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I was under the impression that in general you want Fluoride to be topically applied to teeth, and not swallowed. Perhaps I was misinformed.
by amanaplanacanal 1y ago
I was under the impression that in general you want Fluoride to be topically applied to teeth, and not swallowed. Perhaps I was misinformed.
- AStonesThrow 1y ago[flagged]
- ikekkdcjkfke 1y agoAlthough you are downvoted, there is a point; I wonder how many products are created just to be used as waste management when creating other products from oil
- kuhewa 1y agoI suppose many products were initially invented to get value or of an underutilized by-product, but as soon as there's a market and people want to buy it, the byproduct is no longer waste.
- andrewinardeer 1y agoLow fat milk is the classic example.
- lovich 1y agoWhy is it that when people speak about Native Americans using every part of the buffalo it’s with a positive connotation but when modern day organizations figure out how to turn waste products into something useful it’s spoken with disdain? I am generally anti corporation but whenever I hear about a company turning something that used to be a waste stream into something useful, it gives me a nice dopamine hit to see capitalism actually working as intended
- AStonesThrow 1y agoBecause they're not actually making it useful, they are merely trying to convince the general public that it is, or at least not harmful, so they can blithely dump away. Another interesting example is refined salt. Traditionally, when salt is mined or derived from seawater, it contains a multitude of trace minerals that are often beneficial and nutritious. It is this payload of minerals that has contributed to the excellent reputation of salt over the millennia. However, now the salt company will refine the hell out of the salt, turning it into pure white NaCl table salt. Then, they turn around and sell all the trace minerals and nutrients to supplement companies which manufacture nutritional supplements and derive extra value from that surplus. The general public is left with virtually worthless table salt that contains nothing but NaCl. This is why an excess of salt is harmful in your diet, because you're adding empty sodium without any fringe benefits!!!
- stubish 1y agoFluoride topically applied to teeth is to put back fluoride that has been leeched out of the enamel. Swallowed fluoride is needed to make the enamel in the first place. I'm not sure how helpful it is to adults, but kids certainly need it.
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- didgeoridoo 1y agoThis is completely incorrect. Fluoride is not a component of native enamel, nor is it recognized as an essential nutrient in any way. Topically-applied fluoride converts hydroxyapatite in enamel into hydroxyfluorapatite, a harder substance that resists bacterial decay. It has no benefits for the rest of your body, and when intake becomes excessive it can interfere with skeletal development and cause brittle bones. Fluoride belongs on your teeth, not in your stomach.
- hinkley 1y agoFluoride on teeth is a bit like making gorilla glass - infusing atoms into a surface with different bond strengths and lengths to make a material that’s more durable than the original.
- didgeoridoo 1y agoI guess you could think of both as “alloys”, but with ionic bonds instead of metallic bonds. I’m sure there are at least six ways this isn’t quite accurate, but it’s an interesting analogy at least.
- idiotsecant 1y agohttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Fluoride-HealthProfessional/ https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Fluoride-HealthProfessiona... You're the one who is incorrect here. We do, in fact, consume fluoride all the time in the food we eat and it has a role in bone and tooth health. The vast majority of people get more than enough in their regular diet (brewed tea has a fair amount) but there are probably extreme cases where a supplement might be required. Banning them is dumb and confidently posting about things you don't know for sure is worse.