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what Mayor Donna Holaday called “several” public hearings on the new parking garage and multiple modal facility was billed as a discussion with interested residents about its design.

But even before planning director Andy Port could give the nearly 100 people who showed up a brief history of the facility, several neighbors of the site at 90 Pleasant Street were ready to fi ght. Th ey complained that the likely fi ve-level parking garage would block their views of the Merrimack River, create noise and unhealthy fumes and be a haven at night for unsavory activities.

Two neighbors at 94 and 96 Pleasant Street suggested that the city should buy their homes.

Th e mayor, criticized for not talking with the neighbors before the site was approved by the city council, said she would schedule a meeting to discuss their options.

Most speakers praised the concept of the garage, saying it would improve traffi c fl ow downtown.

Project manager KyAnn Anderson with Kleinfelder stressed that no design has been agreed to. And parking garage expert Wesley Wilson, the senior project manager for Desman Associates, said “I don’t have a design in my pocket.”

Wilson said the small size of the site and it L-shape present some challenges to those designing the garage.

As a starting point for the architects and engineers, Wilson showed four possible options for the design of the garage

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Page 2 HAVERHILL — Ella Petersen, a third-grader at Hill View Montessori Charter Public School, stood last week beside a state senator, state representative, a bank president, other bankers and business leaders, school offi cials and a handyman to cut the ribbon on the school’s new playground.

Th e young Petersen, one ofhosen because of an exceptional act of charity and entrepreneurship this summer. Instead of asking for gifts such as toys, books, games or clothes, Ella wanted her family and friends to donate her birthday money to help build the playground.

“Playing in a playground at school every day is what I would really like for my birthday,” Ella told her parents, Michael and Kimberly Petersen.

Ella’s birthday wish came true. She received more than $200 toward a new playground.

And now the wish of all 306 Hill View students, who helped raise more than $30,000 by writing more than 750 letters to potential donors, is a reality.

“Th ey have done an amazing job,” Schultz said of the eff ort to students’ eff orts to build the playground. “We live in a great community.”

When the students returned to school last week, in place of the cracked asphalt former parking lot that had been their playground, they found new blue and green Miracle play equipment, a gingerbread man house, a stockade fort, complete with a 13-star American fl ag, a 10-foot by 10-foot sandbox, raised vegetable gardens, grass where only gravel had been and a resurfaced sports court.

Th e play area is behind a fence with more than 200 slats that were cut into cat heads by All American Handyman Lance Blais of Groveland. Two Haverhill Hounds, donated by metal sculptor Dale Rogers, are the gateway to the playground.

“It is amazing. I can’t believe it,” shouted one student as he left his mother’s car and ran through the dogs and onto the play area.

Ella Petersen said her favorite new thing is the monkey bars.Schultz said the fundraising continues this fall to

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Stephen Comley, Sr. said, “It will be an honor and a privilege to serve my country. I may not be a political science major, but I have experience.”

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Carpentier Participates inModern Woodmen’sFraternal Exchange

Fraternalism. With five syllables and 12 letters, the word’s size matches its enormous value. And for Suzanne C. Carpentier, Georgetown, Massachusetts, a Modern Woodmen of America financial representative, this simple act of giving is the way to change communities across the nation.

Carpentier joined 14 fraternal leaders at Modern Woodmen’s home office to participate in the fraternal financial services organization’s second annual Fraternal Exchange. The event, which ran from Aug. 23-25, sought ways to engage more members in fraternal programs and activities, as well as to increase the value of

these fraternal benefits.In each of the 47 states with a Modern Woodmen regional office,

representatives and volunteers plan a variety of fraternal events, from fundraisers for community needs to unique educational experiences for members. The leaders chosen to participate in the Fraternal Exchange span a range of roles within the organization and have demonstrated notable success with their fraternal efforts.

Modern Woodmen’s local office is located at 33 West Main Street, Georgetown. For more information, contact Carpentier at 978-500-2523.

