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This is a terrific paper and everyone should read it.  It provides a great backdrop on the lipid hypothesis (Ancel Keys) versus the Cleave-Yudkin idea from the 1960s and ’70s that excessive intake of non-fiber carbohydrates, in the absence of good dental care, leads both to specific dental diseases - cavities, periodontal disease, certain oral cancers, and leukoplakia - and to some common systemic chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and dementia.  In other words, dietary carbohydrates cause both dental and systemic diseases - not all cases of those diseases, but some).     

http://jdr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/88/6/490

 Here is a blog summarizing the same article contents for those without full access:

http://blog.nutritiondata.com/heart_health_blog/2009/08/dental-problems-and-chronic-systemic-disease-a-carbohydrate-connection.html