>>Once the teeth have erupted brushing with fluoride can not cause fluorosis -— unless the child swallows the toothpaste while other teeth are still forming. Absorption of fluoride through oral mucosal membranes must be extremely minimal mechanism given the great quantity of fluoride-containing toothpastes marketed and the extremely low incidence of dental fluorosis.
Artificially fluoridating municipal water supplies to 1 part per million is far below the concentration that will induce fluorosis. The decay prevention benefit accrues almost exclusively to the child population whose teeth are forming but is of negligible benefit to the adult. <<
Oh thank you for being the voice of reason here!!!!
It’s like the ADA recommending we all get rid of our old fillings. Who does that work? Not the local mechanic, a dentist. They make huge bucks with these scares. The scrupulous dentist (as are most of them) told us to just forget about it.
My dentist is a good man who gives sound advice. I’ll trust him over the rumor mill.
I suspect that you will notice a significant commonality between those dentist who made huge bucks from the "filling scares," and those who are yapping about this one.
I can find no place where the ADA recommends getting rid of old fillings. Please cite a refenence. Thanks.
I believe this is a bit of a misstatement. Nowhere has the ADA made such a recommendation. OTOH, a vocal, unscientific quack-practitioner minority some years ago (aided and abetted by the MSM, and in particular CBS's Sixty Minutes) had, without official sacnction, promoted that scam.
"The scrupulous dentist (as are most of them) told us to just forget about it"
Indeed. And isn't it heartening that the ADA advocates the use of fluoride based on the fact that it benefits the public by reducing dental decay --- despite the consequence that it financially impacts the dental profession negatively?
Would that other professions were so honorable, in particular the Big Government political profession.