Re: Please summarize the recent Scientific American article on fluoride

In article <13qooid2s7m2med@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinmung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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However, it does point out the possible information to be gleaned by
keeping dietary information on our patients.

Thanks,
Steve

Any severe loss of "normal" jaw function creates incredible "dietary
challenges" and in turn, incredible "dental health challenges".
Fluoride, as a tool for dental health, is an important matter to
patients who live decades upon decades with these challenges.

In *my* case, my mandible does not move to the right or left, nor does
it move forward or backward. The movement up and down is limited to an
extremely short distance which averages about 8-10 mm at best (referred
to as a hinge opening). With fatigue and pain being a permanent
component of this significant disability, there are times when this
degree of maximum function is unattainable.

The purpose of this reply within the thread is to point out that as much
as "dentistry" recognizes the value of fluoride in decay prevention to
the masses, "dentistry" is not going to site examples such as mine
because the percentage of people with such special needs are too few to
mention. However, if fluoride is an important tool for the masses, it
is an especially important tool to the rare population with extremely
special needs.

Back to the point about keeping dietary information on patients; grazing
is not an uncommon dietary style and it happens for many, many reasons.
So the question I have is this: what advice to you give the "grazers by
choice" or "grazers with little choice"?

FYI: I was *officially* excused from any personal obligation to maintain
a "kosher diet" because of my disability. My case was the first brought
to the rabbis attention back in the mid 1990s. (I *must* graze in a
manner that puts my medical health above any religious "law" that if
followed would compromise my health. That is also the Law.)

Webby

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