efirman

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   by efirman 1y ago

   Your indifference is based on some core assumptions that are false. In reality, 1) Fluoride in water works in addition to fluoride in toothpaste to protect our teeth - rather than two highly concentrated events of reminieralization, fluoria
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   by efirman 1y ago

   Here is a concise detailed analysis of the concerns with the metaanalysis provided by the NTP: https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/the-well-runs-deep-... The NTP report is flawed and likely biased.
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   by efirman 5y ago

   Thanks for sharing that article. In reading it I noticed a few things: 1) the primary author is a well published structural engineer. The article was billed as review of the medical literature, so this is an odd match in regards to expert
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   by efirman 5y ago

   Tooth decay and the disease that comes with it is a multi-factorial disease - its not enough to simply eliminate "sugar" from the diet. So, although I agree 100% that we need put systemic interventions to make those that promote a
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   by efirman 5y ago

   many studies who the impact of not providing community water fluoridation: https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12... https://ucalgary.ca/news/study-shows-tooth-decay-wors
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   by efirman 5y ago

   Fluoride works both topically and systemically to reduce tooth decay and is delivered through water, salt, milk, toothpaste, varnish, rinse depending on age, country of origin, income etc. For children ages 0-8 it is incorporated into the
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   by efirman 7y ago

   The effect of fluoride is in addition to the effect of toothpaste and other fluoride delivery modalities (25%). Even if that were not the case, prior to the adoption of other fluoridation modalities, fluoridation reduced cavities by as much
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   by efirman 7y ago

   Here is the CDC take on the products used in fluoridation. https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/engineering/wfadditives.htm... They are all subject to NSF Standard 60 requirements for purity. "Some have suggeste
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   by efirman 7y ago

   The reference the author uses to support his claim in this case referred to a review he co-authored that looked at high concentrations of fluoride. Her is one funded by the National Toxicology Program both relevant to community water fluori