Comments for Beverly Hills Dentistry http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog Dr. Maddahi DDS Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 Comment on Can What’s in Your Mouth Really Make You Sick? by lbledsoe http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/general-dentistry/200708/can-what%e2%80%99s-in-your-mouth-really-make-you-sick/#comment-3400 lbledsoe Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:27:20 +0000 http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/general-dentistry/200708/can-what%e2%80%99s-in-your-mouth-really-make-you-sick/#comment-3400 There is a possibility that the infection is so great that it is using up all of the resources. But, the coughing and upper respiratory infection is usually not related to the tooth unless the root of the tooth is in the sinus and causing an infection in the sinus. It’s best to approach this on multiple levels. First, take care of the tooth that needs the root canal and get rid of the infection. Also consult with an ENT doctor to see where the sinus infection is coming from. Then, I think it would be best to work with both doctors. That way you are not just hoping that the root canal will solve everything. I think there may be more complications to this than meets the eye and it should be a physician and a dentist together working on these issues. Dr. Maddahi There is a possibility that the infection is so great that it is using up all of the resources. But, the coughing and upper respiratory infection is usually not related to the tooth unless the root of the tooth is in the sinus and causing an infection in the sinus.

It’s best to approach this on multiple levels. First, take care of the tooth that needs the root canal and get rid of the infection. Also consult with an ENT doctor to see where the sinus infection is coming from. Then, I think it would be best to work with both doctors. That way you are not just hoping that the root canal will solve everything. I think there may be more complications to this than meets the eye and it should be a physician and a dentist together working on these issues.

Dr. Maddahi

]]> Comment on Contact by lbledsoe http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/contact/#comment-3399 lbledsoe Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:14:54 +0000 http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/contact/#comment-3399 Unfortunately, I don’t know anyone in Michigan. A couple of areas where you could check is an online search “fear of dentistry” and see what dentists come up. Check out their websites and see what kind of things they actually provide for patients who are fearful. Some dentists will use an anesthetic for a type of conscience sedation, they could use a gas or there are other things that can be used to calm the fear. Once you go through the websites you’ll get a pretty good idea if they can do this or not. That’s the best thing I can do because I don’t know anyone out there. Dr. Maddahi Unfortunately, I don’t know anyone in Michigan. A couple of areas where you could check is an online search “fear of dentistry” and see what dentists come up. Check out their websites and see what kind of things they actually provide for patients who are fearful. Some dentists will use an anesthetic for a type of conscience sedation, they could use a gas or there are other things that can be used to calm the fear. Once you go through the websites you’ll get a pretty good idea if they can do this or not. That’s the best thing I can do because I don’t know anyone out there.

Dr. Maddahi

]]> Comment on Can What’s in Your Mouth Really Make You Sick? by nora navarro http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/general-dentistry/200708/can-what%e2%80%99s-in-your-mouth-really-make-you-sick/#comment-3327 nora navarro Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:37:48 +0000 http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/general-dentistry/200708/can-what%e2%80%99s-in-your-mouth-really-make-you-sick/#comment-3327 Dr Maddahi, I am a 46 year old generally healthy woman whom usually has alot of energy. I have been sick for about two months now. My problems are all over, sinus infections that won't go away, upper respiratory infections that won't go away (three weeks on ampicillin) constant cough, constipation, overall malaise, muscle weakness and pain, I just want to sleep all of the time. I look dreadful (gray, white sick complexion) and usually look very healthy and vibrant and pretty. I feel like I am seriously ill though my doctor is not finding my problem. I found out that I need a root canal because I have a seious dental decay going on in the back of my mouth. My question is, is it possible that this tooth is causing my entire body to be sick, and after the root canal do you think maybe some of these symptoms will subside? Thank you for listening, I am so tired of feeling ill. Dr Maddahi,
I am a 46 year old generally healthy woman whom usually has alot of energy. I have been sick for about two months now. My problems are all over, sinus infections that won’t go away, upper respiratory infections that won’t go away (three weeks on ampicillin) constant cough, constipation, overall malaise, muscle weakness and pain, I just want to sleep all of the time. I look dreadful (gray, white sick complexion) and usually look very healthy and vibrant and pretty. I feel like I am seriously ill though my doctor is not finding my problem. I found out that I need a root canal because I have a seious dental decay going on in the back of my mouth. My question is, is it possible that this tooth is causing my entire body to be sick, and after the root canal do you think maybe some of these symptoms will subside? Thank you for listening, I am so tired of feeling ill.

