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As someone with a naturophile mother who grew up drinking nothing but filtered water as a child, I was riddled with tooth decay. So many cavities and fillings t
by anonporridge 5y ago
As someone with a naturophile mother who grew up drinking nothing but filtered water as a child, I was riddled with tooth decay. So many cavities and fillings that I lost count. Two crowns and one root canal all before my 13th birthday.
I believe we also used some kind of natural toothpaste that was probably fluoride free.
It's only recently that I connected the dots and realized that never drinking tap water is probably why my teeth are a mess. I'm almost certainly going to have to get implants much earlier in life than I should have.
It might be possible to avoid this with proper fluoride toothpaste or mouth wash, but you simply can't rely on most people knowing enough to care or understand the importance of it. For most people, if an issue hasn't personally affected them, they tend to not consider a risk that needs to be mitigated.