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Over the last century, technology and culture has rapidly advanced. During this time, the Amish have made very careful choices as to what advancements they will and will not adopt. Each Amish community makes their own decision when it comes to questions of technology, such as whether or not telephones and automobiles should be allowed. Because this is done by each community, the rules differ from one to the next.
Some communities allow bicycles with pedals, while others allow bicycles without pedals. As you can see, the decisions can be very specific.
But when it comes to the matter of dental care, all Amish communities think alike. They have decided to reject advancements in dental care, leaving them locked in the 18th century.
It is for this reason why the Amish do not use smoke alarms. If we apply this belief to teeth, it becomes clearer why the Amish decide to remove their teeth. The Amish approach most medical care matters in this way. There is nothing that can be done about it. For some Amish groups, it seems a lot more practical and less expensive to have a tooth removed than to go through the process of saving it.
Dentures are more cost effective than lifetime oral care. Having a tooth, a number or teeth, or mouthful of teeth removed is commonplace among the Amish. The expense of caring for teeth would be considered vain and impractical to the Amish. While most of us were taught to brush, floss and see our dentist regularly, the Amish will often only see a dentist to have a painful tooth removed, or perhaps all the teeth removed in one fell swoop.
Rather than come back again for when the other teeth begin to decay, it is cheaper to have them removed than to care for each one. Dentistry to the Amish is seen as an economical choice, not one of vanity or necessity. The Amish believe that vanity goes against God. The concern a modern American might feel for the appearance of their teeth is looked down upon in Amish communities.
Since the Amish strictly follow the rules of their community, they would almost never consider going against the grain. One study found that 1 in 3 Amish brush their teeth daily. It is interesting to note that one study performed by a dentistry professor named Bagramian in found that the Amish have fewer cavities and lower rates of gum disease compared to the general population.
Since the Amish follow a healthy diet and avoid sweet snacks, the occurrence of cavities within their communities is half that of the U. Also, gum disease was found to be 3. The study also found that The Amish look at life very differently from the rest of us, and have a very different set of values than most modern people. I work in the health care sector in Alberta, Canada, and it is common practice for Hutterites to have all their teeth pulled and get dentures as young adults.
This was shared with me by a young Hutterite woman who was a patient of mine. Other religious groups have the same practice. I'm Mennonite with Amish neighbors and what you say is mostly false! So please don't post things until you really really know the difference between Amish groups!!
I think Amish are good and nice people,on this world with a lot of disasters they live in peace and love. I grew up in an Amish community and have always been around the Amish. I have many Amish relatives. I have never heard or seen anything of this nature occuring.
My mother always brushed her teeth and taught us to, as well. What you're reporting may be a localized event only occurring in a certain group of Amish. The Amish to an outsider all look alike. But they have wide and varying beliefs about how to live and care for themselves. Please don't lump an observation in one Amish settlement on all the Amish settlements. Visiting the dentist can be scary for so many but, for those in low-income areas of the United States, it can also be costly.
So, to learn that many Amish remove their teeth willingly to essentially prevent multiple visits to the dentist isn't that surprising, even if it seems far too drastic of a solution to some. If you are at all familiar with Amish communities, though, you might have realized that many young Amish are known to have some or all of their teeth removed, resulting in the need for dentures at a young age.
One of the reasons is that it is simply cost-effective to do this instead of keeping up with a lifetime of dentist visits that are more common in the "English" world than in Amish communities. According to Amish America , the primary reason why many Amish have their teeth removed and replaced by dentures early on in adulthood is because of the long-term cost of visiting the dentist. I think there is always good and bad in every community, ethnicity, race etc…and think they may have picked the ones who poorly reflect the Amish culture for the sake of RATINGS for their show.
Lets face it.. I live in Ashland County, Ohio. An Amish friend of ours had Lasik eye surgery a few years ago to eliminate the need to wear glasses.
The parents had all of her back teeth capped when she was 3. There are two places they visit regularly; that being the eye doctor and the dentist. The Swartzentruber Amish that I knew of in Ohio that pulled teeth got in trouble jail time included for not revealing where they got the Novacain from.
I used to haul folks to the one in upper Holmes that did tooth pulling two days a week. By the looks on some of those coming out the door, the Novacain was not used or was minimal. He even does fillings. One man that I talked to that went there was glad to save hundreds of dollars, I am thinking it would even possibly have been a thousand or more. I was one of those teens with braces and my oldest daughter wore them as well she is 16 and has been out of them for about 18 months.
I think the stigma of wearing braces is gone. About the show Breaking Amish. Its sad if the girl is getting picked on for wearing dentures. Another is divorced with 3 kids?
Anyway, just wondering if you had heard anything about that. I never wore braces but two of my kids did. Both had problems with the braces slipping off. Had to wearthem longer than normal. My parents did not have insurance to cover braces so my regular dentist suggested cutting my gums, moving my front teeth together and turning my sideways teeth frontwards.
This he did in his office with me under novocaine. I ate soup for a few days and my teeth turned out great. The one thing I remember he was dating a girl that also had braces. He kissed her and somehow they got stuck together. Somehow they got to a pay phone and called my parents. Parents picked up my brother and his, then, girlfriend and took them to our MD. He cut the braces and separated them. The doctor was laughing so hard while he was doing that.
My brother never kissed anyone until he had the braces off. Then his senior year in college he was driving to a friends house and had a car accident.
That was the days before seat belts. He hit his mouth on the dash board and broke all the front teeth that he had braces on. When he recovered from the accident he had to go to the dentist and get them all capped.
I came around and wanted braces, but because of my brothers history-my parents talked me out of them. I never had braces although I should have. I have very crooked teeth. All 3 of my children have had braces-I just returned from an orthodontic appointment my youngest had this morning. I agree the stigma is gone. He was silver on top hair and silver in his smile. I should have braces on my teeth right now due to a couple turning molars which have crowded my front teeth.
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