So a topic came up around the dinner table, a couple from my church said they gave their kids flouride tablets growing up, and that none of the kids ever had cavities up until their 20’s.
I heard in the conspiracy circles that flourides actually not good for ya, but what’s the answer?
If so, what’s the alternative for cavities? This topic is as important to me as the ivermectin issue, I hate the pharmaceutical control of the dental industry.
Minerals, such as Calcium have a great affinity for Fluoride ions. Putting Fluoride ions into your teath is a way to get Calcium in there resulting in a remineralization (hardening) of the teeth.
Tooth paste does this topically, further aided by the abrasive. Dental treatments at the office also work topically. You do not swallow it and the instructions warn you not to.
I highly doubt that swallowing Fluoride and relying on systemic absortion will effectively get it into your teeth, which is the only place you want it.
For these reasons, I'm going with Flouride ingestion and putting it in water is BAD.
I second this, with regards to the topical effects. It is definitely beneficial when applied topically, with regards to reducing rates of tooth decay. That may be a non-issue if you or your kids only eat whole foods and don’t sip on sugary beverages all day... but there are simple carbohydrates in just about everything we eat nowadays. Topical fluoride, via toothpastes and dental varnishes, can help to reduce the rate of caries for most people.
Systemic fluoride provides less benefit. It may help the poor if they don’t have access to fluoridated toothpaste or dental care. I do not know if it truly causes any harm- it’s so hard to know whose research to trust these days.
I can’t argue with you there, brother. Maybe there is fluoride in the rain there
I'm pretty sure portland does have fluoride in their water. I know they didn't at one point, but didn't they start in 2014?
The surrounding areas have had it far longer.
Vaxx, PCR lie, Plandemic has completely stripped me of any trust in Mainstream medecine. Big deal because I pretty much come from that world.
Once dubious of anti-fluoride lobby, no longer. Seeing that UN now has decided that the whole world needs fluoridated water sealed it for me.
Diet and oral flora are probably most determinative in oral health along with hygiene.
Oh I absolutely agree about diet, flora, and hygiene. The problem I see is that most people have spectacularly bad oral hygiene. Few people know which end of the toothbrush to use, and regular flowers are like unicorns. So from a topical standpoint it seems pretty reasonable to me. Like you, I have become pretty dubious about mainstream medicine and public health programs, so the systemic fluoride argument is not ringing as true any more