#personalresearch

You brush. You floss. You use a mouthwash that tastes like a minty chemical factory. Yet your gums still protest when you poke them.

I went down a research rabbit hole trying to understand this. It all circles back to nutrients. The stuff toothpaste doesn’t have. Things like micro-encapsulated calcium that can actually absorb, and Vitamin K2 that tells your body where to put it.

There’s a quiet logic to applying these things directly to the gums in liquid form instead of a pill. I tested one out of curiosity. Three weeks of a strong, minty taste and a simple routine. The morning sensitivity slowly dialed down. The floss stopped turning pink.