As a tax-exempt fraternal benefit society, Modern Woodmen sells life insurance, annuity and investment* products not to benefit stockholders, but to improve the quality of life of its stakeholders – members, their families and their communities. This is accomplished through social, charitable and volunteer activities. . In 2014, Modern Woodmen and its members provided more than $19 million and nearly 437,000 volunteer hours for community projects nationwide.

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In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A, the Rowley Protective Zoning Bylaw, and the Rowley Planning Board Rules and Regulations, the Rowley Planning Board will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday, Septem-ber 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Town Hall Annex, 39 Central Street, Rowley, MA., relative to an ap-plication for a Site Plan Review for the construction of a two-family multifamily residential dwelling in accordance with Section 6.2.1.1.(a) of the Rowley Protective Zoning Bylaw, which is located on a currently vacant lot on Church Street identified as Assessor’s Map 24, Lot 137-1 which is owned by Clarke Associates, LLC of 128 Central Street, Rowley, MA 01969. The subject parcel is located in the Central Zoning District.

Planning Board approval of a Site Plan Review application is required for “developments creating fewer than five (5) multifamily dwelling units” on properties located within the Central Zoning District. The applications, plans, and relevant documents are on file with the Rowley Planning Board, and are available for public inspection at the Rowley Planning Board Office, Town Hall Annex, 39 Central Street, during public office hours.

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Featuring Award-winning Storyteller, Susan Lenoe, as Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Whittier Home Association invites you to join us for our 6th Annual John Greenleaf Whittier Celebration, to be held on Saturday, September 19, 7:00 – 8:00 pm at the historic Friends Meetinghouse, 120 Friend Street, Amesbury.

2015 is the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and this year’s celebration will be devoted to Whittier’s significant involvement and dedication to the abolitionist and anti-slavery cause. As a founding member and early agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Whittier wrote poetic tributes, labored as an editor, ran for public office, and later was influential in the establishment of the Liberty, Free Soil, and Republican parties.

In honor of the the Civil War Sesquicentennial award-winning storyteller Susan Lenoe will portray Harriet Beecher Stowe. Similar to Whittier, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote accessible, emotionally charged verses to promulgate her shared religious and political convictions. “Such as in Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” says Whittier’s president Chris Bryant, “the story urges readers to trust their feelings – not pronouncements from received authorities such as the church and the state – to lead them to correct moral actions.”

Stowe, played by Susan Lenoe, will reminisce about her role in the abolitionist movement, her family joys and trials, and her life in Andover, Massachusetts, where she lived for 12 years.

Lenoe specializes in portraying women in history. She engages the audience in her stories as she explores the forces that triggered her characters to push beyond the restrictions of their lives and to act in ways that changed the world. At last year’s Celebrating Whittier, Lenoe and Lani Peterson were enthusiastically received as the Grimke Sisters: Turning the World Upside Down.

The evening will be dedicated to Jon “Ben” Pickard, Whittier scholar, great-grand-nephew of John Greenleaf Whittier, and longtime friend and supporter of the Whittier Home. Ben Pickard passed away on Aug. 19, 2015.

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Parking Garage Cheered, Booedand Merrimack Valley Regional Transportation Authority station. The potential designs could provide between 315 and 342 spaces. That means the garage would not provide enough spaces to eliminate the parking along the riverfront, owned by the Waterfront Trust and the Newburyport Redevelopment Authority, the mayor said. The options for the garage, which could have entrances and exits on Merrimac and Titcomb streets, could be 45 to 51 feet high, although the engineers are looking at the possibility of putting some of the garage spaces below ground, which would lower the overall height.

Some retail space, including a MVRTA ticket booth, might be included on the ground space. Several speakers urged that the site include street-level retail to keep the parking garage from becoming a barrier to the growth of stores along Merrimac Street.

It was unclear last week how many spaces will be allocated to the New England Development for its hotel, proposed for its property across Merrimac Street.

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with NED on several issues involving the garage, including the price the Boston developer will sell the Fitness Factory site for or if the garage will be a joint public-private partnership with the city.

Architect Deborah Fennick with Fennick McCredie Architecture, who was urged by speakers to “use all her skills to produce a masterpiece,” told the crowd the design would incorporate architectural elements of the surrounding historic district. She said brick would be used as at least part of the facade for the otherwise concrete building.

