July 6th, 2009 
My Health 
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I have a tooth with a root filling and a crown (yes, I know). For years it has ached. I’ve been to a number of dentists whose responses have ranged from ‘It can’t hurt – it’s dead’ (I just love that one. I’m in pain and the guy tells me I can’t be. And yes, I stopped going to him after that very appointment) to a shrug to ‘It will always hurt. Forever.’
Then one day about 8 months ago, it stopped hurting. Not totally – it still occasionally hurts, but only if ‘provoked’. It no longer hurt on a daily basis.
I noted that it stopped about the time I started drinking kefir. I never tested my theory, though I did mention it to my dentist (who agreed she did not know everything and it was entirely possible and whatever it was I should keep doing it)
It now seems even more probable. I have never become accustomed to the taste of kefir and always drink it mixed with something else. In England I had it most days mixed with pineapple coconut juice. Since I’ve been here, I’ve cooked with it a lot, but have never found anything I liked as well as the pineapple coconut kefir – and my itake dropped to only a few ounces a week, usually as kefired apple juice.
About a month ago, that tooth started to ache. It gradually got worse. this past week it’s been a bit worrying. Then last night I was thinking about my kefir theory and trying to catch up on my reading here (I’ve got over 200 unread posts) when I read where someone said they were ‘addicted’ to kefir with vanilla and honey.
I didn’t even finish reading the post. It sounded good to me, so I mixed up a glass and tried it. It was so good, I mixed up another one 
Would you believe within half an hour, my tooth pain was gone? I even wondered if I’d taken a pill and forgotten about it. Today it’s even better.
I don’t know why it works or how. But I’ve already made a bigger batch – and today I plan to start a new batch with lemons and raisins as someone on here mentioned recently.
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