Poor kids' dentists: 'Dental Therapists'

Herb Denenberg: Please immediately scroll to the end of this post. Massive
obstetric emergency.


POOR KIDS¹ DENTISTS: ³DENTAL THERAPISTS²

Dental therapists apparently do fillings for poor people (not just children)
who regular dentists won¹t serve...



HERB DENENBERG, a member of the National Academy of Sciences says:

³Dental therapists are now deployed in 42 countries including Australia,
Canada, England, and New Zealand.² (Full article below.)


Attention Oregon Attorney General HARDY MYERS ):

Herb¹s full article (reproduced below) is titled: HOW THE DENTAL PROFESSION
DENIES CARE TO CHILDREN WITH ROTTING AND INFECTED TEETH, AND PERFORMS MORE
LIKE A MONEY-GRUBBING BUSINESS THAN A PROFESSION.(SERIES)

Hardy, surely it is ILLEGAL for dentists to abuse their licensing privilege
and ³money-grub² at children¹s expense?

It is SORT of like how obstetricians are ignoring children¹s welfare and
closing birth canals up to 30% and robbing babies of up to 50% of their
blood volume. See the very end of this post.


MAYBE we should have dental therapists in the US?

RICH people would eventually go to them if they are trained to do as well as
dentists and are less expensive.

I certainly would.

But maybe that¹s why the American Dental Association opposes them...


OPEN LETTER (archived for global access at http://groups.google.com

Herb Denenberg
Member
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences

www.thedenenbergreport.org

Herb,

Thanks for your great article on dental therapists.

I am posting it to several usenet newsgroups as it came to me via Paul
Connett.

My further remarks (to Paul Connett) are interspersed below ######

I am hoping that Oregon Atty Genl Hardy Myers will start prosecuting the
obvious ADA-promoted crime of fluoridation (medication without consent).

Maybe Hardy will also support dental therapists.

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo
Hillsboro, Oregon



Paul Connett, PhD wrote:

THE FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.fluoridealert.org or http://www.fluorideACTION.net

FAN CAMPAIGN Bulletin #283: "A Money Grubbing Business".

August 2, 2005

Dear All,

I am off to Bellingham, Washington in a few minutes to help citizens fight
off a fluoridation proposal (again). Back on August 9. Meanwhile, here is
two part article by Herb Denenberg (a former Pennsylvania Insurance
Commissioner, professor at the Wharton School, and Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commissioner) which is being circulated on a listserve for
dentists. The issue appears to have split dentistry down the middle with the
public health dentists on one side and the cosmetic dentists on the other.

The key thing to remember is that cosmetic dentists are among the highest
paid professionals in the country - they get more than the run of the mill
GP. Their average income is about $250,000 a year. To give you an example
which really surprised me: I was told that the State of Massachusetts has
been trying to fill the directorship of their dental program directed at
children from families of low income. They have tried to attract graduating
dental students to fill the position. But they have been unable to do so,
even though the starting salary offered is $185,000 a year! Can you imagine
a recent graduate turning down a starting salary of $185,000? However, there
is far more money to be earned in cosmetic dentistry. One has to wonder how
many of the problems being treated by cosmetic dentists are actually caused
by over ingestion of fluoride.

#### Paul, like the dentists, you are ignoring/concealing the fact that the
common law doctrine of informed consent indicates that medication without
consent * even medication with GOOD medicine without consent is a
CRIME/battery.

#### Medication with the cumulative poison fluoride would appear to be a
crime/battery. Why not at least start MENTIONING this?

But, to come to the point, when you next hear that ADA members are
promoting fluoridation because they want to help poor kids fight tooth
decay, cite this article below. Also remind them that:

1) 80% of dentists won't treat kids on Medicaid.
2) The highest rates of tooth decay in the US are in the poor sections of
cities which have been fluoridated for years.
3) Forcing fluoridation on the poor is not equitable,

##### Forcing fluoridation is a CRIME * regardless of income level. (You
could be more conservative and say * as I said above * that it would APPEAR
to be a crime/battery.)

because this is the community which is least likely to be able to afford
avoidance measures, if they so choose.
4) The poor are most likely to have poor nutrition in the US and thus the
almost [sic] vulnerable to fluoride's toxic effects.

