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My point is that people should investigate this issue for themselves, and not listen to clowns like me and Copesetic and LILLY.

The problem is that the government thinks it has the right to decide what is best for everyone. Most people don't give a rat about what is going on anywhere with anything. They watch TV and otherwise sit around. They have no intention of educating themselves about anything, other then what their favorate celebrity is currently going on about. So the Nanny State tries to take care of everyone on its own. And... generally it goes pretty good.

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I am not asking people to believe me. For some reason, there are people here that are missing the point of my posts.

My point is that people should investigate this issue for themselves, and not listen to clowns like me and Copesetic and LILLY.

Lilly, who are you trying to convince here? Yourself, me, or everyone else? I think it would be nice to know your motivations.

You are more than welcome to look back through my 3,258 posts and see where I've always encouraged people to not take my word for it and to look at the information for themselves.....

You seem to have a disconnect with the conversation here Regen, that is preventing any kind of useful discourse on the subject. As Lilly has pointed out, you inability or unwillingness to answer any questions or provide any support for your position certainly makes discussion difficult....

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The problem is that the government thinks it has the right to decide what is best for everyone.

in a represenative democracy that's exactly what it does. That's not a "problem" that's by design.

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in a represenative democracy that's exactly what it does. That's not a "problem" that's by design.

I meant it as a problem with the People, not with the government. The Nanny State exists because of the apathy of the people to take care of themselves.

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I meant it as a problem with the People, not with the government. The Nanny State exists because of the apathy of the people to take care of themselves.

So when you retire, you're not going to collect your Social security and have medical care thru Medicare? You don't want loan to attend college? You don't want public health monitored? You won't need any medical drugs? When floods, huricanes, tornados, earthquakes, and other natural disasters occur, you want to be on your own? You want terrorists to infiltrate at will? Unsafe and untested vehicles, drugs, devices? No help at all if you loose your job? No educational standards? You should be allowed to do whatever you want without consequences? Etc.

I can only assume that you are independently wealthy and can afford to handle all of these things yourself. Very few are. Part of living in a society is a shared struggle and shared help. Now, certainly some places in the world have a "nanny" state. I would argue that England and Singapore are in deep.

Flouride in the water is nothing close to a "nanny state". It is a valid response to a public health problem. As has been pointed out here before. And has been for a really LONG time.

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So when you retire, you're not going to collect your Social security and have medical care thru Medicare? You don't want loan to attend college? You don't want public health monitored? You won't need any medical drugs? When floods, huricanes, tornados, earthquakes, and other natural disasters occur, you want to be on your own? You want terrorists to infiltrate at will? Unsafe and untested vehicles, drugs, devices? No help at all if you loose your job? No educational standards? You should be allowed to do whatever you want without consequences? Etc.

I can only assume that you are independently wealthy and can afford to handle all of these things yourself. Very few are. Part of living in a society is a shared struggle and shared help. Now, certainly some places in the world have a "nanny" state. I would argue that England and Singapore are in deep.

Flouride in the water is nothing close to a "nanny state". It is a valid response to a public health problem. As has been pointed out here before. And has been for a really LONG time.

I'm going to plan like there will be no Social Security. I'm going to plan that I will have to pay my kids way through college. I'm going to be sure that the job I take has healthcare. I'm going to be sure I have private homeowners insurance. I'm going to save an Emergency Fund for my family if I become unemployed. Because unlike the fat lazy people who swamp our social services, I am taking my future into my own hands. They have just given their futures over to the Government. And thus the need for a Nanny. When I need those services I will use them because they are there, but I will be ready to take care of myself on my own if I have to. That is called being a responsible adult. Something too many in the US today do not practice.

You don't have to be Wealthy to take care of yourself, you just have to be smart. And if you think that means I am calling a large percentage of people stupid, then I am. Because they can not take care of themselves and actively refuse to do so.

Floridated Water is done to help the public dispite themselves, the very definition of a Nanny State activity. I'm not saying it is wrong that they do so, just that it is true that it is done to help dispite what the public thinks. Personnally, I think it causes no harm, but that if it is needed it should be done individually.

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Diechecker I truely wish you good luck with that. Unfortunately, for many people life happens differently than those best laid plans.

