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Originally posted by argentus
Excellent info you've compiled here. All our water is captured rainwater, so we have much less of the fluoride issue.

we came to much the same conclusion two years ago, and since have brushed out teeth with baking soda. Two months ago, we went to our nation's capital, and finally found some fluoride-free toothpaste. Mon, that tastes MUCH better than the bitter saltiness of sodium bicarbonate.

I quit smoking last October, and that helped. My teeth were always kinda yellowish until we quit with the toothpaste. M'Bride and I had tried Crest whitestrips, and that helped somewhat, but seemed very short-term.

Really good thread. I think there's more to this fluoride issue that we know. It's been used in water for a very long time, and when I was a kid, I took it for granted that it was something there for our benefit. That was almost 40 years ago.

Yes, re-read the 2nd quote for information on what fluoride does when it's consumed in large doses by a society.

Recent findings challenge orthodoxy

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As with the new study mentioned above (1), a 2002 study by a research team in Sri Lanka, reported:

"caries prevalence and the mean caries experience were significantly higher in children with (dental fluorosis) than in those without" (7).

Similarly, a 1997 study from a team in Sudan reported:

"analyses based on children in the 2.5 ppm area alone, showed significantly higher DMFT (Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth) by increased severity of dental fluorosis" (8).

Earlier, a team from Israel ˆ in two separate papers looking at two separate age groups (9, 10) - reported:

"A statistically significant positive association was found between caries prevalence and fluorosis; the more caries experienced, the more severe the fluorosis level" (10).

Earlier yet, Dr. Arvid Carlsson (a recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine) reported on findings from Sweden which showed:

" more severe degrees of enamel fluorosis are associated with an abnormally high incidence of caries... There is thus no doubt that a high degree of enamel fluorosis causes an increased tendency to caries" (14).

In addition to these findings, a series of recent papers have also reported that tooth decay rates may actually increase as the fluoride level in the water increases (15-18). For example:

In 2002, a research team in Tanzania reported:

" subjects in the high-F (fluoride) and urban Arusha municipality were at a significantly higher risk of dental caries than children in the low-F (fluoride) areas" (15).

In 2001, a research team in South Africa reported:

"Significantly (P < 0.01) more children had decayed teeth in the high F (fluoride) area than in the other two areas. The results suggest a positive association between high F levels in the drinking water and dental caries" (16).

And perhaps most comprehensively, a research team in India (summarizing 30 years of observation) reported:

"Our findings indicate that dental caries was caused by high fluoride and low dietary calcium intakes, separately and through their interactions. Dental caries was most severe and complex in calcium-deficient children exposed to high intakes of endemic fluoride in drinking water" (17).

I once heard a story, historians were excavating an area, and the current society was making pottery urns. On the urns the potters would always place two round balls. When asked about why they did that, the craftsman remarked "It's just how it's always been done".

Upon excavation of the surrounding area, historians discovered old pottery urns which had the two balls, but with nipples on them. The balls were originally put on the urns to represent the female breast. Over the years, the reasoning for putting them on the urn had faded, and people just went along with it cause that is how it was always done.

Unfortunately, that story can be related to many things around us. And it's especially true in this case. I think that at the time the decision was made to use fluoride in our toothpaste and drinking supply enough dentists accepted the evidence that was available. Overtime it has become something that none of them seem to question anymore, they're simply told, fluoride is good, give it to your patients.

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The fluoride added to water supplies is an industrial waste byproduct: While fluoride toothpaste is pharmaceutical grade (Sodium Fluoride) & applied directly to teeth, the kind used in water supplies is industrial grade fluoride called Hydrofluosilicic Acid which contains harmful contaminants such as arsenic, barium, cadmium, lead and mercury. It is a byproduct from the phosphate fertilizer industry. Water fluoridation is a cheap way for industry to get rid of their waste and consumers pay the price.

People should not only do their best to NOT use fluoridated toothpaste, but do everything they can to get CLEAN, HEALTHY, drinking water as well. That does not contain fluoride.

EDIT: Interestingly, oil of clove is what is used to stop a condition called "Dry socket" after undergoing the removal of wisdom teeth.

The dentist hands out a pamphlet saying that if you experience the condition, come into the dentist for a 30 minute "treatment" that will cure the condition almost immediately.

And of course, take a load off your wallet as well.

[edit on 4-6-2009 by king9072]