If the ADA was genuinely interested in poor kids welfare - AND THEY ARE NOT
-

##### The ADA is promoting an obvious CRIME. (You might choose to say that
they are promoting what APPEARS to be an obvious crime.)

then they would insist that the money currently being frittered away on
fluoridation equipment, fluoridation chemicals, fluoridation monitoring,
promotion of fluoridation and bogus studies on fluoridation (like the CDC
study to profile opponents of fluoridation as if they had some kind of
mental disease!)

##### Paul, I don¹t think you have ³some kind of mental disease² - but I do
wonder why you are silent about the fact that common law indicates that
fluoridation is a CRIME/battery * which means FREE ATTORNEYS (if enough
people complain about the crime to those free attorneys * called attorney
generals and district attorneys).

##### As usual, I will copy Oregon attorney general Hardy Myers via
.

.... bring meaningful dental care to poor kids. Using "dental therapists" as
discussed below is one method.

Paul Connett

HOW THE DENTAL PROFESSION DENIES CARE TO CHILDREN WITH ROTTING AND INFECTED
TEETH, AND PERFORMS MORE LIKE A MONEY-GRUBBING BUSINESS THAN A
PROFESSION.(SERIES)

Herb Denenberg Column for July 25, 2005

(Part one of a series). There go the dentists again, not the public health
dentists who support dental therapists and broader access to dental care,
but the dentists in private practice represented by the American Dental
Association (ADA), attempting to deny children with toothaches and rotting
and infected teeth the care they need. This is the same old garbage they
have been shoveling to protect their turf, when their turf won¹t even be
affected. The ADA has been dishing out the same baloney since 1950, and it
doesn¹t even come up with new objections.

The ADA, with a Pavlovian-reflex-like reaction, always opposes attempts to
train professional technicians to take care of underserved populations who
need fillings and extractions, who suffer from abscesses and tooth aches,
and who need other routine care. These are often children, in remote areas,
where there aren¹t any dentists and where dentists don¹t want to go.

The location is immaterial. The dental reaction is always the same,
regardless of the facts, regardless of the location, regardless of the
evidence, regardless of the needs. Don¹t worry about the location of the
latest dental outrage. It is likely to eventually come to a neighborhood or
area in your community.

What¹s worse, the approach of the dental profession to this issue betrays a
decision process that is likely to produce bad results on other issues.

Here¹s the latest dental profession outrage, inflicted on the state of
Alaska. In that state, there are historically dentally underserved children
and adults living in remote, low-income areas where there are only a handful
of public health dentists who can¹t possibly meet these dental needs. So the
Alaska Native Tribal Health Council has come up with a perfect solution *
use what are called dental therapists (or dental health aide therapists).
They are technicians who are professionally trained to do routine fillings,
extractions and preventive care for the dentally neglected populations. It
is also important to note that the dentist therapists are supervised by the
regional pubic health dentists. The public health dentists also provide
treatment that is beyond the scope of the dental therapists, but, as noted,
there are too few of them to treat the entire population.

The Alaska dental therapists are trained in a school in New Zealand that,
since 1921 (!), has specialized in training dental therapists. Ninety-eight
percent of New Zealand children * rich and poor alike * are treated in its
school based dental clinics, to the complete satisfaction of parents.

Even if this were a new idea, it should get serious consideration. But what
makes its logic even more compelling is that it is nearly a century-old idea
used around the world, with the training facilities and capabilities to back
it up in every way.

Dental therapists are now deployed in 42 countries including Australia,
Canada, England, and New Zealand. Over 30 years ago, Dr. Jay Friedman, the
leading authority on dental quality, went to New Zealand to study its
implementation of a dental therapist program. He documented his findings in
an article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, ³The
New Zealand Dental Service: A Lesson in Radical Conservatism² (JADA 1972,
85:609-16). He proved then what has been demonstrated many times since *
that the dental therapists can deliver quality work and meet the needs of
those who will not otherwise get dental care. In my next column, I¹ll
explore what stands in the way of using dental therapists to provide dental
care to those now not getting it.

