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Even the AAPD (American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry) says that giving fluoride supplements to children under 8 (and living within areas with fluoridated water supple) may cause dental fluorosis. http://bit.ly/PieczU
Stop Fluoride Supplements for Children Under Age 7 Says Canadian Dental
Association
New York., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- To avoid permanent tooth
discoloration, the Canadian Dental Association advises against decay fighting
fluoride
supplement use for children before their permanent teeth erupt, at
about 6 or 7 years old.
There is "...weak scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of
fluoride supplements." This was reported at a Canadian Consensus Conference
on the Appropriate Use of Fluoride Supplements. "The use of fluoride
supplements before the eruption of the first permanent tooth is generally not
recommended," says recently released CDA fluoride supplement guidelines and
announced world-wide on the internet-based dental-public-health listserv, a
forum for government and academic public health dentists and other fluoride
policy makers.
"Studies show that tooth decay is declining in both fluoridated and non-
fluoridated areas while dental fluorosis (white spotted, yellow or brown
stained and sometimes crumbly teeth) is increasing, more so in fluoridated
areas," says lawyer Paul Beeber, President of the New York State Coalition
Opposed to Fluoridation. "Furthermore, fluoride poses harmful systemic
damageas well as dental damage," says Beeber.
"New research shows that swallowed fluoride carries little, if any,
benefit," says Canada's leading fluoride authority, dentist Hardy Limeback,
head of the Department of Preventive Dentistry, University of Toronto, and
past-president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research. "Fluoride's
enamel strengthening effects are primarily topical, or when fluoride touches
the outside of the tooth," says Limeback. "Fluoride's adverse effects occur
upon ingestion. Fluoride gets into every cell of the body and can especially
damage the bones and teeth."
"Half of all ingested fluoride remains in the skeletal system and
accumulates with age," says Limeback. "Studies have linked fluoridation to
hip fractures and high levels of naturally-occurring water fluoride to
crippling skeletal fluorosis, a bone deforming arthritic-type disease endemic
to India," says Limeback.
A study in progress by Limeback shows that residents of fluoridated
Toronto have double the fluoride in their hip bones than residents of non-
fluoridated Montreal. "Worse, we discovered that fluoride is actually
altering the basic architecture of human bones," says Limeback. Ironically,
"Here in Toronto we've been fluoridating for 36 years. Yet Vancouver, which
has never fluoridated, has a cavity rate lower than Toronto's," says
Limeback. "Current fluoridation studies show that the benefit of fluoride
added to
water is minuscule but it has increased dental fluorosis. We are now
spendingmore money treating dental fluorosis than we would spend treating new
decay if
water fluoridation halted," says Limeback.
Children have become over-saturated with fluoride from food and beverages
made in fluoridated cities, from the overuse or misuse of a growing number of
fluoridated dental products, from fluoride containing pesticide residues in
food, from industrial fluoride air emissions and from some
fluoride-containingmedicines, anesthetics and other products. Fluoride is
also inhaled via ocean
mist (ocean water and fish contain 1.4 ppm fluoride) and through showers and
humidifiers using fluoridated water. Fluoride is found naturally in some
foods like tea.
"The safety of long-term fluoride ingestion has not been proven," says
Limeback. "The notion that systemic fluorides are needed in non-fluoridated
areas is an outdated one that should be abandoned altogether." says Limeback.
The American Dental Association (ADA) still recommends fluoride
supplements (which have never been FDA safety approved) for children from 6
months to 16 years old in non or low-
fluoridated communities. "The ADA is clinging to outmoded ideas," says
Beeber. "And they are trailing behind the CDA by failing to protect our
children."
"Fluoride supplements and water fluoridation must stop immediately," says
Beeber.
Dr. Hardy Limeback, http://www.fluoridealert.org/limeback.htm
Paul Beeber, Esq., NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
http://www.fluoridation.com/abstract.htm#DENTAL.FLUOROSIS
http://www.fluoridation.com/abstract.htm#BONE
Association
New York., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- To avoid permanent tooth
discoloration, the Canadian Dental Association advises against decay fighting
fluoride
supplement use for children before their permanent teeth erupt, at
about 6 or 7 years old.
There is "...weak scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of
fluoride supplements." This was reported at a Canadian Consensus Conference
on the Appropriate Use of Fluoride Supplements. "The use of fluoride
supplements before the eruption of the first permanent tooth is generally not
recommended," says recently released CDA fluoride supplement guidelines and
announced world-wide on the internet-based dental-public-health listserv, a
forum for government and academic public health dentists and other fluoride
policy makers.
"Studies show that tooth decay is declining in both fluoridated and non-
fluoridated areas while dental fluorosis (white spotted, yellow or brown
stained and sometimes crumbly teeth) is increasing, more so in fluoridated
areas," says lawyer Paul Beeber, President of the New York State Coalition
Opposed to Fluoridation. "Furthermore, fluoride poses harmful systemic
damageas well as dental damage," says Beeber.
"New research shows that swallowed fluoride carries little, if any,
benefit," says Canada's leading fluoride authority, dentist Hardy Limeback,
head of the Department of Preventive Dentistry, University of Toronto, and
past-president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research. "Fluoride's
enamel strengthening effects are primarily topical, or when fluoride touches
the outside of the tooth," says Limeback. "Fluoride's adverse effects occur
upon ingestion. Fluoride gets into every cell of the body and can especially
damage the bones and teeth."
"Half of all ingested fluoride remains in the skeletal system and
accumulates with age," says Limeback. "Studies have linked fluoridation to
hip fractures and high levels of naturally-occurring water fluoride to
crippling skeletal fluorosis, a bone deforming arthritic-type disease endemic
to India," says Limeback.
A study in progress by Limeback shows that residents of fluoridated
Toronto have double the fluoride in their hip bones than residents of non-
fluoridated Montreal. "Worse, we discovered that fluoride is actually
altering the basic architecture of human bones," says Limeback. Ironically,
"Here in Toronto we've been fluoridating for 36 years. Yet Vancouver, which
has never fluoridated, has a cavity rate lower than Toronto's," says
Limeback. "Current fluoridation studies show that the benefit of fluoride
added to
water is minuscule but it has increased dental fluorosis. We are now
spendingmore money treating dental fluorosis than we would spend treating new
decay if
water fluoridation halted," says Limeback.
Children have become over-saturated with fluoride from food and beverages
made in fluoridated cities, from the overuse or misuse of a growing number of
fluoridated dental products, from fluoride containing pesticide residues in
food, from industrial fluoride air emissions and from some
fluoride-containingmedicines, anesthetics and other products. Fluoride is
also inhaled via ocean
mist (ocean water and fish contain 1.4 ppm fluoride) and through showers and
humidifiers using fluoridated water. Fluoride is found naturally in some
foods like tea.
"The safety of long-term fluoride ingestion has not been proven," says
Limeback. "The notion that systemic fluorides are needed in non-fluoridated
areas is an outdated one that should be abandoned altogether." says Limeback.
The American Dental Association (ADA) still recommends fluoride
supplements (which have never been FDA safety approved) for children from 6
months to 16 years old in non or low-
fluoridated communities. "The ADA is clinging to outmoded ideas," says
Beeber. "And they are trailing behind the CDA by failing to protect our
children."
"Fluoride supplements and water fluoridation must stop immediately," says
Beeber.
Dr. Hardy Limeback, http://www.fluoridealert.org/limeback.htm
Paul Beeber, Esq., NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
http://www.fluoridation.com/abstract.htm#DENTAL.FLUOROSIS
http://www.fluoridation.com/abstract.htm#BONE