They discuss oral bacteria, but never name the bacteria that is responsible for the decay, if it is in fact decay. They don't talk about good and bad bacteria. The oral surgeon I went to see said "you've got gum disease", and he said this with 100% confidence based on what he suggested was that my gums were "detaching from" my wisdom teeth, and therefore my wisdom teeth had to be removed before any more damage was done.
A different dentist said the same thing to me 17 years ago. I've got 5mm pockets and if we don't take out those teeth, it will get worse. It hasn't gotten worse, nobody has said anything about what sort of bacteria this is. How do they know that this is not the natural position of my gums on those teeth.
When we discuss bacteria in any other part of the body, don't we name that bacteria? Don't we know the good from the bad and test for these things?
The dentist and surgeon's concerns were that the gums would completely separate from the tooth. So I told them...if you pull the teeth out, they're definitely going to be separated!
I'm hopeful that in the next decade we will test for the bacterial balance, or types and have x-biotics or similar methods to adjust the bacteria, not just pull out teeth. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about it.
cratermoon•9mo ago
rowinofwin•9mo ago
I had Streptococcus Sanguinus, a typical oral bacteria, in my Aortic valve. It has eaten the valve until it was back flowing by 75%, so I needed four pumps to match one normal pump.
They said the source was probably biting my cheek, ADHD comes with lots of benefits, so yeah, not a virulent or particularly dangerous bacteria, just in the wrong place. Got the valve replaced, now I am on Warfarin for the rest of my life, but wow, I am glad to be in Australia, the only money I spent was on snacks. I was flown to and from hospital, 6 weeks in hospital, surgery with 11 staff, and not a single solitary cent spent.