The promotion of fluoride was literally programmed in my youth. I remember the tooth paste advertisements when I was growing up, with the kid greeting Dad at the door, proclaiming "only one cavity." I was never really impressed with that proclamation, as I went to the dentist every 6 months and didn't have any cavities. The recommendation was to see your dentist twice a year and 1 cavity per visit did not seem so mathematically amazing, over time! Statistically, that would be two cavities a year. Baby teeth aside, permanent teeth start coming in at about the age of 6, so by the time a kid graduated high school, that would be about two dozen cavities, that's 24 holes in 28 teeth. Add wisdom teeth and four years of college and voila, the figures are identical.
I wondered then what was so great about the "Name Brand with fluoride!"
Fast forward forty years to the fact we now know, "good" teeth are basically genetic, and good oral hygeine is taught. So with those two valuable facts, what about the added fluoride? What does fluoride really do besides harden the enamel? Fluoride is toxic, although some is only "mildly toxic." To whom does it make sense to put any level of toxicity in your mouth? To actually add toxins to a product young children are encouraged to put in their mouth boarders on abuse . . .
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