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>That's one data point that I have observed. As with many things genetics plays a big part. I neglected going to the dentist for 15 years and take just ok car
by ux-app 3y ago
>That's one data point that I have observed.
As with many things genetics plays a big part.
I neglected going to the dentist for 15 years and take just ok care of my teeth (brush at least once per day, don't floss).
I was expecting bad news, lots of cavities, but my teeth are perfect. After some plaque removal, not a single cavity.
Asked the dentist about this, he shrugged and just said "genetics".
- xupybd 3y agoI'm sure they do, but the dentists here have told her that lack of fluoride is her problem. She is using a night time fluoride paste to help.
- FollowingTheDao 3y agoIt might not be a fluoride, it might also be a lack of molybdenum. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2229411220160203 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/222941122016020...
- xupybd 3y agoInteresting, I didn't know about molybdenum. Her home city of Hanoi doesn't have tap water that the locals like to drink. Even after boiling I think it can taste bad. So she grew up with heavily filtered water or bottled water. I would guess her diet was lacking in many trace minerals from this.
- epgui 3y agoDentists don’t do genome sequencing, so they have no way of ruling out genetics.
- xupybd 3y agoSometimes you don't need to rule everything else out to be confident in a diagnosis.
- Auracle 3y agoIn this case it’s more “when all you have is a hammer (fluoride)…”
- xupybd 3y agoThe therapy appears to be improving her teeth. Is there something I am missing?
- Auracle 3y agoJust because a treatment works doesn't mean it's the best treatment, or is treating the "cause." To say that a lack of fluoride is the cause of their bad teeth is silly. Not eating sugar/acidic foods, Novamin, or a different set of bacteria in her mouth would also improve her teeth.
- xupybd 3y agoWe used a toothpaste with novamin in it. That didn't help her. She doesn't eat much sugar. She's 40 something kg and eats very healthy.
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