No, no it doesn't. The #prevention of dental disease is in the patients hands, thank goodness. Now if only #Dentistry would get behind #prevention, that would be swell.
Someone had to tell the Congress people this. Dare you to find it in a text book.
And merely cleaning the mouth once a day before bedtime does away with the majority of "dentally sourced bacteria".
Dr Malcom Practiss write this?
"CMS should improve its coverage of dental services to encompass all medically necessary situations." -\- Which, of course, will reduce cost! We call shenanigans.
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"Fluoride was found to be a cytotoxic agent to cultured human pulp cells by inhibiting cell growth, proliferation, mitochondrial activity, and protein synthesis."
"Bioavailable #fluorine is killing us. -|- "In the cellular immunity, we found that sodium fluoride (NaF) in excess of 12 mg/Kg resulted in a significant decrease in the percentages of CD3+, CD3+CD4+, CD3+CD8+ T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood." researchgate.net/publication/31…
To start this weeks #FluorideFriday session, we talk bout overfeeds, accidental poisoning and #fluoridation.
The #StannousFoilHat wearing types do not like to talk about this issue. Never have, either. This from the infamous 1951 meeting.
"The barrel wouldn't fall through."
However, overfeeds are a common issue, along with underfeeds. This Spring it happened again. richmond-il.com/wp-content/upl…
Have no fear, though, it is only a '*cosmetic*' dental problem.
This is what an ineffective (worthless) #prevention regimen will get you. Instead of decreasing the need for clinical intervention, let's get another set of hands in the patients mouth!
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Treatment wins, prevention loses. Yet again... dentaleconomics.com/macro-op-ed/ar…