Fluoride Holds Risk on Dental Health

By: George Meinig
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[ Posted On: 2007-06-21 ]

Many in the medical profession highly recommend the use of fluoride in our drinking water, in our toothpaste, in tablet and liquid forms, dtc., and yet the "rumor" continues that it is a form of poison. My grandson has been given it in liquid and pill form since infancy and now the doctor has prescribed it for the new baby in the family. We would very much like to know your opinion on the advisability of this.

I am concerned about giving fluoride drops to my baby (15 months), even though I am told by pediatricians that it is important to do so. Can 3 drops of fluoride a day store up in the baby's system? Would appreciate your views on this matter - have both friends and family with babies who are also concerned.

I do not believe in giving fluoride to babies or adults. The public is quite aware that this is contrary to the advice of the American Dental and the Medical Associations. They feel that the reduction in tooth decay that results justifies the risks, and that these are minimal or non existent. Most medical and dental nutritionists, however, do not agree that the risks justify the means.

All my professional life, the practice of preventive dentistry to reduce the ravages of dental disease has been my philosophy. At the very beginning of the fluoridation program I was an enthusiastic booster. Evanston, III., where my practice started, was one of the first test cities in America. However, I soon became disenchanted and at times have actively gone on record and opposed organized dentistry's general support of this plan of mass medication.

The first clue that something was wrong with fluoridation was when the American Dental Association threw all caution the wind by coming out strongly for its promotion after the completion of only five years of a proposed 10 year scientific study. Coupled with that has been the diabolical effort of the A.D.A. to castigate and smear any doctor or persons who opposed them.

This they continue to do with shameful vengeance and zeal. It is inconceivable for a profession not to listen and zeal and publish all sides of a scientific problem. Closing the opposition's doors makes one blind forever to truth and righteousness and to real progress.

Opposing this issue was difficult enough without having to buck such slandering tactics. In the eyes of the public, if one didn't support fluoridation, the doctor appeared to favor people having cavities in order to increase personal income. What then are the objections that motivate prevention-minded dentists and physicians to face both public rath and professional indignation?

Why I oppose Fluoridation. The first is that chronic fluoride toxicity causes dental fluorosis. This is a white chalky spot that occurs to the structure of the tooth during its development. These areas turn dirty gray and brownish as one gets older.

Proponents for putting fluorine into water supplies, including the A.D.A., admit such defects occur in 10 to 15% of the children who are given fluoride. This chalky spotting of teeth is actually a defect in the normal structure of the tooth substance. It is much like a fire in a forest. If the tree is not killed by the fire, one can later see the damage it afflicted on the rings of the tree. I find it hard to believe if fluoride does this to a hard tooth structure that some other problems are not likely occurring in our other tissues. Research in this regard has been pitifully inadequate.

Proponents also try to justify their case by mentioning cities that have natural occurring, larger amounts, of fluoride in their water but subdue, in their report, of the problems caused by such excess. The more fluorine present in the water, the more tooth disfigurement. Death rates, cancer rates and the increase of a number of other diseases have been charged to the use of fluorine. These facts should have been investigated in the beginning and certainly before the A.D.A., decided to promote this wholesale push to mass medication.

Copyright (c) 2007 Sung Lee, and George Meinig D.D.S

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About The Author: Dr. George Meinig, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. is a Founder of the Association of Root Canal Specialists Discovers Evidence That Root Canals Damage Your Health Learn What to Do. Learn how Dr. George Meinig discovered that a meticulous 25 year research program. To subscribe to the newsletter: Visit: www.1stultimategumsolution.com | Edited and prepared by Sung Lee, alternate author.

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