Comment on flouride
Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 month agoThose are different mechanisms, why can’t they have different concentrations?
Comment on flouride
Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 month agoThose are different mechanisms, why can’t they have different concentrations?
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
You don’t need to know. Statistically dental health increases when municipal water is fluoridated.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 1 month 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.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 month ago
you said it yourself.
ysjet@lemmy.world 1 month 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?
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nobody refutes anything I am saying. I think you are confused.
ysjet@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
<.< And before it’s swallowed?
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Licksrocks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Plenty of things we ingest are toxic in high doses, but valuable in smaller amounts.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Different concentrations. If water is so good for you, why don’t you drink 10 gallons a day?