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I'm going to plan like there will be no Social Security. I'm going to plan that I will have to pay my kids way through college. I'm going to be sure that the job I take has healthcare. I'm going to be sure I have private homeowners insurance. I'm going to save an Emergency Fund for my family if I become unemployed. Because unlike the fat lazy people who swamp our social services, I am taking my future into my own hands. They have just given their futures over to the Government. And thus the need for a Nanny. When I need those services I will use them because they are there, but I will be ready to take care of myself on my own if I have to. That is called being a responsible adult. Something too many in the US today do not practice.

You don't have to be Wealthy to take care of yourself, you just have to be smart. And if you think that means I am calling a large percentage of people stupid, then I am. Because they can not take care of themselves and actively refuse to do so.

Floridated Water is done to help the public dispite themselves, the very definition of a Nanny State activity. I'm not saying it is wrong that they do so, just that it is true that it is done to help dispite what the public thinks. Personnally, I think it causes no harm, but that if it is needed it should be done individually.

if you do all of that for yourself, by the time you retire, if not before, you will be rich. then people ninjadude will wont you to pay for lazy people like me.

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if you do all of that for yourself, by the time you retire, if not before, you will be rich. then people ninjadude will wont you to pay for lazy people like me.

Could you remind me who controls the wealth? oh ya the wealthy that control 90% of the population. Live a happy life as the dream is dead and wealth is for the lucky few. Money now to a commoner is something used to pay for there funeral so you don't burden your kids. Money for the commoner is used on a crappy 2 week vacation or maybe a new car every 5 years. Even better save your money for that bi pass you might need or to cure a cancer you may get. Live paycheck to paycheck hoping you never get sick all the while making the man enough to buy a 7th home in some other country.

When a nation makes you rich you should feel obligated to give back to that nation.

As far as fluoride goes, it's not up to the government to decide as if it was they should pay for dental care as well. I will choose what to ingest, not be told what to ingest.

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No, actually, he had it right.

This is a discussion forum. You bring a claim to the table. You support the claim. No one is under any onus to believe you without support. If you do not support your opinion with honest-to-goodness evidence, then what you have is not even an opinion; it's just a postulate.

I don't feel the urge to support the claim. People are allowed to have opinions. People believe what they want to believe. I cannot influence this reality in any manner.

I have been thru this before with moderators. There are huge differences between facts, reports and opinions. We will never be able to access FACTS in this type of media. Reports are all you get on the internet and they are subject to alteration. Facts are things you hold in your hand, see with your own eyes the original copy. All the rest is report or opinion. Let's not pretend it is any different than this.

I will not play the rigged game. I encourage all to believe what they want. I encourage all to do their own personal investigations.

If fluoride effects the hardest substance in your body, what does dubious ingestion do to the soft tissues of your body? What does it do to your digestive tract? What does it do to your liver that processes it? You only get one liver in this life, unless there is an act of some strange god. Respect it!! What does it do to the tender, fragile aveoli in your lungs with you breathe in the fluoridated water vapors? What does it do to your skin to daily bathe in it?

I am totally and absolutely entitled to an opinion. I think the fluoride in tap water is poison.

Meanwhile, kidney patients are encouraged to not drink fluoridated tap water.

It is suggested that one not use fluoridated tap water in baby formula, tap water which infants should not drink.

Why are there warning labels on toothpaste not to swallow fluoride, which state that in the event that you do, you are to call the Poison Control Centers? (from my own toothpaste tube: and I quote, Keep out of reach of children under the age of 6 years of age, if more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away (underline is mine insertion).

Why is fluoride on the CDC list of toxins?

Reverse osmosis machines are now in every single grocery store I frequent(which I personally have found to be the only way to get fluoride out of the tap water), with lines of people at those machines to get the RO water. Why?

I suggest you all do the search yourself! Find out why!! This is way too important an issue to find your answer on this forum.

Begin with THE FLUORIDE DECEPTION, which I have read and own.

Continue on to the original study linking ADHD in children to fluoride consumption.

Why do you want a dumbed-down public, who thoughtlessly and willingly takes the answers to important issues from a forum like this? This is no way to find your own personal answers to important issues.

And why do you not think people should investigate this issue themselves, investigations independent of this forum and topic?

I will not back up an opinion. It is democracy to have my say, as everyone else does. You don't see me demanding they back up their claim. I take it or leave what they say as I will, as I desire. Are you saying no one else is capable of such independent thought?

