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96% Better Than Fluoride
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – Study Results to Be Presented June, 28, 2003 at the 81St General Session of the International Association of Dental Research Goteborg, SwedenOrtek Therapeutics Inc. announced today that CaviStat(TM), a new cavity fighting agent, was significantly more effective than fluoride in reducing cavities in a two-year 726 patient toothpaste study. The findings […]
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Arthritis is a growing pain for society as a whole
Remember the “Age of Aquarius”? Well, if you do, prepare for the Age of … Arthritis. Recently released reports indicate that increasing numbers of baby boomers are creaking, cracking, aching and ouching their way to and through midlife. Nationally, 70 million adult Americans (also one in three) are affected by arthritis or chronic joint symptoms, […]
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Aging Population to Fuel Huge Jump in Arthritis
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The number of older Americans suffering from arthritis is expected to nearly double in about 25 years as millions of baby boomers head into retirement, federal officials reported on Thursday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news – web sites) said current data indicated that 41.1 million people age 65 […]
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Fluoridation Does Not Decrease Childhood Cavities
“It may…be that fluoridation of drinking water does not have a strong protective effect against early childhood caries (ECC),” reports dentist Howard Pollick, University of California, and colleagues, in the Winter 2003 Journal of Public Health Dentistry(1). The dental profession promises steep cavity declines in populations who drink water with fluoride added, especially in poor […]
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A ‘New and Improved’ Cavity-Fighting Paste
There is no doubt that fluoride helps fight cavities, but Stony Brook oral biologist Dr. Israel Kleinberg has developed what he believes is a better cavity- fighting substance – and he now has evidence to support his theory. The results from a two-year study of the substance – called CaviStat – suggest that children who […]
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Ingested Fluoride Needless
Swallowed fluoride is not essential to prevent cavities and has no nutritional need, according to prominent dental researchers who found that many American children ingest too much fluoride that can decay teeth and damage bones. “Current evidence strongly suggests that fluorides work primarily by topical means through direct action on the teeth and dental plaque. […]
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Should Congress force the pro-fluoridation camp to defend the practice?
Dear All, As we get closer to the day ( May 6) set aside by the US EPA for a one-on-one debate on fluoridation as part of their Science Forum, there is still no acceptance from anyone in the CDC, or other agencies of the USPHS, or any other organization, to defend this practice. The […]
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Taking Truth to Power
Dear All, I was honored a couple of weeks ago to be invited by the US EPA to participate in a one on one debate on fluoridation to be held in Washington DC on May 6. However, those responsible for finding an opponent are experiencing difficulties finding someone. Now if this was a prize fight […]
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Kids eat too much fluoride from foods, studies show
NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ — Kids ingest excessive fluoride, studies show, not just from toothpaste, but from their foods, making water fluoridation unnecessary and unsafe, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). University of Indiana researchers analyzed foods typical three- to five-year-olds eat and found diet significantly contributes to children’s daily […]
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Bottled water creates a ‘fluoride gap’
ATLANTA – As more Americans are drinking from the bottle instead of the tap, dentists are sending patients home with prescriptions for fluoride. Most bottled waters contain little or none of the fluoride that’s standard in tap water and is considered essential to hardening teeth and preventing cavities in children. So dentists are urging patients […]
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