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Article: What your mouth can tell your dentist; more than forty diseases - some of them life-threatening - can be detected during an oral examination.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- October 1, 1986
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WHAT YOUR MOUTH CAN TELL YOUR DENTIST
The pain in David Rogers' lower jaw was getting worse. It was beginning to interfere with his concentration. Reluctantly, he took time from work to visit the nearest dentist.
The dentist made a thorough examination. He even took Rogers' blood pressure. "Your heartbeat sounds very irregular to me,' he said as he removed the stethoscope. "It may be normal for you, but I think we should check it out before we go any further.'
Rogers protested. Except for his aching lower jaw, he felt fine. But the dentist was insistent, so Rogers finally gave in and went to see a physician in the same building. "Anything ...