Very interesting take and fascinating. A couple of areas I will comment on is diet and rinses. Oh, one other thing. I take it that the comment on Fluoride is geared to the 30-40 but I think pediatric should pay attention to the need for it if no fluoride is in the water (natural or other wise). Kids do love their sweets and or not the best in oral hygiene.
As diet is concern, bingo!, I have been focusing more on the human microbiomes (as well as in nature) in my substack. Dr Jones alluded to the oral microbiome in his post on mouthwashes. That was the comment I made there on salt water rinses. I had to look up oil pulling (a rather odd term for oral oil rinsing). The Cleveland Clinic says "Oil pulling can help prevent plaque and preserve your gums, but it can’t cure ailments" Apparently making the go around in the "Wellness" bu$ine$$. Is it snake oil they are talking about? An interesting take: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/is-oil-pulling-your-best-choice-for-dental-health
Great comments. And I should have made the my preamble more clear, the research I did was for adults and children with more preferred oral habits. For example, a child eating a lot of sweets wouldn't fall under any of the literature search I did because they would be considered high-risk. But a child with an otherwise good diet (minimal sweets, etc.) may still derive some benefit from fluoride but it's not a statistically significant amount. As for clevelandclinic.org, I usually don't use secondary or tertiary sources for my research because I'm unsure where they got their information. So all my data comes directly from studies that I consider (certainly there would be a bias there) high-quality and substantiated by other studies. Cheers! Thank you for your reply and deep thoughts. Love it.
I did look at the links that Cleveland Clinic put in the article. The 2020 study has a tiny N and need more data/research. Bottom line, does not replace brushing and flossing.
Very interesting take and fascinating. A couple of areas I will comment on is diet and rinses. Oh, one other thing. I take it that the comment on Fluoride is geared to the 30-40 but I think pediatric should pay attention to the need for it if no fluoride is in the water (natural or other wise). Kids do love their sweets and or not the best in oral hygiene.
As diet is concern, bingo!, I have been focusing more on the human microbiomes (as well as in nature) in my substack. Dr Jones alluded to the oral microbiome in his post on mouthwashes. That was the comment I made there on salt water rinses. I had to look up oil pulling (a rather odd term for oral oil rinsing). The Cleveland Clinic says "Oil pulling can help prevent plaque and preserve your gums, but it can’t cure ailments" Apparently making the go around in the "Wellness" bu$ine$$. Is it snake oil they are talking about? An interesting take: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/is-oil-pulling-your-best-choice-for-dental-health
Great comments. And I should have made the my preamble more clear, the research I did was for adults and children with more preferred oral habits. For example, a child eating a lot of sweets wouldn't fall under any of the literature search I did because they would be considered high-risk. But a child with an otherwise good diet (minimal sweets, etc.) may still derive some benefit from fluoride but it's not a statistically significant amount. As for clevelandclinic.org, I usually don't use secondary or tertiary sources for my research because I'm unsure where they got their information. So all my data comes directly from studies that I consider (certainly there would be a bias there) high-quality and substantiated by other studies. Cheers! Thank you for your reply and deep thoughts. Love it.
I did look at the links that Cleveland Clinic put in the article. The 2020 study has a tiny N and need more data/research. Bottom line, does not replace brushing and flossing.