Fennick, noting Newburyport’s Green Cities status, said she would like to incorporate solar panels on the new building.

The architect also said she would like to include indoor spaces for bicycles and possibly offer a ride-share service.

Councilor Ari Herzog proposed that the roof of the garage be used for gardens or a restaurant.

Several speakers suggested that the city buy the “ugly” building that currently houses the Pure Bliss Bridal shop, which is adjacent to the garage site. The speakers said they hoped the

garage could then be made wider to include more parking spaces.

Holaday said widening the footprint of the building would make the $7 million facility even more expensive.

To build the parking garage, the brick building that now houses the Vanguard Key Club, a furniture store and once was a movie theater, would have to be demolished.

That worried Leah Lynch, owner of Beautique Salon and Spa, which is adjacent to the old Fitness Factory building. She asked how the building would be demolished, but was assured by Port that no plans have been made for how the building will be torn down.

The city plans to scheduled additional meetings to consider financial, land acquisition, operations and construction issues, as well as design. Also attending the meeting were MVRTA administrator Joseph Costanzo and MVRTA project operations manager Peter Canny who handles real estate issues for the bus company.

The city has the full presentation on the garage-intermodal facility on its web site, www.cityofnewburyport.com.

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Students Build A PlaygroundContinued from page 1pay for phase two of the playground, which includes installing a rubberized surface on the sports court and purchase outdoor musical instruments, another part of the Montessori education.

Rogers has donated another sculpture, which the school is raffling off at $10 per ticket. Joe Soucy, managing partner, with Modern Woodsmen Fraternal Financial, is matching the first $2000 in ticket sales.

The school, which moved to 75 Foundation Avenue in the Ward Hill Business Park five years ago, had no playground because it had to use its funds to convert the old Verizon pay phone manufacturing facility into a school.

State Sen. Kathleen O’Connor Ives, D-Newburyport, who helped cut the ribbon on the new playground, noted that Dr. Maria Montessori stressed the importance of movement as essential to student learning. She was joined by state Rep. Linda Dean-Campbell, Pentucket Bank president Scott Cote, Covanta Energy business manager Ken Nydam, Haverhill Chamber of Commerce president Stacey Bruzzese, officers of Haverhill Bank, other business leaders and Blais, who brought an antique popcorn machine to pop popcorn for the students. Mary Ellen Lawler with ServPro brought a large box of playground balls to the ribbon cutting.

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Montessori environment, but they learn more and enjoy school more now that they have a playground,” Schultz said.

Teachers last week agreed. Several commented that with the new playground, their students are learning better, are more productive and are calmer.

Schultz and her principal Debra Diggins stood watching and listening last week as the students climbed on the equipment.

“What I heard was laughter, not screaming,” said Schultz, who came to Hill View two years ago from River Valley Charter School in Newburyport. Before the equipment was installed, the students’ main activities were chasing each other, falling on the asphalt and screaming. There was little else to do and no strength or agility training that they are now getting.

In addition to the money donated, including $10,000 from Pentucket Bank and $2,500 from Haverhill Bank, several companies and individuals provided in-kind services that made the playground possible.

Covanta Energy, a neighbor of the school, cut the old asphalt for the new play equipment and resurfaced the sports court, which saved school thousands of dollars.

Blais, whom Schultz refers to as the school’s “guardian angel,” built a whimsical playhouse that has a plastic ice cream cone as its chimney, gingerbread men as

shutters, cupcakes on the door, lollypops on the railing of the house’s front porch, artificial turf for a carpet and silhouettes of cats inside on the windows.

But that was only the beginning. Blais, a Vietnam prisoner of war twice, then built a fort that has a gold star, barrels and horseshoes as decorations as well as the 13-star American flag.

Rogers, who has three children in the school, donated the pair of Haverhill Hounds. And when Schultz showed Blais a photo of a fence she saw in Maine, he cut the white fence slats to look like cat heads.

“That is a work of art in itself,” said one teacher.

