Question:
I was wondering any of you could direct me to some information on the
effects of female hormones on dental health. Specifically, I am
interested in the effects of increased and unopposed estrogen, decreased
progesterone, an abnormal ratio of LH/FSH and elevated androgens. I am
interested in the effects of these imballances individually and combined
on long term gingival/periodontal health.
Answer:
If you do happen to get some information Sherri, I hope you share with
the group. It happens to be a subject that I'm also very interested in.
So what happens to tooth health at the menopause?
One interesting point is that the anti-breast cancer anti-estrogen tamoxifen
actually helps bone density rather than spoiling it. Bone density can
decrease at menopause.
So it is a complex picture. Some plants especially legumes are high in
plant estrogens. These estrogens may bind to estrogen receptors and stop
the human estrogen doing so. So they are anti-estrogenic in some way. But
as with tamoxifen they may not be anti-estrogenic in every way. It has
been found that the plant estrogen coumestrol can produce a permanent
estrus state if fed to baby rats so some people are looking at what soy
bean milk might do to baby humans.
As I said in another thread -- up to your same standards. Going off into
a tangent and jumping to conclusions. The effects of taking tamoxifin
haven't been studied long enough to conclude that taking tamoxifin
long-term has a positive effect on bone density. It does increase the
risk of endometrial cancer though.
Ten geographers who think the world is flat will ten to reinforce each
other's errors. The last person they want to meet is someone who...
has sailed around the world.
So I have given some information on estrogenic/anti-estrogenic
substances, with references to bone density. Do you say that tooth
density has nothing to do with bone density?
I presume you are worried that people will think that I am trying to say
that tamoxifen is good. But not all of us work like you. Discussing
something's effects is not an attempt at advertising it.
I am wanting to dispel the misconception that anti-estrogens for some
processes are anti-estrogens for all processes. I think that that is
relevant to the question.
