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FREEDOM FROM DENTAL DISEASE!

In 1819 a dentist named Levi S. Parmly wrote a book called A Practical Guide to the Management of the Teeth . . . Comprising a Discovery of the Origin of Caries, or Decay of the Teeth, with its Prevention and Cure.

Some 77 years later. Dr. G. V. Black closed his address to a group of dental school graduates with these words: "The day is coming, and perhaps within the lifetime of you young men, when we will be engaged in practicing preventive rather than reparative dentistry."

Yet the U.S. Public Health Service tells us that 98 out of every 100 men, women, and children in the United States still suffer from some form of dental disease. And American Dental Association figures indicate that the average American has 14 teeth decayed, filled, or missing by the time he or she reaches 20 years of age! Just what has happened to the dream of preventive dentistry?

"It isn't a dream anymore, it's a reality!" says Dr. Robert Nara of Houghton, Michigan, who adds, "Dental disease—tooth decay and bad gums—can be eliminated. . . I've been doing it for almost 20 years!"

These are pretty strong words . . . especially to those of us who are suffering from the pain and financial losses caused by conventional reparative dentistry. But Bob Nara is sure of his message ... so sure, in fact, that he has put his means of earning a living on the line in a bitter struggle with the dental establishment (those professional organisations which, Nara claims, condition this country's dentists to do no more than "help the patient's mouth rest comfortably while the teeth die").

MOTHER was curious about Nara's claims and about the system of preventive care, called Oramedics, that the Michigan dentist has designed to help "spread the word" that dental disease can be eradicated.

And so staffer Bruce Woods flew up to the Wolverine state for a talk with Nara, who had—not long before—had his license suspended by the Michigan State Dental Association. This transcript of their conversation contains some statements that—if true—paint a shocking picture of a "medical" profession that has the means to insure dental health but, instead, allows political and economic pressures to limit its practice to treating symptoms . . . while it completely ignores the causes of tooth and gum disease.

Whether you finish this interview as a believer in Oramedics or not, we think you owe it to your mouth to read what Bob Nara has to say.

PLOWBOY: Dr. Nara, your ideas about preventive dentistry have, so far, cost you your license to practice, gotten you kicked out of the county, state, and national dental organizations, and forced you to face criminal charges. I know this situation didn't develop overnight, so why don't we begin at the beginning. Can you tell me about your training and professional background?