The use of professional dental applications of fluoride may not be providing any benefit to children, even though they are widely used and generally accepted to reduce the rate of tooth decay.
This study evaluated the association between this practice and the number of cavities. The data from over 15,000 children and for treatment provided by over 1,500 different dentists, were analyzed.
The researchers followed-up with the children for a period averaging over 5 years. No difference in tooth decay rates were seen for "baby" or permanent teeth.
The authors note that there are already numerous recommendations that professionally applied topical fluorides should be used only in children with moderate to high rates of decay.
However, they question whether these guidelines are being followed, considering the fact that approximately two-thirds of the children in the study received topical fluoride at every recall visit, nearly two times per year.
J Public Health Dent 2000; 60: 33-8
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Well, here we have it, right from a dental journal. Fluoride does not reduce cavities. If you ever have a free afternoon and want to explore the thousands of pages that I have linked to the toxicity of fluoride you should do that some time.
I do advise good dental hygiene though and there are non fluoride toothpastes that most health food stores carry. If you are a patient in my office we have an excellent herbal toothpaste that helps control dental infections and gum problems called Tooth and Gum.
The diet is the most important issue here. If you want another outstanding book for your library you can obtain Dr. Weston Price's book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Dr. Weston Price. He was one of the most prominent dentists at the turn of the century and wondered why so many children were getting cavities.
He realized that it was the introduction of processed foods. So he traveled all over the world and documented how the introduction of processed food severely damaged the teeth.
One does not even have to read the book as the pictures tell the whole story. The book was written in 1920 and is very true today
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