@bich “In just eight years after fluoridation ended in 2011, the need for intravenous antibiotic therapy by children to avoid death by infection rose 700 per cent at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.”
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-plan-to-reintroduce-fluoride-into-drinking-water-pushed-back-to-2025-1.6845098
#Fluoride #DrinkingWater #health
Link to that article no longer works. Calgary news has several other articles on topic, but none with "death by infection". Here is a Calgary article with general discussion:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/fluoride-cessation-in-calgary-negatively-impacts-childrens-dental-health-study/
"Tooth decay can begin very early in a child’s life. If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds."
#PublicHealth #OralHealth #dental #tooth #ToothDecay #fluoride #ChildrensHealth #medicaid #CDC
From NBC News.com: If states ban fluoride, more kids will get cavities and Medicaid costs could soar, study finds
"Across the nation, more children are entering ERs for preventable tooth problems. Dentists, hygienists, and researchers attributed that trend to a shortage of pediatric dental care professionals in rural areas and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic."
#healthcare #OralHealth #dentists #dental #medicaid #RuralHealth #PublicHealth #fluoride
Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for tooth decay.
'Fluoride in tandpasta is niet gevaarlijk, zolang je niet veel inslikt'
"Fluoride in tandpasta is veilig en beschermt je tanden tegen gaatjes. Fluorose kan voorkomen, maar vooral bij jonge kinderen die lange tijd te veel tandpasta inslikken. Zelfs dan beperkt het zich meestal tot witte vlekjes op de tanden. Voor echte fluoride-vergiftiging moet je al meerdere tubes tandpasta inslikken. Wie het advies van influencers volgt en overschakelt op fluoridevrije tandpasta, loopt meer risico op gaatjes."
"Voor kinderen is het advies om een rijstkorrel tot een erwtje tandpasta te gebruiken. Zorg er ook voor dat ze het niet inslikken. Maar maak je geen zorgen als dat toch gebeurt. Om fluorose te ontwikkelen, zou een kind lange tijd 1,5 tot 2,5 gram tandpasta per dag moeten inslikken (4). Dat is ruwweg 6 tot 10 erwtjes per dag."
"Acute fluoride-vergiftiging is nog iets helemaal anders dan fluorose […] Als je rekent met een standaard tube tandpasta van ongeveer 100 mg fluoride per tube, dan zou een volwassene van 72 kg 4 tot 7 tubes in korte tijd moeten inslikken om in de toxische zone te komen."
#gezondheid #tandpasta #fluoride #fluorose #FluorideVergiftiging
Do you remember when Colgate had MFP? (Tap, tap.)
I remember the TV advertisements, with the perfectly manicured finger taps
What did MFP mean? Some kind of fluoride protection.
No fluoride in your water? Here’s how to protect your kids’ teeth https://www.futurity.org/fluoride-water-kids-teeth-3317782/
But older children can safely use fluoride rinses, even prescription-strength ones. Dentists sometimes prescribe rinses for children with braces, who may have a hard time brushing and flossing around the wires and brackets.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz0757
“We find that children exposed to recommended levels of #fluoride in drinking water exhibit modestly better cognition in secondary school, an advantage that is smaller and no longer statistically significant at age ~60.”
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