When the students in their letters asked for grass to play on, another father, Don Morelle of D&J Landscaping, laid sod around the playhouse and fort.

To keep the grass green, yet another father, Eric Gauthier, installed an outside water spigot.

Ella’s father, grandfather and brother painted lines on the asphalt sports court for soccer and football.

Several other parents, including Ryan Turner, John and Kristen Bachman and Kane Pelletier worked with Blais to raise the vegetable gardens and trim the brush over them so the teachers can use the gardens to teach about nature.

For more information, visit the students’ facebook page at www.facebook.com/hvmplayground.



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Every Wednesday morning from 10:30am-12pm – (Ages 0-4, siblings welcome) Do drop in on Wednesday mornings for some playtime in the big room. We’ll have all our toys pulled out, ready for some serious playtime! No registration required. Newbury Town Library, 0 Lunt St, Byfi eld newburylibrary.org 978.465.0539

IPSWICH FARMERS’ MARKETTh e Ipswich Farmers’ Market

kicked off its second season. Located on the Center Green next to the Hall-Haskell House in Ipswich, the market operates each Wednesday from 3:30 to 6:30pm until early October. Featuring locally grown fresh produce, crafts, prepared foods, Live Music, and kids activities this is a great weekly activity for the whole family! For more information about the market, please visit our website at www.ipswichfarmersmarket.com.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR YARN CRAFTERS IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY

Do you knit or crochet and are looking for company and a good cause to donate your fi nished product? Join the “Busy Hands for Comfort Care” a group of crafters who join each week for conversation and creativity and to craft prayer shawls and lap robes for patients at Merrimack Valley Hospice House. Th is group meets on Wednesdays from 1pm-3pm at Merrimack Valley Hospice House, 360 North Ave., Haverhill. Th e group is open to all community crafters, including those who have suff ered a loss and are looking for a way to give back to their community. To register call 978-374-9257 or

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MEET & GREETTrinity United Church of

Seabrook, NH invites newcomers to the area & longtime residents for a “Meet & Greet” social time on Wednesdays from 2-4. Coff ee & light refreshments will be served at the parish house at the corner of 29 Main St & Folly Mill Road. Our phone # is (603)474-7900. Come join us!

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MUSIC FOR A BETTER WORLD

A Musical Fundraiser for Th e Terezin Project on Wednesday, September 16, Reception at 5:30pm; Performance at 7:00pm at the Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport. Tickets: $25.00 All Seats. For more info please call the Box Offi ce at 978-462-7336 or visit online at www.fi rehouse.org

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September 16: Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main St., will host its monthly Wednesday Evening Lecture, 7:30pm: Belinda Rathbone will present a lecture entitled, “Th e Boston Raphael: A Mysterious Painting, an Embattled Museum in an Era of Change, and a Daughter’s Search for Truth.” Th e lecture will discuss Rathbone’s new book, Th e Boston

Raphael, in which she investigates the story behind her father’s purchase of a painting attributed to Raphael for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he was director from 1955-1972. . Our Wednesday Evening Lecture series is generously sponsored by First Ipswich Bank. Cost is free for members, $10 for non-members.

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Th e public is invited to attend a very special Volunteer Information Session on Friday, September 18th from 9:00 am - 2:30 pm at the headquarters of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), 6 Plum Island Turnpike, in Newburyport. An overview of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be presented, along with a Behind the Scenes Refuge Tour. Attendees can attend all or some of the session with no obligation to volunteer. Th ose staying for the entire day should bring a bag lunch and weather – appropriate clothing. Volunteers are needed to staff the visitor information desk, serve as plover wardens on the beach, help with invasive vegetation control, assist with environmental education and interpretive programs, and perform maintenance tasks on the refuge. Hours are very fl exible and the time commitment can be whatever you are willing to give.

Even a few hours volunteered each month is appreciated. Th e work is very rewarding. Our volunteers provide a valuable service to the refuge, refuge visitors and wildlife. Anyone interested in learning more about the types of volunteer positions for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Parker River NWR is encouraged to attend. Again, attending does not create an obligation to volunteer. No preregistration is required. Please call the refuge at (987) 465-5754 extensions 208 or 210 for more information.