]]> Comment on Contact by Marcia Merritt http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/contact/#comment-3326 Marcia Merritt Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:17:37 +0000 http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/contact/#comment-3326 Dear Dr. Maddahi I got up very early on Sunday (11/11/07) because my jaw was hurting very bad. I knew what it was so I looked it up on the internet. I read some of your articles. I was very impressed with the article on the "Fear of Dentistry" since this is what caused me to be in the situation that I am in now. However I live in Michigan in a surburban area outside of Detroit, Michigan. I wanted to know if you knew of any dentist that seem to be as knowlable as yourself. Also one that deals with the fear and pain that can keep a person from going to the dentist. I would appreciate it if you could send me a reply. Respectfully, Marcia Merritt Dear Dr. Maddahi

I got up very early on Sunday (11/11/07) because my jaw was hurting very bad. I knew what it was so I looked it up on the internet. I read some of your articles. I was very impressed with the article on the “Fear of Dentistry” since this is what caused me to be in the situation that I am in now. However I live in Michigan in a surburban area outside of Detroit, Michigan. I wanted to know if you knew of any dentist that seem to be as knowlable as yourself. Also one that deals with the fear and pain that can keep a person from going to the dentist. I would appreciate it if you could send me a reply.

Respectfully,

Marcia Merritt

]]> Comment on California Oral Health Profile. by NYSCOF http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/preventive-dentistry/200703/california-oral-health-profile/#comment-2 NYSCOF Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:08:14 +0000 http://www.drmaddahi.com/weblog/preventive-dentistry/200703/california-oral-health-profile/#comment-2 California Cavity-Epidemic Study Reveals Fluoridation is Ineffective New York - February 14, 2006 -- Fluoridated California communities have huge cavity rates and large dentist-neglected populations, according to a recent California study.1 Although dentistry promises steep cavity reductions with fluoride- laced water supplies, that's not happening in California which is in the midst of a cavity epidemic.2 For example: fluoridated Long Beach children have more cavities (75%) 3 than California state (71%) despite a state-wide fluoridation rate one-fourth that of Long Beach. Los Angeles County is 44% fluoridated,4 yet 75% have tooth decay. 5 Santa Clara County, where several cities fluoridate,6 has a 72% cavity rate.7 Humboldt County is 35% fluoridated8 yet may have a higher cavity rate than California as a whole.9 Despite five fluoridated districts,6 Alameda County had double the statewide number of students needing urgent dental care.10 In contrast, NON-fluoridated Nassau County, New York, has a 50% cavity rate.11 Nationally 50% of six- to 8-year-olds have cavities.12 Fluoride is delivered to 2/3 of Americans via public water supplies and virtually 100% via the food supply The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) predicted that California preschoolers' poor nutrition, soda drinking and poor dental care would lead to more tooth decay.13 "Cavity rates correlate with poor diet and lack of dental care - two symptoms of poverty - not fluoride intake," says Lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. "Fluoridation proponents are unjustifiably using the California study to promote fluoridation, when, in fact, it proves fluoridation's ineffectiveness," says Beeber. Calcium, magnesium, vitamins A, C, D and other nutrients, not fluoride, are required to build and maintain healthy teeth. Many California preschoolers lack these nutrients because they do not consume recommended amounts of fruit, vegetables and milk while drinking too much soda.13 With free and accessible dental care, military personnel's dental health exceeds their civilian counterparts, reports the U.S. Surgeon General.14 Forty-percent of California's uninsured schoolchildren have untreated decay.1 Few California dentists accept Medicaid patients.15 Yet, dental groups oppose allowing trained dental therapists to mitigate the oral health epidemic.(16a, b) Many fluoridated communities experience cavity crises in the U.S.17 Children need dentists, not fluoridation.18 "With soda such an obvious and preventable cause of tooth decay, we question why the American Association of Pediatric Dentists accepted a $1 million grant from Coca-Cola,"19 says Beeber. New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof Fluoridation News Releases http://tinyurl.com/6kqtu Tooth Decay Crises in Fluoridated Areas http://www.fluoridenews.blogspot.com/ Fluoride Action Network http://www.FluorideAction.Net Fluoride Journal http://www.FluorideResearch.Org References: 1) 2006 Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children, California Dental Health Foundation http://www.dentalhealthfoundation.org/topics/public/index.shtml 2) Childhood dental problems epidemic, Study finds 71% of state's 3rd-graders have tooth decay, San Francisco Chronicle, by Janine DeFao 02/06/06 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/BAGESH3C6... 3) Dental disease sinks teeth into kids, by Kevin Butler, Press- Telegram, 2/6/06 http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3479344 4) "Your Health," Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - Public Health Volume III; Number 2; Winter 2000 5) 2006 Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children, California Dental Health Foundation page Table 2 (Region 3) http://www.dentalhealthfoundation.org/topics/public/index.shtml 6) Average Fluoride Levels of Public Water Systems in California Implementing Water Fluoridation http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ddwem/Fluoridation/Fluoridetable2002.PDF 7) "Oral Health Status of Children in Santa Clara County," Results of the Health Trust 2001 Needs Assessment, December 2001, http://www.healthtrust.org/programs/programs_childdental.php http://www.healthtrust.org/programs/programs_childdental_research.php 8) "Crisis with our Children," Executive Summary, Humboldt County Children's Oral Health Report, July 2001 www.co.humboldt.ca.us/health/pdf/exec_sum.pdf 9) "Humboldt sees high dental disease rates among children," by Sara Watson Arthurs, The Times-Standard, 02/07/2006 http://www.co.humboldt.ca.us/health/pdf/exec_sum.pdf 10) Dental decay afflicts quarter of state's kids, By Sandy Kleffman, Contra Costa Times, 02/06/2006 http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/13803140.htm 11) Nassau County Community Health Assessment 2005-2010 http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Health/Docs/PDF/2005-2010_CHA.pdf 12) U.S. Centers for Disease Control Oral Health At a Glance http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/oh.htm 13) The Health of Young Children in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. Los Angeles and Sacramento: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and First 5 California, July 2003. http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pubID=71 14) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. 2000 (page 87) 15) Distribution of Medicaid Dental Services in California. A paper by the Center for California Health Workforce Studies at the UCSF Center for the Health Professions, December 2000 http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/pdf_files/Medicaid%20Dental%20Report... 16a) "American Dental Association Files Suit Over Unlicensed Dental Therapists Providing Care In Rural Areas, NPR Reports," Feb 12, 2005 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=37250&nfid=rss... b) "State board acts for California dentists, not public," Sacramento Bee editorial 2/7/06http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm? action=detail&pk=ED-DENTISTS-02-07-06 17) http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof2/_pgg6.php3 18) http://www.orgsites.com/ny/newyorkstatecoalitionopposedtofluoridation... 19) Pediatric Dentists Accused of Selling Out to Coke. CSPI [Center for Science in the Public Interest ] Urges AAPD to Put Kids' Teeth Ahead of Coke's Money. March 2003 http://www.cspinet.org/new/200303041.html California Cavity-Epidemic Study Reveals Fluoridation is Ineffective

