Eradicate Dental Caries-be cavity-free for life

"Eradicate Dental Caries in California in 2010"

"Eradicate Dental Caries in Utah in 2010"
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These are two very important goals that have been stated since 2007 and 2008.
Usually the result is stated as "be cavity-free for life". With fairly recent scientific discoveries, this could be considered very misleading.!

Please let me explain:

One of the 60% of human diseases called "Biofilm" diseases, has been given a name which could be very misleading to the average person. This name draws attention to a chronic disease which the CDC (Center for Disease Control) reports affects not only 92% of people ages 20-45 but also "over 99% of Americans over 45 years of age". It has been described by a U.S. Surgeon General as a "silent epidemic of oral disease" and by others as "pandemic" and a 'Senior Tsunami of oral disease" as well as the #1 chronic disease of young children. It is estimated to cost the American people in 2010 about $119 billion and predicted to increase by the year 2015 to $163.7 billion, an additional $47.3 billion more to come. It is estimated to cause 40% of adults in Japan, Western Europe and the United States to lose an average of 13 teeth and by the age 65, 25% will have lost all teeth, an 80% reduction of edentulism since 1960. It has been considered "epidemic" and is increasing amongst toddlers.
All of this destruction and expense is also generally experienced world-wide and is considered by some to be "the most experienced" disease in the world and the most contageous as well when considering that this bacterial infection is not found in the mouth or throat of newborn babies. So, starting from zero incidence at birth but rapidly growing to "epidemic" proportions for toddlers and on to 50% of children to 78% of 17 year olds, 92 % of 20-45 year olds and "over 99% of Americans over 45" resulting in major damage and expense but also resulting in one out of four people who reach 65 years of age having NO teeth remaining in their mouths! That could easily be called a destructive, virulent disease!

Believe it or not, all of that damage PALES INCOMPARISON with the rest of the damage this same biofilm disease has been found doing to the rest of our bodies and our overall health.

Type II Diabetes has been recently noticed to be starting in unprecedented young ages between 9 to 19 years old. Heart disease seems to be increasingly discovered in younger and younger children. Obesity, which is also epidemic in proportions in the world is increasing in incidence in children more and more newborns. These increases in deadly killer diseases appears to be paralleling the aforementioned rapid increases in percentages of the population experiencing "dental cavities" caused by the "cariogenic biofilm." or "Dental caries" disease. It has been reported that the "epidemic in dental decay amongst young childen is "exacerbating other childhood diseases such as asthma and diabetes. The bacteria from this dental decay disease Dental Caries, were found having entered into the blood stream. (called bacteremia:), evoking a reaction from the powerful immune system creating "inflammation" in the body. Within the past 5 years, researchers have reported that those people who have enough of the decay producing bactieria to cause cavities, there was a 78% chance that these bacteria were being found in the plaque of coronary arteries and living on the heart valves as well as increasing the production of plaque in the blood vessel walls from their contribution to "inflammation" .

In the comparison of progress from risk factors to Dental caries diseases and on to the resulting "symptoms" of dental decay (cavities, infection and loss of teeth) it was noted that it seemed to be exactly the same pattern of being:

"silent" in the beginning and not evoking "symptoms" until it has progressed in destruction to the 80-100% of the "end stage" as other diseases which had been called "Silent Killer diseases".

The most familiar of these "silent killer diseases" would obviously be heart disease, stroke, hypertension, cancer, and diabetes. With the discovery that informing the public and even many health professionals of the amount of mortality and morbidity in young children caused by Dental Caries had been considered "shielded" from the public awareness and the number of deaths of young children possible never to be known, Dental Caries had been elevated from a nagging chronic disease of the teeth only, to become also a "silent killer disease" as well as a dangerous and possibly lethal risk factor for heart disease and the metabolic syndrome (stoke, diabetes, cancer etc).
With the discovery of these "links" of Dental Caries to the major killer diseases, the importance of this disease and its expense has gone from "cavities" to major life-threatening diseases as well as the alarming difference between the individuals' thousands of tens of thousands of dollars dental expenses to the relatively huge expenses, handicapping and deaths by the major killer diseases, the importance of eradicating dental caries" demands careful attention from people of all ages instead of the usual public indifference encountered by mosty people involved in promoting its" eradication". DON'T BE MISLED. THE GREATEST BENEFIT OF ERADICATING DENTAL CARIES WILL BE PREVENTION OF KILLER DISEASES . BEING CAVITY-FREE IS A RELATIVELY SMALL BENEFIT IN COMPARISON.
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