Hygiene
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 [...]
The Growing Problem of Cleanliness
Within the last few centuries, humanity has made great improvements in cleanliness and hygiene. Modern cities, with added infrastructure and sewage systems, are completely unrecognizable from a century ago. The last few decades have also seen an unmatched rise in medical innovation. Because of these improvements in sanitation and medicine, mortality from infectious diseases in [...]
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