Posted on 05/19/2007 1:34:47 PM PDT by nyscof
New York - May 2007 - Contrary to belief, fluoridation is damaging teeth with little cavity reduction, according to a review of recent studies reported in Clinical Oral Investigations.(1)
Fluoride chemicals are added to 2/3 of U.S. water supplies in an attempt to reduce tooth decay and is in virtually 100% of the food supply.
Yet, the Centers for Disease Control reports cavities are rising in our most fluoridated generation - toddlers. (1a)
Pizzo and colleagues reviewed English-language fluoridation studiespublished from January 2001 to June 2006 and write, "Several epidemiological studies conducted in fluoridated and non-fluoridatedcommunities suggest that [fluoridation] may be unnecessary for caries prevention..."
They also report that fluoride-damaged teeth spiked upwards to 51% from the 10-12% found over 60 years ago in "optimally" fluoridated communities. Dental fluorosis is white-spotted, yellow, brown-stained and/or pitted teeth.
Fluoridation began in 1945 when dentists thought that ingested fluoride incorporated into children's developing tooth enamel to prevent cavities. However, Pizzo's group reports that fluoride ingestion confers little, if any, benefit and fails to reduce oral health disparities in low-income Americans.
Also, any difference in fluoride tooth enamel surface concentration between fluoridated and low-fluoridated areas is minimal. And the relationship between higher enamel fluoride levels to less tooth decay was not found.
"Some risk of increasing fluorosis may be attributed to the ingestion of powdered infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water... [and] foods and beverages processed in fluoridated areas... Furthermore, the use of dietary fluoride supplements during the first 6 years of life is associated with a significant increase in the risk of developing fluorosis," they write.
Lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation says, "Recent news reports claiming fluoride-free bottled water caused the cavity increase trends in toddlers are implausible because rising fluorosis rates clearly indicate that children are over-fluoridated, not under-fluoridated."
"There's no dispute that too much fluoride damages teeth, actually making them more decay-prone. Research is indicated to see if fluoride is causing the cavity escalation," says Beeber.
Some studies Pizzo reviewed focused on communities that stopped water fluoridation. "...after the cessation, caries prevalence did not rise, remained almost the same or even decreased further," writes Pizzo's group.
"In most European countries, where [water fluoridation] has never been adopted, a substantial decline [75%] in caries prevalence has been reported in the last decades," they report.
To avoid dental fluorosis, the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control advise against mixing concentrated infant formulas with fluoridated water.
"Fluoride is bone- and health-damaging as well," says Beeber.
In 1999, researchers found that children in Connersville, Indiana, (2) consumed over recommended levels of fluoride even though their water supply wasn't fluoridated. Organized dentistry still successfully instigated fluoridation and the American Dental Association (3) bragged about it, carelessly putting more children at risk of developing dental fluorosis.
Reference:
1) "Community Water Fluoridation and Caries Prevention: A Critical Review," Clinical Oral Investigations, by Giuseppe Pizzo & Maria R. Piscopo & Ignazio Pizzo & Giovanna Giuliana 2007 Feb 27; [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Pizzo-2007.pdf 1a) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_248.pdf
2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10403089&dopt=Abstract
3) http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/us_fluoridation.pdf
The Birchers are BACK ! ;-D
Well, we all know why they put flouride in the water, they just told us it was for our teeth.
I just read an article about how people aren’t getting the benefit of fluoridation because they are drinking bottled water.
I guess this one on of those news stories they take out and dust off whenever there's a slow news day.
I wonder if this guy is a Freeper?
ping
Checking back on the source, the CDC finds that the 2 to 5 year olds had slightly increased cavities. From the story Lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation says, “Recent news reports claiming fluoride-free bottled water caused the cavity increase trends in toddlers are implausible because rising fluorosis rates clearly indicate that children are over-fluoridated, not under-fluoridated.”
(translation)[we don’t think the lack of flouride in bottled water is the cause since more cities are putting flouride in city drinking water.] ??????
“Fluoridation began in 1945 when dentists thought that ingested fluoride incorporated into children’s developing tooth enamel to prevent cavities.”
What kind of English is that? Methinks this group’s fifteen minutes passed a long time ago.
I grew up with flouride in my water, and I have tons of cavities and very yellow teeth.
My kids have grown up with no flouride in their water, and they have very few cavities. They do have very yellow teeth.
LOL Ripper makes his appearance in post number four, well within spec!
So, if they live in fluoridated communities, parents have to use bottled mineral water instead?
My parents were born in 34-35 and they have terrible teeth. Almost every tooth has a filling or has been replaced by a bridge.
My brother and I have always had fluoridated water, and we have excellent teeth. I only have two fillings in my entire mouth, and I think braces caused those. Everyone’s teeth yellow as they age. The OTC whitening products do a nice job of helping with that problem.
It was noticed that Army recruits from western Texas had few cavities. They tested the water and determined that it had high levels of fluoride. Of course it also had high levels of hydroxiapatite (SP?) which is found in bone, but that is not an otherwise useless byproduct of anything, ergo, it must be the fluoride, which can now be widely marketed as a new miracle cure for caries.
Thanks, BFL
I think a lot of it is just luck. I’ve had a total of about 7 or 8 cavities so far in my life (40 years and counting). A friend of my Dad’s, on the other hand, had lots of them. And my Grandmother (Dad’s mother) is 93 and she still has most of her real teeth (!)
I know a young woman where I get my hair cut, whose teeth are so white I damn near go blind looking at them (!)
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