As a dentist, I see the first-hand destruction from caries in patients suffering from post-radiation or pharmacologically-induced xerostomia. Their saliva dries up, the protective benefits (ie—remineralization) are lost, and rampant decay occurs. I provide these same patients with fluoride-carrying trays that they wear 10 minutes/day, and the decay process completely stops...particularly root surface caries.
Interestingly enough, there’d be more money in it for me if I did *not* prescribe the fluoride trays, because I’d be doing dozens of crowns, fillings, and root canals on their teeth for years to come.
But if you want to don your tin-foil hat, and talk everybody out of using fluoride, have at it. Hopefully the people you talk to are smarter than that though.
Off topic but since you seem to know what you’re talking about — what is the connection between meth use and tooth decay? Is it a result of the diet going south or is it a chemical thing?
As a dentist, you are probably prescribing fluoride correctly as all drugs should be prescribed - based on individual needs with the benefit/risk factored in and monitored for side effects
Fluoride has its place in dentistry - just not in the water.
Any dentists I know of who has taken the time to read the current fluoride toxicology literature is shocked that science never actually supported fluoridation.
Even the Centers for Disease Control admits that fluoride’s beneficial effects are topical and not systemic. So fluoridation should have its place in history pretty soon