blood supply. I chose “Ice cubes” gum because it was sugarless and it turns out it had xylitol. Five years later - no cavities. I’ve always had cavities, almost every year.

Unbelievable! I have spent a fortune on my teeth over the years. I am 65 and had so many cavities as a child. The teeth were filled with metal fillings. The teeth cracked. I had my teeth crowned. The crowns fell off. Eventually I had to have my teeth removed and have spent thousands on implants and dentures on top. NO dentist, including specialists have ever suggested xylitol. My kids, now in late thirties also have bad teeth. I have never heard that either of them ever been told by their dentists have ever advised them to use Xylitol. I will be looking into buying xylitol gum!!!

Good! Doctor Ellie Phillips has been talking about xylitol for many years...

Great to learn of the Xylitol benefits -- thank you! I love Xylitol gum (my fav brand begins w/ "S") and have used this gum for 3 years now. I chew gum because I have non-allergic rhinitis and the gum helps to keep my throat from being so irritated. I won't use artificial sweeteners and don't care to use regular sugars -- for those obvious reasons. I actually began using Xylitol in 2020 as a nasal spray -- XClear. It was recommended by my FLCCC doctor as a preventative measure for C-19. I continue to use XClear as a way to clear my nasal passages -- it is very soothing.

Over 30 years ago, when I saw this data and compared it to the dentists' advice then I concluded dentists were not my friends (either incompetent or misinformed and unable to percieve their victimhood, or worse lazy, or worse...). I think it is great to be having this discussion today - but I think those dentists are never going to switch over... maybe the next generation, so don't give up. God bless you with the truth and the ability to work with it.

I don't have a dental plan, as of yet. You are now part of my go to, dental youtube channel. Thank you!

Got to say...thanks for all of the advice everyone. Best postings ever.

OUTSTANDING video! Thank you. Everyone should know this. Great news for families with young children. Wish we knew this years ago when mine were little. I have had incredible results with Xylitol toothpaste, xylitol mouthwash and PUR 100% xylitol gum. The toothpaste makes my teeth sparkle and l no longer have to bleach them. More incredible how normal plaque has disappeared. I no longer need cleanings as often.

WARNING: the link Mark provides to Simply Gum takes you to a product with the following label ingredients: Organic Raw Cane Sugar, Natural Chicle Base, Natural Flavor, Organic Vegetable Glycerin, Organic Rice Flour. All organic or natural but NOT a grain of Xylitol to be found!!!! Unfortunately I didn't catch until after I ordered and opened the gum . . so be aware!!!!

Amazing Devore’s! I’m having Audio Note loudspeakers, high efficiency are so magical!

I love how you use actual studies to back up your advice. I watched one video from the Dr. who a lot of people mentioned. In the video I watched she used "In my opinion", "I think," and, "I believe." It turned me off, but luckily I found Mark Burheene, DDS.

Very interesting! Wish I would have known this in my youth. Thank you for sharing!

Here in Finland almost ALL chewing gums have xylitol. It is much more complicated to find a sugar based chewing gums. Only downside if consumed in big amount - slighly laxative.

The Finnish brand Jenkki Professional is 100% xylitol ((100% sweetened with it, 68% of the total gum weight). It's a common everyday product, sold in every grocery store.

Excellent video that’s loaded with critical information for all of us to keep harmful bacteria in the mouth at bay because cavities are the enemy!

Peppersmith 100% Xylitol Fine English Peppermint Chewing Gum 15g sold in the UK...Holland and Barrett. I'm going to try this!

I noticed chewing gum improve digestion of food. Due to low stomach acidity I got poor food digestion. Chewing gum condition greatly improved. One more benefit noticed- chewing gum- great for stress reduction.

I just love you for all these life saving details 😊

I started using xylitol gum after Rhonda Patrick described her tooth cavity self repairing during pregnancy. My kids and I always enjoy some of it, good to know it’s got the thumbs up.

Thank you so much for this video. I have just been learning about xylitol over the last few few weeks as I’m trying to heal my mouth.