New York - February 14, 2006 — Fluoridated California communities
have huge cavity rates and large dentist-neglected populations,
according to a recent California study.1

Although dentistry promises steep cavity reductions with fluoride-
laced water supplies, that’s not happening in California which is in
the midst of a cavity epidemic.2

For example: fluoridated Long Beach children have more cavities (75%)
3 than California state (71%) despite a state-wide fluoridation rate
one-fourth that of Long Beach.

Los Angeles County is 44% fluoridated,4 yet 75% have tooth decay. 5
Santa Clara County, where several cities fluoridate,6 has a 72% cavity
rate.7 Humboldt County is 35% fluoridated8 yet may have a higher
cavity rate than California as a whole.9 Despite five fluoridated
districts,6 Alameda County had double the statewide number of students
needing urgent dental care.10

In contrast, NON-fluoridated Nassau County, New York, has a 50% cavity
rate.11

Nationally 50% of six- to 8-year-olds have cavities.12 Fluoride is
delivered to 2/3 of Americans via public water supplies and virtually
100% via the food supply

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) predicted that
California preschoolers’ poor nutrition, soda drinking and poor dental
care would lead to more tooth decay.13

“Cavity rates correlate with poor diet and lack of dental care - two
symptoms of poverty - not fluoride intake,” says Lawyer Paul Beeber,
President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation.
“Fluoridation proponents are unjustifiably using the California study
to promote fluoridation, when, in fact, it proves fluoridation’s
ineffectiveness,” says Beeber.

