Tag Archive for ‘Fluorosis’
Should Pregnant Women Take Fluoride Supplements?
Fifty years ago you could have walked into a pharmacy and seen fluoride drops that were specifically targeted toward pregnant women. The packages claimed that fluoride drops, when taken during pregnancy would help keep their children cavity-free. That all changed on October 20, 1966 when the FDA cracked down on the fluoride supplement makers. They [...]
Is Water Fluoridation Legal?
Ever since the government started adding fluoride to the public water supplies in 1945, there have been many people who have challenged the legality of fluoride in our water supplies. They raised concerns about whether a city has the right to add a drug to the water supply that could help many people, but have [...]
Is Water Fluoridation A Conspiracy for Businesses to Make Money Selling Fluoride?
We’ve heard about a lot of conspiracy theories lately: Is bin Laden really dead? Was Obama really born in the United States? Was 9/11 planned by the U.S. Government? Today, I’m going to address a popular water fluoridation conspiracy theory: Is big business profiting from water fluoridation? The theory goes along these lines: Fluoride is [...]
Is There More Fluoride In a Pea-Sized Amount of Toothpaste or a Liter of Water?
Jake (whom I assume is a dentist) left an interesting comment about fluoride on Sunday. He said: I had an anti-fluoride patient the other day that was saying he read somewhere that a pea-sized amount of toothpaste contains the same amount of fluoride in 1 liter of tap water (1 ppm). His argument was that [...]
Where I Stand on Water Fluoridation
This is the final post dealing with water fluoridation in my week-long series discussing both sides of the water fluoridation debate. Hopefully you enjoyed the articles this week. If not, don’t worry! I’ll be back into my regular oral health writing routine next week. If you missed the two previous articles, each of them explored [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Water Fluoridation
Ever since communities started fluoridating their water, there have been people that are adamantly opposed to water fluoridation. As you can see in the 1950′s era flyer to the right, some people even alleged that water fluoridation was some kind of communist plot to overthrow the American government. Some of the arguments of anti-fluoridationists are [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Support Water Fluoridation
“You’re either with us, or against us” has been a popular quotation throughout history. I think that phrase describes the water fluoridation debate fairly well. There are many people against fluoride being added to their water, and many people that support the addition of fluoride to the public water supplies. I’ve felt caught in the [...]
Water Fluoridation Week on Oral Answers
66 years ago this week, Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first city to add fluoride to its public water supplies. Since then, a great debate has ensued regarding whether or not public water supplies should be artificially fluoridated. In 1962, the United States government recommended that water be fluoridated with 0.7 to 1.2 PPM [...]
Dental Fluorosis: Too Much Fluoride Stains Teeth
Dental fluorosis happens when children swallow too much fluoride before their teeth have finished forming (usually before age 8.) It was actually dental fluorosis that led researchers to eventually find that small amounts of fluoride can be beneficial for the teeth. Dental fluorosis can range in severity from mild to severe. The mild form appears [...]
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