USA - Promoting oral health care: More than just lip service
Promoting oral health care: More than just lip service - JAAPA: Official Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
"One of our most vulnerable populations is children. The grim reality of poor or no access to dental care became a public tragedy when 12-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache. His mother had no insurance, and she couldn't find a Medicaid dentist. What could have been an $80 tooth extraction that might have saved her son's life became a fatal brain infection from his abscessed tooth. Added to this profound loss was the cost of his care, which totaled more than $250,000.5 In the 2000 landmark report Oral Health in America, then-Surgeon General David Satcher called untreated oral disease a “silent epidemic,” making it the single most common chronic disease of childhood—five times more common than asthma.
After 60+ years of fluoridation with up to 48% of school children exhibiting fluoride overdose symptoms (dental fluorosis:NYSCOF
"One of our most vulnerable populations is children. The grim reality of poor or no access to dental care became a public tragedy when 12-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache. His mother had no insurance, and she couldn't find a Medicaid dentist. What could have been an $80 tooth extraction that might have saved her son's life became a fatal brain infection from his abscessed tooth. Added to this profound loss was the cost of his care, which totaled more than $250,000.5 In the 2000 landmark report Oral Health in America, then-Surgeon General David Satcher called untreated oral disease a “silent epidemic,” making it the single most common chronic disease of childhood—five times more common than asthma.
After 60+ years of fluoridation with up to 48% of school children exhibiting fluoride overdose symptoms (dental fluorosis:NYSCOF
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Oral heath is very important. It links to our overall health and well-being. Oil swishing or mouth whooshing has proved to be good. It involves using a tablespoon of non-refined seed oil like walnut, olive, sunflower, unroasted sesame and moving it around in the mouth for 20 minutes, avoiding gargling and swallowing. The oil shouldn’t be ingested as after the whooshing process the oil would become infused with germs and toxins. Avoid using canola oil and peanut oil.
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