ORAL HYGIENE
CHAPTER 1 WHY YOUR MOUTH MATTERS 1 CHAPTER 2 THE MODERN DIET S MISSING PIECES 7 CHAPTER 3 THE ANCIENT WISDOM IN OUR TEETH 20 CHAPTER 4 THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING VITAMIN 47 CHAPTER 5 THE LANGUAGE OF BACTERIA 64 CHAPTER 6 IT S NOT GENETIC 88 CHAPTER 7 WHY THE FOOD ON YOUR PLATE IS MAKING YOU SICK 106 CHAPTER 8 FROM LOW FAT TO CHOLESTEROL 125 CHAPTER 9 EATING TO MAKE YOUR DENTAL CHECKUP A BREEZE 142 CHAPTER 10 THE DENTAL DIET MODEL AND FOOD PYRAMID 162 CHAPTER 11 THE 40 DAY DENTAL DIET MEAL PLAN 195 CONCLUSION 252 REFERENCES 255 CONTENTS CHAP TER 1 WHY YOUR MOUTH MAT TERS YOUR MOUTH IS THE GATE WAY TO YOUR EN TIRE BODY WHILE WE KNOW HOW IM POR TANT OUR DEN TAL HEALTH IS AND UN DE NI ABLY LOVE A GREAT SET OF TEETH OUR MOUTHS RE MAIN ON THE PE RIPH ERY OF THE MOD ERN CON VER SA TION ABOUT HEALTH AND WELL BE ING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY WE AC TU ALLY TREAT OUR TEETH IT WOULD AP PEAR THAT OUR ORAL HEALTH IS UNIM POR TANT TO US A FACT BARELY HID DEN BY THE VE NEER OF OR THODON TIA AND TEETH WHITEN ING PRO CE DURES TO DAY ROT TEN TEETH ARE SO COM MON THAT WE CON SIDER THEM NOR MAL AC CORD ING TO THE WORLD HEALTH OR GA NI ZA TION TOOTH DE CAY AF FECTS 60 TO 90 PER CENT OF SCHOOL AGE CHIL DREN LIV ING IN IN DUS TRI AL IZED COUN TRIES 1 IT IS THE MOST PREVA LENT CHRONIC DIS EASE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE 42 PER CENT OF CHIL DREN DE VELOP HOLES IN THEIR BABY DEN TI TION 2 IN THE UNITED KING DOM 26 000 CHIL DREN AGED FIVE TO NINE WERE AD MIT TED UN DER GEN ERAL ANES THETIC FOR DEN TAL TREAT MENT FROM 2013 TO 2014 3 CROOKED TEETH ALSO KNOWN AS MAL OC CLU SION PLAGUES OUR CHIL DREN AP PROX I MATELY FOUR MIL LION KIDS IN THE U S ARE WEAR ING BRACES TO STRAIGHTEN THEIR TEETH 4 THE TO TAL NUM BER OF PEO PLE WITH OR THODON TICS DOU BLED BE TWEEN 1982 AND 2008 AND ROSE BY 24 PER CENT IN ADULTS 5 AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH MAKE IT TO ADO LES CENCE WITH AN UN TOUCHED MOUTH YOUR COM ING OF AGE WILL LIKELY IN VOLVE SOME WIS DOM TOOTH PAIN IN THE UNITED STATES 10 MIL LION WIS DOM TEETH ARE EX TRACTED AN NU ALLY 6 WHILE THE DEN TAL IN DUS TRY PULLS IN A COLOS SAL 129 BIL LION A YEAR 7 THE NUM BERS REP RE SENT ING ORAL DIS EASE ARE SIM PLY STAG GER ING AND RE VEAL A MOD ERN HEALTH EPI DEMIC IN OUR SO CI ETY THAT STARTS IN CHILD HOOD AND SPANS OUR EN TIRE ADULT LIVES THE PER VA SIVE NESS OF DEN TAL 1 DIS EASE HAS GIVEN US THE IDEA THAT AS A PART OF GROW ING UP WE WILL IN EVITABLY EX PE RI ENCE DE CAY NEED BRACES OR HAVE WIS DOM TEETH RE MOVED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IT BE CAME WILDLY AP PAR ENT TO ME THAT AS A DEN TIST I WAS FO CUS ING ON THE WRONG THING MY TRAIN ING WAS BASED ON FIX ING DIS EASE NOT PRE VENT ING IT FROM HAP PEN ING THE FLOOD OF ADULTS AND CHIL DREN WITH DIS EASED MOUTHS CON TIN UED TO ROLL INTO MY PRAC TICE DAY AF TER DAY WITH THE SAME CON DI TIONS I FELT AS IF MY LIFE S WORK WASN T SIG NIF I CANTLY CHANG ING ANY THING DEN TAL DIS EASE WOULD CON TINUE TO EX IST NO MAT TER HOW MANY FILL INGS I PLACED NO MAT TER HOW MANY WIS DOM TEETH I EX TRACTED WE DON T NEED AN OTHER TREAT MENT THAT SIM PLY HIDES THE PROB LEM WE NEED THE SO LU TION THE UN COM FORT ABLE TRUTH IS THAT ALL OF THESE CON DI TIONS OC CUR SIM PLY BE CAUSE OF POOR DIET THE DEN TAL DIET BRINGS THIS NEW PAR A DIGM TO LIGHT AND IS THE FIRST BOOK OF ITS KIND TO TEACH PEO PLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HOW TO PRE VENT DEN TAL