Tag: Fluoride Gels
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Effect of topical application of fluoride gel NaF 2% on enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant parameters of saliva
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Short exposure of polymorphonuclear leucocytes to sodium fluoride suppresses the response to fMLP
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Skip the Fluoride: Semiannual treatments pointless for many kids
May 24 (HealthSCOUT) — Hundreds of millions of dollars may be wasted annually on children’s fluoride treatments by dentists, a new study suggests. Typically given once or twice a year at routine checkups, the treatments do nothing to reduce cavities in kids, says a study of insurance records published in a recent issue of Journal of Public […]
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Fluoride Gels & Kidney Function
Scientists have found that the application of “Fluoride Gels” at the dental office causes very high spikes in the blood fluoride level. The high spikes in blood fluoride levels are a result of three factors: the high concentration of fluoride in the gel (= 12.3 mg of fluoride in each milliliter of gel), the gel’s […]
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Acute Fluoride Exposure from Fluoride Gels
Fluoride gel (i.e., 1.23% APF) is an acidic, highly concentrated fluoride treatment that dentists apply to patients teeth about two times a year. The gel contains 1.23% fluoride, which equates to 12.3 mg of fluoride for every 1 mL. Since dentists apply anywhere from 4 to 8 mL of gel for each treatment, a patient […]
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Side Effects from Fluoride Gels: Gastric Distress
Gastric distress — including nausea, pain, and vomiting — is one the most common side effects from professional application of “fluoride gels” at the dentist. Patients receiving fluoride gels can swallow more than 20 mg of fluoride from a single treatment — doses that far exceed the doses that can form toxic concentrations of hydrofluoric […]
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Fluoride Gels
“Fluoride Gels” are acidic, highly concentrated fluoride products that dentists topically apply to a patient’s teeth about two times a year. Of all the fluoride products currently utilized in dentistry, these fluoride gels are – without question – the most hazardous. While fluoride gels are designed to be applied “topically” (i.e., directly to teeth), very […]
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Dental Products
Many dental products contain dangerously high levels of fluoride. For years, manufacturers and dentists failed to warn consumers about the risks from ingesting these products. Although the FDA now requires manufacturers to warn consumers that fluoride products are poisonous when swallowed, manufacturers and dentists are still using these products in ways that expose consumers and patients to potentially toxic levels of fluoride.
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$750,000 Given in Child’s Death in Fluoride Case: Boy, 3, Was in City Clinic for Routine Cleaning
A State Supreme Court jury awarded $750,000 to the parents of a 3-year-old Brooklyn boy who, on his first trip to the dentist in 1974, was given a lethal dose of fluoride at a city dental clinic and then ignored for nearly five hours in the waiting rooms of a pediatric clinic and Brookdale Hospital […]
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Fluoride-Induced Damage to Gastric Mucosa in Human Clinical Trials
When fluoride has been used (at doses of 18-34 mg/day) as an experimental treatment for osteoporosis, gastric pain is one of the two main side effects consistently encountered. To better understand how fluoride causes this effect, researchers have sought to determine how fluoride affects the tissue that lines the gastrointestinal tract. In a study published in the […]