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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 36, No 11 May 30th, 1973

The Ring of Confidence

The Ring of Confidence

From the Berkeley Barb in the States comes some fascinating information. One of last year's issues of the Journal of the American Association of Dentistry had five pages missing when it finally reached the public. An article scheduled for publication was deleted at the last minute. In fact, about fifty issues with the article included were printed, and they contain some mind-boggling thoughts.

The censored article contains the report of a dentist, Dr Derbert Fieser, who practised on the west side of New York's Greenwich Village.

He noticed that his patients had a relatively low rate of tooth decay and mouth disease. Through further investigation, he discovered that the least incidence of cavities was found in the male homosexuals.

The dentist attempted to determine if there was another factor in common besides their homosexuality. Said Dr Fieser, "I could find nothing in common among these men except for their homosexuality. Nothing in diet, frequency of brushing, or brand of toothpaste established any pattern among the patients."

Fieser consulted many psychiatrists and still met with a dead end, talked with a doctor who specialised in "sexual abnormalities." The doctor 'jokingly suggested that perhaps semen was better than fluoride.

Although this was meant as a joke, the doctor decided to scientifically examine the premise He visited the New York University "Laboratory of Human Relations" and procured several samples of human semen.

The doctor then divided his non-homosexual patients into two groups. A control group had their teeth brushed with a regular commercial brand of toothpaste and a lest group had their teeth brushed with the semen samples.

After 5 months, Dr Fieser re-examined both groups. Those to whom he had applied the semen had 50% fewer cavities. The doctor tested his homosexual patients and discovered that the enamel on their teeth was actually harder than normal.

"I don't know what this will mean for the homosexual movement," said Dr Fiescr, "but it sure makes things easier than dumping all that fluorine in everybody's water."