*****************************

(Last part of a series). There¹s a proven way to deliver high quality dental
care to those not getting it now. They are those who live in rural areas, in
our inner cities, and elsewhere. It¹s the use of dental therapists,
professionally trained dental technicians, to provide fillings, extractions,
preventive care and other routine services. Dental therapists are now
delivering high-quality care, economically and efficiently, in 42 nations
across the world. But not in the U.S. Why is that?

What stands in the way of the implementation of this urgently needed
program? The American Dental Association, state dental associations and
local dental societies. And what arguments do they make against the program?
Their approach is almost too embarrassing to even repeat. As Abe Lincoln
would say, ³These arguments are weaker than the shadow of a pigeon that
starved to death.²

One of the first and most ridiculous arguments is that there is an adequate
supply of dentists to serve this population. The ADA argues (and apparently
with a straight face) that volunteers will come from the Lower 48 to treat
the 60,000 Alaska natives half of whom are residing in remote areas. Who are
they kidding? I¹ve been to Alaska and just getting to Anchorage or Juneau is
a major adventure. But can anyone imagine these volunteers not only going to
Alaska, but then going to these remote areas by boat or snowmobile to take
care of the Alaska natives. I can imagine some child suffering from a tooth
ache, waiting for the ADA volunteer to fly in from Omaha, Nebraska * after
the snow storm has subsided. This whacky approach has been tried before, and
failed before. There is no reason to think there will be a different result
another time around. You need paid Native American dental therapists
recruited from the local communities, located in these communities, not
volunteers from the lower 48 who come in for a 10-day vacation.

Even if you could get these ADA dental sojourners, who could only be found
in a Jules Verne novel, this would not be an efficient, much less an
effective approach. If the ADA can produce these volunteers, let them work
on the complicated cases the dental therapists can¹t handle.

The ADA also argues that the dental therapists will produce inferior work.
This is simply not the case and there is ample evidence including Friedman¹s
landmark study and studies since that demonstrate therapists can do quality
work as good as that of dentists. Even the ADA-sponsored report on this
Alaska proposal did not find that therapists produce inferior work.

Finally it is argued the therapists would be practicing dentistry illegally.
This is the easiest argument to dispose of on three counts. First, this type
of professional assistance has been allowed under all kinds of codes of
professional conduct. Just think physicians assistants and nurse
practitioners, and a whole array of other medical technicians without whom
physicians would be as delinquent as dentists. Second, if the law says
therapists are illegal, it can quickly and easily be changed. Third, even an
ADA-sponsored report failed to show that dental therapists are practicing
dentistry illegally.

The real objection of the ADA is the dental therapists ³seem² to be invading
turf long owned by private practicing dentists. That is ridiculous. There is
no way these dentists are going to serve these low-income natives living in
remote regions, much less those neglected children in the inner cities and
rural areas of the Lower 48. Where have they been up to now?

It¹s time that the ADA for once shows that George Bernard Shaw was wrong
when he said, in effect, that every profession is a conspiracy against the
public interest. Shaw was right for law, medicine, dentistry, and for every
other profession that I know of. Isn¹t it time the dental profession as well
as other professions prove Shaw wrong? Wouldn¹t it be nice if for once the
professions stand up and ³do the right thing² for the public and for
themselves.
___________________________________________
Herb Denenberg is a former Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner, professor at
the Wharton School, and Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner. He is a
member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and
is a board member of the Center for Safe Medication Use. He is an adjunct
professor of insurance and information science and technology at Cabrini
College. You can write Herb at POB 7301,St. Davids, PA e-mail him at
or reach him at his two Web sites: thedenenbergreport.org
or denenbergsdump.org


Herb, I note you are a member of the prestigious Institute of
Medicine/National Academy of Sciences...

My primary focus is stopping obstetricians from closing birth canals up to
30% and from robbing babies of up to 50% of their blood volume.

Keeping in mind that babies breathe through their umbilical cords...

You might also be interested to know that obstetricians are routinely
STRANGLING babies immediately after birth - immediate cord clamping -
forcing babies to breathe through their lungs before they are ready - and in
the process robbing them of up to 50% of their blood volume.

