Your "Caries Risk Assessment", more urgent than you know.

As I present the possibility of actually curing the disease that causes dental decay, Dental Caries, I am getting a strong message that most people don't think this could possibly apply to them, it inspired me to jot down a few reasons this is more urgent to your future than you may think.

Dental Caries was the leading cause of death in our nation about 200 years ago.

In the JADA, a couple of years ago, there was an article concerning the influence of dental disease has on the "Metabolic Syndrome" previously referred to as "Syndrome X . It basically said that missing teeth, bleeding gums and cavities contribute to stroke, cardiovascular disease, liver damage causing dyslipidemia (harmful levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol), insulin resistance, renal disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and respiratory disease.

Besides these diseases were the risks from taking the medications of these diseases and having an adverse drug reaction . One recent article mentioned that if "adverse drug reactions" were classified as a "disease" it would be the fifth leading cause of death.

I discovered on the Internet on "Death rates for the 10 leading causes of death ........". Also considering that an oral infection has been also linked to spilling endotoxins into the blood stream and contributing to the overall level of inflammation as well as finding what are usually considered to be specific oral bacteria being found in the plaque in coronary arteries and heart valves, it seems that of these "10 leading causes of death", 9 of them are are still being influenced by Dental Caries. The only one not influenced by it is "accidents".

SO.. Dental Caries, a deadly killer 200 years ago seems to be still influencing 9 of todays leading causes of death and their respective prescribed medications raising the risk of "adverse drug interactions" (could be the 5th leading cause of death if they were classified as "diseases").

Getting a Caries Risk assessment and CariFree Screening having about 96% accuracy and costing about $12 and taking under 5 minutes to receive, seems to be a good decision.

So, why is this clinic not just overwhelmed with requests? I have found that most people, even though they have had "a cavity" may not realize that the disease that caused that cavity is not self-healing and is most likely still existing as a threat to a person's "risk level" of having more cavities.

A person who has not had cavities very recently (truthfully? the last 5 minutes) thinks it won't happen again and doesn't realize that with the incidence of dental decay in people before they are 45 years old in Utah, 99% have experience with dental decay,,,,,what are the chances of being at least a "carrier" of Dental Caries.

Due to it's "infectious nature" it is possible that a "carrier" can still be transmitting this disease to children and others without knowing it. It was reported in an article in the JADA that even a person who does not have "active Dental Caries" and who does not have any damage happening to their teeth, still cannot be safely classified as "low risk". It is because of the "Caries Balance" becoming a "Caries Imbalance"(contributing to dental decay) without the person even being aware of it due to what have been called "unexpected risk factors".

The author mentions such seemingly harmless "life stressors" such as leaving home for the first time to go to school, an illness, an automobile accident, illness or death of a loved one or pet, even a stressful argument with a spouse, a loss of a job etc etc. as sufficient stress to push a person into "at risk" or even "high risk".

This is not even taking into account the estimated large number of people who have "undiagnosed" disease. An "undiagnosed" case of Diabetes, Sjogrens, Gerd or a simple Bulemia could cause this increase of "Caries Risk" levels. The other reason given was the taking of a new medication. It seems to most people that even a simple muscle relaxant wouldn't have any effect on dental disease, or perhaps a blood pressure medication or even antihistimines for flu or a bad cold, but they do. (there are 3000 of these medications listed at http://www.carifree.com/. )

The frequency of returning to get a "Caries Risk Assessment and Screening" is:

1. Every 6 months for the average "low risk" patient. 2. Every 3 months for an "at Risk" patient and perhaps every month for an "extreme risk" patient....until a good, safe score is achieved and the person is "low risk".

So why is it absolutely recommended even for patients with "low Risk" to immediately begin the "prevention" and continue for the rest of their lives with regular risk assessments and a constant vigilance for unexpected risks.

Just consider this for a moment:
Dental Caries has been "pandemic" in the world for at least a couple of centuries.

It was the leading cause of death in our nation 200 years ago, and

today it is "epidemic" amongst toddlers, 78% amongst 17 year olds, 94% amongst those between 20 and 65 and moving into "pandemic" with our senior citizens.

The costs are accelerating at a government's predicted rate of 9% and are already $119 billion now with an estimated $167.3 billion in just the next 5 years.

It is 7 times more common than asthma for children, the most commonly experienced disease in the world and even though the demographics have changed a little, is considered on the increase world wide. It has proven to be deadly, destructive and expensive and it is just not worth the risk to try to ignore it or to discount it's influence and destructiveness.

Perhaps you should pass this information source to others around you. It would be a gift worth thousands or possibly tens of thousands of dollars they won't have to spend if they take our recommendations to "be cavity-free for life", not counting having better general health.

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