2006 Biggest Health Threat to the United States - US Dentistry...

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

The US Health Care System, rated 72nd in quality, but number one in
cost - worldwide, is known, by government reports, to be the NUMBER
ONE KILLER of Americans - ahead of heart disease, cancer, and
strokes. There is no argument against facts.

But what is up for speculation are the REASONS why this is so. No
one I know of (government agencies, think tanks, etc.) has taken the
time to describe, and rate, the reasons why US citizens are being so
short-changed.

It is easy to point fingers at the US Food & Drug Administration
(FDA), Hospitals, health insurance companies, etc...

But what if there is an industry, completely trusted by the public,
that knowingly, and intentionally, is causing significant harm to
America's health?

There is one. It is called "Official dentistry" and I believe that
this entity, by itself, is the number one problem in American health
care.

Let me tell you why I think so...

The Self-Serving Dental Bureaucracy - "Official dentistry" is not
now, and has not been for some time, about Dentists or dentistry. It
is about the Dental Bureaucracy protecting the IMMENSE CASH FLOW FROM
OUTSIDE SOURCES, into that bureaucratic system. That huge amount of
cash sets "Official dentistry's" priorities, and THOSE PRIORITIES do
not serve the needs of America's Dentists, and certainly not the
needs of the American public. Dentists, within the system, have
little, or no, control over what happens in American Dentistry.

Simply, "Official dentistry" is controlled by those that write the
checks to that bureaucracy. For instance, forty-two percent of the
ADA's annual income is from "Product Endorsement." And, to my
knowledge, that 42% DOES NOT INCLUDE the money "Official dentistry"
gets from the US fertilizer industry.

The fertilizer industry? Did I say "The fertilizer industry?"

Yup, that's exactly what I said. And, that's not all. There are
FOUR reasons I think "Official Dentistry" is the number one US health
care problem. All of those reasons will shock and surprise you...

To read the entire article, and access the interesting links, click
on the URL below:

http://www.bolenreport.net


Tim Bolen - Consumer Advocate