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In article <0yo1XB4w165w@stat.com> david@stat.com (David Dodell) writes:
>hougen@focus.csl.uiuc.edu (Darrell Roy Hougen) writes:
>
>> david@stat.com (David Dodell) writes:
>
>> % Ask an orthodontist.
>> 
>> Thanks for the loads of help.  I was hoping that perhaps some
>> knowledgable person was reading this.
>
>I am a knowledgable person.  I could not diagnosis your problem or make
>suggestions by the limitations of electronic mail.  If you are relaying
>on diagnosis this way, then you're going to get into problems.
>
>My answer was serious.
>
>david
>

Gee, I hope we are not going to have to accept this kind of response to an
honest request for information.  I'm sure Darrell wasn't asking for a
diagnosis via e-mail or postings.  He would probably have appreciated some
opinions that were general in nature.  Maybe some ideas about the possible
complications in such cases as his general type.  Maybe even some idea
whether any correction for his type of problem that did not involve
surgery would even be remotely possible.  He just wanted to talk about it.
If all that is going to happen when lay people write in here with
questions is that they will be told to 'see an orthodontist' or 'see a
dentist', then it is a message that the dentists on here don't want to be
bothered with questions from interested lay people or non-dentists.

Of course, one always has the option of 'asking an orthodontist'.  But
from my own experience as a patient, I can tell you that it matters a
whole lot WHAT orthodontist you ask.  Hopefully, via this system and this
group, people get to ask for opinions from professionals and other
patients all over the world.  I don't think anything beyond available
information is sought by a reasonable person. 


Alice