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And do you have any data showing increased bone defects in children after the introduction of fluorinated water? Because there is plenty of data showing the tre

by kmos17 3y ago

And do you have any data showing increased bone defects in children after the introduction of fluorinated water? Because there is plenty of data showing the tremendous benefits of better dental health from fluorinated water, and dental health having a major long term health impact.

adrian_b 3y ago
I do not know if any such studies have ever been done in USA or in other countries where fluoride has been introduced intentionally in the drinking water. Nevertheless, there are studies which have found increased frequencies of bone defects in some regions from Asia where the drinking water has naturally an increased amount of fluoride in comparison with the regions where the drinking water has less fluoride. Regarding the supposed benefits of the fluoride introduced in the drinking water, that may be a case of correlation without causation, because similar reductions in the frequency of dental cavities have happened in countries that do not use fluoride in the drinking water, but where the dental hygiene has been improved by other means. In order to attribute the improved dental health to fluoride in the drinking water one must control for confounding factors like how many people wash their teeth now and how many washed their teeth before, how many wash their teeth correctly now and how many before, how many use other products, like mouth wash solutions, how often people go to dentists now and before and many others. I have not seen any of the statistics that claim to support the utility of fluoride in drinking water to include all the additional statistics that are needed to prove that there is any relationship between the drinking water and the frequency of cavities. In any case, true or not, the danger for children to swallow fluoride (which is more concentrated in toothpaste or in a mouth washing solution than in fluoridated drinking water) is the justification given in this paper for why a toothpaste without fluoride may be useful.

by kmos17 3y ago

adrian_b 3y ago

I do not know if any such studies have ever been done in USA or in other countries where fluoride has been introduced intentionally in the drinking water. Nevertheless, there are studies which have found increased frequencies of bone defects in some regions from Asia where the drinking water has naturally an increased amount of fluoride in comparison with the regions where the drinking water has less fluoride. Regarding the supposed benefits of the fluoride introduced in the drinking water, that may be a case of correlation without causation, because similar reductions in the frequency of dental cavities have happened in countries that do not use fluoride in the drinking water, but where the dental hygiene has been improved by other means. In order to attribute the improved dental health to fluoride in the drinking water one must control for confounding factors like how many people wash their teeth now and how many washed their teeth before, how many wash their teeth correctly now and how many before, how many use other products, like mouth wash solutions, how often people go to dentists now and before and many others. I have not seen any of the statistics that claim to support the utility of fluoride in drinking water to include all the additional statistics that are needed to prove that there is any relationship between the drinking water and the frequency of cavities. In any case, true or not, the danger for children to swallow fluoride (which is more concentrated in toothpaste or in a mouth washing solution than in fluoridated drinking water) is the justification given in this paper for why a toothpaste without fluoride may be useful.