Comment on flouride

• Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know. I do know fluoride works topically. I also know there is no mechanism in the body to return fluoride to the teeth topically after it is swallowed.

  So drinking fluoride is pointless.

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  • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know.

    You don’t need to know. Statistically dental health increases when municipal water is fluoridated.

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Having read many studies on this the consensus is it probably does not help much if the population has adequate dental care.

      cochrane.org/…/water-fluoridation-less-effective-…

      We know what works, dental care and brushing have a huge benefit that is proven.

      The idea of giving everyone fluoride in the water supply is pretty retarded really for several reasons.

      If it naturally occurs fine, but adding it is ridiculous.

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      • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ok, so for the poor people without care in those populations we say fuck them?

        The mentally ill that don’t do self care?

        Fluoridation is providing a baseline. “Does not help much” is a useless statement if that includes everyone with the means for higher levels of care.

        There are a bunch of policy decisions that are like this. Yes, it won’t help you. Get over it, you aren’t the whole city.

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      • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        if the population has adequate dental care.

        you said it yourself.

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  • ysjet@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So you don’t know, but all the data scientists and dentists, who DO know and are subject matter experts, who say it’s a good idea are to be ignored, because of your sheer ignorance?

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nobody refutes anything I am saying. I think you are confused.

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      • ysjet@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We’ve refuted it, scientific testing has refuted it, you’re just plugging your ears and refusing to listen because you don’t like the answers.

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  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    <.< And before it’s swallowed?

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it is so good to swallow them why not swallow after brushing. Why are you so obsessed with swallowing something that does not help.

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      • Licksrocks@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Plenty of things we ingest are toxic in high doses, but valuable in smaller amounts.

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      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Different concentrations. If water is so good for you, why don’t you drink 10 gallons a day?

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