Hi Dawn, I had the same thing. Frankly I did not find that baking soda, salt, or any of those products ever did a thing for my gums. I even tried bar soap, because that's supposed to be great, not only does it disinfect gums, but it actually cleans teeth properly without leaving a film on them, which apparently allows for the enamel to grow back properly and calcium and phosphate in diet to get into the teeth again.

Did it work on me? I don't believe it did. I gave it a good go too. Every day and night I brushed with the soap and I didn't really notice any real improvements to be honest. Hydrogen peroxide also burnt my gums and even though I mixed it in with the baking soda and salt. So that was it for me, I was not going to take anymore chances.

I went onto colgate total toothpaste and guess what? My gums and teeth are actually better than they were with any of these healthy alternatives....they IMPROVED. And I have some form of gum disease too. So I don't really know what to say, other than I have an ADA approved toothpaste (and I don't trust the ADA as far as I could throw them)...yet it is working....I now do not get the staining on my teeth as I was getting before because I drink tea without milk. So my teeth start getting stained over time. WIth this toothpaste? The staining doesn't occur. I don't know if that's good or bad though, because that may mean that the film created by the toothpaste doesn't allow anything to stick there.....could that mean nutrients too? I don't know. But I do know that certain I have not noticed any deterioration from using this toothpaste, rather I am quite certain there has been some improvement. I floss every night after brushing too.

I still need more probably because I have low immunity and cannot control infection. Therefore sometimes I use a gum irrigation device with "Ultimate Gum solution". I just pretty much inject the stuff in there with the gum irrigator they provide. And over time, it works, but it needs to be maintained if you have an ongoing problem.

Here is the website. www.1stultimategumsolution.com

I found that after I had it under control by using this stuff once in the morning and once at night, I just maintained it by using it once at night. Sometimes I stopped altogether and then maintained it with just my flossing and brushing, but usually it came back if I cheated on my diet or something else happened like a re-exposure of mercury or whatever. So I'd usually have to do it again. You'll know yourself how your gums are. You also know when you really need the gum stuff again, because the gum irritator being pushed into your gum hurts. When it hurts? You got problems there again. As it gets easier, it's controlling the infection. The only downside to this stuff, is that I don't consider that one gets much for their money. It may not seem expensive, but when you find you need more of it to really get into the gum, it doesn't last all that long. So that side of it is annoying. You need to buy more than one at a time to get more miliage out of it. I usually buy two at a time. It does definitely work. My gums became a nice lighter pink colour too.

I figure that gum disease or any dental infection/disease is an ongoing strain on the immunity so though low immunity may have caused or allowed it to happen in the first place, it's a vicious cycle that then puts more load on the immune system and it then cannot handle the other toxins as well. I found coincidentally? that my overall health seemed to improve after after a few weeks of using that product.