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Except it’s true, and could save someone’s life. If a homeless person with bad dental hygiene were to bite you deep enough to sink their teeth into a blood vess

by xwdv 6y ago

Except it’s true, and could save someone’s life. If a homeless person with bad dental hygiene were to bite you deep enough to sink their teeth into a blood vessel you might not live happily ever after, you’re almost certainly looking at an infection if left untreated.

eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Then say "person with bad dental hygiene". Don't single out homeless people: one can have bad dental hygiene without being homeless. (speaking about toxic language...)
libria 6y ago
If any person were to bite you. I'm not aware of data that suggests significant variance in mouth bacteria among impoverished vs affluent, i.e. if Bezos were to bite me right now, I'd still go to the ER. Anyway, I'd guess biting is more common among preschoolers than homeless people.
- serf 6y ago
  > I'm not aware of data that suggests significant variance in mouth bacteria among impoverished vs affluent there is plenty of data about the subject. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2906228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2906228/ https://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/OHHomelessfactsheet.pdf https://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/OHHomelessfactsheet.pdf more with a simple google query like 'oral health among homeless'. overall point : homeless people are less likely to have a 'dental home', or access to the items and services needed to facilitate good oral health. The problems of access seem to correlate to an increase in oral-health-related issues like sensitive teeth, broken teeth, and ulcers. It's not a fashionable subject, and it's tough to say in such a way that is sensitive to those people who are undergoing such strife, but the data tends to point towards worse oral health in those without access -- which, in my opinion, is an obvious outcome of destitution and homelessness.
  - StrictDabbler 6y ago
    Dental health care is also on average worse in communities of color. How do you feel about saying "if a black person (or any individual) were to bite you..."? From the perspective of sepsis the oral health of the person has no impact on how dangerous a bite is. Every human being has enough bacteria in their mouth to cause a deadly infection and having a higher level is not significant. The original poster mentioned the homeless because that's what he thinks of when the idea of unclean mouths comes up.

by xwdv 6y ago

eeZah7Ux 6y ago

Then say "person with bad dental hygiene". Don't single out homeless people: one can have bad dental hygiene without being homeless. (speaking about toxic language...)

libria 6y ago

If any person were to bite you. I'm not aware of data that suggests significant variance in mouth bacteria among impoverished vs affluent, i.e. if Bezos were to bite me right now, I'd still go to the ER. Anyway, I'd guess biting is more common among preschoolers than homeless people.

serf 6y ago
> I'm not aware of data that suggests significant variance in mouth bacteria among impoverished vs affluent there is plenty of data about the subject. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2906228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2906228/ https://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/OHHomelessfactsheet.pdf https://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/OHHomelessfactsheet.pdf more with a simple google query like 'oral health among homeless'. overall point : homeless people are less likely to have a 'dental home', or access to the items and services needed to facilitate good oral health. The problems of access seem to correlate to an increase in oral-health-related issues like sensitive teeth, broken teeth, and ulcers. It's not a fashionable subject, and it's tough to say in such a way that is sensitive to those people who are undergoing such strife, but the data tends to point towards worse oral health in those without access -- which, in my opinion, is an obvious outcome of destitution and homelessness.
- StrictDabbler 6y ago
  Dental health care is also on average worse in communities of color. How do you feel about saying "if a black person (or any individual) were to bite you..."? From the perspective of sepsis the oral health of the person has no impact on how dangerous a bite is. Every human being has enough bacteria in their mouth to cause a deadly infection and having a higher level is not significant. The original poster mentioned the homeless because that's what he thinks of when the idea of unclean mouths comes up.