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If you leave the plaque and tartar on the teeth without fixing the fundamental problem (immune health) then there of course will not be better health outcomes.

Caries are a sign of an immune disorder or imbalance. As long as dentists only scrape peoples teeth and do not integrate their health into their practice you will keep having plaques and tartar to be remove as your body fight this battle.

https://www.lupus.org/news/people-with-lupus-exhibit-increas...




>Caries are a sign of an immune disorder or imbalance

Or just terrible habits like drinking liters of soda everyday. Besides the diabetes, the mix of sugar and acid is terrible for dental health, and contrary to the myth, brushing your teeth will not save them, at all, if one persists in terrible habits.


Sugar does not directly cause oral microbiome imbalance. Lipids do.

https://www.dentaleconomics.com/science-tech/oral-medicine-a...




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