yay, a late night GGT poll!

Was chatting with a friend (oldmunchkin to be precise) and we got to talking about TEETH. Since I made a comment about TEETH in the piccy thread, and asked about the TEETH of The Thing and The Friend, it became clear that she and I have very different ideas toward dental health.

Yes, corrective dentistry can be very expensive. Preventative dentistry not so much. We know bottle-propping and soda-drinking and candy-eating is bad. We now know the value of flossing, and all of our toothpastes have fluoride. (Some areas like mine don't have fluoridated water, but that's fairly easy to counter, without needing prescription drops---just let the kid swallow some toothpaste and/or use a fluoridated mouth wash).

We know prenatal nutrition makes a difference, we have vitamins and supplements. We know even infants need to have their gums cleaned, clear water given to drink, baby teeth need to be cared for, diets need to be optimal before adult teeth erupt.

We also know that dental health can be correlated to heart health. A person with chronic cavities and gum disease is more likely to have cardiac problems.

Brits carry around that comical "bad teeth" stereotype, but to me that means maybe yellowed or crooked.....not rotten! Black, pitted, decayed teeth, missing teeth, abscessed teeth, well that's just sad. Because it doesn't have to be that way.

ok so too long winded now, vote in the poll. Put some bite in your posts.