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FLUORIDE EXTINGUISHES SMILES

Date: 14 Feb 2002

From: NYSCOF@...

DON'T ALLOW FLUORIDE TO MAKE YOUR CHILD'S SMILE EXTINCT

February 12, 2002

New York - In honor of children's dental health month, provided are

new fluoride findings to be presented at the March 2002 International

Association for Dental Research (IADR) General Session showing the

needless harm fluoride is doing to children's teeth, reports the New

York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation.

Note to Reporters and Editors: Put aside your fluoridation bias, and

catch up on the fluoride literature that indicates there is no need to

assault the environment by adding fluoride into public drinking water

supplies. We've provided links to references.

* Over 86% of dentists, who responded, misunderstand new published

fluoride recommendations (1). And there is a gap between current

dental knowledge derived from research and the clinical care that

is practiced by dentists and dental hygienists causing major

communication and credibility issues. (1a)

* Many three- to five-year-olds greatly exceed " optimum " fluoride

intake from water, beverages, toothpaste and/or supplements putting

them at risk of developing dental fluorosis (white spotted, yellow

or brown permanently stained teeth). (2)

* Dental fluorosis impacts negatively upon a child's well-being. (3)

* After an 11-month break in fluoridation, fluorosis declined in

children (4)

* In another city, tooth decay rates remained stable five years after

fluoridation ceased.(5)

* Higher fluoride ingestion causes more tooth decay. (6)

* Children have high rates of tooth decay even when their water is

fluoridated. (7)

* Increased tooth fluoride content decreases its microhardness. (8)

* Severe fluorosis may be a risk factor for cavities. Children at

risk for cavities may also be at risk for severe fluorosis. (9)

* Consuming (non-fluoridated) bottled water between birth and six

months protects the child against dental fluorosis. (10)

* Systemic fluoride delays tooth eruption which may nullify

differences in decay rates between fluoridated and non-fluoridated

communities. (11)

* Fluoride levels in 45 sodas, juices and bottled waters tested

varied between .03 parts per million (ppm) and a

dental-fluorosis-risking 3.01 ppm. Most of them exceed 0.6 ppm -

the drinking water level where fluoride supplementation is NOT

recommended. (12)

In addition to the above information for presentation at the IADR

session, below is important scientific findings not often disseminated

to the public:

* Parents should use ready-to-feed formulas or mix non-fluoridated

bottled water into formula concentrate. (13)

* Children under two should not use a fluoridated toothpaste, says

the American Dental Association (14)

* To avoid fluorosis, the National Academy of Sciences advises the

following daily fluoride intake from all sources (food, air, water,

medicines, and supplements):Â* infants up to 6 months old - less

than 0.01 mg Â* babies from 7 - 12 months - less than 0.5 mg Â*

children from 1 to 3 years old - less than 0.7 mg Â* children from

4 to 8 years old - less than 1 mg (15)

* Infant chicken baby foods are high in fluoride and can cause

fluorosis(16)

* Fluoridation began with the belief that swallowed fluoride

incorporates into developing enamel to resist decay. Science has

dispelled that belief. Fluoride's alleged beneficial effects are

topical but fluoride's adverse effects, dental fluorosis, occur

when fluoride is swallowed. (17)

* Some bottled waters have higher levels of fluoride than governments

allow in public drinking water and can create dental fluorosis if

young children drink it regularly.(18)

* Silicofluorides, used by over 90% of fluoridating communities, have

never been tested for health effects (19)

* Studies show silicofluoridated water may increase children's lead

absorption. (20)

* Dentists tell us fluoridation is absolutely safe; but the National

Institutes of Health offers grants to actually study what effects

fluoridation has on our bodies (21)

* Even children who live in non-fluoridated communities risk

fluorosis from food, beverages and toothpaste (22)

* Babies' juices can have high amounts of fluoride (23)

* Too much fluoride can actually cause cavities (24)

" Total fluoride intake is out of control, " says lawyer Beeber,

President and General Counsel, New York State Coalition Opposed to

Fluoridation. " Parents have no idea how much fluoride their children

ingest once fluoride is added to water supplies and, consequently, to

processed foods and beverages. Fluoride should be prescribed based on

need with patients followed for adverse effects or overdose symptoms,

like every other drug. Fluoride should not be purposely added to

public water supplies, " Beeber says.

The NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation consists of scientists,

physicians, dentists, legislators, lawyers, environmentalists,

university professors, other professionals, and concerned citizens who

volunteer their efforts to inform the public about

fluoride's/fluoridation's scientifically supported harmful dental,

systemic and cumulative effects to balance the usually

pro-fluoridation opinion that's reported by mainstream media.

- - -

Contact: Beeber, President, NYS Coalition Opposed to

Fluoridation, Inc., 516-433-8882, nyscof@...,

http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

Connett, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University

in Canton, NY, 315-379-9200, ggvideo@..., Fluoride Action

Network http://www.fluoridealert.org

References:

(1) Dissemination of New Fluoride Recommendations, S. Narendran et at,

University of Texas Health Science Center, http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_21118.htm

(1a) " California Dental Access Program: An Initiative to Improve the

Oral Health of California's Underserved, " chapter 5 http://

http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/pdf_files/CDAP/CDAP%20Ch5.pdf

(2) Estimated Daily Fluoride Intake of 3- to 5-Year-Olds, S.M. Levy,

et al, University of Iowa http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_20316.htm

(3) Impact of Dental Fluorosis on Well-being in Mexico City children,

Soto-Rojasi, et. al, Universidad Intercontinental, Mexico & Indiana

University School of Dentistry http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_18584.htm

(4) Fluorosis prevalence after an 11-month interruption in water

fluoridation, Burt, University of Michigan, et. al, http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_19184.htm

(5) The interruption in the water fluoridation related to dental

caries prevalence in Jau-SP, Brazil, Peres, et al, Universidade de Sao

o, Brazil http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_14173.htm

(6) Relationship between Drinking Water Fluoride Levels, Caries and

Fluorosis, Louw & Grobler, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_6048.htm

(7) Kentucky Oral Health Survey of Schoolchildren, Hardison, et al,

University of Kentucky College of Dentistry http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_17210.htm

(8) Fluoride, Dental Fluorosis and Microhardness in human dentin,

Viera, et al, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada,

http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_18326.htm

(9) DMFS and Fluorosis in 12-Year-old Puerto Ricans, Jimenez,

University of Puerto Rico, et al, http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_20572.htm

(10) Fluoride levels in commercially available beverages, Mulder, et

al, State University of New York at Stony Brook, http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_17503.htm

(11) Systemic Fluoride: Delayed Tooth Eruption and DMFT vs Age

Profiles, H. Limeback, University of Toronto, Canada, http://

iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_12285.htm

(12) Pediatr Dent 2000 Jul-Aug " Risk factors for dental fluorosis: a

review of the recent literature " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/

query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=10969430 & dopt=Abstract

(13) http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/artcl-01.html

(14) National Academy of Sciences " Dietary Reference Intakes for

Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1999) "

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309063507/html/301.html#pagetop

(15) J Agric Food Chem 2001

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed &

list_uids=11559124 & dopt=Abstract

(16) J Am Dent Assoc 2000 Jul

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed &

list_uids=10916327 & dopt=Abstract

(17) Trinity Springs contains 3.6 mg/L fluoride

http://www.trinitysprings.com/science-wateranalysis.htm New York State

Fluoride Maximum Contaminant Level = 2.2 mg/L

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/water/ccr/report.htm

(18) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rmasters/AHABS/letter.jpg

(19) Neurotoxicology 2000 Dec

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed &

list_uids=11233755 & dopt=Abstract

(20) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-01-121.html

(21)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed &

list_uids=10403089 & dopt=Abstract

(22) Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed &

list_uids=10403089 & dopt=Abstract

(23) J Am Dent Assoc 1996

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed &

list_uids=8754464 & dopt=Abstract

(24) " Fluoride Causes Cavities "

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/11749/74577