{"id":1854,"date":"2020-01-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2020-01-15T07:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:57:30","slug":"flossing-for-dental-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2020\/01\/13\/flossing-for-dental-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Flossing for\u00a0Dental\u00a0and\u00a0Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;46px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; max_width=&#8221;1920px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;150px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|auto|19px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;9px|0px|26px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1484&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.8&#8243;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;100px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_sidebar_square --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsenseResizing\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;8942648692&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;75px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||8px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Flossing for\u00a0Dental\u00a0and\u00a0Mental Health<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||187px||&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<p><span class='et-dropcap'>I<\/span> floss every morning while doing crossword puzzles.  [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]It\u2019s a juggling act, to be sure, and I never walk away without the newspaper getting soaked with spittle. But I\u2019m trying to make 2020 my Year of Well Being\u2014as opposed to 2019, which can be generously remembered as my Year of, Well, Being.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]Permit me to explain my daily routine. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243; body_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#a3a3a3&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;9px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#e02b20&#8243;]I\u2019m trying to make 2020 my Year of Well Being\u2014as opposed to my Year of, Well, Being.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]Theories abound about the causes of Alzheimer\u2019s and other debilitating mental diseases and conditions such as dementia\u2014and what we used to call \u201csenility,\u201d a word whose first four letters are the same as \u201csenior.\u201d Is this just a coincidence or do you suspect the country\u2019s healthcare megalith likes to encapsulate as many maladies as possible under one \u00fcber-umbrella?   [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]Let me pause here to address this column\u2019s young readers (both of them): In addition to \u201cUber\u201d being the name of a pervasive ride-hailing service that sometimes deposits you at or close to your desired destination, \u201c\u00fcber\u201d\u2014lower case and complete with umlaut\u2014is also the German word for over, above and across. (Bonus learning moment! An umlaut consists of those two dots above the \u201cu\u201d in \u00fcber.)  [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;6214706719&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]To get back: One suspected contributor to, if not the primary cause of, Alzheimer\u2019s disease may turn out to be poor dental hygiene. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]The more prevalent theory for years has been that the condition may gradually emerge when you lose mental engagement over a period of time. You retire, you run through the items on your bucket list in the first six months, then spend your day watching reruns of \u201cCSI,\u201d \u201cLaw and Order\u201d and \u201cBreaking News\u201d on CNN.  [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]I\u2019ve heard people say that if you tackle mind games the effort can possibly stave off the ravages of these horribly cruel diseases. And I\u2019m sure you realize that in this reference, \u201cmind games\u201d means doing puzzles, not trying to make your spouses think they\u2019re going insane (also called \u201cgaslighting,\u201d after the 1938 play and 1941 movie, \u201cGaslight\u201d).[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]For some reason, I have less trouble believing in gingivitis as a gateway to dementia than I do in the miracle of doing crossword puzzles, even though I do at least two a day: the one in the New York Times and the one in The Wall Street Journal. I also have\u2014in my bathroom, by my bed and next to my reading chair\u2014book-length collections of Times puzzles. People who have only a passing acquaintance with these think the Sunday ones, which are in the newspaper\u2019s magazine, are the most brutal. They\u2019re not. To be sure, there are more clues than in the daily offerings but they usually follow a theme. Once you unlock that code\u2014generally, a pun of some sort or a rhymed quotation\u2014your pen (not pencil, for God\u2019s sake!)) takes on a life of its own. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]Saturdays, however, are a different story. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<p>Those are the days I\u2019m sorely tempted to crash Google by seeking information for almost every other clue (i.e., to cheat). But there are crossword guardians out there in cyberspace who, if you type in the precise clue, like to mess with your head for a while because they know you\u2019re neither randomly nor remotely interested in who was <em>Nominated seven times for a Best Actor Oscar but never won<\/em>. They know you\u2019re doing the Saturday Times puzzle and that you\u2019re attempting to game the game, so to speak, even if you\u2019ve cleverly juxtaposed your inquiry to something like, \u201cSeven-time Academy Award also-ran?\u201d They don\u2019t think for a moment that, while driving to Home Depot to pick up finishing nails and hydrangeas, you abruptly had to pull over because you couldn\u2019t recall who was <em>Nominated seven times for a Best Actor Oscar but never won<\/em>.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]<p>The answer is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_O%27Toole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter O\u2019Toole<\/a>, by the way, who was nominated eight times. Finally, in 2002, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences handed him its honorary award for lifetime achievement.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.1&#8243;]O\u2019Toole\u2019s lifetime and career spanned another 11 years, so I guess the award revitalized him. Either that or, directly after the ceremony, he started flossing.  <span class=\"endingG\"> <\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;6214706719&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_search show_button=&#8221;off&#8221; placeholder=&#8221;Search Site&#8221; placeholder_color=&#8221;rgba(224,43,32,0.36)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; width=&#8221;72%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|7px|7px|7px|7px&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset6&#8243; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;5px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(224,43,32,0.55)&#8221;][\/et_pb_search][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.8&#8243;][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221;]<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A former daily columnist for the Sacramento Business Journal, as well as monthly columnist for Sacramento Magazine and Comstock\u2019s Business Magazine, he\u2019s the author of five books, two plays and one musical (so far).<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I floss every morning while doing crossword puzzles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a juggling act, to be sure, and I never walk away without the newspaper getting soaked with spittle. 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