[nilliraq]

Uhuh... except that none of that is correct.

This is what I was told by the dentist I saw, so I'm going off of what he said.

It's interesting you mention about the cardiac surgery thing though, as my father told me that having bad teeth that are decaying is an especially bad thing for your blood stream as any plaque swallowed is basically going to block up your arteries the same as Cholesterol would.