Myths We Cherish & Trends We Follow

OKAY, BUT DOES IT ACTUALLY PROTECT OUR TEETH?

Well in 1995, a study by the California Department of Health Services revealed that money spent on dental work actually increased in areas where water was fluoridated in that state, while dental costs decreased in communities without fluoridated water.

In 2000, John D. B. Featherstone published a study in The Journal of American Dental Association, which he concludes that ingesting fluoride from tap water does little to prevent tooth decay. Rather, it only works when directly applied to the teeth.

According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the average person absorbs seven parts per million of fluoride per day. To put that into perspective, the EPA states that the optimal level of exposure to fluoride isno more thanONE part per million per day. But public water supplies use standards of no more than four parts per million. & the World Health Organization says it’s safe to be exposed to 1.5 parts per million.

OH, THE HYPOCRISY.  

Knowledge is power, ya’ll.

Resources:

Fitzgerald, R. (2007). The Hundred-Year Lie.

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