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>No credible scientific evidence exists that ingesting fluoride is beneficial. ??? >Regular toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste is the principal non‐profes
by a_bonobo 3y ago
>No credible scientific evidence exists that ingesting fluoride is beneficial.
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>Regular toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste is the principal non‐professional intervention to prevent caries, but the caries‐preventive effect varies according to different concentrations of fluoride in toothpaste, with higher concentrations associated with increased caries control.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398117/
Higher concentrations lead to better caries control (unless you go too high), what other evidence do you want?
- arcticbull 3y agoCaveat that I have no issue whatsoever with fluoride. The parent poster said "ingestion" of fluoride, but brushing is strictly not ingestion but rather topical application - you are directed to spit it back out. I'm curious if there were studies that covered drinking it.
- robbiep 3y agoI am unsure if this - I grew up in rural australia and we took fluoride tablets as kids. N=3 but no fillings till post 25
- satellite2 3y agoThe amount is calibrated for the small part that you ingest despite spittingit out. Kids toothpaste have much less because most of the paste is assumed to be ingested.
- lovecg 3y agoCase in point.
- sgoschi 3y agoYou're proving their point. Brushing teeth is a topical application of flouride, unless you swallow it, of course....
- levzettelin 3y agorofl
- bboygravity 3y agoHow is that not proving their point? Putting fluoride in water to topically apply it to teeth (and get a higher risk of brain damage and stomach cancer among other things due to completely unnecessary ingestion). The study you linked is indeed like proving that drinking sunscreen is great at preventing lip cancer. Or better yet: maybe we can start putting sunscreen in drinking water to prevent lip cancer?