Toothpastes Are Not All The Same
A concerned mother called my office once with an intriguing question. “Is it possible that my daughter can get sick from brushing her teeth with her toothpaste?” I asked her what type of toothpaste she...
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Fluoride & Informed Consent
About a year ago, voters in Portland, Oregon, said “no” to fluoridation. And since then, it seems the pace of change has really picked up, with more residents in more towns and cities standing up and...
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Return of the Fluoride Notification Bill (HB 119)
When Representative Donna Lichenegger first introduced her fluoride notification bill to the Missouri House of Representatives a couple years ago, it failed to make it to the floor for debate. So last...
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Are You Drinking Enough Water?
So we left off last time by noting that, unlike soda pop, water is something your body needs. Yet many Americans don’t drink enough of it. As a result, many suffer from chronic tiredness, headaches,...
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Bending the Fluoridation Facts
When it comes to witty truths, no one was more prolific than Mark Twain. And when we read about the recent Canadian study claiming that the end of fluoridation in Calgary caused a spike in children’s...
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Citing No Evidence of Harm, EPA Denies Petition to Ban Fluoride in Drinking...
For a third time, the Fluoride Action Network has petitioned the EPA to get the “F” out of our water – fluoride, that is. And once again, the agency denied the petition that would have banned the...
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Tap Water, Lead, and Fluoride: A Terrible Combination
Is your tap water safe to drink? Does it contain lead or other heavy metals or toxins? Situations like the one in Flint, Michigan have people increasingly concerned. A new tap water study shows that...
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Fluoridation Follies
For more than 50 years, the American Dental Association has published a book they call Fluoridation Facts. The newest edition just dropped. Like earlier versions, it justifies and endorses the...
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Even Topical Fluoride Is No Cure-All When It Comes to Decay
So if fluoridation isn’t all that, what about applying fluoride directly to the teeth? Are the benefits worth the risk? The idea that topical fluoride is safer and more effective than fluoride you...
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How to Get Fluoride-Free Water
So back to the problem of drinking fluoride – or rather, how to avoid that problem to begin with. The answer isn’t necessarily bottled water. Bottled waters vary widely in quality. Some are no more...
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Tea’s Potential Impact on the Microbes in Your Mouth
Tea is infamous for staining teeth. It’s also slightly acidic – even more so if sugar or lemon is added. Yet there’s also a good amount of evidence that it could help support your oral health. The...
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Tea’s Potential Impact on the Microbes in Your Mouth
Tea is infamous for staining teeth. It’s also slightly acidic – even more so if sugar or lemon is added. Yet there’s also a good amount of evidence that it could help support your oral health. The...
View ArticleThe Mounting Evidence Against Fluoridation: 5 New Studies
If you buy the idea that fluoride prevents cavities – hint: it doesn’t really – fluoridation can seem like a common sense solution: You simply drink fluoride-treated water, and your count your teeth as...
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A Fluoride Foe: Tamarind
Most of us are exposed to some amount of fluoride, even if we take steps to ensure that our toothpaste and home water supply is fluoride-free. Any food or drink processed with fluoridated water will...
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Too Much Fluoride: Rates of Dental Fluorosis Skyrocket
In 1909, the great dental researcher GV Black traveled to Colorado Springs to see what a young dentist named Frederick McKay had observed among the children there: Nearly all of them had incredibly...
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Wheels of Justice Turning Slowly in the Fluoride Fight
The legal battle over water fluoridation is facing another delay after Judge Edward M. Chen of the US District Court in San Francisco postponed his ruling regarding the EPA’s regulation of fluoride....
View ArticleThe Best of 2020 on the Tooth/Body Blog
While 2020 is a year that a good many of us would probably prefer to forget, there are also things that make it worth remembering. For one, it’s the year that the FDA changed its tune on mercury...
View ArticleNew Study Looks at Fluoride’s Impact on Gut Health
There are more than a few reasons you might give for why water fluoridation is bad policy. For one, any benefit it gives comes from applying it directly to the teeth, not swallowing it. You might also...
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Fluoridation Follies
For more than 50 years, the American Dental Association has published a book they call Fluoridation Facts. The newest edition just dropped. Like earlier versions, it justifies and endorses the...
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Even Topical Fluoride Is No Cure-All When It Comes to Decay
So if fluoridation isn’t all that, what about applying fluoride directly to the teeth? Are the benefits worth the risk? The idea that topical fluoride is safer and more effective than fluoride you...
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