Posted on 03/09/2018 9:06:49 PM PST by BenLurkin
A progressive and often fatal lung disease killed dentists at a much faster rate than that of the general population at a Virginia hospital over the past two decades, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC reported that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis affected eight male dentists and a dental technician out of 900 patients studied, Newsweek reported. Although the dentists only represented 1 percent of the number with the disease, only 0.038 percent of people in the U.S. are dentists.
Seven of the patients studied had already died of the disease, which causes scarring in the lungs and prevents oxygen from getting into the heart and brain through the blood, Newsweek reported. It is called "idiopathic" if no cause for the disease is known. Many patients who have IPF die within three to five years of diagnosis.
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Swordmaker, if memory serves you were in dentistry. Have you heard anything about this?
Virginia, wonder if some middle easterner brought back some camel spider disease?
Couldn’t be the mercury fillings- Our very own US FDA says it’s safe!
Some disagree.
https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/procedures/fillings/dental-amalgam-a-health-risk
I believe there are many many people affected by dental allergies from crown materials, filling materials, cements and adhesives.
There doesn't seem to be very much information on the net about it though which is very odd...
I had a metal crown that I believe I was allergic to. It was really irritating my mouth for almost a year. I never dreamed they'd actually put anything that bad in a person's mouth! Dentist kept saying no, not an allergy, but it fits because I can't wear jewelry.
I finally got it replaced a couple of months ago with a porcelain crown. It is healing very slowly. I can finally move my tongue around and brush my teeth without crying. I think I had some kind of problem with the novocaine injection site too that messed up the nerves too.
I'm looking for another dentist, but maybe these are just more weird changes from quitting smoking. After I quit smoking, I became allergic to more things that never bothered me before and get tonsillitis frequently.
I think smoking might cover up other problems.
Is it SAFE ?
Dustin Hoffman. Marathon man. 1976
Sloppy standards for mixing or working with toxic agents? No air conditioning or air exchange?
That is weird. My Hub was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in April, 2017. He started out in welding but quit in 1968 and began a career in law enforcement. He retired in 2010 and smoked but had quit for about 5 years when diagnosis was made. He contributed his shortness of breath to meds he was taking. WRONG. Anyway he received 2 new lungs in December and thanks be to God and the prayers of many on his behalf for that. Doctors told him their working on GERD as a possible cause. No telling.
Dentists also have one of the highest suicide rates of any occupation. For one thing, you have to learn as much as a medical school graduate which often means high debts to get through college then dental school followed by a job where most people are not happy to see you and think you charge too much. Once you’ve established your practice, there is no higher professional level to aspire to. You’re just a D.D.S. for the next 40 years of your life, sticking your mitts in people’s mouths and lecturing them about their poor hygiene habits.
Some are wonderful and seek to give their patients a better quality life. I know one of these and he deserves the best praise! Dr. Shimoide Anaheim, Ca... great caring office staff also.
Marathon Man still gives me the heebe jeebes every time I go to the dentist.
Could it be the new composites that fill the room with dust when hit by the dental drills?
I am thinking the same thing. However, I am looking at the new composites. Could the dust from these composite as they are being shaped cause lung side effects?
As much as I dread going to see the sadist, he runs a good practice and all of the staff are nice.
It’s also within walking distance.
Somthing like silica can cause fibrosis when it is inhaled. It’s shape causes it to anchor and remain in the lung, doing its damage which results in scarring, hence the fibrosis. Scar tissue doesn’t pass Ox. Dentist have a tiny sandblasted but I have no idea what abrasive they use. At any rate it takes a lot of dust to bring about fibrosis. Can’t imagine where it coming from.
Brother is a dentist.
He claims the largest health issue today for dentists is skin contact with adhesives causing allergies.
On the other hand, dentists are paid as well as GPs, have lower malpractice insurance rates and don’t have to work nights and weekends.
Perhaps dentistry is so orderly and nonintense that it leads to ennui?
Dentist and Dental Hygienist are truly unappreciated when you consider what they give everyone, the confidence to smile. That is truly a wonderful gift.
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