What Happens When a Population Stops Taking in Fluoride in Their Drinking Water?

Fluoride is believed to have protective effects for people’s teeth. However, there are those who are skeptical about the benefits of community water fluoridation, and in 2007, the people of Juneau, Alaska, voted to stop putting fluoride in their drinking water.

Ultimately, it was an expensive move to take out fluoride from the population's drinking water, more costly, in fact than keeping it. For kids below 6 years old, the average number of annual procedures for treating cavities increased by a small number, according to a study published in the journal BMC Oral Health.

Find out more about this from Science Alert.

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Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream? Ice cream, feebly? Children's ice cream!

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The real results will be had when children born after the fluoride removal get their permanenet teeth. The basic structure of the enamel starts in the womb. I have three siblings. My older brother and myself were born outside of G-Town, Ill. My younger brother and sister were born there. Older bro and I have a normal amount of cavities. The younger siblings have exactly one cavity between them. The difference is that well water in G-Town is naturally fluoridated at levels five times what most cities put in tap water.

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Actually, the study upon which this story is based is scientifically flawed and doesn't prove fluoridation cessation caused more tooth decay. Here's why: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/juneau-fluoridation-study-more-hype-than-evidence-300780280.html
Besides, modern science shows that ingested fluoride, neither a nutrient nor essential for healthy teeth, is ineffective at reducing tooth decay and is harmful to health according to 4800 professionals http://fluorideAlert.org/researchers/professionals-statement/text
Tooth decay crises are occurring in all fluoridated cities, states and countries http://FluorideNews.Blogspot.com

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