Thursday, July 6, 2000

Can a dentist save this marriage ?

Thank God for divorce ! A woman complains in an Ann

    Landers column this morning that her husband has not brushed

    his teeth in 20 years ! " He rarely kisses me which is probably

    a good thing ".  Is there any torture quite like forced intimacy

    with people who disgust us ?

         But the woman just wants advice- not a divorce. Ann

    tells her  that his dental hygiene might improve " when

    he gets really sick because of an infection that started in his

    mouth. " 

         The woman said that her insurance does not cover dental

    appointments. Is it not stupid for our medical care system

    to separate dental health from general health ?

         Indeed Wanda Howard this morning quotes the nation's

    surgeon general : " Oral health is integral to a person's

    general health ".

        Please don't tell millions without dental insurance to

    just " brush your teeth and say your prayers ! "

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