DIS EASE BY SIM PLY CHANG ING WHAT THEY EAT BY FOL LOW ING THE DI ETARY GUIDE LINES I VE DE VEL OPED FROM STUDY ING HU MAN NU TRI TION EPI GE NET ICS AND ORAL MEDICINE NOT ONLY WILL YOU BE RE LIEV ING YOUR SELF FROM A LIFE TIME OF DEN TAL BILLS BUT YOU LL BE TAK ING THE BEST POS SI BLE STEPS TO IM PROVE YOUR OVER ALL HEALTH AND LOWER YOUR RISK OF CHRONIC ILL NESSES LIKE DI A BETES HEART DIS EASE AND IR RI TA BLE BOWEL SYN DROME OUR FO CUS ON TREAT MENT HAS LED TO A POOR UN DER STAND ING OF HOW ORAL DIS EASE CON NECTS TO THE EN TIRE BODY AND OUR HEALTH AND WELL NESS IN RE AL ITY WHAT S GOOD FOR THE MOUTH IS GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE BODY THE FOOD PRO GRAM FOUND IN THE DEN TAL DIET HELPS TO PRE VENT DIS EASE NOT ONLY IN THE MOUTH BUT IN YOUR BONES GUT IM MUNE SYS TEM AND BRAIN AS WELL BY FOL LOW ING THE REC OM MEN DA TIONS FOUND IN THESE PAGES YOU LL BE SET TING YOUR SELF UP FOR A LIFE TIME OF GOOD HEALTH HOW FOOD SHAPES OUR FACE OUR MOD ERN EX PE RI ENCE WITH DIS EASES LIKE TOOTH DE CAY AND CROOKED TEETH ARE PLACED INTO SHARP PER SPEC TIVE WITH A QUICK SCAN OF THE HU MAN FOS SIL RECORD FOR AN THRO POL O GISTS JAWS AND TEETH ARE LIKE A TIME CAP SULE TAK ING US DEEP INTO HU MAN HIS TORY THE DENSE LOWER JAW BONE 2 MOUTH HYGIENE AND TEETH ARE THE STUR DI EST PARTS OF OUR BODY THE PARTS MOST LIKELY TO SUR VIVE UN DAM AGED IN THE FOS SIL RECORD AS A RE SULT MUCH OF OUR KNOWL EDGE OF OUR AN CES TORS IS FORMED BY POST HU MOUS DEN TAL CHECK UPS THROUGH THE STUDY OF AN CIENT MOUTHS SCI EN TISTS ARE ABLE TO RE CRE ATE IN TRI CATE DE TAILS OF OUR DIS TANT REL A TIVES IN CLUD ING THEIR DIET FOS SIL RECORDS TELL US THAT DEN TAL DIS EASE WAS PRESENT YET RARE AMONG AN CIENT EGYP TIANS AND MOST OF THEM HAD PER FECTLY STRAIGHT TEETH 8 MESOLITHIC HUNTER GATH ER ERS HAD MOUTHS WITH LIT TLE TO NO CAV I TIES OR GUM DIS EASE 9 MORE RE CENTLY AN THRO POL O GISTS RECORDED IN DIGE NOUS AUS TRALIANS LIV ING IN THEIR HUNTER GATH ERER STATE AND OB SERVED THEIR AB SENCE OF DEN TAL DIS EASE 10 THE SAME HAS BEEN OB SERVED IN SO CI ETIES ACROSS THE WORLD IN CLUD ING NA TIVE NORTH AMER I CANS SOUTH AMER I CAN IN DI ANS AND NO MADIC AFRICAN TRIBES 11 AN THRO POL O GISTS HAVE OB SERVED THAT THE HU MAN JAW IS A PLAS TIC STRUC TURE THAT UN DER GOES CHANGE IN RE SPONSE TO THE DE MANDS OF EAT ING HOW EVER IT IS ALARM ING TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THE MOD ERN DE TE RI O RA TION OF OUR JAW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE HU MAN RACE DEN TAL DIS EASE AS WE KNOW IT TO DAY AP PEARED ONLY AF TER THE IN DUS TRIAL REV O LU TION WHEN PRO CESSED FOODS BE CAME PREVA LENT IN MOD ERN IZED SO CI ETY OUR MOUTHS WERE HEALTHY FOR THOU SANDS AND THOU SANDS OF YEARS BUT THIS CHANGED RE MARK ABLY ONCE THE IN DUS TRI AL IZED FOOD SYS TEM WAS IN TRO DUCED IN NA TURE DEN TAL PROB LEMS RARELY OC CUR OUR CON TEM PO RARY PROB LEMS OF ROT TEN TEETH AND CROOKED DEN TAL ARCHES ARE A SIGN OF RAPID AND UN NAT U RAL DE GEN ER A TION IN OUR SPECIES THAT HAS AP PEARED IN THE GE O LOG I CAL BLINK OF AN EYE IT TOOK ONLY ONE GEN ER A TION AF TER THE IN TRO DUC TION OF THE MOD ERN DIET FOR TOOTH DE CAY AND CROOKED TEETH TO AP PEAR AS SOON AS WE CHANGED OUR FOOD OUR MOUTHS ALSO BE GAN TO CHANGE WHAT OUR TEETH ARE TRY ING TO TELL US THERE S AN OLD SAY ING THAT SOME ONE WHO HAS THEIR HEAD ON THEIR SHOUL DERS IS GEN ER ALLY IN TEL LI GENT LOG I CAL AND DOWN TO EARTH THE IDEA SEEMS TO HAVE ITS ROOTS IN THE SIM PLE OB SER VA TION THAT WELL 3 MOUTH HYGIENE