On behalf of the dentists of Ontario, I wish to commend you for emphasizing to Canadian physicians, through your public health column, the issue of dental caries.1 It is reassuring to the dental profession when physicians are reminded of the importance of oral health as a major component of general health.
I suspect that the groups that Erica Weir identified as carrying the “burden of oral disease”1 also bear a significant burden of systemic disease. Physicians probably see patients at risk for dental disease more frequently than dentists, and this opportunity to establish basic awareness of the need to prevent dental caries and periodontitis should not be missed.
Brian N. Feldman Editor, Ontario Dentist Toronto, Ont.
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