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------------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Th e Rowley Historical Society is pleased to announce the Annual Meeting & Pot Luck Supper, on Friday evening, September 25th, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Th is year, as is our tradition; it will be held at the 1677 Platts-Bradstreet House & Barn, 233 Main Street in Rowley. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. for gathering. Th e dinner will be begin at 6:30 p.m. As is the custom; we would like you to bring a favorite main dish, salad, or side dish to share with all who gather. Th e Society will provide drinks and a variety of delicious pies for dessert to complete our meal. Please, bring your own place setting and eating utensils in deference to our Historical House’s fragile septic system. Immediately following the dinner will be our meeting & our special guest speaker; which will take place in our 1776 Barn. Our guest speaker, for the evening is Peter Cassidy from the nationally respected Cassidy Brothers Forge, located on the Newburyport Turnpike in Rowley. Th e Forge has been a family concern & member of the Rowley business community since 1980. Peter will be enlightening us on the History of Blacksmithing during the Colonial time. He has thirty-fi ve years of interest, research & experience in the craft of blacksmithing. Th e Historical Society is very excited to have Peter present to us an informative evening. Th e Blacksmith had a very important skill and was well appreciated & in demand by our colonial ancestors. Today it is just as appreciated & in demand as a specialized artisan skill. If you are unable to cook that night a $5.00 donation for dinner is requested. Come and enjoy a delicious & delightfully stimulating evening. Everyone is welcome.

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Thank a Marinewe walked out of several more that just did not feel like home.

I had spoken with the listing Realtor of my client’s favorite home and asked that she keep me posted if the transaction should fall through. She agreed to do so but she added that everything looked like “a go”.

To respond to the growing need for interim housing, several large hotel chains off er programs that meet myriad needs of folks in like circumstances. Just as my client was considering such options, she had one of those “moments” that can only be understood by those who have had such a “moment”. She began refl ecting on how she had planned to have her Dad live with her in the home she had purchased with him in mind and that was now about to be sold. While she was having such a “moment”, my phone was ringing several towns away. Th e listing Realtor was calling to inform me of a most surprising turn of events. Th e home of my client’s dreams was back on the market.

Th is adorable home now belongs to my client. As happens in this world to believers of things beyond this world, it was my colleague who was covering for me while I was away who fi rst directed my client to this area that became so special to her. My colleague is a Marine. Just as my client was signing the paperwork that would secure her new home for her, I felt a “strong urge” to make a call to my colleague. When he answered the phone, I handed it to her so she could “Th ank the Marine”.

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was their Dad, they nodded and the old man’s eyes fi lled. Th e daughter asked “Did you know my Father?” Th e old man was surrounded by his own family when he answered “You never forget the face of your Coxswain.” Th e Coxswain’s daughter asked “Are you a Marine, sir?” When he nodded, she said “My Father said to thank you.”

Soon afterwards, the daughter’s property that is tastefully decorated with military and historic memorabilia (no doubt rooted in a daughter’s devotion) went under agreement. As is the case with many sellers who have not yet found their next home, the seller began to experience the stress of that interim period between homes. Will the right home be found in time? Th e closing was approaching.

While I was on vacation, the colleague who was covering for me let her know of a property in another North Shore community. While that particular property was not quite right, she drove around the area and it began to “feel like home”. As she turned the corner, she saw the home of her dreams. It was just as she pictured. It was the perfect size. It was just the right style. Th e neighborhood was perfect. Th e yard was exactly what she wanted. It was just so quaint and cute. It was also under agreement with another buyer.

My client really began to feel that she would never fi nd a property that felt so much like “home”. She drove to the property again and again just to see it while she begrudgingly continued her search for another property. Toward that end she reviewed dozens of properties and

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Th e owner had purchased the property some years earlier and had planned to have her Dad move in with the family. Her Dad had served in World War ll as a Navy Coxswain who delivered Marines in landing boats to the horrifi c battles off the Japanese held Saipan and Tinian Islands. His life long devotion to the Marines as a direct result of what he witnessed caused him to say to all who would listen “Always thank a Marine.”

