Unless we finally get that tooth growing paste that has been talked about for the past two decades. Or actually, offering to shave those teeth down might still make a good business proposition,
Looking up north to Canada, there are cities that removed fluoridated water and found an increase in severe cavities in children[1]. This would assuredly happen in America as well because like we found during the pandemic and people not knowing how to wash their hands, most people do not brush their teeth properly either.
I can imagine several ways to manage that outcome that don't involve engaging in an unrequested medical intervention on their behalf using the public water supply.
They also didn't "find" that. They have a very limited study with exceptionally poor controls that they openly acknowledge and thus they're only capable of suggesting an "indication" that this "may be true."
For such an important question, I would want a lot more work than that particular study, which only examined 2nd graders, has done before arriving at a conclusion that we should medicate an entire population without consent.
Finally, I'd suggest a better study, between the cities that had fluoride removed, were the citizens even informed that a change was made to their water supply? 2 to 3 years later, instead of looking at kids teeth, how many adults understood the ramifications of the change? How many of them even consciously _knew_ the change had been made?
Which highlights the point here, it's fundamentally unethical for a government to wholesale dose their entire population, even if they think they're doing them a favor.
Unless we finally get that tooth growing paste that has been talked about for the past two decades. Or actually, offering to shave those teeth down might still make a good business proposition,
They started fluoridating the water in 1946.
They started making fluoridated toothpaste in 1956.
The issue isn't getting fluorine into Americans, the issue is doing it in a medically and ethically appropriate way.
There should be zero impacts on average dental health of Americans.
Looking up north to Canada, there are cities that removed fluoridated water and found an increase in severe cavities in children[1]. This would assuredly happen in America as well because like we found during the pandemic and people not knowing how to wash their hands, most people do not brush their teeth properly either.
[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tooth-decay-calgary-f...
I can imagine several ways to manage that outcome that don't involve engaging in an unrequested medical intervention on their behalf using the public water supply.
They also didn't "find" that. They have a very limited study with exceptionally poor controls that they openly acknowledge and thus they're only capable of suggesting an "indication" that this "may be true."
For such an important question, I would want a lot more work than that particular study, which only examined 2nd graders, has done before arriving at a conclusion that we should medicate an entire population without consent.
Finally, I'd suggest a better study, between the cities that had fluoride removed, were the citizens even informed that a change was made to their water supply? 2 to 3 years later, instead of looking at kids teeth, how many adults understood the ramifications of the change? How many of them even consciously _knew_ the change had been made?
Which highlights the point here, it's fundamentally unethical for a government to wholesale dose their entire population, even if they think they're doing them a favor.
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