Second stomach

[AUG2UAG]

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i wanted to share with everyone a new paradigm i encountered, that the mouth and stomach are very very very very (just to stress the point) similar:

mouth f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

stomach f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

although there are many differences between the two, the holistic concept that the mouth is the first site of digestion strikes me as extremely remarkable. The more I dwell upon this, the more I realize how important it is to have proper occlusion.

The stomach does not have teeth, therefore proper mastication will determine the course of digestion. By chewing food, we are increasing the surface area for enzymes to act-- without this, the food would be improperly digested by the stomach and subsequent organs.

Differences between the two are vast, from molecular:
mouth- salivary enzyme (aka ptaleyn)
stomach- gastric enzymes, HCl

to histological:
mouth- K stratified epi
stomach- columnar epi with vast lamina propria and third (oblique) layer of ms

However, their relationship is witness to the complexity of our digestive system, the importance of digestion, and the wonders of evolution. The mouth is literally a stomach under voluntary control that's exposed to the external environment.

Anyways, I'm sure as we grow older and older we all begin to realize how important nutrition and digestion is to our health; any feedback is appreciated.

 

[cowsgomoo]

i wanted to share with everyone a new paradigm i encountered, that the mouth and stomach are very very very very (just to stress the point) similar:

mouth f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

stomach f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

although there are many differences between the two, the holistic concept that the mouth is the first site of digestion strikes me as extremely remarkable. The more I dwell upon this, the more I realize how important it is to have proper occlusion.

The stomach does not have teeth, therefore proper mastication will determine the course of digestion. By chewing food, we are increasing the surface area for enzymes to act-- without this, the food would be improperly digested by the stomach and subsequent organs.

Differences between the two are vast, from molecular:
mouth- salivary enzyme (aka ptaleyn)
stomach- gastric enzymes, HCl

to histological:
mouth- K stratified epi
stomach- columnar epi with vast lamina propria and third (oblique) layer of ms

However, their relationship is witness to the complexity of our digestive system, the importance of digestion, and the wonders of evolution. The mouth is literally a stomach under voluntary control that's exposed to the external environment.

Anyways, I'm sure as we grow older and older we all begin to realize how important nutrition and digestion is to our health; any feedback is appreciated.

Thats so DEEP man!!!

 

[impuny]

i wanted to share with everyone a new paradigm i encountered, that the mouth and stomach are very very very very (just to stress the point) similar:

mouth f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

stomach f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

although there are many differences between the two, the holistic concept that the mouth is the first site of digestion strikes me as extremely remarkable. The more I dwell upon this, the more I realize how important it is to have proper occlusion.

The stomach does not have teeth, therefore proper mastication will determine the course of digestion. By chewing food, we are increasing the surface area for enzymes to act-- without this, the food would be improperly digested by the stomach and subsequent organs.

Differences between the two are vast, from molecular:
mouth- salivary enzyme (aka ptaleyn)
stomach- gastric enzymes, HCl

to histological:
mouth- K stratified epi
stomach- columnar epi with vast lamina propria and third (oblique) layer of ms

However, their relationship is witness to the complexity of our digestive system, the importance of digestion, and the wonders of evolution. The mouth is literally a stomach under voluntary control that's exposed to the external environment.

Anyways, I'm sure as we grow older and older we all begin to realize how important nutrition and digestion is to our health; any feedback is appreciated.

eureka?

 

[rsweeney]

i wanted to share with everyone a new paradigm i encountered, that the mouth and stomach are very very very very (just to stress the point) similar:

mouth f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

stomach f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

although there are many differences between the two, the holistic concept that the mouth is the first site of digestion strikes me as extremely remarkable. The more I dwell upon this, the more I realize how important it is to have proper occlusion.

The stomach does not have teeth, therefore proper mastication will determine the course of digestion. By chewing food, we are increasing the surface area for enzymes to act-- without this, the food would be improperly digested by the stomach and subsequent organs.

Differences between the two are vast, from molecular:
mouth- salivary enzyme (aka ptaleyn)
stomach- gastric enzymes, HCl

to histological:
mouth- K stratified epi
stomach- columnar epi with vast lamina propria and third (oblique) layer of ms

However, their relationship is witness to the complexity of our digestive system, the importance of digestion, and the wonders of evolution. The mouth is literally a stomach under voluntary control that's exposed to the external environment.

Anyways, I'm sure as we grow older and older we all begin to realize how important nutrition and digestion is to our health; any feedback is appreciated.

Hmm, I still can't figure out how to respond 😕

 

[dentwannabe]

i wanted to share with everyone a new paradigm i encountered, that the mouth and stomach are very very very very (just to stress the point) similar:

mouth f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

stomach f(x):
1- mechanical digestion
2- chemical digestion

although there are many differences between the two, the holistic concept that the mouth is the first site of digestion strikes me as extremely remarkable. The more I dwell upon this, the more I realize how important it is to have proper occlusion.