This is happening to EVERY CESAREAN BABY, according to retired obstetrician
George Malcolm Morley, MB ChB FACOG...

For further details (don¹t miss the Four OB Lies * they are whoppers)...

See ACOG's 2005 edition: How NOT to birth
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3606

See also: RNs: 'Stitches, episiotomy, and postpartum complications'
(Maternal care
learning needs)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3725

Regarding routine baby strangling...here is something I emailed recently to
Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers...

....AMERICAN MEDICINE¹S **MOST** FREQUENT SURGICAL BEHAVIOR IS OBVIOUS
CHILD ABUSE THE WAY OBSTETRICIANS PRACTICE IT...

Retired obstetrician George Malcolm Morley, MB ChB FACOG is recommending
that his fellow obstetricians temporarily strangle babies - to help
obstetricians learn why they should not immediately clamp/cut umbilical
cords thereby PERMANENTLY strangling babies/robbing them of up to 50% of
their blood volume.

Dr. Morley indicates that EVERY CESAREAN BABY is being robbed of up to 50%
of his/her blood volume.

HERE IS DR. MORLEY RECOMMENDING THE **TEMPORARY** BABY STRANGLING ON THE
WEB...

"[T]he umbilical cord [is] immediately closed between finger and thumb...The
[fetal heart rate/FHR] will decelerate quickly to about 60 bpm...the color
will change from purple-pink (normal at birth) to pallid blue
(vaso-constriction and asphyxia.)...Few midwives or obstetricians will be
able to observe, without interference, a deep, prolonged FHR deceleration on
a non-breathing newborn for a period of 60 seconds.* Common sense will soon
release the finger and thumb."
http://www.cordclamping.com/acog-cp.htm

Hardy [Oregon Atty Genl Hardy Myers], some OREGON obstetricians may be going
to Dr. Morley's website and
experimenting with his temporary baby strangling - as they engage in
PERMANENT baby strangling - robbing babies of up to 50% of their blood
volume.

Dr. Morley MEANS well * but it is simply (obviously) illegal for him to
encourage obstetricians to commit ³lesser² child abuse in order to encourage
them to stop committing greater child abuse - robbing babies of up to 50% of
babies¹ blood volume.

See Michigan Baby Strangler George Malcolm Morley, MB ChB FACOG
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3739

Again Hardy, I know that you may be unable to investigate MDs because you
part of the medico-"legal" "just us" system...

But at least offer assistance to pregnant women in your circle of family and
friends, OK?



Herb,

Could you ask the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences to help
stop obstetricians from routinely strangling babies/robbing up to 50% of
their blood volume? See above.

And regarding the birth-canal-closing... Make sure they understand that when
babies get stuck, obstetricians are KEEPING birth canals closed the ³extra²
up to 30% - as they pull with hands, forceps and vacuums * sometimes pulling
so hard they rip spinal nerves out of tiny spinal cords.

It¹s sort of an emergency.

Again, for further details (don¹t miss the Four OB Lies * they are
whoppers)...

See ACOG's 2005 edition: How NOT to birth
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3606

See also: RNs: 'Stitches, episiotomy, and postpartum complications'
(Maternal care
learning needs)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3725

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo
Hillsboro, Oregon


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Todd Gastaldo wrote:
Herb Denenberg: Please immediately scroll to the end of this post. Massive
obstetric emergency.


POOR KIDS¹ DENTISTS: ³DENTAL THERAPISTS²

Dental therapists apparently do fillings for poor people (not just children)
who regular dentists won¹t serve...



HERB DENENBERG, a member of the National Academy of Sciences says:

³Dental therapists are now deployed in 42 countries including Australia,
Canada, England, and New Zealand.² (Full article below.)


Attention Oregon Attorney General HARDY MYERS ):

Herb¹s full article (reproduced below) is titled: HOW THE DENTAL PROFESSION
DENIES CARE TO CHILDREN WITH ROTTING AND INFECTED TEETH, AND PERFORMS MORE
LIKE A MONEY-GRUBBING BUSINESS THAN A PROFESSION.(SERIES)

Hardy, surely it is ILLEGAL for dentists to abuse their licensing privilege
and ³money-grub² at children¹s expense?

