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Toxic-Free Preventive Dentistry

David Kennedy D.D.S.

HEALTH

ACTION

PRESS

International Standard Book Number: 0-913571-06-2

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-075263

Health Action Press, 6439 Taggart Road, Delaware, Ohio 43015

First Edition Published 1993

Second Edition Published 1996

Printed in the United States of America

Cover designed by Kathleen Blavatt

This book is dedicated to my father Ted A. Kennedy, D.D.S.

whose life long love of dentistry inspired my career and this

book. There are dozens of individuals who have assisted me in

preparing the manuscript for publication. I would like to

express my sincere thanks to all of those who have helped.

Preface

G um disease and tooth decay are the major causes of tooth

loss. Both result from bacterial infections and poor nutrition

and are entirely preventable. This book gives a step-by-step

approach for restoring teeth and healthy gums and maintain-

ing them, with a major emphasis on prevention. Prevention is

the only practical and cost-effective way to keep your teeth all

your life.

This year, Americans will spend over $37 billion on

dental care. 1 Sixty percent of all 15-year-olds and ninety

percent of adults over age 35 will have some degree of pro-

gressive gum disease. Some 12 percent of American children

will be receiving orthodontics to correct the effects of an

under-formed dental arch. Tooth decay is still a major prob-

lem, especially among less educated, lower income groups. In

1986-1987, the average 17-year-old had over five decayed,

missing, and filled teeth. And, contrary to popular belief,

there is no scientific proof that fluoride can be credited with

decreasing tooth decay. 2

This book also deals in detail with three of the major

controversies facing the dental consumer today: "silver"

fillings, non-surgical treatment for gum disease and fluoride.

An environmentalist viewpoint is emphasized through-

out: materials used in dentistry should not contribute to the

proliferation of toxic chemicals in the environment — espe-

cially in the very intimate environment of your mouth!

1 Waldman, B. H. "Who is Paying for Dental Care?" Compendium

Continuing Education in Dentistry, Vol. XIII, No.7 July 1992.

2 Yiamouyiannis, J.A. "Water Fluoridation and Tooth Decay:

Results from the 1986-1987 National Survey of U.S. Schoolchil-

dren", Fluoride 1990; 23: 55-67.

Introduction

Modern preventive medicine has two distinct historical

predecessors.

Ancient traditional healing techniques emphasized a non-

invasive approach encompassing spiritual, nutritional and

natural herbal remedies to stimulate the body's innate recu-

perative capabilities.

The allopathic drugs-and-surgery-cures-all approach

Americans embraced early in this century has failed miser-

ably with degenerative diseases such as dental disease.

The field of modern dentistry originated from the

allopathic approach, drilling out decay and cutting away

infected gums, neglecting holistic healing practices, and

failing to promote a life-style that fosters and supports

health. The newly emerging field of preventive dentistry, on

the other hand, maintains a primary focus on eliminating the

causes of dental disease rather than concentrating on treat-

ment of the symptoms alone.

One month after the first edition of How To Save Your

Teeth was published, Dr. Harold Loe, the director of the U.S.

National Institute for Dental Research stated that

"The first filling is a critical step in the life of a tooth.

Using amalgam for the first filling requires removing a lot of

the tooth substance, not only diseased tooth substance but

healthy tooth substance as well. So in making the undercut

you sacrifice a lot, and this results in a weakened tooth. The

next thing you know the tooth breaks off, and you need a

crown. Then you need to repair the crown . . . and so it contin-

ues to the stage where there is no more to repair and you pull

the tooth.

"With the first filling you should do something that can

either restore the tooth or retain more health tooth substance.

Use new materials — composites or materials you can bond to

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