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Are you the one who always brushes and flosses diligently, but still get more cavities than anyone else in your family, office, neighborhood!?

Don’t despair, there is new technology and products that will be of benefit for you.

The dental profession has long recognized the role of sugars and bacterial plague as causative factors in getting cavities.  For the past 30 years we’ve also recognized that some people are more prone to cavities due to poorly mineralized permanent teeth and/or deep grooves in the chewing surfaces that trap food and bacteria and subsequently end up decaying.

Now a new causative factor is recognized and being addressed!

Just as salt on the roads leads to rust on your car.  Acidity in your mouth (or the pH of your saliva) has come to the forefront of playing a huge role in cavity formation.  I’ve long recognized that kids and adults who indulge in daily soft drink consumption are prone to large and fast cavity formation.  Mountain Dew is notorious, and the newer energy /pep drinks are claiming their notorious place in dental history.  While soft drinks are laden with high sugar content, the acidity(pH) levels of these drinks and their continuous exposure (daily sipping on a soft drink) combines for an extremely detrimental environment to ENAMEL!

THE SOLUTION:

1. Recognize that soft drinks are much more harmful than earlier thought.   So when you indulge yourself, drink it, rinse with water to neutralize the acidity, and wash away the sugar residue.
2. Neutralize your saliva pH!  Although that may sound difficult it isn’t. Carifree product line has a home care kit, 3 month regimen, that only requires you to use twice a day, brush and rinse, with an acidity reducing rinse, and xylitol containing tooth gel.  Easy and effective!
3. Eliminate unnecessary sugars in your diet.  Gum chewing w/ sugar gum has to be replaced with xylitol containing gums.  The xylitol is a non sugar sweetener that also changes the microbial environment of the mouth making cavities less likely to occur.

Call the office today to for a Caries Assessment evaluation!  317-882-0228

Oral Cancer — Risk Factors/Causes (in North America)

1. Tobacco & Alcohol — The most recognized and acknowledged is the use of tobacco (including
smokeless) and alcohol.

2. Sexually Transmitted HPV-16 and -18 – Exposure to HPV-16 (human papilloma virus) is the fastest growing
risk factor for oral cancer. This is the same virus responsible for the vast majority of cervical cancers.
The virus presents a fivefold increase in incidence under the age of 40, which means all patients over the age
of 17 should be screened annually.

• Why age 17? According to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in recommending the newHPV vaccine “Gardasil” for cervical cancer prevention… “We chose 11 and 12 years because most girls have not had sex at that age.” It added: “By 15 years of age, about 25% of American young people have become sexually active. And by age 17, 50% have already done so.” — revolutionhealth.com The HPV Connection — some startling statistics: One of the most common virus groups in the world today – affecting the skin and mucosal areas of the body —is the human papilloma virus. More than 100 different types of HPV have been identified. Different types of HPV are known to infect different parts of the body. The most visible forms of the virus produce warts (papillomas)on the hands, arms, legs, and other areas of the skin. Most HPVs of this type are very common, harmless,noncancerous, and easily treatable. There are other forms of HPV which are sexually transmitted, and are a serious problem. The most common of these are; HPV-16, -18, -31, and -45. These cancer-associated types of  HPVs cause growths that usually appear flat and are nearly invisible, as compared with genital warts caused byHPV-6and-11. The FDA estimates that 70 percent of cervical cancers are associated with HPV-16 or -18. New studies have confirmed a significant link to oral cancer as well. In the oral environment, these manifest themselves primarily in the posterior regions, such as the base of the tongue, back of the throat (oropharynx), tonsils, and tonsillar pillars.It has now been established that the path which brings people to oral cancer contains at least two distinct etiologies; one through tobacco and alcohol and another via HPV, particularly version 16, though other versions of the virus might be implicated as the research unravels further. There are further delineations that seem to be apparent between the two. In general, it appears that HPV-positive tumors occur most frequently in a younger group of individuals than tobacco-related malignancies. They also occur more frequently in white males, and in nonsmokers. The HPV group is the fastest-growing segment of the oral cancer population.

3. History of Oral Cancer – Patients who survive a first encounter with the disease have a 20 times higher
risk of developing a second cancer; this increased risk can last for five to 10 years after the first occurrence.

4. Verrucous Leukoplakia — Approximately one-third become cancerous.

5. Erythroplackia — 91 percent show signs of dysplasia or malignancy.

6. Compromised Immune System — HIV

1. Removable partial denture
2. Tooth-supported fixed bridge
3. Implant-supported fixed bridge

Accredited, awarded, and accomplished, Dr. Ted Reese will work hard to gain your confidence and trust. He is a affiliated with the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Denistry, and the Christian Medical Dental Association to name a few. He has been a dentist for over 20 years and looks forward to serving you today.

Did you know that 75% of American Adults are afraid of the dentist? Call Dr. Ted Reese today to learn how he can ease your fears at 317-882-0228