Dr. Strangelove and the Teeth Conspiracy

In the classic 1964 movie comedy, Dr. Strangelove, General Ripper claims that water fluoridation was destroying “our precious bodily fluids”—a reference to government water fluoridation begun in the 1940’s to thwart tooth decay. Water fluoridation did indeed lead some individuals to postulate that adding fluoride to water was a communist conspiracy designed to weaken US willpower and make the country susceptible to a takeover.

Jesse is a film fanatic of movies from the 1960’s and believes what he sees – not only does he stop drinking fluoridated water, but stops brushing his teeth. Soon, he develops tooth decay and in about one year post absence of teeth hygiene, Jesse is minus a few teeth. He finally visits a dentist for implants, but refuses any prophylactic antibiotics prior to the implant procedure. Two weeks post implants, Jesse is suffering significant chest pain from pericarditis. At which location is the pain from the pericarditis due to somatic fibers?

 Postscript:  Any similarities between fluoridation conspiracy theorists and current day anti vaxxers is merely a coincidence.

Somatic sensory innervation is provided to which of the indicated areas?

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