Hi and welcome to our blog! Since I'm taking more time off now, Kevin and the team nominated and elected me to do a series of articles for our blog. Coming from a long line of teachers, it didn't take much persuading. I will endeavor to keep them interesting, informative and relatively short. Hopefully they will stimulate thought and feedback which we will do our best to answer here or at your next visit.
The Basics
Let's start with some basic information on which all future articles is based. This is the science part of the "art and science of dentistry". What causes dental disease? Three things working together are necessary to cause the most wide spread ailment to mankind - Dental disease. Dr. Paul Keyes explains it in Keyes's Circles. Envision three circles that over lap each other at only one edge. That over lap is dental disease. One circle is Bacteria - bugs. Another is Substrate - food. and the third is Host - teeth. All three have to be present for dental disease to occur.. No teeth - no disease (cavities or gum). No food (sugar) - bugs starve. No bugs - healthy mouth! Control or eliminate any circle and the disease goes away. Next time, what we (you and me ) can do with each circle!
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great job grandpa! can't wait to see the next one. remember lime green is your color:)
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