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If you'll forgive my use of an anecdote... I stopped getting cavities when I started using a good electric toothbrush, not when I started drinking fluoridated
by CoastalCoder 5y ago
If you'll forgive my use of an anecdote...
I stopped getting cavities when I started using a good electric toothbrush, not when I started drinking fluoridated water.
So no idea if the statistics bear this out, but personally I don't care much about the fluoride.
- AlexandrB 5y agoI stopped getting tons of cavities when I started drinking fluoridated water as a kid. I didn't have an electric toothbrush until well into my 20s. So I guess that's 2 data points? What now?
- CoastalCoder 5y agoI wasn't trying to demonstrate that brushing trumps fluoride. I shared my experience in the hope it would spark interesting discussion.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI know a dentist in a suburb of a city that does not fluoridate. They said they can guess whether or not the patient grew up in the city or outside the city simply based on their dental history.
- tharkun__ 5y agoWhy we need a third data point of course! :) My childhood drinking water was not fluoridated and I've never to this date owned an electric toothbrush. I didn't have any cavities until my 20s. What do we make of this?