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Anecdata: a dentist mentioned flouridated bottled water as an option since the parents didn't realize their kids were missing out with "regular" bottled water.
by j_s 9y ago
Anecdata: a dentist mentioned flouridated bottled water as an option since the parents didn't realize their kids were missing out with "regular" bottled water.
To me it's interesting to consider the long-term impact of all products that are consumed/applied frequently (both manufactured and natural ones, though somehow natural usually seems less worrisome). I believe it is best to introduce fairly dramatic variety just to give the body a chance to dodge any long term accumulating effects/deficiencies... but this hasn't translated into a soap-switching schedule yet! (a very low personal priority thanks to mass-market manufacturing similarities).
Water supply selection seems to be one of the most critical choices in this department; I appreciate this chance to learn from what other HN users have researched and implemented as best.
- pmorici 9y agoWhen I was in elementary school we lived out in an area dominated by rural farmland. I'm guessing close to 100% of the students at the school got their water at home from an untreated well. Once a month the school nurse would bring around little cups of fluoride mouth wash and we would swish with it for 3 minutes then spit it out. If you are seriously concerned about fluoridated vs non-fluoridated water there is no reason that the two things have to be linked. Heck, you can get many mouth washes with fluorine in thing. Listerine has a fluoridated version for example.
- j_s 9y agoTrue! Another commenter mentioned tablets from the pediatrician. These days progress consists of companies marketing "healthy" improvements to products that have become a convenient part of the daily routine.
- twothamendment 9y agoWe are in a well in an area without a lot of flouride in it. Our kids take tablets from the pharmacy. I think they are about $2/month.