It is totally impossible to cyber-ly back up a phone conversation I had with one of my own city's salaried employees. Why would you ask for that? I must really be effective at getting people to consider investigating this for themselves independent of anyone on this board to be so totally and absolutely attacked here on this board for differing from some stranger who insists I am wrong. I feel good about this.

Copasetic is on ignore. He is dismissed.

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I don't feel the urge to support the claim. People are allowed to have opinions. People believe what they want to believe. I cannot influence this reality in any manner.

Actually, you can. It is rather simple. You can influence other peoples opinions with sound arguments and supporting evidence. It is a tried and tested way of advancing ideas and thoughts, and has a much, much, better success record than simply stating postulates and telling people to figure it out themselves.

But you are quite correct. People are allowed to have opinions. In a discussion forum, such as this one is, people are encouraged to have opinions. However, opinions in and of themselves are rather useless for a discussion. In a discussion forum, people not only state their opinions, but also...well, discuss them. If all you can do is state an opinion, and refuse to do anything else, well, you aren't really discussing anything, are you? At which point, everyone else has the right to come to the opinion that your opinion is of little relevance to the discussion, since you are so personally indifferent to supporting it in any meaningful manner.

We refer to this as intellectual laziness. If you do not have the urge to support your opinion, don't expect anyone else to. And don't be surprised when your opinion isn't given any weight.

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Actually, you can. It is rather simple. You can influence other peoples opinions with sound arguments and supporting evidence. It is a tried and tested way of advancing ideas and thoughts, and has a much, much, better success record than simply stating postulates and telling people to figure it out themselves.

But you are quite correct. People are allowed to have opinions. In a discussion forum, such as this one is, people are encouraged to have opinions. However, opinions in and of themselves are rather useless for a discussion. In a discussion forum, people not only state their opinions, but also...well, discuss them. If all you can do is state an opinion, and refuse to do anything else, well, you aren't really discussing anything, are you? At which point, everyone else has the right to come to the opinion that your opinion is of little relevance to the discussion, since you are so personally indifferent to supporting it in any meaningful manner.

We refer to this as intellectual laziness. If you do not have the urge to support your opinion, don't expect anyone else to. And don't be surprised when your opinion isn't given any weight.

I am positive I do not appear intellectually lazy. Of that, I am sure.

Unlike you, I don't think opinions are useless for discussion. "I think this." " Hmmm, intersting. But I think this.... What if we put those together to get some work done?!"

Brainstorming is just this a good portion of the time, most of the time utilizing opinion.

I am indeed too lazy and too respectful of my own time to search and provide information that no one else wants to see. I am not here to convince people. I am here to express my thoughts and to, on occasion, to provide loving support to those who wring my heart, to sometimes, but not always, to learn from others. However, I remain adamant that no one put their own brand of taxes on my time. IOW, I will not provide sources, which would take up my precious time, to those people I find are merely there to annoy me if I do.

If I find that the request is authentic and reasonable, by people not out there to attack me or flame me, like Cop and danilost, then I would be happy to provide sources.

Dani, I have had contact with before, many times. She is on my ignore list due to her actions toward me. I am not interested in contact or discussion with her.

Cop, I just could care less what he says. He does not effect me, and only went on ignore yesterday, due to his persistent insistence that I engage in discussion with him when I didn't want to. (and for some reason the ignore did not take a hold. Will try again today.) In real life, I successfully pare' out those people who I do not find worthwhile in my life. I am sure I can do it here as well.

I am allowed to control what discussions I engage in and with whom, am I not?

I see that I am not required to muster up sources in this forum, having read again and again the rules. I really honestly think you should take a look at those who complain and see if they are doing the things that they complain about in others. For the record, I do not complain about people. I take them or leave them. I do not write to you moderators because someone p***ed me off.

When I get p***ed off, I shut the site out of my computer and go garden or something, putting the media in the healthful perspective I think it should be in in my life. I don't cry-baby to moderators because someone here isn't doing what I want them to.

I reiterate. I do not like fluoride in the tap water. I do not think it is healthful. I consider it institutional poison. And I work at the local level, seeing to it another perspective on it is made known to those who really matter. My energies regarding this issue are NOT directed towards this forum nor any other forum. I actually take physical action in real life regarding my thoughts on fluoridation. Needless to say, these government people indeed get the sources then need from me to make a wise and careful decision regarding this. I will not back down on this sentiment.