It is SORT of like how obstetricians are ignoring children¹s welfare and
closing birth canals up to 30% and robbing babies of up to 50% of their
blood volume. See the very end of this post.


MAYBE we should have dental therapists in the US?

This is a valid question. Yes, the ADA opposes licensing of
lesser-trained auxiliaries for what is currently within the scope of
dental licenses. Examples are the so-called "denturism" movement, in
which technicians are trained to dispense dentures directly to the
public. I believe denturism is legal in most or all of Canada. The
only state I'm aware of in the U.S. which permits licensing of
denturists is Oregon.
Hygienists have also lobbied in recent years for the right to practice
independent of dentists, though I don't think this movement has gotten
too far.
The idea behind these technicians is that less extensively-trained
people will work for less money, and this is true--up to a point. The
cost of maintaining an independent practice is very high, and clear
profit to the dentist is only one of these costs. (Most dental offices
run at an overhead of 70-80%, and overheads higher than this are far
from rare). So there is a question of just how much actual savings
there would be to the patient.
The other issue is whether licensing paraprofessionals who are not as
extensively trained will put patients at potential risks. The ADA quite
naturally thinks it will, but the (admittedly limited) information I
have seen indicates that any risk is minor. The devil is, as always, in
the details.
There is a denturist who contributes regularly to sci.med.dentistry
named Roy Brown. I believe he is in the Toronto area. Years of
familiarity with Brown have convinced me that he is more than qualified
to provide high-quality dentures to the public. What I don't know is
whether he can provide them for a significantly lower fee than the
average dentist.
I'm sure that you, Todd, went to school for a long time, and it is
certainly possible that paraprofessionals could be taught to dispense
certain chiropractic services with far less academic training than you
have. If it is done right, this may well be a good thing. We just
don't want to do it wrong, because that is not going to be to anyone's
benefit.

Steve



--
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001

STRANGLED BABIES/WHY DO DOGS LICK THEIR TESTICLES?

See the very end of this post...

Attn: Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers )

Mass child abuse - please end it.



Steven Bornfeld, DDS wrote:

Todd Gastaldo wrote:
Herb Denenberg: Please immediately scroll to the end of this post. Massive
obstetric emergency.


POOR KIDS¹ DENTISTS: ³DENTAL THERAPISTS²

Dental therapists apparently do fillings for poor people (not just children)
who regular dentists won¹t serve...



HERB DENENBERG, a member of the National Academy of Sciences says:

³Dental therapists are now deployed in 42 countries including Australia,
Canada, England, and New Zealand.² (Full article below.)


Attention Oregon Attorney General HARDY MYERS ):

Herb¹s full article (reproduced below) is titled: HOW THE DENTAL PROFESSION
DENIES CARE TO CHILDREN WITH ROTTING AND INFECTED TEETH, AND PERFORMS MORE
LIKE A MONEY-GRUBBING BUSINESS THAN A PROFESSION.(SERIES)

Hardy, surely it is ILLEGAL for dentists to abuse their licensing privilege
and ³money-grub² at children¹s expense?

It is SORT of like how obstetricians are ignoring children¹s welfare and
closing birth canals up to 30% and robbing babies of up to 50% of their
blood volume. See the very end of this post.


MAYBE we should have dental therapists in the US?

This is a valid question. Yes, the ADA opposes licensing of
lesser-trained auxiliaries for what is currently within the scope of
dental licenses. Examples are the so-called "denturism" movement, in
which technicians are trained to dispense dentures directly to the
public. I believe denturism is legal in most or all of Canada. The
only state I'm aware of in the U.S. which permits licensing of
denturists is Oregon.
Hygienists have also lobbied in recent years for the right to practice
independent of dentists, though I don't think this movement has gotten
too far.
The idea behind these technicians is that less extensively-trained
people will work for less money, and this is true--up to a point. The
cost of maintaining an independent practice is very high, and clear
profit to the dentist is only one of these costs. (Most dental offices
run at an overhead of 70-80%, and overheads higher than this are far
from rare). So there is a question of just how much actual savings
there would be to the patient.
The other issue is whether licensing paraprofessionals who are not as
extensively trained will put patients at potential risks. The ADA quite
naturally thinks it will, but the (admittedly limited) information I
have seen indicates that any risk is minor. The devil is, as always, in
the details.
There is a denturist who contributes regularly to sci.med.dentistry
named Roy Brown. I believe he is in the Toronto area. Years of
familiarity with Brown have convinced me that he is more than qualified
to provide high-quality dentures to the public. What I don't know is
whether he can provide them for a significantly lower fee than the
average dentist.
I'm sure that you, Todd, went to school for a long time, and it is
certainly possible that paraprofessionals could be taught to dispense
certain chiropractic services with far less academic training than you
have.