The stomach does not have teeth, therefore proper mastication will determine the course of digestion. By chewing food, we are increasing the surface area for enzymes to act-- without this, the food would be improperly digested by the stomach and subsequent organs.

Differences between the two are vast, from molecular:
mouth- salivary enzyme (aka ptaleyn)
stomach- gastric enzymes, HCl

to histological:
mouth- K stratified epi
stomach- columnar epi with vast lamina propria and third (oblique) layer of ms

However, their relationship is witness to the complexity of our digestive system, the importance of digestion, and the wonders of evolution. The mouth is literally a stomach under voluntary control that's exposed to the external environment.

Anyways, I'm sure as we grow older and older we all begin to realize how important nutrition and digestion is to our health; any feedback is appreciated.

Alright, alright... Lets lay off the mary jane

 

[IWuvTeef]

 

[wimmcs]

 

[AUG2UAG]

now that i think about it i should've titled this thread as "first stomach", right?

 

[airvent]

Finally took the rapper off your textbook. Congrats

 

[hokiedds]

Wait a second...proper occlusion is important? I think maybe you should give the ADA a call and let them know. Thank you so much...you might have changed the face of dentistry in America with your insightful post.

 

[AUG2UAG]

you're welcome 👍

 

[AUG2UAG]

i just noticed that you were being sarcastic, i thought you were thanking me for sharing my paradigm

sorry i can't comment on more specific things in dentistry, i'm not even a D1 yet

and no, this info came from knowledge and not from a textbook; it was a paradigm shift, which means a change in the way i or you look at things

in this case, i recently noticed how similar the mouth is to the stomach-- something i personally haven't seen in a textbook (yet)

 

[AUG2UAG]

Wait a second...proper occlusion is important? I think maybe you should give the ADA a call and let them know. Thank you so much...you might have changed the face of dentistry in America with your insightful post.

believe it or not, researchers are only beginning to realize the correlation between occlusion and systemic health

 

[impuny]

believe it or not, researchers are only beginning to realize the correlation between occlusion and systemic health

Really? I thought I learned that in sixth grade health class or something... "chew your food well Johnny"... so naturally if you don't have proper occlusion then you won't be able to do that right? If you consider your latest discovery to be that great of an epiphany, then dental school is going to be one jolly adventure for you. Let the good times roll.

 

[AUG2UAG]

i'd like to see the response if you asked if a sixth grader thinks if the mouth and the stomach are similar.

my money is that s/he'd laugh at you

i'm trying to tell you that in my new paradigm:
the mouth and the stomach are the same organ (mechanical and chemical digestion) located twice in the body. maybe you knew that and that's cool, but i just figured it out
-with respect to the other obligations of the organs in conversation noted in the first post

does anyone get what i'm trying to say?

 

[hokiedds]

The mouth and the stomach may have similar functions, but they can hardly be called the same organ. The mouth provides direct mechanical breakdown of food and its enzyme action (salivary amylase) functions only on carbohydrates. The stomachs churning action functions mainly to mix the bolus with the enzymes in the stomach to form chyme. In the stomach and small intestine, the chemicals are doing most of the work, while its just the opposite in the mouth. Proper occlusion does have a part in digestion, but I don't think its going to cause someone to be unhealthy simply because their bite is off (unless of course the incorrect occlusion is causing tmj discomfort which affects what they can eat or excessive wear which will eventually result in the loss of the teeth). Digestion of food is not dependent upon perfect occlusion, someone whos bite is off but is not suffering tmj pain is not going to be malnourished. Saying that the stomach and mouth are the same organ simply because they both provide mechanical and chemical digestion is a bit like saying the eyes and ears are the same organ because they both function in external sensory processing. So to summarize, bad occlusion does not necessarily equal poor systemic health just as good occlusion does not equate to good health.

 

[aphistis]

believe it or not, researchers are only beginning to realize the correlation between occlusion and systemic health

I sense a prosthodontics residency in your future.

 

[hokiedds]

I sense a prosthodontics residency in your future.

Has anyone ever told you that you look just like Anthony Edwards (Goose from TopGun)? Because you do.

 

[javagrl]

stoma is Greek for mouth

 

[kew]

I just can't find myself able to read a single thing you write or take it seriously with the disgusting image sitting next to it. But that's just me.

 

[aphistis]

Has anyone ever told you that you look just like Anthony Edwards (Goose from TopGun)? Because you do.

Yeah, I get that a lot. Usually, though, I draw more comparisons to Dr. Green than I do to Goose. 😀

 

[AUG2UAG]

I sense a prosthodontics residency in your future.

what is that, like an A-?

btw, you do look like goose and dr. green from er 🙄