Knowledge is the key to health. Knowing what to do, how to do it, and why to do it can help you and your family live sensibly. You can enjoy not just freedom from dental disease, but freedom from the expense and futility of dentistry itself.
Because knowledge is such an essential ingredient, it would be to your advantage to have, in addition to this book, two other Oramedics publications: "Research Advocates Oramedics" and "Money by the Mouthful".
The information contained in these two books will be included in this book, but not in as extensive detail. Most people who obtain this book will do so because they were introduced to Oramedics via these other books, and this one is written more for the "advanced" reader...it is a natural extension of what they've already learned.
In these pages you will find all the information needed to become self-reliant in caring for your oral health. You'll understand the cause of dental disease, you'll learn how to avoid it; you'll learn what to do for infants, older children and adults. You'll discover what natural resources are available to help you maintain a healthy oral environment as well as what effective materials an: easily obtainable through any well-stocked drugstore.
You will find that as with virtually anything in the health spectrum, the first and best "medicine" is prevention, but we realize that there will be problems in spite of your preventive efforts...and we will help you understand these problems and what to do about them: A sort of "dental first aid" approach.
If you haven't encountered the term "frame of reference" by now --or if you have, but don't fully understand it --you should be aware of its importance to your use of the information in this book. A frame of reference is the way you view any given subject, based on preconceived ideas...on all of the concepts and misconceptions you've acquired relative to the subject at hand.
The typical frame of reference to oral health is woefully incorrect; but it is nearly impossible to understand and to use correct information unless the old frame of reference is changed. Whenever you encounter that phrase in this book, think of it as a reminder that the information you are reading at that point is something that is contrary to "popular belief", and that you should perhaps slow down at that point and give it extra attention.
Why are you about to read this book? --isn't it because you're convinced you haven't been getting the whole truth from the dental profession? You're quite sure that if you only knew how, you could take excellent care of your health, and your family's health, without encountering the backbreaking (and rising) medical and dental costs of our time.
You're not alone. In fact, pollster Louis Harris wanted to find out how many people think like you do, and so the famous Harris Poll went out and dug up an interesting fact: More than nine out of ten Americans share your growing belief that simply living sensibly will do more good than any doctor or medicine.
That same poll showed that perhaps seventy percent of the public believes doctors could be good sources of help --information --on how to stay healthy...but only forty-seven percent believe doctors will give them the advice they need.
Nine out of ten suspect that something's not quite right with what they're told. Seven out of ten think professionals could help them. Less than half believe the professionals will help them.
No, you're not alone; and that perhaps accounts for the mushrooming acceptance of Oramedics: Americans, now more than ever before, are ready to recognize and to use commonsense approaches to health care. We think that's why you are about to read this book. We know that's why it was written...
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