Let's keep the importance of this forum into a healthful perspective, shall we?

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Exactly. It is an easy way to reduce dental carries. From a cost-benefit public health standpoint its a wise decision.

Its no different than fortifying your milk with vitamin D or having all pregnant women take prenatal vitamins high in folate. Sure you could test everyone pregnant woman for the genetic markers for the 5 or so mutations which lead to folate-deficient defects (neural tube defects), but its not efficient and its not cheap. The genetic tests are expensive and not everyone would be able to afford them, let alone get insurance companies to pay for them.

Its far easier to have all pregnant women take prenatals with folate. Is it perfect? Of course not, neural tube defects still occur (sometimes unrelated to folate too might I add), but the two alternatives would see a higher number of NTDs than the current solution. Likewise, a small percentage of people (outside the bell curve) have an adverse reaction to too much fluoride exposure and some people still get cavities (I've never had one!). Cost wise, and in reduction to dental expenditures and oral hygiene its certainly a great benefit (compare dental caries in parts of the world where fluoride is not available to those where fluoridated water and toothpaste are used).

All of public health is a numbers game. It has to be, because of individual variation you can't have one solution for everyone. You have find a common distribution, which you can find affordable treatment for and deal with the outliers on an individual basis.

One day, hopefully our technology evolves enough (in both cost and function) that a small sample of blood taken at the time your born will let us know how and when to treat medical or potential conditions for the rest of your life. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.

Cop, Fluoride is NOT a vitamin! It is not on the list of RD allowances. Fluoride is indeed different than Vit D.

We don't drink soda in this household. My offspring prefers water and drinks green tea, like we do.

Of course, green tea is shown to reduce cavities, via naturally occurring fluoride.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/aaop-ggf030509.php

BTW, what does industrial fluoride in tap water do to the soft tissues of the gums?

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/aaop-gdf092210.php

Let's get some thinking going here.

And here are your sources, for those of you who love to pick me apart. Have at it!!

I disconnected because I wanted to. I did not feel compelled to discuss anything with you. I have no intention of supporting my position here. I do THAT in real life, not cyber life. Doing it here can be considered a real waste of my effort. And I value my time, way too much to allow you to direct how I spend it.

What is really interesting is that many of the posters here are on Copes friends list. Isn't that interesting?!

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I am not able to ignore Copasetic in my manage ignore. Why? He shows up no matter what I do.

There is something going on here that is beyond the norm.

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BTW, what does industrial fluoride in tap water do to the soft tissues of the gums?

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/aaop-gdf092210.php

Nothing, according to this article. The word "fluoride" doesn't appear once.

You assume fluoride to be the cause without acknowledging other potential contributing factors such as a lack of regular flossing, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which are mentioned in your article as well as other sources:

http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/nidcr2.nih.gov/Templates/CommonPage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bCE246689-D899-4CC7-B68A-805AD910F4E7%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fOralHealth%2fTopics%2fGumDiseases%2fPeriodontalGumDisease%2ehtm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest#whoGets

http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/gingivitis-periodontal-disease

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Nothing, according to this article. The word "fluoride" doesn't appear once.

You assume fluoride to be the cause without acknowledging other potential contributing factors such as a lack of regular flossing, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which are mentioned in your article as well as other sources:

http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/nidcr2.nih.gov/Templates/CommonPage.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bCE246689-D899-4CC7-B68A-805AD910F4E7%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fOralHealth%2fTopics%2fGumDiseases%2fPeriodontalGumDisease%2ehtm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest#whoGets

http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/gingivitis-periodontal-disease

No, but the article does indicate that there is an increased incidence of gum disease. And again, if fluoride effects the hardest substance in your body, your teeth enamel, then what do you think it might do to the soft tissue of the gums? What does it do to the highly absorptive epithelial cells in your mouth?

These are questions here, folks. Not answers.

I have found webmd not to be reliable so I never use it. Medscape used to be a reasonable source until webmd bought them (I was so sad when it happened). So links to webmd are unconvincing to me. Been at this medical stuff a long time. I am familiar with the nature of sites like webmd.

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Cop, Fluoride is NOT a vitamin! It is not on the list of RD allowances. Fluoride is indeed different than Vit D.

We don't drink soda in this household. My offspring prefers water and drinks green tea, like we do.