May I suggest that when chewing xylitol gum, try to retain as much of the xylitol as possible and as long as possible before swallowing it. That way, you can use it plus your saliva as a kind-of mouthwash, AND the gum-chewing sort-of acts like a pump or oral irrigator to push the xylitol/saliva solution into grooves of teeth, between teeth, under gums a little, etc. Also, in this way, by not swallowing it right away, you make the effects last longer AND, if xylitol give you gas, you can just spit it out after a minute or so. If you've ever heard of "oil-pulling", you know what I'm talking about -- BUT -- I would say that doing "xylitol-pulling" would be MASSIVELY more effective and convenient than oil-pulling. Mark -- we've got to get together sometime on your podcast and have some banter! It would be fun and informative.

Been chewing the gum for about 3 months. Love it noticied the difference straight away.

I hate chewing gum but I’ve been doing a lot of it since I heard Dr. Patrick tell the story of how she started chewing xylitol gum when she became pregnant and had suspicious spots on her teeth but she wanted to stop using fluoride. The spots disappeared. She can’t explain THAT, she says, but she and her dentist observed it!

Dr Ellie has been saying these things for years 🔥

Video came to an end just as you were going to offer more info.

good to hear! Rhonda Patrick turned me on to Xylitol gum a couple of years ago.

I can't comment on your dental advice, but you have a good choice of speakers with the DeVORE FIDELITY.

Thanks for the information. I started chewing PUR gum a few months back after hearing Rhonda Patrick provide an anecdotal benefit after visiting her dentist.

Thank you for your show.. learning a lot today..

Easy to understand and follow. Thanks!

I chew gum that is sweetened with xylitol. Pretty much anytime. I’m out in public. So I’m glad to hear this information. I heard good things about it. So thank you for this video.

It would be so awesome if he went straight to the point.

I appreciate this so much… I also would appreciate dentists letting people know that oil pulling is a powerful tool. After practicing it for many months and then going for a cleaning - the hygienist told me that I have no plaque. This is the best practice along with using xylitol and not consumming sugar. Also do whatever keeps your bone density strong.

I started chewing xylitol gum a few months ago and I add xylitol to coconut oil for oil pulling and my oral health has improved, my teeth are starting to remineralise and a small cavity I have on one of teeth looks slightly better. I’ve also started using a silk floss after watching another of your videos and I use a remineralising toothpaste

Great video! Thanks also nice to see DeVore’s in your room!

I am a user of xylitol, as explained by Dr Ellie Phillips on its use and benefits, and I can assure you after using it for 5 months, it is the best thing for my teeth. I have noticed my gums are healthier, teeth feel stronger, my teeth always feel clean. I put off getting a root canal that I needed 5 months ago, I don't need it anymore. In fact, I don't think I need a dentist anymore. Check out the pioneer of xylitol use for teeth- dentist Dr Ellie Phillips on youtube. She has many videos. Newer research has shown that the only other sugar that works like xylitol is erythritol, and it is even better than xylitol. I don't use chewing gum though. I dissolve a small amount in water, and after cleaning my teeth after each meal, I let this solution swirl in my mouth and then I swallow. Basically I have xylitol working on my teeth between meals, and in the night .

Simply Gum makes a sugar free version with xylitol in a few flavors. When you go to his link just keep scrolling and scrolling down the page until you get to the sugar free version.

Never heard of Xylitol until I came to KZfaq. Thank you for this information and now I am wondering why this was never mentioned by my dental team.

fantastic study, thank you for sharing!

I currently use Pur gum, best quality one I can find so far that isn't online. Always make sure xylitol is the first ingredient

not a natural gum person, but been chewing xylitol gum for years, but since about march or april of 2021 it has been very hard to find locally in california, and what I find online is very expensive...

Thanks for sharing. Only hear about Xylitol today and trying to know more. For decades, no dentist has mentioned about this even when I'd bleeding gum.

