Friday, July 07, 2017
Fluoride is Damaging Teeth, Fed Stats Reveal
The most recent federal data reveals that
over half of US children consumed so much fluoride it permanently discolored
their teeth, while cavity rates have increased.
Fifty-seven
percent of 6-19 year-olds have dental fluorosis, according to a 2016 Boston University dissertation by Behbehani, et
al which was presented at the April 2017 National Oral Health Conference, Behbehani also reported “[t]here was a
significant increase in caries [cavity] experience.”
Fluoride is
claimed to reduce tooth decay. But over-consumption while teeth are forming
causes dental fluorosis – white spotted, yellow, brown and/or pitted teeth. Cavity
risk actually increases with more advanced fluorosis.
Using the same data-set as Behbehani, Fluoride Action Network (FAN) researchers, reports
“the
2011-2012 NHANES survey found dental fluorosis in 58.3% of the surveyed
adolescents, including an astonishing 21.2% with moderate fluorosis, and 2% with
severe.”
FAN reports the
“data suggests that up to 24 million adolescents now have some form of dental
fluorosis, with over 8 million adolescents having moderate fluorosis, and
840,000 having severe fluorosis.”
Fluoridation’s
1945 inception promised that only 10% would suffer the mildest, without moderate
or severe, fluorosis. Today, unknown amounts of fluoride are
delivered to virtually every American via the water, food supply, dental products, air
pollution and/or medicines.
Several studies link higher fluorosis levels to more tooth decay e.g. Caries Research 2/2013; Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 2004; International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
2001.
Low-income
children, often the reason for mass-fluoridation, don’t benefit from fluoridation.
Attempts to
reduce fluorosis rates have failed, including lowering infant formula fluoride
levels, lowering supplement dose protocols, advising toddlers use pea-sized dabs
of toothpaste without swallowing and avoiding the routine mixing of fluoridated water into infant
formula.
In 2011, HHS further recommended lowering water fluoride levels
to 0.7 mg/L to avoid fluorosis
“However, water concentration doesn’t
equate to a child’s daily dose,” says Attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) “Politics, not science, supports fluoridation – which is delivering
risks without benefits. Fluoridation is
a sacred cow connected to the political viability of organized dentistry and the
legislators they influence. People need to contact their elected officials and
demand fluoridation be stopped and de-funded.”
New York State Coalition
Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF)
NYSCOF on TwitterNew York City Coalition Against Artificial Fluoridation
Fluoride Dangers Blog
Fluoride Fails Blog
