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Article: HUNDREDS OF MEDICINES PROMOTE TOOTH DECAY MANY DOCTORS UNAWARE OF SIDE EFFECTS AND DON'T WARN PATIENTS.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- October 21, 1997
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Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The elderly man had tooth decay like Dr. Sebastian Ciancio had never seen before: a large black hole on the outside of one of his two front teeth.
It turns out the man gagged on his heart medicine when he stuck the nitroglycerine tablets under his tongue - where they're supposed to go - so instead he stuck them under his top lip. And they ate the hole in his tooth.
Hundreds of medicines that Americans take every day, from the country's most popular blood pressure pills to chewable vitamin C tablets, can cause serious tooth decay and gum disease, oral medicine experts told the American Dental Association.
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