TODD REMARKS:

The chiropractic profession was BUILT by people with far less academic
training than I have.

As a consequence, the chiropractic profession is focusing on hypothetical
secondary mechanical irritants called "vertebral subluxations," ignoring its
BROADSCOPE fundamental hypothesis that disease is caused by noxious
irritation of the nervous system by mechanical, chemical and/or psychic
factors in the internal and external environments.

After having been in spinal adjusting practice and seen remarkable responses
following spinal adjustments, I sincerely BELIEVE vertebral subluxations
exist and cause disease and stop causing disease when adjusted - but to my
knowledge this has never been scientifically demonstrated.

The chiropractic profession could adjust spines AND adjust/remove obvious
noxious psychic (educational) irritants that are killing and paralyzing
babies as they (noxious psychic irritants/obstetricians) likely cause more
putative vertebral subluxations than chiropractors will ever be able to
adjust by hand.

Regarding "paraprofessionals" practicing chiropractic...

ANYONE - licensed degreed or not - can adjust/discuss/expose these obvious
noxious psychic (educational) irritants - the Four OB Lies.

Highly academically trained doctors of chiropractic are studiously IGNORING
the Four OB Lies.

Meanwhile obstetricians are wrenching babies' spines with birth canals
closed the "extra" up to 30%.

For further details (don¹t miss the Four OB Lies * they are whoppers)...

See ACOG's 2005 edition: How NOT to birth
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3606

See also: RNs: 'Stitches, episiotomy, and postpartum complications'
(Maternal care
learning needs)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3725

Academic training is fine I suppose - but it isn't getting the chiropractic
job done right.

Obstetricians are out-of-control spinal manipulators - and academically
trained chiros are silent.

Regarding "dental therapy"...

My impressionn was that Herb Denenberg was saying that academic training for
DENTISTS isn't getting the job done right - children are suffering as a
consequence - and as a consequence of that some countries are taking
advantage of "dental therapists," as in,

HERB DENENBERG, a member of the National Academy of Sciences says:

³Dental therapists are now deployed in 42 countries including Australia,
Canada, England, and New Zealand.² (Full article below.)

Steve Bornfeld, DDS concluded:

If it is done right, [dental therapy] may well be a good thing. We just
don't want to do it wrong, because that is not going to be to anyone's
benefit.


DENTISTRY is not being "done right"...

The American Dental Association/ADA has been anti-scientifically hammering
dentists who oppose putting the toxic substance mercury into the human
mouth.

The American Dental Association/ADA has also been anti-scientifically
hammering citizens who oppose ADA's push to mass medicate with the
cumulative poison fluoride. It is a CRIME for dentists to force even GOOD
medicine on entire populations. Dentists are ignoring science and using
public relations to manufacture consent to get people drinking poison. Part
of the dental public relations campaign is calling the cumulative poison
fluoride a "nutrient." Recently, a Harvard dental academic was caught
concealing an epidemiologic link between the cumulative poison fluoride and
osteosarcoma.

Bottomline, the largest dental trade union has been abusing its
licensure-derived political power WAY above and beyond the dental therapy
question.

That said, I agree with Steve Bornfeld, DDS that in bringing dental
therapists to the US, we would want to do it right... Who would want to do
it WRONG?

BTW, I have heard something similar to the "we just don't want [them] to do
it wrong" excuse used by chiropractors to stop physical therapists from
manipulating spines.

The fall-back position is licensure-derived political power...

LICENSURE-DERIVED POLITICAL POWER...

