this is from the lengthy paper i just posted on reversing corneal damage:
Anti-collagenases include tetracycline antibiotics, chelating agents and blood products (serum and plasma).
chelating agents are a bad idea on teeth.
blood serum seems unrealistic or medieval.
what about tetracycline antiobiotics?
and, in fact there is some literature on this that i'm going to summarize as follows: it seems like this works, but is considered unnecessary in the face of traditional dental practices.
well....these antibiotics are covered and "traditional dental practices" are not.
search and you'll find, right?
so, i think i've got something close to an answer here, maybe, finally. let me look this up carefully. i'll need an rx, and i'll need to run it by my doctor, but this neither seems unsafe nor experimental - this is an understood class of drugs that has been used for this purpose and has been demonstrated to be effective. it's just not used because normal dental procedures (root planing, gum grafting) work as well or better.
i'm going to stop to take a shower and get back to it after.