Re:Why You Should Never Skip Flossing Your Teeth
by Ives on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @12:52PM
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Ehm, I'll admit that at this time no causal link is established although there is a correlation [1]. I've come to realize that I don't have a good source for what I wrote earlier.
Sources like [2] do claim a causal link but I was unable to find the actualy study.
[1] http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=193088#qu... [2] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dental-screenings-linked-lower-...
Re:Why You Should Never Skip Flossing Your Teeth
by run4yourlives on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @12:59PM
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To be clear, I don't want to discount the studies completely, because there does seem to be a little bit of smoke there.
That said any real conclusions are clearly premature for the data, as science reporting tends to be these days.
You sure it isn't that people who floss tend to also be people that take better care of their bodies overall, and hence the two, while correlated, aren't an example of cause and effect.