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Dental Cleaning with Fluoride Treatment

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Post by BigKH Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:13 am

Need a referral for a lakeside dental office that does cleaning which includes fluoride treatment.  Thx!
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Post by BisbeeGal Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:36 pm

I do not know the answer to your question (sorry!).

Did you know that Mexico puts fluoride in its table salt?  So do other countries.

Counties with salt fluoridation

Salt fluoridation and oral health
Thomas M Marthaler 1
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PMID: 24308394 DOI: 10.5644/ama2006-124.82
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The aim of this paper is to make known the potential of fluoridated salt in community oral health programs, particularly in South Eastern Europe. Since 1922, the addition of iodine to salt has been successful in Switzerland. Goiter is virtually extinct. By 1945, the caries-protective effect of fluorides was well established. Based on the success of water fluoridation, a gynecologist started adding of fluoride to salt. The sale of fluoridated salt began in 1956 in the Swiss Canton of Zurich, and several other cantons followed suit. Studies initiated in the early seventies showed that fluoride, when added to salt, inhibits dental caries. The addition of fluoride to salt for human consumption was officially authorized in 1980-82. In Switzerland 85% of domestic salt consumed is fluoridated and 67% in Germany. Salt fluoridation schemes are reaching more than one hundred million in Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Cuba. The cost of salt fluoridation is very low, within 0.02 and 0.05 € per year and capita. Children and adults of the low socio-economic strata tend to have substantially more untreated caries than higher strata. Salt fluoridation is by far the cheapest method for improving oral health.

Conclusion: Salt fluoridation has cariostatic potential like water fluoridation (caries reductions up to 50%). In Europe, meaningful percentages of users have been attained only in Germany (67%) and Switzerland (85%). In Latin America, there are more than 100 million users, and several countries have arrived at coverage of 90 to 99%. Salt fluoridation is by far the cheapest method of caries prevention, and billions of people throughout the world could benefit from this method.
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Post by mudgirl Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:10 pm

"Did you know that Mexico puts fluoride in its table salt? So do other countries."

Yes. It's one of the reason I don't buy regular table salt.

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Post by BigKH Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:15 pm

BisbeeGal wrote:I do not know the answer to your question (sorry!).

Did you know that Mexico puts fluoride in its table salt?  So do other countries.

Counties with salt fluoridation

Salt fluoridation and oral health
Thomas M Marthaler 1
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PMID: 24308394 DOI: 10.5644/ama2006-124.82
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Interesting bit of information.  Maybe that's why no dentist doing fluoride treatment Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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Post by mudgirl Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:07 pm

Fluoride is more toxic than lead and slightly less toxic than arsenic.

Exposure to fluoride often leads to osteoporosis, arthritis, and bone fragility in later life. It displaces calcium in your bones with fluoride. It's not something benign.

Fluoride toothpastes are now required to have warning labels about making sure children don't use more than a little bit on their toothbrush, and don't consume it.

Interesting fact- fluoride is a byproduct of the aluminum smelting industry. Its touting as something to add to water, toothpaste, paint on kid's teeth to counter dental cavities coincided with the aluminum industry no longer being allowed to dump their fluoride tailings.

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Post by BisbeeGal Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:04 am

From the Cleveland Clinic,  a highly respected medical site,

Is fluoride good for your teeth?
Cleveland Clinic wrote:Yes. When used properly, fluoride is one of the best ways to strengthen your enamel and reduce your risk of cavities. Ask your dentist for product recommendations and how often you should get fluoride treatments.

Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in water and many foods. Dentists harness the power of fluoride to strengthen your tooth enamel and reduce your risk of cavities. While large amounts of fluoride can be dangerous, it’s very difficult to reach toxic levels with properly fluoridated water and over-the-counter products that contain fluoride. Talk to your dentist to learn more and find out if you need professional fluoride treatments.

As far as young kids are concerned, the problem with too much flouride is due to their swallowing the toothpaste and ingesting it.  Parents need to teach kids to brush and spit.  fyi, parents should buy toothpaste made for children...it contains less flouride.  This for kids under 6.

From a dental website,

US Dental wrote:In general, fluoride is safe for people of all ages, but it just takes some careful monitoring of the younger ones to make sure that they don’t swallow the toothpaste foam or ingest any supplements. Other than that, it is an extremely low-to-no-risk way of keeping your mouth cavity-free or any possible decay from worsening. Your mouth will thank you for using it.
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Post by mudgirl Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:26 am

Yes, I'm well aware that the medical establishment claims fluoride is harmless. And it does prevent cavities. But they fail to mention the long term effects or how one would know if they are ingesting a "safe" amount.

And no dentist ever asks how many fluoride treatments you've had in your life, whether the water you drink is fluoridated, whether you use fluoridated toothpaste. So no one is monitoring how much fluoride build-up, which is cumulative over one's lifetime, any individual has.

Many years ago, the town I lived in in Canada needed to replace their water fluoridation equipment. It was going to cost a significant amount of money, raising people's local taxes, so they had to take it to a public referendum vote. I did extensive research on fluoride at that time.
It is one of those things considered "safe" with the caveat that only minute amounts are ingested. Just like the powers that be deem canned tuna to be safe if you don't eat too much of it, because in fact, it is high in mercury.

I prefer not to ingest anything which is in fact toxic and cumulative over one's lifetime, rather than eliminated, like an excess of B vitamins is.

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