Quotes by Raymond White

“People assume that if you dont have any symptoms, youre OK, ... What were saying is thats not necessarily the case.”

“I am feeling good about the march because the teachers want the war to stop, too. They want us to be able to go to school and get a good education.”

“The conventional wisdom is that people who have gum disease typically dont have a problem until they are 35 or 40 years old, ... We found it is much more prevalent than anyone believed at a much younger age than anyone thought.”

“I definitely think it is scary for opposing defenses because we have so many weapons out there. Id hate to be an opposing coach trying to stop us. These guys are explosive.”

“Women planning on getting pregnant should be certain to get their teeth and mouth checked and certainly shouldnt forget about their wisdom teeth, ... No one thought of checking women of this age for periodontal disease because no one would have thought it could be a problem.”

“This fits in with the idea that if you have chronic inflammation someplace, youre at greater risk for negative health outcomes, in this case preterm birth,”

“We went to Lynns home and were there when Lynns husband told the children, ... Lynn was a sweetheart. She and George attended the morning service when they were here for Labor Day.”

“This was a surprise to us, since most people assumed that you dont get periodontal problems until you are age 35 or 40. We found its more prevalent than anyone believed at a much younger age than anyone had thought,”

“Part of the reason we were asked to spearhead these trials was that research at UNC and elsewhere showed that the inflammation in the mouth that periodontal infections cause promoted inflammation in other parts of the body,”

“The basic message here is that people have periodontal problems much earlier than anybody thought, ... Many of us thought there were no problems until patients had symptoms. And nobody looked very hard at people under 35. But younger people -- especially those planning to keep their wisdom teeth -- should be evaluated carefully at 25 or earlier instead of 35.”