Fluoride is not essential to healthy teeth
April 3, 2005 (Press Release) --
Fluoridation is based more on unproven theories than scientific
evidence, according to a dental textbook by leaders in the field.
According to "Dentist, Dental Practice, and the Community," by prominent researchers and dental university professors, Burt,
Eklund, et al. and based on pages of scientific references:
* Fluoride is not an essential nutrient. It isn't even a nutrient
* Fluoride incorporated into developing teeth does NOT reduce tooth
decay but does increase fluorosis. Alleged beneficial effects occur
topically.
* There is no evidence that "optimal" intake inhibits cavities. In
fact, the authors suggest "optimum intake" of fluoride be dropped from
common usage.
* Near universal fluoridation in the U.S.A. hasn't leveled out tooth
decay rates, instead fluorosis has spread and increased.
* Not every possible hypothesis regarding fluoride and human health was
tested before beginning fluoridation.
* "No clear reasons for the caries (cavities) decline (in the U.S.)
have been identified"
* At between 3 and 4 times "optimal," fluoride causes tooth decay
* A 1943 estimation that .05 mg ingested fluoride per kilogram of body
weight could reduce cavities was misinterpreted, over time, as the
"optimal" fluoride dose, a level never scientifically verified.
* "Dental fluorosis cannot be classed as a public health problem in the
United States ... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that it
could not become so."
Dentists convinced the public, the media, and their legislators that 1 part per million (ppm) fluoride, an essential nutrient -- they claim,
injected into drinking water is "optimal" to reduce children's tooth decay without bad side effects such as dental fluorosis (white-spotted or
dark-stained teeth) or skeletal fluorosis, a crippling bone disease.
At the beginning of the last century, dentists discovered wealthier, healthier Americans who drank natural calcium-fluoridated water had fewer cavities but more discolored teeth. The tooth yellowing culprit was fluoride. So they assumed fluoride also made teeth resist cavities.
Now over 2/3 of Americans now drink artificially fluoridated water using either sodium fluoride or silicofluorides and virtually 100% consume a fluoride laced diet. Yet, tooth decay is a silent epidemic, according to the U.S. Surgeon General and dental fluorosis rates have soared, according to the Journal of the American Dental Association.
We're not surprised.
For more information, contact:
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
PO Box 263
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
Paul S. Beeber, President and General Counsel
nyscof@aol.com
Web site:
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
Past Fluoridation News Releases
http://tinyurl.com/6kqtu
evidence, according to a dental textbook by leaders in the field.
According to "Dentist, Dental Practice, and the Community," by prominent researchers and dental university professors, Burt,
Eklund, et al. and based on pages of scientific references:
* Fluoride is not an essential nutrient. It isn't even a nutrient
* Fluoride incorporated into developing teeth does NOT reduce tooth
decay but does increase fluorosis. Alleged beneficial effects occur
topically.
* There is no evidence that "optimal" intake inhibits cavities. In
fact, the authors suggest "optimum intake" of fluoride be dropped from
common usage.
* Near universal fluoridation in the U.S.A. hasn't leveled out tooth
decay rates, instead fluorosis has spread and increased.
* Not every possible hypothesis regarding fluoride and human health was
tested before beginning fluoridation.
* "No clear reasons for the caries (cavities) decline (in the U.S.)
have been identified"
* At between 3 and 4 times "optimal," fluoride causes tooth decay
* A 1943 estimation that .05 mg ingested fluoride per kilogram of body
weight could reduce cavities was misinterpreted, over time, as the
"optimal" fluoride dose, a level never scientifically verified.
* "Dental fluorosis cannot be classed as a public health problem in the
United States ... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that it
could not become so."
Dentists convinced the public, the media, and their legislators that 1 part per million (ppm) fluoride, an essential nutrient -- they claim,
injected into drinking water is "optimal" to reduce children's tooth decay without bad side effects such as dental fluorosis (white-spotted or
dark-stained teeth) or skeletal fluorosis, a crippling bone disease.
At the beginning of the last century, dentists discovered wealthier, healthier Americans who drank natural calcium-fluoridated water had fewer cavities but more discolored teeth. The tooth yellowing culprit was fluoride. So they assumed fluoride also made teeth resist cavities.
Now over 2/3 of Americans now drink artificially fluoridated water using either sodium fluoride or silicofluorides and virtually 100% consume a fluoride laced diet. Yet, tooth decay is a silent epidemic, according to the U.S. Surgeon General and dental fluorosis rates have soared, according to the Journal of the American Dental Association.
We're not surprised.
For more information, contact:
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
PO Box 263
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
Paul S. Beeber, President and General Counsel
nyscof@aol.com
Web site:
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
Past Fluoridation News Releases
http://tinyurl.com/6kqtu
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