I purchase the Xclear for my granddaughter and it really helped this winter , she was Ill but it wasn’t prolonged. She is 2.5 yrs. I used the xylitol toothpaste and mouth rinse , saw my hygienist yesterday and she was overcome with the change in my oral health. Only one tiny area on one tooth hsd plague , my gums are pink and healthy , she really didn’t know what to do , anyways she suggested 6 mths from 3 mths checkups ,I agreed on 4 mths then I will review. The great things is this even though I didn’t follow Dr Ellie’s protocol as I couldn’t get all the products I used what I could find and it paid off. I bought xylitol mints from Amazon , when I run out I use a small amount of xylitol sweetener in my mouth. If only I had know of this system in the past , oh well at least I can now educate others .

I was hoping to hear your recommended gum...? Thank you

Dr B, thanks. In the morning I scrape my tongue drooling with a spoon/ tea spoon. My right nostril is usually clogged. I clear it by jogging on carpet for 12/15 min/nasal breathing/ zipped mouth, for NO production.

Hi Mark, thank you for this wonderful video!!! I looked at the 'simply gum' link you provided. Have they changed their recipe? There is no zylitol in the ingredients and the top ingredient is raw cane sugar so I am not sure it's the same product anymore? Thanks

I recently purchased PUR Xylitol gum after seeing an uptick of awareness.

Cool infovid. I'm a fan of the gum brand "Pur". First listed ingredient is Xylitol. It's also Aspartame and sugar free. I get it at my local Walgreens.

In some European countries school children are given Xylitol gum to chew after lunch. There are studies showing reduction in cavities

Thanks for your kind input sir.

Great video! But what happened to the "source of xylitol" segment. Thank you for this video!

Another dentist ,Ellie Phillips ,has videos on KZfaq that discuss many issues in addition to xylitol that are important to preventing cavities and gum disease.

I love videos about scientific research on health things! My family thinks I'm nuts. xD I shared this with them anyway. :)

Excellent discussion and advice. 👍✌️

Awesome 'truth'... thank you! Are the dyes used in color changing toothbrushes safe? or are they toxic like most dyes used in food? Thanks!

There are other candies with xylitol like Sno xylitol chips which are wonderful and come in a whole bunch of different flavors like cinnamon and spearmint.

Hi Dr, what happened to the end of the video? I was looking forward to hearing about the sources of xylitol and then the video ends abruptly. Is there another video?

It could be completely unrelated.But my acid reflux that I had for decades went away as well. But I also changed my diet around and started exercising a ton

I'm 75. This is the first time hearing about xylitol ! Thank you, dental professionals, for keeping me in the dark !

I think know those speakers ! Would love to see the rest of the system

This video came to my recommendation so I wanted to share my story - my first pregnancy resulted in 8 big cavities which one of them resulted to a root canal and I was desperate and tried almost everything that promised to help save my teeth. Then I discovered xylitol and chew xylitol gums almost everyday during my second pregnancy. Yesterday I got back from the dentist for my yearly appointment and they did some x-rays and I had ZERO cavities and my dentist was amazed and kept asking me what medications do I take and what Ive been doing and when looking at the x-ray he only said this “this is more than good, it looks fantastic” so thank you xylitol gums, the one thing I keep repurchasing over and over 🙏

GREAT segment. Please consider that the “frequency” need of xylitol may be do to frequency of eating. I eat once a day. Do I then need multiple exposures to xylitol?

Great information👍

Mark, your products mentioned link links to a sugar filled gum. Simply Gun: Organic Raw Cane Sugar, Natural Chicle Base, Natural Flavor, Organic Vegetable Glycerin, Organic Rice Flour.

We use Xylitol in Lyme Disease for breaking up biofilms.

Liked it! I know acid is bad, so this relates to this. I'll try it.

Fascinating & highly relevant ! We all need our teeth !

Trident was a sugarless gum.............it was literally part of the ad campaign lol. That's why "dentists support it". Ironically I believe they also have a xylitol version as well.

Man, have dentists failed us all for the past 50 years... I don't know anybody in America that has good teeth. Anyone. Everyone brushed and flossed and used Listerine and none of it helped. In fact, my dentist made things way worse by grinding down two perfectly teeth to add in a bridge to bridge a gap where I had lost a tooth. I didn't like the bridge at all, there was no point to it, so I didn't wear it, which left the two teeth totally exposed and of course without the enamel or outer layer any more, they eroded to nothing... so I lost... 3 teeth in a row. Great job. Looking back in hindsight, I'm like, how could I let that absolute 1d10t do such a thing...

