Dental caries
Print journal: Time to remove your wisdom teeth!?
By: Michelle Tran, writing for The Science in Society Review Evolutionists postulate that the diets of our more primitive ancestors were largely based on hard grains, seeds, and other forms of vegetation. As such, early humans were adapted to their lifestyle, sporting larger jaws and more teeth to aid in grinding down tougher vegetation. However, the [...]
Dental Therapists: A Step in the Right Direction or a Step Too Far?
The US Surgeon General’s 2000 Report “On Oral Health” was a wake-up call for America. Over one half of children are suffering from tooth decay, and twenty-two percent of adults have reported experiencing oral-facial pain in the last six months. However, the most staggering statistic is the inequity within oral health-care; for every one American [...]
Cariogenicity: Expanding the Public Health Lexicon
Dieting is ingrained in Western Society. Even as children we learn that cookies are a “sometimes food” and that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Similarly, all other foods are placed in a good foods/bad foods binary. However, when it comes to oral health many of our nutritional instincts are off target. This [...]
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