Those dentists must be getting huge kickbacks for “forcing” fluoridated water upon the masses. /sarcasm
Your sarcasm alert shows either your ignorance on the subject or your professional interest in the profit aspect. As you may or may not know, many dentists are profiting from the damage caused by fluorides by replacing the broken or cracked teeth that have been made brittle and prone to breakage.
Root canal work followed by fitting a crown to the tooth's root or a post is expensive by anyone's standards. My last root canal, post, and crown was done about five years ago and cost well over $2000. My dentist tells me that today the same combination of his services and the crown itself would cost roughly 50% more than it did back then.
You said “Those dentists must be getting huge kickbacks for “forcing” fluoridated water upon the masses. /sarcasm”
In effect, they actually are. There is a synergistic relationship between corporations who profit from tooth decay such as Colagate, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, etc and organized dentistry. Without the money these corporations pour into organized dentistry coffers, dentists would never have the money to have the political influence that they do. The NY Times reported that almost every bill the NYS Dental Society puts forth gets passed.
And also they give a huge amount in political donations. Of course, you would say that’s just a coincidence.....
In effect dentists are the frontmen for the sale of fluoride. If fluoridation really hurt their bottom line, they would be the ones telling you how bad it is for your body - even if it does make the teeth stronger.