In November of 1982, the Public Affairs Research
Group (PARG), 1826 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA *95814 issued
a Medical Board-commissioned report indicating that in the early
days of licensure, medical associations were "virtually
indistinguishable" from state licensing agencies. *According to
the PARG report, "in California, the medical association still
plays a significant role..."

According to Medical Board staff analysis of the
1980-82 PARG study: "[T]he foremost advocates of licensure have
been the members of health professions themselves, not the
citizens they serve...While the professional associations used
public protection to justify the need for licensure, the more
immediate motivations appear to have been gaining control of
health care delivery, elimininating competition, restricting
supply, acquiring the mantle of orthodoxy and assuring desirable
levels of reimbursement." (p. 7, PARG)

Licensure-derived political power is out of control. Patient safety was the
excuse - but the intent was (and I believe still is) political power for the
licensed.

It's not just dentistry. It's medicine and chiropractic too.

STRANGLED BABIES AND LICENSURE-DERIVED POLITICAL POWER

Keeping in mind that babies breathe through their umbilical cords...

Licensure-derived political power is likely what is keeping licentiates of
all professional stripes from stepping up to the plate to stop obstetricians
from STRANGLING BABIES and robbing up to 50% of their blood volume.

This is happening to EVERY CESAREAN BABY, according to retired obstetrician
George Malcolm Morley, MB ChB FACOG...

Regarding routine baby strangling...here is something I emailed recently to
Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers...

....AMERICAN MEDICINE¹S **MOST** FREQUENT SURGICAL BEHAVIOR IS OBVIOUS
CHILD ABUSE THE WAY OBSTETRICIANS PRACTICE IT...

Retired obstetrician George Malcolm Morley, MB ChB FACOG is recommending
that his fellow obstetricians temporarily strangle babies - to help
obstetricians learn why they should not immediately clamp/cut umbilical
cords thereby PERMANENTLY strangling babies/robbing them of up to 50% of
their blood volume.

Dr. Morley indicates that EVERY CESAREAN BABY is being robbed of up to 50%
of his/her blood volume.

HERE IS DR. MORLEY RECOMMENDING THE **TEMPORARY** BABY STRANGLING ON THE
WEB...

"[T]he umbilical cord [is] immediately closed between finger and thumb...The
[fetal heart rate/FHR] will decelerate quickly to about 60 bpm...the color
will change from purple-pink (normal at birth) to pallid blue
(vaso-constriction and asphyxia.)...Few midwives or obstetricians will be
able to observe, without interference, a deep, prolonged FHR deceleration on
a non-breathing newborn for a period of 60 seconds.* Common sense will soon
release the finger and thumb."
http://www.cordclamping.com/acog-cp.htm

Hardy [Oregon Atty Genl Hardy Myers], some OREGON obstetricians may be going
to Dr. Morley's website and
experimenting with his temporary baby strangling - as they engage in
PERMANENT baby strangling - robbing babies of up to 50% of their blood
volume.

Dr. Morley MEANS well * but it is simply (obviously) illegal for him to
encourage obstetricians to commit ³lesser² child abuse in order to encourage
them to stop committing greater child abuse - robbing babies of up to 50% of
babies¹ blood volume.

See Michigan Baby Strangler George Malcolm Morley, MB ChB FACOG
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/3739

Again Hardy, I know that you may be unable to investigate MDs because you
part of the medico-"legal" "just us" system...

But at least offer assistance to pregnant women in your circle of family and
friends, OK?


STRANGLED BABIES/WHY DO DOGS LICK THEIR TESTICLES?

This mass baby strangling/mass baby blood robbery is OBVIOUS - "visual" as
Donna Young says.

Why are obstetricians doing it?

Why do dogs lick their testicles?

Because they can.

Licensure-derived political power is the sordid trick.

Oregon Atty Genl Hardy Myers should be stopping it.

But he isn't - at least he hasn't contacted me.

I will cc Atty Genl Hardy yet again at .

EVERYONE ought to be crying out to stop the grisly obstetric travesty.

The Red Cross wouldn't take 50% of someone's blood!

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo
Hillsboro, Oregon
USA


This umpteenth email Suspected Child Abuse Report to Oregon Atty Genl Hardy
Myers will be archived in the Google usenet archive.

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