By John A. Myers
Summary: A great overview of how nutritional knowledge should have transformed dentistry but never did. In this well-written, well-researched article, the author calls on the dental profession to stop focusing on drilling, filling, and extracting teeth and start teaching the true cause of dental caries: malnutrition. The author reviews the pioneering work of Drs. Price and Pottenger as evidence of the role of diet in the health of the mouth and teeth. He also discusses the famously nutrient-dense soil of Deaf Smith County, Texas, a.k.a. "the county without a toothache," and describes the role of various vitamins and minerals in dental health. From Annals of Dentistry. Reprint 107, 1958.
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