Of course, green tea is shown to reduce cavities, via naturally occurring fluoride.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/aaop-ggf030509.php

BTW, what does industrial fluoride in tap water do to the soft tissues of the gums?

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/aaop-gdf092210.php

Let's get some thinking going here.

And here are your sources, for those of you who love to pick me apart. Have at it!!

I disconnected because I wanted to. I did not feel compelled to discuss anything with you. I have no intention of supporting my position here. I do THAT in real life, not cyber life. Doing it here can be considered a real waste of my effort. And I value my time, way too much to allow you to direct how I spend it.

What is really interesting is that many of the posters here are on Copes friends list. Isn't that interesting?!

1. Not "many of the posters here are on" my friend's list. I have, I believe, 4 people on my friends list. Nor am I sure what that has to do with anything.

2. I think you need to take a deep breath, you're acting like I'm stalking you across the internet. I asked you 1 post of questions, to clarify your position. I followed up that one post, asking if you were planning on answering the questions. You've made it clear you don't want to, fair enough, I can't make you answer questions. I'm not loosing sleep about it. Maybe you are confusing my responses to littlefish with responses to yourself?

3. I've provided some academic resources on the study of fluoride in this topic, if you don't consider that "research" then I don't really know what is. As I've pointed out, I am a medical student, this is something (researching health topics) that I have to do. We do this whole thing called "evidence based medicine"--Imagine what that entails.....

4. There is no such thing as "natural fluoride" and "unnatural fluoride". Fluorine is an atom, not a molecule, its not manufactured by man. We aren't busy making "synthetic fluoride" and dumping it into the water. This is something one would undoubtedly discover with some cursory research into chemistry and how the fluoridation process happens.

5. If you want to ignore, then do so. Telling everyone how you are "ignoring Copasetic" and this constant charade of portraying me as "out to get people and keep them dumb" is, again, immature. If you want to discuss, then discuss, if not then drop the facade and quit referencing me.

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In pharmaceutical research, there are studies which assess just what systems are affected by the parent drug. These studies, involving pharmacokinetics, assess just where a parent drug goes, in what tissues, how long it stays in the tissues and so on. Where are the studies like this for fluoride? I don't think there are any. But I do think there should be. We really need to know how the daily oral consumption of fluoride affects all the systems of the body. Again, the studies in support of fluoridating tap lack this rigorous plethora of studies. I think it is time to put it thru those studies.

For example, aspirin stays in the whisker hair follicles of a rat for quite a while, the rat whisker follicles being a hot bed of storage for aspirin. Why do we not know this kind of stuff with regards to the human ingestion of fluoride?

My sources for the aspirin study may not be online, but I have the slides here at the house. It is known by a few people who do this kind of work in pharmaceutical research. I am married to one of them.

Off to play Little Big Planet with the delightful offspring.

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In pharmaceutical research, there are studies which assess just what systems are affected by the parent drug. These studies, involving pharmacokinetics, assess just where a parent drug goes, how long it stays in the tissues and so on. Where are the studies like this for fluoride? I don't think there are any. But I do think there should be. We really need to know how the daily oral consumption of fluoride affects all the systems of the body. Again, the studies in support of fluoridating tap lack this rigorous plethora of studies. I think it is time to put it thru those studies.

Do you want to know the answer? Have you looked for these studies? What database are you looking in?

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You should use words like "bioavailability", "biopersistence", "efficacy trial" etc when searching the literature. And you should be doing a literature search for these studies. You aren't going to find them on Google.

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This took me about 5 minutes to search for these studies you want. It actually took me longer to get damn refworks working to load them in and format the references for you.

Fluoride efficacy;

1. Ayad F, Stewart B, Zhang YP, Proskin HM. A comparison of the efficacy of a triclosan/copolymer/sodium fluoride dentifrice, a stannous fluoride/sodium hexametaphosphate/zinc lactate dentifrice, and a sodium fluoride dentifrice for the control of established supragingival plaque and gingivitis: a six-week clinical study. J Clin Dent. 2010;21(4):111-116.

2. Barnes VM, Richter R, DeVizio W. Comparison of the short-term antiplaque/antibacterial efficacy of two commercial dentifrices. J Clin Dent. 2010;21(4):101-104.