The link to AMZN is not for xylitol gum. Perhaps you'd like to check it. It takes us to Simply Gum with pure cane sugar. Enjoyed your video...much needed info and mostly suppressed in the dental community but that's another video :o)y

I watched all the way through, what is his recommendations for gum brands? Spry? Pur? or?

Thanks for the information however I was hoping you would share what type of xylitol gum you recommend.

I chew xylitol gum everyday. I was worried you were going to say xylitol has been found to be bad for you... I haven't been to a dentist for cavities for at least 10 years.

I see that you're a audiobuff...nice Speakers 🔊 😊

Just heard about this recently. Amazing

I am an RDH who read a study 1981. Shirt. Parents. Loved ones. Kiss children and share their bacterial mouth flora. Xylitol when chewed by an stents prevents children from their mouth flora giving them a preponderance for the same dental process. I loved ur presentation. I have had Drs tell me not to tell patients that information. I went to Columbia University. My program no longer exists. Very sad. Was truly a teaching program

Should we chew the gum, then brush in the morning? Should be chew after brushing before bed? What's the routine?

Why do I get severe palpations after using Zylitol? Love your video’s!

Had bad time in childhood and teens with nhs dentistry,lots of amalgam fillings,no anaesthetic,stopped going to dentist when I was 20,so 15 yrs later back teeth crumbling so back to dentist for Round 2 to have fillings redone with amalgam fillings,some years after the teeth were repaired again with composite filling and some glass ionemers,had 3 teeth out over the last 2 years,I've got some peppermint xylitol mints but I will give the chewing gum a try.

When I set the table for meals, or get a snack, or get a sugary drink, etc.-- I set out my xylitol too.

I watched to the end to hear about the two different sources of xylitol but the video cut out. Will another video about be continued?

great presentation - thanks, though what happened at the end there? - ends abruptly when talking about sources of xylitol 🤔

I followed the link to the Simply gum, zoomed in on the ingredients and the sweetener listed is cane sugar! No Xylitol in the ingredient list at all! I use Pur xylitol gum. I thought the Simply gum might be better, but I'm sticking to the Pur!

What Xylitiol gum to you recomend Mark? Also why do you prefer synthetic xylitol? thanks!

Also mouth breathing affects dental health. Not discussed at dentist. Discovered mine with sleep apnea diagnosis.

how does chewing gum by the care giver effect the children ? I am genuinely interested to know how and why so that when I explain to others about this amazing product and they ask ME why and how, I can confidently explain . This is so fascinating . I now on a regular basis have my gum with the xylitol on me . I have been aware of it for some time now but the manager of a local health food store suggested that anything that white is probably bleached which horrified me so I stopped using it, so here I am researching it myself to find out the facts . Thank you for sharing this Mark : )

I have been on XYLICHEW, no mention of percent of xylitol. I have cancer, I take chemotherapy tablets twice a day. I have used a cpap machine, with little results. I have been having trouble with cavities for about five years. I am a meticulous mouth cleaner, with all those little instruments, as well as water by my side at all times. I do chew this gum, I have for about to years. In my last check up, another cavity. The dentist has said his cancer patients are in much worse condition than I am, not sure how much gratification that has.

i've studied alt health for five years. the top three things that could benefit the health of society the most according to my research? Meg Patterson's NET treatment for addiction, IV vitamin c for acute infections, and xylitol.

In the show notes theres a link to "Simply Gum" - followed the link -- theres no Xylitol in it - only sugar! I've used "Spry" gum - first ingredient is Xylitol. Its great!

tea tree oil rinse is a must also

I have been adding xylitol to my tea( with milk) for several years now. Wonder if it helps in that way too.

So interesting. Before you got cut off at the end to talk about sources of xylitol, you said it was natural. Yet earlier in the video you said you prefer the synthetic form. Can you connect me to another video with that info…or explain. Ty!