Shortly before he was to join his daughter and family at the WW11 Memorial in Washington a few years back, he called his daughter to say that he would not be able to make the trip. He told them “If you see a Marine, thank him.” Within days he died. After his funeral, his heartbroken family made the trip to honor him and they made their way to the Tinian and Saipan section of the Memorial where they placed a 1941 photo of their young Navy Coxswain.

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On Monday, September 21 at 6:30 we will be hosting a Road Scholar Travel Program. Discover educational travel and learning vacations with Road Scholar! Join ambassador Paula Wright as she shares information and answers questions about Road Scholar, America’s fi rst and the world’s largest educational travel organization for adults. Road Scholar, the not-for-profi t leader in educational travel since 1975, off ers 5,500 educational tours in all 50 states and 150 countries. Alongside local and renowned experts, experience in-depth and behind-the-scenes learning opportunities, from cultural tours and study cruises to walking, biking and more. If you love to travel, enjoy learning new things, and want to meet people who share an adventurous spirit, this informative

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headlines frequently. Systemic fluoride is not part of this discussion. Does everyone need or should everyone use toothpaste that has topical fluoride? My simple answer is no, but there’s more to it than that.

I recently had a new patient in the office, a 70-year-old woman whose chief complaint was that she did not like the color of her teeth. On clinical and radiograph examination she had “perfect” teeth and gums. She has never had a cavity. I asked her about her dental history over her life – how often she visited a dentist and her routine for cleaning her teeth. She said that she, without fail, has visited a dentist at least once a year and brushes her teeth at least twice a day and always before going to bed. She also mentioned that the only thing she has ever used to clean her teeth is straight out-of-the-box baking soda, with a toothbrush of course. She is also an avid flosser..

If a 70-year-old woman can go through life without ever using a fluoridated toothpaste and never have a cavity or gum disease, there are usually four things consistently in place – good genetics, good diet, exceptional homecare and regular dental visits. The genetics we have little control over. Our homecare, our diet, and our frequency of professional care are completely under our control. There was no reason to tell her to switch what she uses to clean her teeth because her teeth were

spotless – no plaque at all. For most people, it is a safer bet

to use a fluoridated toothpaste. If there is a reason you don’t want fluoride in your toothpaste you can use whatever you want. However, genetics better be in your favor, a proper diet is essential, and your homecare has to be impeccable. Despite how simple it may seem, it is not all that common for these things to align perfectly. That is why continual professional monitoring is important as well.

So, what did I do with the patient’s complaint of discolored teeth? We bleached her teeth with professional whitening trays and she was overjoyed with the result. Notice I didn’t recommend a whitening toothpaste. Whitening toothpastes may have the ADA Seal of Acceptance but they don’t whiten teeth. Maybe the ADA should consider being stricter on some of the ridiculous claims there are for some toothpastes and also consider putting their “Seal of Approval” on at least one toothpaste that doesn’t have fluoride for those who don’t need it.

Dr. St. Clair maintains a private dental practice in Rowley and Newburyport dedicated to health-centered family dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written about or questions you have please email them to him at [email protected]. You can view all previously written columns at www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com/blog.

As self-sufficient as teeth may seem sometimes, they have different needs at different times in our lives based on our genetics and our daily living habits. While many sources tell us which toothpaste is the “best”, it is more important to realize it is what we do and how we do it more than what we are using.

Dental decay becomes a threat as soon as teeth begin to erupt into the mouth. While the care for infant’s teeth should be different compared to the care of a 60-year-old’s teeth, they share one common denominator – get the plaque off.

Does it matter what is used to get the plaque off? As I mentioned, every toothpaste manufacturer will tell you theirs is the best. Of course, they want to sell you toothpaste. It is worth noting that all toothpaste products certified with the ADA Seal of Acceptance contain fluoride. Personally, I think that is unfortunate.

I do believe that topical fluoride (found in toothpaste) has greater benefits for most people than not having it. This is different than the fluoride added to drinking water which seems to make the

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