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Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face.
This is the joke from Dr Strangelove, right?
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If flossing lowers the risk of certain types of gum disease and certain types of gum disease are associated with Alzheimer’s, then maybe flossing is (indirectly) good for your brain. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/good-oral-healt...
the whole Alzheimers field recently got turned upside down... not sure how to assess them anymore... https://www.science.org/content/article/research-misconduct-...
If you follow news in France, it’s been shown and been shown in court cases that certain pesticides, commonly used in wine farming, cause Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
They have much higher rates of these diseases, and recently in a court case the death of a farmers daughter has been shown to be caused by these pesticides.
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#114Current final year dental student pitching in here. While dentists of the past may push for unnecessary annual radiographs, the curriculum in dental school has changed to favour evidence-based dentistry. Annual bitewings are only indicated if you're a high caries risk, and, as the article mentions, 2-3 years if you're low caries risk. So your younger/newer dentist will be following much better protocols (and hopefull…
I'm glad curriculum is improving, but nothing stops a dentist from overtreating of is so decides, and the incentive is there.
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#115Some dentist practices (maybe they are chains) do seem very shady when it comes to overtreatment. I remember on my first visit to an office that I was recommended customized trays that I could wear overnight to have my teeth/gums soaked in hydrogen peroxide gel. This recommendation felt like a sales pitch and when I researched the proposed treatment code later I started to find some dentists online claiming that they…
Right, that's really the problem: that question is impossible to answer in general because presumably the person who knows the best is the professional who actually examined you. And if you dare question him he's going to be offended.
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#116Isn't flossing not supported by science also, but all the news articles said you should keep flossing?
Yes, flossing cannot be proven to help. But it cannot be proven to hurt, either, so current recommendations are to do it anyway.
Cannot be proven to help if you don't mind your organic matter decomposing in your mouth.
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#117I just tell them no thanks. sometimes they get visibly upset but one place was pushing to do it every 6 months, it just makes no sense unless they're scamming
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#118Australian here, and I will say that I fully trust my dentist. I have had one tiny cavity in nearly 20 years. X-rays are every 2 years, and it's to see between the teeth where they obviously can't see visually. I've been told the radiation dose is the equivalent of an hour on a plane flight.
I’m just a layperson, but I’ve never been comfortable with that argument. An hour’s worth of radiation concentrated into a moment seems very different to me.
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#119I had x-rays when I went to see my dentist every few years. For 8ish years they said the small cavity in my tooth was probably fine. I finally had a filling and it turned out to be huge. Fucking useless scam.
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#120Current final year dental student pitching in here. While dentists of the past may push for unnecessary annual radiographs, the curriculum in dental school has changed to favour evidence-based dentistry. Annual bitewings are only indicated if you're a high caries risk, and, as the article mentions, 2-3 years if you're low caries risk. So your younger/newer dentist will be following much better protocols (and hopefull…
How about for cavities? I remember reading an article recently about major increases in the number of cavity related treatments because $$$. My kid has had multiple recommendations for cavities and I've got some suspicions about the absolute necessity of all of it.