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(Editor's Note: The following was extracted from PDA Network News, nos. 7 and 9, Fall 1985.) (Editor's Note: The following was extracted from PDA ments anyone can simply rid the mouth of the offending micro- Network News, nos. 7 and 9, Fall 1985.) scopic little bastards. An enthusiastic user of these methods recently wrote: "They told me my pockets would have to be cut out, but they healed up by themselves." It's very simple: the mouth routinely har- bours about 300 different varieties of bacte- ria. However, it has been scientifically proven that the troublemakers are spiro- chetes, motile rods and cocci. Reduce these ‘nasty’ bugs below certain levels and THE BODY HEALS ITSELF! Once a person realises how easy it is to understand the cause of gum disease, a little additional thinking then allows one to understand the decay process. The same mechanism applies here, only here it's the acid part of the toxic waste produets that eats holes in the teeth. The notches that many people have at the necks of some teeth are almost always caused by a build- up of toxic waste products below the.gum line before the gums recede. Dentists always want to blame the patients for improper toothbrushing. That's not true. The notches and the receding gums are both caused by the same problem. THE FACTS Carefully examine Figure 1. It shows a cross section of a tooth. The spongy look- ing material is the supportive bone that holds our teeth in place. The bone on the left of the tooth is shown as normal, on the right side it has deteriorated because of gum disease. The gum tissue covers the bone and a thin layer of tissue fibres surround the tooth and attach the tooth to the bone (a vel- cro-like attachment). Early in life, when the teeth first grow into our mouths, a small crevice exists between the tooth and the gum tissue. In the healthy condition this crevice is about one millimetre deep. Figure 1 shows an |f instrument called a pocket marker, inserted into the left-side crevice. The crevice on this side shows to be two to three millime- tres deep. This condition is already unhealthy because bacterial waste products are causing inflammation of the tissue. This leads to infection and deep bone dete- rioration. This condition is shown on the right side of the tooth in Figure 1. The depth of the crevice or THE SOLUTION pocket on this side is seven or eight millimetres. This depth of The bottom line on the problem of gum disease is simply that pocket formation and bone loss is very severe, and if not arrested _ the neck of the tooth is not given proper attention, Dentists are very soon will undoubtedly cause the tooth to be lost. directly to blame because they concentrate all of their efforts on For many years dentists have been telling the public to brush the crowns of the teeth: they fill them, inlay them, bridge them, twice a day, floss once a day, see them for scraping of the teeth etc. That's where the big money is! Therefore the public never every six months and everything will be all right. Millions of learns that the main ‘trouble spot’ is the crevice at the neck of the Americans have been following these orders, only to be told after tooth. The solution lies in cleansing this crevice of the toxic waste a few years that NOW they have gum disease and need to see a__ products from harmful bacteria. gum specialist for surgery. This means cutting away the diseased Early in life this can be accomplished with a toothbrush and gums so the process can start all over again. This is a painful, “Clean-Between", plus a device to flush out the crevice. Figure 2 expensive, merry-go-round that leads to false teeth. This whole shows a diagram of how this is easily accomplished. If some gum "personal and national tragedy" continues for only one reason: it's disease has set in so the crevice is rapidly becoming a crevasse,’ very profitable to the dental profession. A well-known Michigan then a "Special Tip" is required. The Special Tip squirts a stream gum specialist has bragged for years that he makes over a million _ of salt water that is much more directional than the ordinary tips. dollars a year on gum surgery and related treatments. Since the If the disease is even more advanced, then more sophisticated tips automobile industry has instigated such elaborate dental insurance, and methods and therapeutic rinses may be necessary. These his ‘take’ must have doubled or tripled by now! stages of the disease and the corresponding treatment tips are illus- The irony of the whole situation is that if armed with the right trated in Figures 3 and 4. An enlarged view of the side-port tip is knowledge and if motivated to take action, with the proper instru- _ shown in Figure 5. THE FACTS The bottom line on the problem of gum disease is simply that the neck of the tooth is not given proper attention. Dentists are directly to blame because they concentrate all of their efforts on the crowns of the teeth: they fill them, inlay them, bridge them, etc. That's where the big money is! Therefore the public never learns that the main ‘trouble spot’ is the crevice at the neck of the tooth. The solution lies in cleansing this crevice of the toxic waste products from harmful bacteria. Early in life this can be accomplished with a toothbrush and "Clean-Between", plus a device to flush out the crevice. Figure 2 shows a diagram of how this is easily accomplished. If some gum disease has set in so the crevice is rapidly becoming a crevasse,’ then a "Special Tip" is required. The Special Tip squirts a stream of salt water that is much more directional than the ordinary tips. If the disease is even more advanced, then more sophisticated tips and methods and therapeutic rinses may be necessary. These stages of the disease and the corresponding treatment tips are illus- trated in Figures 3 and 4. An enlarged view of the side-port tip is shown in Figure 5. 24¢NEXUS JUNE - JULY 1994 24¢NEXUS