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Fluoride & Dental Health by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Fluoride & Dental Health Online as of December 27, 2020 Overview Fluoride (said like floor-eyed) is a mineral that occurs naturally in soil, water, and air that has been shown to prevent cavities, or tooth decay. For the past several decades, fluoride has been added to community water supplies and oral care products such as […]
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The Story of Fluoridation by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Health Info on fluoride Online as of December 27, 2020 The Story of Fluoridation It started as an observation, that soon took the shape of an idea. It ended, five decades later, as a scientific revolution that shot dentistry into the forefront of preventive medicine. This is the story of how dental science discovered-and ultimately […]
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National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
“The ADA [American Dental Association] sponsored the bill to create the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR)]… This institute would become credited with motivating 17 countries to fluoridate their water, for training hundreds of foreign dental scientists, and for funding research in 7 foreign countries. The New York Times described the first two NIDR directors […]
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NIH Grant to perform human experiment on bottle-fed babies
Phase II, proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial to evaluate dental caries preventive effects of fluoridated bottle water Slade, Gary Douglas University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States Dental health benefits of fluoride in drinking water have never been tested in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Instead, results from observational studies and a […]
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NIDCR booklet: “A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby”
Excerpts: 1. Protect your baby’s teeth with fluoride. Ask a dentist or doctor if your water has fluoride in it. If it doesn’t, ask about other kinds of fluoride (such as fluoride varnish or drops) that can help keep your baby’s teeth healthy. 2. Check and clean your baby’s teeth. At about age 2 (or […]
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Fluorosis study. ADA: Study investigates cellular mechanism behind dental fluorosis
Researchers analyzed effects of exposing tooth enamel cells to excessive amounts of fluoride New York — Results from an NYU College of Dentistry study suggest how excess fluoride exposure affects the cells forming tooth enamel — possibly explaining how dental fluorosis arises. Science Signaling, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published weekly by the American Association for […]
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Fluorosis study: Study Reveals How Too Much Fluoride Causes Defects in Tooth Enamel
Excerpt “The benefits of fluoride for oral health considerably outweigh the risks. But given how common dental fluorosis is and how poorly understood the cellular mechanisms responsible for this disease are, it is important to study this problem,” said Rodrigo Lacruz, PhD, associate professor of basic science and craniofacial biology at NYU College of Dentistry […]
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CDC – Children’s Oral Health
Note from the Fluoride Action Network, The following information, online today, was “last reviewed: May 14, 2019” by the CDC. As one can read, there are no warnings or information for pregnant women, bottle-fed infants, child carers, and others on fluoride’s neurotoxicity. Nor is there any mention of the 63 fluoride IQ studies or the […]
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Awards to 132 communities for 50 years of Continuous Community Fluoridation
ADA/ASTDD/CDC [American Dental Association; Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] Honoring 73 Years of Community Water Fluoridation in the United States National Oral Health Conference April 15, 2018, ASTDD Annual Business Meeting, Louisville Marriot Downtown Fifty Year Awards (132) For 50 Years of Continuous Community Water […]
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Fluoridation advocacy in referenda where media coverage is balanced yet biased
Abstract BACKGROUND Despite supporting scientific evidence, community water fluoridation (CWF) often fails in public referenda. To understand why, the authors quantitatively analyzed text from news media coverage of CWF referenda. METHODS The authors analyzed text from 234 articles covering 11 CWF referenda conducted in 3 US cities from 1956 through 2013. The authors used cluster […]
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