3. Boneta AE, Aguilar MM, Romeu FL, Stewart B, DeVizio W, Proskin HM. Comparative investigation of the efficacy of triclosan/copolymer/sodium fluoride and stannous fluoride/sodium hexametaphosphate/zinc lactate dentifrices for the control of established supragingival plaque and gingivitis in a six-month clinical study. J Clin Dent. 2010;21(4):117-123.

4. Ekstrand KR, Bakhshandeh A, Martignon S. Treatment of proximal superficial caries lesions on primary molar teeth with resin infiltration and fluoride varnish versus fluoride varnish only: efficacy after 1 year. Caries Res. 2010;44(1):41-46.

5. Ganss C, Neutard L, von Hinckeldey J, Klimek J, Schlueter N. Efficacy of a tin/fluoride rinse: a randomized in situ trial on erosion. J Dent Res. 2010;89(11):1214-1218.

6. He T, Sun L, Li S, Ji N. The anti-plaque efficacy of a novel stannous-containing sodium fluoride dentifrice: a randomized and controlled clinical trial. Am J Dent. 2010;23 Spec No B:11B-16B.

7. Hughes N, Mason S, Jeffery P, et al. A comparative clinical study investigating the efficacy of a test dentifrice containing 8% strontium acetate and 1040 ppm sodium fluoride versus a marketed control dentifrice containing 8% arginine, calcium carbonate, and 1450 ppm sodium monofluorophosphate in reducing dentinal hypersensitivity. J Clin Dent. 2010;21(2):49-55.

8. Prasad KV, Sohoni R, Tikare S, Yalamalli M, Rajesh G, Javali SB. Efficacy of two commercially available dentifrices in reducing dentinal hypersensitivity. Indian J Dent Res. 2010;21(2):224-230.

9. Schlueter N, Klimek J, Ganss C. Efficacy of an experimental tin-F-containing solution in erosive tissue loss in enamel and dentine in situ. Caries Res. 2009;43(6):415-421.

10. Silva KG, Pedrini D, Delbem AC, Ferreira L, Cannon M. In situ evaluation of the remineralizing capacity of pit and fissure sealants containing amorphous calcium phosphate and/or fluoride. Acta Odontol Scand. 2010;68(1):11-18.

11. Weinstein P, Spiekerman C, Milgrom P. Randomized equivalence trial of intensive and semiannual applications of fluoride varnish in the primary dentition. Caries Res. 2009;43(6):484-490.

12. Yengopal V, Chikte UM, Mickenautsch S, Oliveira LB, Bhayat A. Salt fluoridation: a meta-analysis of its efficacy for caries prevention. SADJ. 2010;65(2):60-4, 66-7.

Fluoride bioavailability/pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics;

1. Altenburger MJ, Schirrmeister JF, Lussi A, Klasser M, Hellwig E. In situ fluoride retention and remineralization of incipient carious lesions after the application of different concentrations of fluoride. Eur J Oral Sci. 2009;117(1):58-63.

2. Altenburger MJ, Schirrmeister JF, Wrbas KT, Klasser M, Hellwig E. Fluoride uptake and remineralisation of enamel lesions after weekly application of differently concentrated fluoride gels. Caries Res. 2008;42(4):312-318.

3. Baeshen H, Kjellberg H, Birkhed D. Oral fluoride retention in orthodontic patients with and without fixed appliances after using different fluoridated home-care products. Acta Odontol Scand. 2010;68(4):185-192.

4. Barros BS, Tomita NE. Epidemiologic aspects of dental fluorosis in Brazil: research in the period 1993-2006]. Cien Saude Colet. 2010;15(1):289-300.

5. Bottenberg P, Cleymaet R. The use of fluoride from the viewpoint of toxicology and ecology]. Rev Belge Med Dent. 1993;48(4):82-89.

6. Burt BA, Beltran ED. Water fluoridation: a response to critics in Australia and New Zealand. J Public Health Dent. 1988;48(4):214-219.

7. Buzalaf MA, Vilhena FV, Iano FG, et al. The effect of different fluoride concentrations and pH of dentifrices on plaque and nail fluoride levels in young children. Caries Res. 2009;43(2):142-146.

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No, but the article does indicate that there is an increased incidence of gum disease.

The point is that the article does nothing to support your opinions; the associated conditions listed may, by themselves, be sufficient to account for the rise in gum disease.

And again, if fluoride effects the hardest substance in your body, your teeth enamel, then what do you think it might do to the soft tissue of the gums? What does it do to the highly absorptive epithelial cells in your mouth?