Calcium, magnesium, vitamins A, C, D and other nutrients, not
fluoride, are required to build and maintain healthy teeth. Many
California preschoolers lack these nutrients because they do not
consume recommended amounts of fruit, vegetables and milk while
drinking too much soda.13

With free and accessible dental care, military personnel’s dental
health exceeds their civilian counterparts, reports the U.S. Surgeon
General.14

Forty-percent of California’s uninsured schoolchildren have untreated
decay.1 Few California dentists accept Medicaid patients.15 Yet,
dental groups oppose allowing trained dental therapists to mitigate
the oral health epidemic.(16a, b)

Many fluoridated communities experience cavity crises in the U.S.17
Children need dentists, not fluoridation.18

“With soda such an obvious and preventable cause of tooth decay, we
question why the American Association of Pediatric Dentists accepted a
$1 million grant from Coca-Cola,”19 says Beeber.

New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

Fluoridation News Releases
http://tinyurl.com/6kqtu

Tooth Decay Crises in Fluoridated Areas
http://www.fluoridenews.blogspot.com/

Fluoride Action Network http://www.FluorideAction.Net

Fluoride Journal http://www.FluorideResearch.Org

References:

1) 2006 Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children, California Dental
Health Foundation http://www.dentalhealthfoundation.org/topics/public/index.shtml
2) Childhood dental problems epidemic,
Study finds 71% of state’s 3rd-graders have tooth decay, San Francisco
Chronicle, by Janine DeFao 02/06/06
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/BAGESH3C6…

3) Dental disease sinks teeth into kids, by Kevin Butler, Press-
Telegram, 2/6/06
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3479344

4) “Your Health,” Los Angeles County Department of Health Services -
Public Health Volume III; Number 2; Winter 2000

5) 2006 Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children, California Dental
Health Foundation page Table 2 (Region 3)
http://www.dentalhealthfoundation.org/topics/public/index.shtml

6) Average Fluoride Levels of Public Water Systems in California
Implementing Water Fluoridation
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ddwem/Fluoridation/Fluoridetable2002.PDF

7) “Oral Health Status of Children in Santa Clara County,” Results of
the Health Trust 2001 Needs Assessment, December 2001,
http://www.healthtrust.org/programs/programs_childdental.php
http://www.healthtrust.org/programs/programs_childdental_research.php

8) “Crisis with our Children,” Executive Summary, Humboldt County
Children’s Oral Health Report, July 2001
www.co.humboldt.ca.us/health/pdf/exec_sum.pdf

9) “Humboldt sees high dental disease rates among children,” by Sara
Watson Arthurs, The Times-Standard, 02/07/2006
http://www.co.humboldt.ca.us/health/pdf/exec_sum.pdf

10) Dental decay afflicts quarter of state’s kids, By Sandy Kleffman,
Contra Costa Times, 02/06/2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/13803140.htm

11) Nassau County Community Health Assessment 2005-2010
http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Health/Docs/PDF/2005-2010_CHA.pdf

12) U.S. Centers for Disease Control Oral Health At a Glance
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/oh.htm

13) The Health of Young Children in California: Findings from the 2001
California Health Interview Survey. Los Angeles and Sacramento: UCLA
Center for Health Policy Research and First 5 California, July 2003.
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pubID=71

14) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral Health in
America: A Report of the Surgeon General. 2000 (page 87)

15) Distribution of Medicaid Dental Services in California.
A paper by the Center for California Health Workforce Studies
at the UCSF Center for the Health Professions, December 2000
http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/pdf_files/Medicaid%20Dental%20Report…

16a) “American Dental Association Files Suit Over Unlicensed Dental
Therapists Providing Care In Rural Areas, NPR Reports,” Feb 12, 2005
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=37250&nfid=rss…

b) “State board acts for California dentists, not public,”
Sacramento Bee editorial 2/7/06http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?
action=detail&pk=ED-DENTISTS-02-07-06

17) http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof2/_pgg6.php3

18) http://www.orgsites.com/ny/newyorkstatecoalitionopposedtofluoridation…

19) Pediatric Dentists Accused of Selling Out to Coke. CSPI [Center
for Science in the Public Interest ] Urges AAPD to Put Kids’ Teeth
Ahead of Coke’s Money. March 2003 http://www.cspinet.org/new/200303041.html

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