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Why You Shouldn’t Rinse Your Mouth With Water After Brushing Your Teeth
Note from Waste Not: Because the following is outrageous advice, we have labelled it misinformation. There is no mention of pregnant women. Pregnant women need to be warned not to ingest fluoridated water or fluoridated toothpaste. Why? See the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies. Dr Niger Carter, of the UK’s Oral Health Foundation, is mentioned in this […]
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Water fluoridation – silver bullet or another nail in the coffin?
Water fluoridation is not the silver bullet many make it out to be and could create more problems than it solves, Julia Botwright argues. In response to a recent water fluoridation article on Dentistry I was prompted to counter question the narrative. As a still practising dental hygienist of some 50 years now, you might […]
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Public attitudes to water fluoridation in the North East of England
Abstract: Introduction Local authorities in the North East of England plan to conduct a public consultation on community water fluoridation. Monitoring public opinion is an important consideration. Aims To measure public attitudes in five areas in the North East of England, to determine respondents’ sources of information and their awareness of the current fluoridation status […]
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Obituary. Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Note from Fluoride Action Network Lord Baldwain was one of the great fighters of fluoridation in the UK. He worked with the scientists who produced a review of fluoridation in 2000 (McDonaugh et al, 2000). This report was dubbed the York Review. He not only helped to make this review open and transparent, but protected […]
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Growing positivity for water fluoridation on social media
Positivity on the topic of water fluoridation is growing on Twitter where the number of supporters has grown from nil to 19% in five years. By contrast, Facebook is a platform where opposition to water fluoridation has remained constant. These are among the conclusions drawn from a paper1 which compares identical studies analysing social media […]
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Growing positivity for water fluoridation in ‘Twittersphere’
Positivity on the topic of water fluoridation is growing on Twitter where the number of supporters has grown from nil to 19% in five years. By contrast, Facebook is a platform where opposition to water fluoridation has remained constant. These are among the conclusions drawn from a paper which compares identical studies analysing social media […]
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Water fluoridation – stopping the spread of misinformation
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Incredibly, Cockcroft states below, “There is no evidence of harm and there is regular health monitoring in fluoridated areas…” Wrong on both counts. • The three most recent mother-offspring fluoride studies (Till 2020, Green 2019, Bashash 2017) reported lowered IQ in the offspring, as well as in bottle-fed infants (Till), […]
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Childhood caries and hospital admissions in England: a reflection on preventive strategies
Abstract Dental caries is a largely preventable disease, yet the extraction of carious teeth is the most common reason for the hospital admission of children in England. This raises concern over the perceived failure of current preventive strategies. Despite a number of national and local preventive strategies, childhood caries remains most prevalent among the lower […]
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Racism in dentistry ‘choking progression’ finds study
A new report into racism in dentistry has warned of the ‘undeniable moral case for change’ within the profession. The report, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within Dentistry, highlights the lack of racial diversity among dental professionals. According to the report, just 1.7% of dentists and 2.2% of dental care professionals (DCPs) identify as black. By […]
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Childhood caries and hospital admissions in England: a reflection on preventive strategies.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: • There is no mention in the following article of the three most recent mother-offspring studies (Till 2020, Green 2019, Bashash 2017) reporting neurotoxic effects (lowered IQ) in the offspring and bottle-fed infants receiving the same levels of fluoride as in fluoridated communities. • Stated below, “A free fluoride toothpaste […]
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