These are questions here, folks. Not answers.

Raising questions without providing answers (or at least evidence) is rather pointless, imo.

I have found webmd not to be reliable so I never use it. Medscape used to be a reasonable source until webmd bought them (I was so sad when it happened). So links to webmd are unconvincing to me. Been at this medical stuff a long time. I am familiar with the nature of sites like webmd.

I see. I'll avoid using it in the future, then.

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The point is that the article does nothing to support your opinions; the associated conditions listed may, by themselves, be sufficient to account for the rise in gum disease.

Raising questions without providing answers (or at least evidence) is rather pointless, imo.

I see. I'll avoid using it in the future, then.

It does support my opinions, or I wouldn't have posted it. You have to think past the words. There is a unaccounted for increase in gum disease. WHY?

Thank you for your humble opinion. I respect it. But I do not agree with it. My motto, as always, is "question authority" and "question, question, question". In all disney movies, in songs all over the different genres, everywhere I hear "Things are not what they seem." I believe this whole-heartedly. Never take things at face value. Never.

My sentiments on webmd are just that, opinions. You are entitled to yours, of course. However I watched how they took over a great medical site and converted it to just another whore for the pharmaceutical industry. Since I am not fond of the pharmaceutical industry and their systemic murder of the mass of the trusting, I dislike the site. Medscape has been notified of that, several times. I utilize them, but I always make sure to give feedback when I see it happening. They have cleaned up somewhat tho, and presented more life-style changes for medical conditions while also presenting pharmaceutical information. There are now author disclaimers as well. That rocks!!

The same goes for all sorts of medical information. There was a time when Dr.s encouraged smoking, saying that it aided in digestion. The initial support of fluoridating tap water came from a man who told us to smoke too.

Clinical studies do not involve pharmacokinetics. Pharmacokinetics comes far prior to clinical testing. I will not read past the first example since the first one does not address the issue.

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Actually, you can. It is rather simple. You can influence other peoples opinions with sound arguments and supporting evidence. It is a tried and tested way of advancing ideas and thoughts, and has a much, much, better success record than simply stating postulates and telling people to figure it out themselves.

But you are quite correct. People are allowed to have opinions. In a discussion forum, such as this one is, people are encouraged to have opinions. However, opinions in and of themselves are rather useless for a discussion. In a discussion forum, people not only state their opinions, but also...well, discuss them. If all you can do is state an opinion, and refuse to do anything else, well, you aren't really discussing anything, are you? At which point, everyone else has the right to come to the opinion that your opinion is of little relevance to the discussion, since you are so personally indifferent to supporting it in any meaningful manner.

We refer to this as intellectual laziness. If you do not have the urge to support your opinion, don't expect anyone else to. And don't be surprised when your opinion isn't given any weight.

I believe it may be more than the laziness it appears to be. When your mind is always telling you that other people have alternative motives, people are plotting against you, and everything is mired in conspiracy it is also easy to believe that you could not gain the information to back up your position because it is being obscured. I really worry after reading these posts that there might be something more clinical going on.

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It does support my opinions, or I wouldn't have posted it. You have to think past the words. There is a unaccounted for increase in gum disease. WHY?

Thank you for your humble opinion. I respect it. But I do not agree with it. My motto, as always, is "question authority" and "question, question, question". In all disney movies, in songs all over the different genres, everywhere I hear "Things are not what they seem." I believe this whole-heartedly. Never take things at face value. Never.

My sentiments on webmd are just that, opinions. You are entitled to yours, of course. However I watched how they took over a great medical site and converted it to just another whore for the pharmaceutical industry. Since I am not fond of the pharmaceutical industry and their systemic murder of the mass of the trusting, I dislike the site. Medscape has been notified of that, several times. I utilize them, but I always make sure to give feedback when I see it happening. They have cleaned up somewhat tho, and presented more life-style changes for medical conditions while also presenting pharmaceutical information. There are now author disclaimers as well. That rocks!!

The same goes for all sorts of medical information. There was a time when Dr.s encouraged smoking, saying that it aided in digestion. The initial support of fluoridating tap water came from a man who told us to smoke too.

Clinical studies do not involve pharmacokinetics. Pharmacokinetics comes far prior to clinical testing. I will not read past the first example since the first one does not address the issue.

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